Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the 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 Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 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.

LinkSoftware Architect
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank562568756
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Up+188
Matching permanent IT job ads104170200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.132 %0.168 %0.099 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.141 %0.180 %0.105 %
Salaries quoted86147153
Average salary£50,000£55,000£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£38,750£42,500£40,550
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£66,250£65,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£50,000£52,500
% change year-on-year
--4.760 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7351394340190321
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.36 %93.34 %94.18 %
Salaries quoted6085779289154271
Average salary£40,000£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

Software Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Software Architect Demand Trend

Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

Software Architect Salary Trend

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

Software Architect Salary Histogram

Software 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 Software Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. 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
EnglandUp+7101£50,000-9.09 %
South EastUp+6933£50,000-
East of EnglandUp+2120£60,000+9.09 %
CambridgeshireDown-319£60,000+14.28 %
CambridgeDown-619£60,000+20.00 %
LondonDown-3817£55,000-4.34 %
West MidlandsUp+3515£46,000+2.22 %
MiddlesexNew entry-10£58,750-
North WestUp+477£37,500-16.66 %
BirminghamUp+337£46,000+2.22 %
BerkshireUp+167£50,000-
ReadingNew entry-7£50,000-
SurreyUp+326£50,000+12.35 %
LancashireNew entry-6£37,500-
ChertseyNew entry-5--
BrightonNew entry-5£37,500-
HampshireNew entry-5£50,000-
East SussexNew entry-5£37,500-
YorkshireUp+223--
TelfordUp+113£50,000-23.07 %
ShropshireUp+93£50,000-23.07 %
South WestDown-13£41,000-25.45 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-3£49,000-
North YorkshireNew entry-3--
HarrogateNew entry-3--
CoventryNew entry-3£27,000-
LutonNew entry-3£57,500-
East MidlandsNew entry-3£49,000-
NewportUp+172£51,250+20.58 %
StaffordshireUp+142£45,000-

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited 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 Software Architect in their job title.

189 (41.98 %)Java
272 (33.96 %)UML
351 (24.06 %)J2EE
444 (20.75 %).NET
444 (20.75 %)C++
537 (17.45 %)C#
537 (17.45 %)Linux
635 (16.51 %)C
635 (16.51 %)Software Architecture
731 (14.62 %)OO
829 (13.68 %)JBoss
928 (13.21 %)Oracle
1026 (12.26 %)Microsoft
1026 (12.26 %)Degree
1125 (11.79 %)Agile Software Development
1224 (11.32 %)Hibernate
1323 (10.85 %)WebLogic
1422 (10.38 %)SQL Server
1520 (9.434 %)SQL
1520 (9.434 %)SOA
1619 (8.962 %)MySQL
1718 (8.491 %)Windows
1817 (8.019 %)Wireless
1817 (8.019 %)AquaLogic
1916 (7.547 %)Marketing
1916 (7.547 %)Security Cleared
1916 (7.547 %)Project Management
2015 (7.075 %)Middleware
2015 (7.075 %)ASP.NET
2015 (7.075 %)Spring

