The first table below looks at the demand for the OSS Architect role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSS Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OSS Architect
Rank 850 897 847
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -50
Permanent jobs requiring an OSS Architect 9 15 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.008% 0.012% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.013% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 9
Average salary £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £61,500 £60,000 £60,000
10% offered a salary of more than £81,800 £80,000 £65,500
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101379 114752 114698
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 84338 98449 96828
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

OSS Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

OSS Architect Jobs Demand Trend

OSS Architect
Salary Trend

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

OSS Architect Salary Trend

OSS Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OSS Architect over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

OSS Architect Salary Histogram

OSS Architect
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSS Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +20 9 £65,000 -3.70%
South East +10 5 £89,000 +42.40%
Berkshire +8 5 £89,000 +22.75%
London +36 2 £65,000 -5.45%
Bracknell - 2 - -
Sheffield - 2 £62,500 -
Yorkshire - 2 £62,500 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £62,500 -
City of London +6 1 £65,000 -7.14%
Slough - 1 £89,000 -
Reading - 1 - -

OSS Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited OSS 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 OSS Architect in their job title.

1 19 (79.17%) BSS
2 18 (75.00%) Telecoms
3 13 (54.17%) TOGAF
4 12 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
5 10 (41.67%) Finance
5 10 (41.67%) Internet
6 4 (16.67%) OpenView
6 4 (16.67%) HP
7 3 (12.50%) Oracle
7 3 (12.50%) Cramer
7 3 (12.50%) Amdocs
8 2 (8.333%) NetCracker
8 2 (8.333%) Advertising
8 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (8.333%) Business Transformation
8 2 (8.333%) Web Services
8 2 (8.333%) ITIL
8 2 (8.333%) Netcool
8 2 (8.333%) SQL
8 2 (8.333%) Remedy
8 2 (8.333%) Infovista
9 1 (4.167%) .NET
9 1 (4.167%) MySQL
9 1 (4.167%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
9 1 (4.167%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (4.167%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (4.167%) BMC
9 1 (4.167%) Ericsson
9 1 (4.167%) C

OSS Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited OSS 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 OSS Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (8.333%) Web Services
2 1 (4.167%) LAMP
2 1 (4.167%) WCF
2 1 (4.167%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) Apache
1 1 (4.167%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (79.17%) BSS
2 10 (41.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) MySQL
General
1 18 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 10 (41.67%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Advertising
4 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) UNIX
1 1 (4.167%) Windows
1 1 (4.167%) Solaris
1 1 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) TOGAF
2 12 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (8.333%) Business Transformation
3 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.333%) ITIL
4 1 (4.167%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (4.167%) OO
4 1 (4.167%) CRM
4 1 (4.167%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.167%) SOA
4 1 (4.167%) Service Management
4 1 (4.167%) Migration
4 1 (4.167%) TDD
4 1 (4.167%) eTOM
4 1 (4.167%) Fault Management
4 1 (4.167%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) SQL
2 1 (4.167%) Python
2 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.167%) C
2 1 (4.167%) Perl
2 1 (4.167%) PHP
2 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) OpenView
2 2 (8.333%) Netcool
3 1 (4.167%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) HP
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Cramer
2 3 (12.50%) Amdocs
3 2 (8.333%) NetCracker
3 2 (8.333%) Remedy
3 2 (8.333%) Infovista
4 1 (4.167%) IBM
4 1 (4.167%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (4.167%) BMC
4 1 (4.167%) Ericsson
4 1 (4.167%) Huawei
4 1 (4.167%) Comverse
London, South East
Think Sky, a FTSE TOP 30 and the UK's favourite triple play provider- TV, broadband and telephony... Sky Network Services is the core of Sky's broadband...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013