The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Architect
Rank 193 175 146
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Architect 14 14 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.282% 0.311% 0.578%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.294% 0.324% 0.603%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 21
Average salary £87,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+83.15% -5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £61,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-6.88% +7.39%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4760 4322 3982
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.87% 95.98% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3980 3784 3409
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Architect
England

Java Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Java Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Java Architect
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Java Architect Salary Trend

Java Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Architect across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands Java Architect Salary Histogram

Java Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Architect within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Shropshire - 8 £87,000 -
Birmingham - 2 £57,500 -
Java Architect
England

Java Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java 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 Java Architect in their job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 18 (75.00%) J2EE
3 16 (66.67%) Waterfall
4 15 (62.50%) Spring
4 15 (62.50%) SQL Server
5 14 (58.33%) XML
5 14 (58.33%) RUP
5 14 (58.33%) MVC
6 13 (54.17%) Spring MVC
7 12 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (50.00%) Oracle
8 11 (45.83%) JSP
9 10 (41.67%) Software Architecture
10 9 (37.50%) Advertising
10 9 (37.50%) JDBC
10 9 (37.50%) TOAD
11 6 (25.00%) JUnit
11 6 (25.00%) WebLogic
11 6 (25.00%) SQL
12 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
12 5 (20.83%) HTML
12 5 (20.83%) Web Services
12 5 (20.83%) Apache
12 5 (20.83%) Eclipse
13 4 (16.67%) Tomcat
14 3 (12.50%) XSL
14 3 (12.50%) Struts
14 3 (12.50%) T-SQL
14 3 (12.50%) .NET
14 3 (12.50%) JIRA

Java Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java 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 Java Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (75.00%) J2EE
2 15 (62.50%) Spring
3 14 (58.33%) XML
4 13 (54.17%) Spring MVC
5 11 (45.83%) JSP
6 9 (37.50%) JDBC
7 5 (20.83%) HTML
7 5 (20.83%) Web Services
8 3 (12.50%) .NET
8 3 (12.50%) Struts
8 3 (12.50%) XSL
9 2 (8.333%) XSLT
9 2 (8.333%) Hibernate
9 2 (8.333%) Servlets
9 2 (8.333%) CSS
10 1 (4.167%) jQuery
10 1 (4.167%) REST
10 1 (4.167%) Tapestry
10 1 (4.167%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) WebLogic
2 5 (20.83%) Apache
3 4 (16.67%) Tomcat
4 2 (8.333%) IIS
5 1 (4.167%) Jetty
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 9 (37.50%) TOAD
3 2 (8.333%) MySQL
3 2 (8.333%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) JUnit
2 5 (20.83%) Eclipse
3 3 (12.50%) JIRA
4 2 (8.333%) Git (software)
General
1 9 (37.50%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) iPhone
2 1 (4.167%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.167%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 14 (58.33%) MVC
2 14 (58.33%) RUP
3 12 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
4 10 (41.67%) Software Architecture
5 3 (12.50%) Web Development
5 3 (12.50%) TDD
6 1 (4.167%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (25.00%) SQL
3 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
4 3 (12.50%) T-SQL
5 2 (8.333%) XPath
5 2 (8.333%) C++
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Oracle