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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 37 40 42
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 7 17 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 2.482% 4.885% 5.896%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.583% 4.971% 6.068%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 20
Average salary £63,000 £55,000 £66,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.54% -16.98%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +3.30%
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
271 342 412
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 96.10% 98.28% 97.17%
Number of salaries quoted 216 234 307
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
Hertfordshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 24 (66.67%) Java
2 23 (63.89%) UNIX
3 22 (61.11%) SQL
4 21 (58.33%) Oracle
4 21 (58.33%) Games
4 21 (58.33%) Retail
5 20 (55.56%) Finance
5 20 (55.56%) Linux
6 19 (52.78%) Windows
6 19 (52.78%) J2EE
6 19 (52.78%) DB2
6 19 (52.78%) WebSphere Application Server
6 19 (52.78%) WebSphere
7 16 (44.44%) Apache
7 16 (44.44%) Firewall
8 15 (41.67%) E-Commerce
9 14 (38.89%) IBM
9 14 (38.89%) AIX
9 14 (38.89%) Ant
9 14 (38.89%) .NET
9 14 (38.89%) HTTP
10 13 (36.11%) IBM HTTP Server
10 13 (36.11%) IIS
10 13 (36.11%) MQSeries
10 13 (36.11%) Subversion
10 13 (36.11%) Jenkins
11 8 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
11 8 (22.22%) Legal
12 7 (19.44%) Information Security
12 7 (19.44%) Information Security Management

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 19 (52.78%) J2EE
1 19 (52.78%) WebSphere
2 14 (38.89%) .NET
3 5 (13.89%) HTML
3 5 (13.89%) EJB
3 5 (13.89%) CSS
3 5 (13.89%) JSP
3 5 (13.89%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 19 (52.78%) WebSphere Application Server
2 16 (44.44%) Apache
3 13 (36.11%) IIS
3 13 (36.11%) MQSeries
3 13 (36.11%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (2.778%) WorkSite
4 1 (2.778%) Apache Solr
4 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.778%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 3 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.556%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (5.556%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 16 (44.44%) Firewall
2 14 (38.89%) HTTP
3 6 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (2.778%) HTTPS
4 1 (2.778%) SAN
4 1 (2.778%) Network Security
4 1 (2.778%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (52.78%) DB2
2 1 (2.778%) DataStage
2 1 (2.778%) IDOL
2 1 (2.778%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (38.89%) Ant
2 13 (36.11%) Subversion
2 13 (36.11%) Jenkins
3 5 (13.89%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 21 (58.33%) Games
1 21 (58.33%) Retail
2 20 (55.56%) Finance
3 8 (22.22%) Legal
4 2 (5.556%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.556%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.778%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.333%) SaaS
3 2 (5.556%) Online Games
4 1 (2.778%) Celerra
4 1 (2.778%) DataPower
4 1 (2.778%) CLARiiON
4 1 (2.778%) Statistics
4 1 (2.778%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 23 (63.89%) UNIX
2 20 (55.56%) Linux
3 19 (52.78%) Windows
4 14 (38.89%) AIX
5 1 (2.778%) Windows 2000
5 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.778%) SUSE
5 1 (2.778%) Debian
5 1 (2.778%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.778%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (41.67%) E-Commerce
2 8 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
3 7 (19.44%) Information Security
3 7 (19.44%) Information Security Management
3 7 (19.44%) Security Management
4 5 (13.89%) MVC
4 5 (13.89%) UML
5 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.333%) Web Application Development
6 3 (8.333%) Data Migration
6 3 (8.333%) SIEM
6 3 (8.333%) CRM
6 3 (8.333%) Migration
7 2 (5.556%) ERP
7 2 (5.556%) SOA
7 2 (5.556%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (2.778%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (2.778%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (2.778%) Performance Testing
8 1 (2.778%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (66.67%) Java
2 22 (61.11%) SQL
3 5 (13.89%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.778%) Perl
4 1 (2.778%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.778%) AWK
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) CISSP
2 3 (8.333%) CISM
2 3 (8.333%) Degree
3 1 (2.778%) VCP4
3 1 (2.778%) VCP5
3 1 (2.778%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.778%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (19.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (19.44%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.778%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.778%) VMware ESX
1 1 (2.778%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.778%) vSphere
1 1 (2.778%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 21 (58.33%) Oracle
2 14 (38.89%) IBM
3 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 3 (8.333%) SAP
5 1 (2.778%) JBoss
5 1 (2.778%) Sun
5 1 (2.778%) HP
5 1 (2.778%) EMC
5 1 (2.778%) Intel
5 1 (2.778%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.778%) VMware
5 1 (2.778%) Endeca