The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Architect role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Architect
Rank 836 878 852
Rank change year-on-year
+42 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Architect 26 21 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.024% 0.017% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.018% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 26 14 26
Average salary £65,000 £73,000 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.95% +8.14%
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £50,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year
+30.00% -25.92%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
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%

Senior Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

Senior Software Architect Salary Trend

Senior Software Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Architect over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Software Architect Salary Histogram

Senior Software Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +33 26 £65,000 -19.75%
South East +18 16 £65,000 +20.93%
Surrey +16 11 £65,000 -
Guildford +7 11 £65,000 -
London +51 6 £60,000 -25.92%
West Sussex - 4 £65,000 -
South West - 4 £45,000 -
Crawley - 4 £65,000 -
Dorset - 3 £45,000 -
City of London - 2 £71,250 -
Somerset - 1 £48,500 -
Middlesex - 1 £50,000 -
Bath - 1 £48,500 -

Senior Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Software 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 Senior Software Architect in their job title.

1 32 (74.42%) Java
2 25 (58.14%) Spring
3 24 (55.81%) SQL
4 17 (39.53%) Oracle
5 16 (37.21%) UML
6 15 (34.88%) Software Architecture
7 14 (32.56%) Use Case
7 14 (32.56%) CSS
7 14 (32.56%) HTML
8 13 (30.23%) C#
8 13 (30.23%) Hibernate
9 12 (27.91%) Ajax
9 12 (27.91%) Finance
9 12 (27.91%) MS Visio
10 11 (25.58%) Project Management
10 11 (25.58%) JavaScript
10 11 (25.58%) Struts
10 11 (25.58%) Web Development
10 11 (25.58%) jQuery
11 9 (20.93%) .NET
12 7 (16.28%) Degree
13 6 (13.95%) Banking
13 6 (13.95%) SQL Server
14 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
14 5 (11.63%) T-SQL
14 5 (11.63%) J2EE
14 5 (11.63%) Web Services
14 5 (11.63%) OO
14 5 (11.63%) Subversion
14 5 (11.63%) Software Engineering

Senior Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Software 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 Senior Software Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (58.14%) Spring
2 14 (32.56%) CSS
2 14 (32.56%) HTML
3 13 (30.23%) Hibernate
4 12 (27.91%) Ajax
5 11 (25.58%) Struts
5 11 (25.58%) jQuery
6 9 (20.93%) .NET
7 5 (11.63%) J2EE
7 5 (11.63%) Web Services
8 4 (9.302%) .NET Framework
9 2 (4.651%) REST
9 2 (4.651%) OAuth
9 2 (4.651%) Java EE
9 2 (4.651%) WebSphere
9 2 (4.651%) ASP.NET
9 2 (4.651%) JMS
9 2 (4.651%) XML
9 2 (4.651%) SOAP
10 1 (2.326%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.326%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (2.326%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (27.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (9.302%) SAP Business One
1 4 (9.302%) Dynamics NAV
1 4 (9.302%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (9.302%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.326%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.95%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.326%) MySQL
2 1 (2.326%) DB2
2 1 (2.326%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.326%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.326%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.326%) Amazon DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Subversion
2 4 (9.302%) Visual Studio
2 4 (9.302%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 3 (6.977%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.326%) JUnit
4 1 (2.326%) PowerBuilder
4 1 (2.326%) Maven
4 1 (2.326%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 12 (27.91%) Finance
2 6 (13.95%) Banking
3 2 (4.651%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.326%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.977%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.326%) EMV
2 1 (2.326%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.326%) Cryptography
2 1 (2.326%) PKI
2 1 (2.326%) DataPower
2 1 (2.326%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.326%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.651%) Windows
2 1 (2.326%) UNIX
2 1 (2.326%) Linux
2 1 (2.326%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.326%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) UML
2 15 (34.88%) Software Architecture
3 14 (32.56%) Use Case
4 11 (25.58%) Project Management
4 11 (25.58%) Web Development
5 5 (11.63%) OO
5 5 (11.63%) Software Engineering
5 5 (11.63%) TDD
6 4 (9.302%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (9.302%) ERP
6 4 (9.302%) OOP
6 4 (9.302%) Scrum
7 3 (6.977%) MVC
7 3 (6.977%) SOA
8 1 (2.326%) ITIL
8 1 (2.326%) RUP
8 1 (2.326%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (2.326%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (2.326%) Workflow
8 1 (2.326%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 32 (74.42%) Java
2 24 (55.81%) SQL
3 13 (30.23%) C#
4 11 (25.58%) JavaScript
5 5 (11.63%) T-SQL
6 4 (9.302%) Python
6 4 (9.302%) VB.NET
6 4 (9.302%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.326%) C++
7 1 (2.326%) C
7 1 (2.326%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.326%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 17 (39.53%) Oracle
2 5 (11.63%) Microsoft
3 4 (9.302%) Infor
3 4 (9.302%) SAP
3 4 (9.302%) Epicor
4 2 (4.651%) JBoss
5 1 (2.326%) Sybase
5 1 (2.326%) IBM
5 1 (2.326%) Appcelerator
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