The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Architect
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank333228
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Down-4
Matching permanent IT job ads697866235292
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK5.758 %5.428 %5.558 %
As % of the Job Titles category6.079 %5.761 %5.955 %
Number of salaries quoted562051924033
Average salary£67,500£65,000£65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.84 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£47,550£46,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£87,500£95,000
UK excluding London average salary£62,500£61,500£60,000
% change year-on-year
+1.62 %+2.50 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11478411495588866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.21 %93.33 %
Number of salaries quoted984679705973610
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Architect Demand Trend

Architect
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Architect within the UK.

Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-26425£67,500+3.84 %
LondonUp+83802£72,500+3.57 %
South EastDown-21153£62,500-
City of LondonUp+13964£72,500-3.33 %
SurreyUp+17331£65,000+8.33 %
BerkshireDown-16291£65,000+8.33 %
East of EnglandDown-25283£62,500+4.16 %
North WestDown-25279£55,000-
YorkshireUp+17225£55,000-
West MidlandsDown-23211£57,500-4.16 %
HampshireDown-2206£57,500-11.53 %
ScotlandUp+3176£60,000+20.00 %
South WestDown-38161£52,500-12.50 %
East MidlandsDown-20146£57,500-11.53 %
ManchesterDown-32132£55,000-
ReadingDown-7127£65,000-
HertfordshireDown-13124£65,000-3.70 %
West YorkshireDown-9117£47,500-9.52 %
CheshireUp+993£57,000-2.97 %
BirminghamDown-1092£60,000-3.22 %
EdinburghDown-985£62,500+25.00 %
West SussexUp+877£60,000-7.69 %
LeedsDown-2374£47,500-13.63 %
BuckinghamshireUp+570£60,000-7.69 %
BedfordshireUp+1561£62,500+8.69 %
StainesUp+3156£67,500+12.50 %
SouthamptonDown-855£50,000-28.57 %
South YorkshireUp+1154£55,000+22.22 %
CrawleyUp+848£60,000-7.69 %
North YorkshireUp+2844£70,000+40.00 %

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title.

13954 (28.57 %)Finance
23302 (23.86 %)Java
32928 (21.16 %)Oracle
42089 (15.10 %)Microsoft
52058 (14.87 %).NET
61901 (13.74 %)Banking
71780 (12.86 %)SOA
81739 (12.57 %)J2EE
91674 (12.10 %)SQL
101495 (10.80 %)TOGAF
111478 (10.68 %)Enterprise Architecture
121470 (10.62 %)Degree
131467 (10.60 %)Business Intelligence
141394 (10.07 %)Retail
151355 (9.791 %)SQL Server
161347 (9.733 %)Windows
171301 (9.401 %)SAP
181180 (8.527 %)Data Warehouse
191101 (7.956 %)Web Services
201079 (7.797 %)XML
211068 (7.717 %)C#
221061 (7.667 %)Technical Architecture
231036 (7.486 %)UNIX
241031 (7.450 %)UML
251026 (7.414 %)IBM
261012 (7.313 %)Cisco
27998 (7.212 %)VMware
28989 (7.146 %)MS Visio
29971 (7.016 %)Linux
30966 (6.980 %)Middleware

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12058 (14.87 %).NET
21739 (12.57 %)J2EE
31101 (7.956 %)Web Services
41079 (7.797 %)XML
5966 (6.980 %)Middleware
6927 (6.698 %)WebSphere
7709 (5.123 %)Spring
8552 (3.989 %)CSS
