The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. 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 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 advertised for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 45 73 29
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -44
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 55 23 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 4.396% 1.988% 6.452%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.486% 2.043% 6.804%
Number of salaries quoted 50 16 66
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £33,250 £40,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,250 £68,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1226 1126 970
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 98.00% 97.32% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1107 989 894
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
UK

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Architect across the Wales region.

Wales Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Architect across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wales Architect Salary Histogram

Architect
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
South Wales +26 53 £55,000 +22.22%
North Wales - 2 £52,500 -
Architect
UK

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 25 (26.60%) Finance
2 20 (21.28%) VMware
3 15 (15.96%) Telecoms
3 15 (15.96%) Windows
4 14 (14.89%) Linux
4 14 (14.89%) Cisco
5 13 (13.83%) Web Services
5 13 (13.83%) Enterprise Architecture
6 12 (12.77%) TOGAF
7 11 (11.70%) Technical Architecture
8 10 (10.64%) SC Cleared
8 10 (10.64%) Security Cleared
8 10 (10.64%) Retail
8 10 (10.64%) UML
8 10 (10.64%) Microsoft
9 9 (9.574%) OO
9 9 (9.574%) Zachman Framework
9 9 (9.574%) SLA
9 9 (9.574%) Fujitsu
9 9 (9.574%) Security Architecture
10 8 (8.511%) Network Design
10 8 (8.511%) SQL
10 8 (8.511%) Oracle
11 7 (7.447%) Java
11 7 (7.447%) SOA
11 7 (7.447%) Firewall
11 7 (7.447%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (6.383%) VMware Infrastructure
12 6 (6.383%) IaaS
12 6 (6.383%) SaaS

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 13 (13.83%) Web Services
2 5 (5.319%) Hibernate
2 5 (5.319%) Spring
3 3 (3.191%) .NET
3 3 (3.191%) Java EE
4 2 (2.128%) WCF
4 2 (2.128%) jQuery
4 2 (2.128%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 2 (2.128%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (2.128%) HTML5
4 2 (2.128%) CSS
4 2 (2.128%) J2EE
4 2 (2.128%) ASP
4 2 (2.128%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.128%) Ajax
5 1 (1.064%) SAP Basis
5 1 (1.064%) EJB
5 1 (1.064%) JSP
5 1 (1.064%) Servlets
5 1 (1.064%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.191%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (2.128%) Apache
2 2 (2.128%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.128%) IIS
2 2 (2.128%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.128%) Site Server
3 1 (1.064%) LiveLink
3 1 (1.064%) CMS
3 1 (1.064%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (5.319%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.128%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.128%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.064%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 1 (1.064%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.447%) Firewall
1 7 (7.447%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (3.191%) Wireless
2 3 (3.191%) MPLS
2 3 (3.191%) OSPF
2 3 (3.191%) BGP
2 3 (3.191%) EIGRP
2 3 (3.191%) SAN
2 3 (3.191%) VPN
2 3 (3.191%) LAN
2 3 (3.191%) WAN
2 3 (3.191%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (3.191%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (2.128%) Network Security
3 2 (2.128%) Internet
3 2 (2.128%) Nortel Alteon
4 1 (1.064%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.255%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.128%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (2.128%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (2.128%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.064%) SAP BI
3 1 (1.064%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.064%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.064%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.064%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.064%) Xcelsius
Development Applications
1 1 (1.064%) Maven
1 1 (1.064%) Ant
1 1 (1.064%) Axure RP
General
1 25 (26.60%) Finance
2 15 (15.96%) Telecoms
3 10 (10.64%) Retail
4 5 (5.319%) Banking
5 3 (3.191%) Advertising
6 2 (2.128%) Legal
7 1 (1.064%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.383%) IaaS
1 6 (6.383%) SaaS
1 6 (6.383%) PaaS
2 5 (5.319%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.319%) Mobile Banking
3 4 (4.255%) Human Factors
3 4 (4.255%) Open Source
3 4 (4.255%) N-Tier
4 3 (3.191%) Blackberry
4 3 (3.191%) iSeries
4 3 (3.191%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.128%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.064%) Firmware
6 1 (1.064%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.96%) Windows
2 14 (14.89%) Linux
3 4 (4.255%) UNIX
4 2 (2.128%) Windows 2000
4 2 (2.128%) Solaris
4 2 (2.128%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.064%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (13.83%) Enterprise Architecture
2 12 (12.77%) TOGAF
3 11 (11.70%) Technical Architecture
4 10 (10.64%) UML
5 9 (9.574%) OO
5 9 (9.574%) Zachman Framework
5 9 (9.574%) Security Architecture
6 8 (8.511%) Network Design
7 7 (7.447%) SOA
8 6 (6.383%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (5.319%) ITIL
9 5 (5.319%) PRINCE2
9 5 (5.319%) Information Architecture
9 5 (5.319%) Unit Testing
10 4 (4.255%) Network Architecture
11 3 (3.191%) MVC
11 3 (3.191%) Migration
11 3 (3.191%) Project Planning
11 3 (3.191%) Business Transformation
11 3 (3.191%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.511%) SQL
2 7 (7.447%) Java
3 3 (3.191%) C
4 2 (2.128%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.064%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (10.64%) SC Cleared
1 10 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.255%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.191%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (3.191%) CCDA
3 3 (3.191%) CCDP
3 3 (3.191%) CCIE
3 3 (3.191%) CCNP
4 2 (2.128%) Degree
5 1 (1.064%) CCNA
5 1 (1.064%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.064%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.064%) MCSD
5 1 (1.064%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.574%) SLA
2 5 (5.319%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.064%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (6.383%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.191%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 20 (21.28%) VMware
2 14 (14.89%) Cisco
3 10 (10.64%) Microsoft
4 9 (9.574%) Fujitsu
5 8 (8.511%) Oracle
6 5 (5.319%) IBM
7 4 (4.255%) SAP
7 4 (4.255%) Sun
7 4 (4.255%) HP
8 3 (3.191%) Nortel
8 3 (3.191%) Avaya
8 3 (3.191%) F5
9 2 (2.128%) Radware
9 2 (2.128%) Brocade
9 2 (2.128%) Open Text
9 2 (2.128%) Telerik
10 1 (1.064%) Adobe
10 1 (1.064%) EMC
10 1 (1.064%) Citrix
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Cloud, Infrastructure, Architect, Designer, VMWare... As a Cloud Infrastructure Architect you must have: Excellent experience of Storage and Backup technologies; Excellent knowledge of Cloud infrastructure technologies;...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £56.5K (incl. up to 10% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan
Key Skills: Networks, Analysis, Design, n-Tier, Web, Cloud, Microsoft, Cisco, HP, SUN, ITIL... As an Infrastructure Architect, you must have: At least 3 years' experience in a...
Computer Recruiter Ltd
Salary: To £57K (incl. up to 15% Bonus) + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
RCN, Cardiff - Gate Office
Design and development of new systems and services for the RCN.Requirements of the Infrastructure Architect:You will ideally be a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist with excellent VMware...
Royal College of Nursing
Salary: £34,590 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
NETWORK Design ** NETWORK Architecture ** NETWORK implementation ** CCDA ** CCIE ** TDA ** Managed Service Professional ** CISCO ** Network Architect is needed by one of the UK's fastest growing Hosted Infrastructure Managed...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + 20% Bonus + Health + Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013