The first table below looks at the demand for the User Experience Architect role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Experience Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Experience (UX) Architect
Rank 822 804 818
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a User Experience Architect 42 96 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.078% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.083% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 33 80 41
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,000 £70,000 £73,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-21.05% +11.76%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102708 116230 115193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 85414 99672 97379
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%

User Experience Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

User Experience Architect Jobs Demand Trend

User Experience Architect
Salary Trend

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

User Experience Architect Salary Trend

User Experience Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing User Experience Architect over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

User Experience Architect Salary Histogram

User Experience 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 User Experience Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 -14 41 £50,000 +5.26%
London +18 34 £50,000 -
Yorkshire -9 5 £35,000 -
North Yorkshire - 4 £35,000 -
Skipton - 4 £35,000 -
Manchester - 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
City of London +12 1 - -
West Yorkshire -4 1 £40,000 +14.28%
Wales - 1 £40,000 -
South Wales - 1 £40,000 -
Cardiff - 1 £40,000 -
Bradford - 1 £40,000 -

User Experience Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited User Experience 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 User Experience Architect in their job title.

1 30 (30.30%) Axure RP
2 27 (27.27%) CSS
3 22 (22.22%) Apple iOS
3 22 (22.22%) Android
4 20 (20.20%) Photoshop
5 19 (19.19%) Usability Testing
6 18 (18.18%) iPhone
6 18 (18.18%) HTML
6 18 (18.18%) iPad
7 17 (17.17%) Information Architecture
7 17 (17.17%) Adobe Illustrator
8 16 (16.16%) Fireworks
8 16 (16.16%) Finance
9 15 (15.15%) Mobile App
10 13 (13.13%) Windows
10 13 (13.13%) Windows Mobile
10 13 (13.13%) Silverlight
10 13 (13.13%) jQuery
11 11 (11.11%) MS Visio
12 10 (10.10%) HTML5
12 10 (10.10%) OmniGraffle
13 9 (9.091%) CSS3
13 9 (9.091%) User Experience Design
14 8 (8.081%) E-Commerce
14 8 (8.081%) .NET
14 8 (8.081%) ASP.NET
15 7 (7.071%) MS Excel
15 7 (7.071%) Validation
16 6 (6.061%) Degree
16 6 (6.061%) Project Management

User Experience Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited User Experience 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 User Experience Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (27.27%) CSS
2 18 (18.18%) HTML
3 13 (13.13%) Silverlight
3 13 (13.13%) jQuery
4 10 (10.10%) HTML5
5 9 (9.091%) CSS3
6 8 (8.081%) .NET
6 8 (8.081%) ASP.NET
7 6 (6.061%) WPF
8 3 (3.030%) Ajax
9 1 (1.010%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.010%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (20.20%) Photoshop
2 17 (17.17%) Adobe Illustrator
3 16 (16.16%) Fireworks
4 11 (11.11%) MS Visio
5 10 (10.10%) OmniGraffle
6 7 (7.071%) MS Excel
7 6 (6.061%) MS Office
8 2 (2.020%) MS PowerPoint
9 1 (1.010%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (1.010%) SiteCatalyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.020%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.010%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 30 (30.30%) Axure RP
2 6 (6.061%) Balsamiq Mockups
3 2 (2.020%) Dreamweaver
General
1 16 (16.16%) Finance
2 4 (4.040%) Advertising
2 4 (4.040%) Electronics
2 4 (4.040%) Marketing
3 3 (3.030%) Retail
3 3 (3.030%) Music
3 3 (3.030%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.020%) Back Office
4 2 (2.020%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.010%) Banking
5 1 (1.010%) Games
5 1 (1.010%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.18%) iPhone
1 18 (18.18%) iPad
2 15 (15.15%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.051%) Digital Media
4 4 (4.040%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.020%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.020%) Computer Science
5 2 (2.020%) Social Network
6 1 (1.010%) Visualisation
6 1 (1.010%) Psychology
6 1 (1.010%) Human Factors
6 1 (1.010%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.010%) Kindle
6 1 (1.010%) Social Media
6 1 (1.010%) SaaS
6 1 (1.010%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 22 (22.22%) Apple iOS
1 22 (22.22%) Android
2 13 (13.13%) Windows
2 13 (13.13%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.19%) Usability Testing
2 17 (17.17%) Information Architecture
3 9 (9.091%) User Experience Design
4 8 (8.081%) E-Commerce
5 7 (7.071%) Validation
6 6 (6.061%) Project Management
7 4 (4.040%) Product Marketing
7 4 (4.040%) Time Management
7 4 (4.040%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (4.040%) Web Development
7 4 (4.040%) Web Design
8 3 (3.030%) B2C
8 3 (3.030%) Analytics
9 2 (2.020%) Scrum
9 2 (2.020%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (1.010%) Product Management
10 1 (1.010%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (1.010%) Competitor Analysis
10 1 (1.010%) Mobile Commerce
10 1 (1.010%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.061%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (6.061%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (4.040%) Adobe
2 3 (3.030%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.020%) Facebook
4 1 (1.010%) Omniture
South East
There are two excellent positions for experienced UX Architects based in London and Reading. Both a Digital Agency based in Central London and a Design Agency based in...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00
Posted: 20 May 2013
London, Central London, South East England
My client (a top Marketing and Technology Agency) is looking for a Senior User Experience Architect to join their team. Reporting to the Associate User Experience Director, you...
Big Wednesday
Salary: £0 - £60,000 per year
Posted: 27 April 2013
UK based, must be flexible with travelling to...
As a UX Practitioner the key aspects of your role will be: - Be a passionate user advocate and evangelising UCD within your project and to your client - Build...
Accenture
Salary: Up to £55,000, plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 22 May 2013
UK
Providing consultancy-level expert advice and research design to clients on customer experience, usability and information architecture issues and evolving engaging experiences for end users... Project Management... BSc...
Accenture
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
Working closely with various stakeholders like Product Managers and Commercial teams to understand requirements for product enhancements/new development and how to best apply these through the CMS.....
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
My client is an exciting early stage, well funded London based organisation that specialise in SaaS offering into the eCommerce space... You will be working alongside an extremely...
Engage PSG
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bens, Bonus (up to 20%), Equity
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
You will be part of a cross-functional team working on an exciting new ecommerce application. They are looking for someone who wants to make a difference by...
greywood
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
London, Central London, South East England
business analysis or content strategy).Technical Prototyping tools - paper techniques, Freehand & Fireworks MX, Dreamweaver, Flash (some basic knowledge desirable).Diagramming tools - Visio, Omnigraffle (some basic knowledge desirable)MS...
Big Wednesday
Salary: £0 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 27 April 2013