9540 (3.902 %)HTML
10486 (3.512 %)Hibernate
11441 (3.187 %)ASP.NET
12357 (2.580 %)Ajax
13351 (2.536 %)SOAP
14331 (2.392 %).NET Framework
15300 (2.168 %)JMS
16284 (2.052 %)Java EE
17280 (2.023 %)Oracle Fusion
18272 (1.965 %)Struts
19268 (1.937 %)XSLT
20256 (1.850 %)WCF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1811 (5.860 %)SharePoint
2552 (3.989 %)WebLogic
3514 (3.714 %)ESB
4344 (2.486 %)Tomcat
5325 (2.348 %)Apache
6318 (2.298 %)SAS
7305 (2.204 %)MS Exchange
8226 (1.633 %)BizTalk Server
9224 (1.619 %)SharePoint 2010
10207 (1.496 %)IIS
11190 (1.373 %)CMS
12178 (1.286 %)NetWeaver
13167 (1.207 %)WebSphere Application Server
14162 (1.171 %)SharePoint Server
14162 (1.171 %)Oracle SOA Suite
15150 (1.084 %)Exchange Server 2010
16147 (1.062 %)WebSphere MQ
17109 (0.788 %)Exchange Server 2007
18106 (0.766 %)Lync
1999 (0.715 %)Documentum
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1989 (7.146 %)MS Visio
2833 (6.019 %)MS Excel
3133 (0.961 %)MS Office
458 (0.419 %)MS PowerPoint
458 (0.419 %)OmniGraffle
556 (0.405 %)Office 365
644 (0.318 %)InfoPath
733 (0.238 %)Photoshop
831 (0.224 %)MATLAB
927 (0.195 %)Adobe Illustrator
1014 (0.101 %)MS Project
1111 (0.079 %)Google Apps
1210 (0.072 %)DOC1
139 (0.065 %)Spreadsheet
147 (0.051 %)Simulink
156 (0.043 %)Fireworks
165 (0.036 %)InDesign
174 (0.029 %)SPSS
183 (0.022 %)PowerPivot
192 (0.014 %)Stateflow
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1239 (1.727 %)Dynamics CRM
2228 (1.648 %)Oracle EBS
3187 (1.351 %)Oracle BPM
497 (0.701 %)SAP FI
591 (0.658 %)SAP CO
690 (0.650 %)SAP FI/CO
770 (0.506 %)Oracle EBS R12
864 (0.462 %)SAP Oil and Gas
962 (0.448 %)Oracle Applications
1060 (0.434 %)SAP CRM
1155 (0.397 %)SAP PM
1254 (0.390 %)Maximo
1347 (0.340 %)SAP Retail
1445 (0.325 %)Dynamics AX
1534 (0.246 %)Oracle 11i
1534 (0.246 %)Siebel Analytics
1632 (0.231 %)Sword FircoSoft
1632 (0.231 %)SAP SCM
1730 (0.217 %)Oracle Financials
1829 (0.210 %)Oracle CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1546 (3.945 %)Internet
2465 (3.360 %)SAN
3457 (3.302 %)Firewall
4384 (2.775 %)WAN
5329 (2.377 %)LAN
6208 (1.503 %)MPLS
7204 (1.474 %)TCP/IP
7204 (1.474 %)DNS
8173 (1.250 %)Network Security
9165 (1.192 %)VPN
10159 (1.149 %)Wireless
11157 (1.134 %)NAS
12154 (1.113 %)Unified Communications
13149 (1.077 %)VoIP
14142 (1.026 %)HTTP
15141 (1.019 %)BGP
16128 (0.925 %)Ethernet
17126 (0.910 %)OSPF
18106 (0.766 %)SSL
19100 (0.723 %)Cisco Nexus
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11355 (9.791 %)SQL Server
21180 (8.527 %)Data Warehouse
3828 (5.983 %)ETL
4380 (2.746 %)DB2
5331 (2.392 %)DataStage
6328 (2.370 %)RDBMS
7315 (2.276 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8304 (2.197 %)BusinessObjects
9281 (2.030 %)SQL Server 2008
10278 (2.009 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
11253 (1.828 %)MySQL
12249 (1.799 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13188 (1.358 %)Oracle 8/8i
14182 (1.315 %)Oracle 11g
15176 (1.272 %)Oracle Exadata
16167 (1.207 %)Oracle 10g
17166 (1.200 %)SAP BW
18164 (1.185 %)SQL Server 2005
19159 (1.149 %)OLAP
20152 (1.098 %)Oracle BI EE