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited 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 Software Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
151 (24.06 %)J2EE
244 (20.75 %).NET
324 (11.32 %)Hibernate
415 (7.075 %)Middleware
415 (7.075 %)ASP.NET
415 (7.075 %)Spring
514 (6.604 %)XML
612 (5.660 %)WebSphere
710 (4.717 %)WPF
710 (4.717 %)JMS
89 (4.245 %)Web Services
89 (4.245 %)Swing
89 (4.245 %)MFC
89 (4.245 %)EJB
98 (3.774 %)Boost C++ Libraries
98 (3.774 %)STL
98 (3.774 %)Java RMI
98 (3.774 %)MVC
107 (3.302 %).NET Framework
115 (2.358 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
123 (10.85 %)WebLogic
27 (3.302 %)Apache
36 (2.830 %)WebSphere MQ
36 (2.830 %)Rendezvous
45 (2.358 %)Drupal
54 (1.887 %)SharePoint
63 (1.415 %)Liferay
71 (0.472 %)WebLogic Portal
71 (0.472 %)Tomcat
71 (0.472 %)IIS
71 (0.472 %)SharePoint Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (4.717 %)MS Visio
29 (4.245 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (0.943 %)SAP Business One
12 (0.943 %)Microsoft CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (8.019 %)Wireless
212 (5.660 %)TETRA
212 (5.660 %)Internet
36 (2.830 %)Wi-Fi
45 (2.358 %)Bluetooth
54 (1.887 %)UWB
54 (1.887 %)LDAP
54 (1.887 %)Broadband
54 (1.887 %)SMTP
54 (1.887 %)HTTP
54 (1.887 %)DNS
62 (0.943 %)Softswitch
62 (0.943 %)SSH
62 (0.943 %)SS7
62 (0.943 %)GPRS
62 (0.943 %)GSM
71 (0.472 %)TCP/IP
71 (0.472 %)3GPP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (10.38 %)SQL Server
219 (8.962 %)MySQL
37 (3.302 %)RDBMS
37 (3.302 %)SQL Server 2000
37 (3.302 %)SQL Server 2008
46 (2.830 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (0.943 %)Oracle OLAP
52 (0.943 %)PostgreSQL
52 (0.943 %)DB2
52 (0.943 %)OLAP
61 (0.472 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
114 (6.604 %)JUnit
28 (3.774 %)CheckStyle
33 (1.415 %)Eclipse
42 (0.943 %)Ant
42 (0.943 %)ClearCase
51 (0.472 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.472 %)Maven
51 (0.472 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (7.547 %)Marketing
214 (6.604 %)Telecoms
313 (6.132 %)Government
313 (6.132 %)Health
411 (5.189 %)Electronics
411 (5.189 %)Finance
58 (3.774 %)Pharmaceutical
67 (3.302 %)Front Office
67 (3.302 %)Auditing
76 (2.830 %)Construction
85 (2.358 %)Aerospace
85 (2.358 %)Publishing
85 (2.358 %)Pensions
94 (1.887 %)Military
94 (1.887 %)Games
103 (1.415 %)Banking
103 (1.415 %)Manufacturing
112 (0.943 %)Retail
121 (0.472 %)Financial Institution
121 (0.472 %)Education
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (5.660 %)Client/Server
27 (3.302 %)N-Tier
27 (3.302 %)Handset
35 (2.358 %)SaaS
44 (1.887 %)Open Source
44 (1.887 %)Mathematics
44 (1.887 %)STB
53 (1.415 %)Firmware
53 (1.415 %)RIA
62 (0.943 %)Dependency Injection
62 (0.943 %)Device Driver
62 (0.943 %)Replication
62 (0.943 %)Management Information System
71 (0.472 %)MPEG
71 (0.472 %)EPoS
71 (0.472 %)W3C
71 (0.472 %)ASIC
71 (0.472 %)Blackberry
71 (0.472 %)Artificial Intelligence
71 (0.472 %)Clustering
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
137 (17.45 %)Linux
218 (8.491 %)Windows
311 (5.189 %)Android
47 (3.302 %)Windows Mobile
54 (1.887 %)UNIX
63 (1.415 %)Solaris
72 (0.943 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
172 (33.96 %)UML
235 (16.51 %)Software Architecture
331 (14.62 %)OO
425 (11.79 %)Agile Software Development
520 (9.434 %)SOA
616 (7.547 %)Project Management
714 (6.604 %)TDD
813 (6.132 %)OOA/OOD
910 (4.717 %)OOD
109 (4.245 %)Refactoring
109 (4.245 %)Use Case
118 (3.774 %)Unit Testing
118 (3.774 %)Product Management
118 (3.774 %)Software Engineering
127 (3.302 %)Six Sigma
127 (3.302 %)DoDAF
127 (3.302 %)MODAF
127 (3.302 %)Requirements Analysis
136 (2.830 %)Enterprise Architecture
136 (2.830 %)Technical Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
189 (41.98 %)Java
244 (20.75 %)C++
337 (17.45 %)C#
435 (16.51 %)C
520 (9.434 %)SQL
610 (4.717 %)Perl
79 (4.245 %)Delphi
88 (3.774 %)VC++
97 (3.302 %)Embedded C
97 (3.302 %)Python
106 (2.830 %)T-SQL
106 (2.830 %)PHP
115 (2.358 %)Shell Script
115 (2.358 %)VB
124 (1.887 %)VB.NET
124 (1.887 %)JavaScript
133 (1.415 %)VB6
142 (0.943 %)ActionScript
151 (0.472 %)Ruby
151 (0.472 %)DataFlex
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
126 (12.26 %)Degree
216 (7.547 %)Security Cleared
38 (3.774 %)SC Cleared
47 (3.302 %)PhD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.943 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
117 (8.019 %)AquaLogic
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.943 %)MSI
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
129 (13.68 %)JBoss
228 (13.21 %)Oracle
326 (12.26 %)Microsoft
412 (5.660 %)Sybase
412 (5.660 %)Symbian
53 (1.415 %)BEA
62 (0.943 %)SAP
62 (0.943 %)QNX
71 (0.472 %)Retek