The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 161 183 146
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -37
Permanent jobs citing Software Architecture 41 11 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.777% 0.230% 0.554%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.039% 0.327% 0.791%
Number of salaries quoted 29 8 23
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -21.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £30,300 £27,700
10% offered a salary of more than £45,700 £37,500 £62,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £46,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.17% +12.19%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3945 3362 3034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.80% 70.32% 70.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3316 2899 2548
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,700 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Software Architecture Salary Trend

Software Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architecture across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands Software Architecture Salary Histogram

Software Architecture
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Job
Vacancies
Warwickshire +10 11 £35,000 -6.66%
Birmingham -4 11 £45,000 +42.85%
Dudley - 11 £33,500 - 1
Shropshire - 3 - -
Coventry - 1 £27,500 -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture.

1 45 (73.77%) .NET
2 41 (67.21%) SQL Server
3 40 (65.57%) Agile Software Development
4 32 (52.46%) Scrum
5 29 (47.54%) C#
6 20 (32.79%) SQL
6 20 (32.79%) ASP.NET
6 20 (32.79%) TDD
7 19 (31.15%) MVC
8 18 (29.51%) Java
8 18 (29.51%) RUP
8 18 (29.51%) Waterfall
9 15 (24.59%) C++
10 14 (22.95%) .NET Framework
11 13 (21.31%) T-SQL
11 13 (21.31%) J2EE
11 13 (21.31%) Web Services
12 12 (19.67%) Windows
12 12 (19.67%) E-Commerce
12 12 (19.67%) CSS
12 12 (19.67%) VB.NET
12 12 (19.67%) JavaScript
12 12 (19.67%) Microsoft
13 11 (18.03%) VB
13 11 (18.03%) VB6
13 11 (18.03%) Unit Testing
13 11 (18.03%) SQL Server 2008
14 10 (16.39%) SCADA
14 10 (16.39%) ASP.NET MVC
14 10 (16.39%) ASP.NET MVC 3

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 45 (73.77%) .NET
2 20 (32.79%) ASP.NET
3 14 (22.95%) .NET Framework
4 13 (21.31%) J2EE
4 13 (21.31%) Web Services
5 12 (19.67%) CSS
6 10 (16.39%) ASP.NET MVC
6 10 (16.39%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 10 (16.39%) HTML
7 9 (14.75%) XML
7 9 (14.75%) JDBC
7 9 (14.75%) JSP
7 9 (14.75%) Spring
7 9 (14.75%) Razor View Engine
7 9 (14.75%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 9 (14.75%) Spring MVC
7 9 (14.75%) Silverlight
8 8 (13.11%) HTML5
9 7 (11.48%) Middleware
10 1 (1.639%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 10 (16.39%) IIS
2 6 (9.836%) WebLogic
3 4 (6.557%) WebLogic Portal
4 2 (3.279%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.557%) MS Office
2 1 (1.639%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (1.639%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.39%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (67.21%) SQL Server
2 11 (18.03%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (14.75%) TOAD
3 9 (14.75%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (6.557%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (3.279%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.279%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.279%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (6.557%) Selenium
1 4 (6.557%) SilkTest
2 1 (1.639%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.639%) Subversion
2 1 (1.639%) NUnit
General
1 9 (14.75%) Advertising
2 5 (8.197%) Games
3 1 (1.639%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 32 (52.46%) Developer
2 19 (31.15%) .NET Developer
3 18 (29.51%) Architect
4 15 (24.59%) Software Architect
5 10 (16.39%) Java Architect
5 10 (16.39%) Software Developer
6 9 (14.75%) Java Software Architect
7 8 (13.11%) Agile .NET Developer
7 8 (13.11%) ASP.NET Developer
8 7 (11.48%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Developer
9 4 (6.557%) QA Engineer
9 4 (6.557%) Applications Architect
10 3 (4.918%) Senior Developer
11 1 (1.639%) Senior Business Intelligence Developer
11 1 (1.639%) CRM Developer
11 1 (1.639%) Development Engineer
11 1 (1.639%) Senior ETL Developer
11 1 (1.639%) Software Engineer
11 1 (1.639%) ETL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) SCADA
2 7 (11.48%) N-Tier
2 7 (11.48%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (19.67%) Windows
2 4 (6.557%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.639%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (65.57%) Agile Software Development
2 32 (52.46%) Scrum
3 20 (32.79%) TDD
4 19 (31.15%) MVC
5 18 (29.51%) RUP
5 18 (29.51%) Waterfall
6 12 (19.67%) E-Commerce
7 11 (18.03%) Unit Testing
8 9 (14.75%) BDD
8 9 (14.75%) Kanban
9 7 (11.48%) Mobile Application Development
10 5 (8.197%) Network Architecture
11 4 (6.557%) Automation Testing
11 4 (6.557%) Software Testing
11 4 (6.557%) Web Development
11 4 (6.557%) Software Engineering
12 2 (3.279%) Data Modelling
12 2 (3.279%) ETL
12 2 (3.279%) Business Intelligence
13 1 (1.639%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 29 (47.54%) C#
2 20 (32.79%) SQL
3 18 (29.51%) Java
4 15 (24.59%) C++
5 13 (21.31%) T-SQL
6 12 (19.67%) VB.NET
6 12 (19.67%) JavaScript
7 11 (18.03%) VB
7 11 (18.03%) VB6
8 2 (3.279%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.639%) C
9 1 (1.639%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (6.557%) ISEB
2 1 (1.639%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.836%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (19.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.75%) Oracle
3 2 (3.279%) Twitter
4 1 (1.639%) Red Gate
Dudley, West Midlands (County)
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Salary: £45000 - £52000 per annum + Benefits
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