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1151 (1.091 %)Subversion
2133 (0.961 %)Visual Studio
3127 (0.918 %)Maven
4118 (0.853 %)Ant
592 (0.665 %)JUnit
683 (0.600 %)Eclipse
766 (0.477 %)Axure RP
856 (0.405 %)ERwin
950 (0.361 %)Team Foundation Server
1042 (0.303 %)JDeveloper
1141 (0.296 %)NUnit
1237 (0.267 %)Git (software)
1237 (0.267 %)ClearCase
1334 (0.246 %)Rational DOORS
1428 (0.202 %)Bugzilla
1526 (0.188 %)JIRA
1526 (0.188 %)Selenium
1623 (0.166 %)Cucumber
1623 (0.166 %)TeamCity
1623 (0.166 %)Rational Rose
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13954 (28.57 %)Finance
21901 (13.74 %)Banking
31394 (10.07 %)Retail
4806 (5.824 %)Telecoms
5392 (2.833 %)Investment Banking
6335 (2.421 %)Manufacturing
7307 (2.218 %)Marketing
8221 (1.597 %)Games
9168 (1.214 %)Back Office
10156 (1.127 %)Retail Banking
10156 (1.127 %)Publishing
11110 (0.795 %)Advertising
12103 (0.744 %)Legal
1398 (0.708 %)Front Office
1490 (0.650 %)Financial Institution
1584 (0.607 %)Pharmaceutical
1678 (0.564 %)Law
1777 (0.556 %)Billing
1870 (0.506 %)German Language
1960 (0.434 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1414 (2.992 %)Computer Science
2317 (2.291 %)Management Information System
3312 (2.254 %)Open Source
4262 (1.893 %)N-Tier
5249 (1.799 %)Cloud Computing
6221 (1.597 %)Mainframe
7209 (1.510 %)SaaS
8169 (1.221 %)Data Integration
9162 (1.171 %)Web 2.0
9162 (1.171 %)Mathematics
10158 (1.142 %)Clustering
11153 (1.106 %)Client/Server
12143 (1.033 %)Derivative
13136 (0.983 %)Hedge funds
14132 (0.954 %)iPhone
15130 (0.939 %)SWIFT
16127 (0.918 %)CLARiiON
17125 (0.903 %)Replication
18103 (0.744 %)Social Media
19100 (0.723 %)Digital Media
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11347 (9.733 %)Windows
21036 (7.486 %)UNIX
3971 (7.016 %)Linux
4310 (2.240 %)Windows Server 2008
5242 (1.749 %)Solaris
6207 (1.496 %)Windows Server 2003
7201 (1.452 %)Android
8185 (1.337 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9135 (0.976 %)AIX
1098 (0.708 %)Windows 7
1188 (0.636 %)Apple iOS
1261 (0.441 %)HPUX
1352 (0.376 %)Windows Vista
1445 (0.325 %)Windows XP
1528 (0.202 %)Windows 2000 Server
1528 (0.202 %)Windows Mobile
1621 (0.152 %)Embedded Linux
1621 (0.152 %)LynxOS
1621 (0.152 %)VxWorks
1714 (0.101 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11780 (12.86 %)SOA
21495 (10.80 %)TOGAF
31478 (10.68 %)Enterprise Architecture
41467 (10.60 %)Business Intelligence
51061 (7.667 %)Technical Architecture
61031 (7.450 %)UML
7942 (6.807 %)Data Modelling
8924 (6.677 %)OO
9852 (6.157 %)E-Commerce
10845 (6.106 %)CRM
11785 (5.672 %)Project Management
12773 (5.586 %)Agile Software Development
13754 (5.448 %)Zachman Framework
14645 (4.661 %)Data Management
15595 (4.299 %)Scrum
16587 (4.242 %)Migration
17578 (4.177 %)ITIL
18551 (3.982 %)Information Architecture
19475 (3.432 %)Stakeholder Management
20460 (3.324 %)Content Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13302 (23.86 %)Java
21674 (12.10 %)SQL
31068 (7.717 %)C#
4595 (4.299 %)JavaScript
5515 (3.721 %)C++
6302 (2.182 %)C
7289 (2.088 %)PHP
8277 (2.002 %)Python
9240 (1.734 %)T-SQL
10227 (1.640 %)PL/SQL
11218 (1.575 %)Perl
12160 (1.156 %)Shell Script
13156 (1.127 %)Ruby
14113 (0.817 %)VB.NET
1572 (0.520 %)ABAP
1572 (0.520 %)VB
1661 (0.441 %)PowerHouse
1757 (0.412 %)Apex Code
1856 (0.405 %)VBScript
1952 (0.376 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11470 (10.62 %)Degree
2750 (5.419 %)Security Cleared
3514 (3.714 %)SC Cleared
4460 (3.324 %)Cisco Certification
5244 (1.763 %)Microsoft Certification
6236 (1.705 %)CCIE
7229 (1.655 %)CCNP
8207 (1.496 %)CISSP
9148 (1.069 %)MCSE
10139 (1.004 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11126 (0.910 %)CCNA
12124 (0.896 %)CCDP
13102 (0.737 %)Citrix Certification
1498 (0.708 %)DV Cleared
1595 (0.686 %)MCITP
1679 (0.571 %)CISM
1772 (0.520 %)ITIL Certification
1863 (0.455 %)CISA
1863 (0.455 %)CCEA
1863 (0.455 %)CCA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1499 (3.606 %)QA
2180 (1.301 %)Data Quality
3164 (1.185 %)ISO/IEC 27001
4105 (0.759 %)PCI DSS
563 (0.455 %)COBIT
652 (0.376 %)SLA
737 (0.267 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
835 (0.253 %)WAI
926 (0.188 %)JSP 440
1024 (0.173 %)ISO 9001
1123 (0.166 %)Solvency II
1123 (0.166 %)DO-178B
1220 (0.145 %)Basel III
1318 (0.130 %)ISO 8583
1411 (0.079 %)ISO/IEC 17799
1510 (0.072 %)Basel II
167 (0.051 %)FATCA
176 (0.043 %)TickIT
176 (0.043 %)WCAG
185 (0.036 %)BS7799
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1699 (5.051 %)VMware Infrastructure
2473 (3.418 %)Active Directory
3244 (1.763 %)Hyper-V
4203 (1.467 %)vSphere
5196 (1.416 %)XenApp
6180 (1.301 %)XenDesktop
7131 (0.947 %)VMware ESX
8110 (0.795 %)XenServer
968 (0.491 %)Oracle RAC
1040 (0.289 %)VMware ESXi
1134 (0.246 %)NFS
1230 (0.217 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1328 (0.202 %)Xen
1427 (0.195 %)SRDF
1526 (0.188 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1623 (0.166 %)Terminal Services
1721 (0.152 %)vCloud
1820 (0.145 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1919 (0.137 %)MetaFrame
2015 (0.108 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1133 (0.961 %)SCCM
2111 (0.802 %)Tivoli
3104 (0.751 %)SCOM
474 (0.535 %)NetBackup
545 (0.325 %)HP Quality Center
644 (0.318 %)Netcool
741 (0.296 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
835 (0.253 %)vCenter
929 (0.210 %)Backup Exec
929 (0.210 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1026 (0.188 %)Data Guard
1026 (0.188 %)SCVMM
1121 (0.152 %)CiscoWorks
1219 (0.137 %)Unicenter
1318 (0.130 %)Nagios
1318 (0.130 %)Novell Identity Manager
1416 (0.116 %)OpenView
1515 (0.108 %)Puppet
1515 (0.108 %)HP Data Protector
1515 (0.108 %)BladeLogic
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12928 (21.16 %)Oracle
22089 (15.10 %)Microsoft
31301 (9.401 %)SAP
41026 (7.414 %)IBM
51012 (7.313 %)Cisco
6998 (7.212 %)VMware
7637 (4.603 %)Citrix
8544 (3.931 %)HP
9433 (3.129 %)JBoss
10407 (2.941 %)Business Objects
11362 (2.616 %)EMC
12358 (2.587 %)Teradata
13326 (2.356 %)NetApp
14293 (2.117 %)TIBCO
15280 (2.023 %)Informatica
16254 (1.835 %)Red Hat
17245 (1.770 %)ATG
18200 (1.445 %)Cognos
19174 (1.257 %)CheckPoint
20162 (1.171 %)Sun