The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architect
Rank 211 - 187
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Architect 2 0 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.037% - 0.237%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - 0.247%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 6
Average salary £67,500 - £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5193 5027 4862
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.20% 96.84% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4117 4176 4119
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Architect
England

Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architect
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire Software Architect Salary Trend

Software Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Architect across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire Software Architect Salary Histogram

Software Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
North Yorkshire - 1 £60,000 -
Software Architect
England

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Architect in their job title.

1 22 (62.86%) Oracle
2 15 (42.86%) J2EE
2 15 (42.86%) Java
2 15 (42.86%) XML
2 15 (42.86%) Software Architecture
3 14 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 14 (40.00%) Hibernate
4 13 (37.14%) Finance
4 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
5 11 (31.43%) .NET
6 10 (28.57%) SQL
7 9 (25.71%) VB.NET
7 9 (25.71%) SOAP
7 9 (25.71%) JBoss
8 8 (22.86%) BizTalk Server
8 8 (22.86%) Project Management
8 8 (22.86%) Visual Studio
8 8 (22.86%) Java EE
8 8 (22.86%) QA
9 7 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (20.00%) Waterfall
9 7 (20.00%) FTP
10 6 (17.14%) MS Excel
10 6 (17.14%) Sun
10 6 (17.14%) OO
10 6 (17.14%) Solaris
10 6 (17.14%) Linux
10 6 (17.14%) PL/SQL
10 6 (17.14%) WebLogic
10 6 (17.14%) C#

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Software 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 Software Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (42.86%) J2EE
1 15 (42.86%) XML
2 14 (40.00%) Hibernate
3 11 (31.43%) .NET
4 9 (25.71%) SOAP
5 8 (22.86%) Java EE
6 6 (17.14%) Spring
7 3 (8.571%) REST
8 2 (5.714%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 2 (5.714%) WCF
8 2 (5.714%) jQuery
8 2 (5.714%) .NET Framework
8 2 (5.714%) NHibernate
8 2 (5.714%) HTML
8 2 (5.714%) ASP.NET
8 2 (5.714%) CSS
8 2 (5.714%) Web Services
8 2 (5.714%) XSLT
8 2 (5.714%) WinForms
9 1 (2.857%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (22.86%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (17.14%) WebLogic
3 4 (11.43%) IIS
4 2 (5.714%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (5.714%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.857%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.571%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.714%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) FTP
2 2 (5.714%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.43%) RDBMS
3 3 (8.571%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (8.571%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (8.571%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.857%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.857%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Visual Studio
2 7 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (8.571%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (8.571%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (8.571%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (8.571%) Rational Application Developer
4 2 (5.714%) Subversion
General
1 13 (37.14%) Finance
2 2 (5.714%) Spanish Language
2 2 (5.714%) Financial Institution
2 2 (5.714%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.714%) E-Learning
2 2 (5.714%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.857%) Equities
3 1 (2.857%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Solaris
1 6 (17.14%) Linux
2 2 (5.714%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Software Architecture
2 8 (22.86%) Project Management
3 7 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 6 (17.14%) OO
4 6 (17.14%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (14.29%) Data Management
5 5 (14.29%) Agile Project Management
6 4 (11.43%) Software Engineering
6 4 (11.43%) OOP
6 4 (11.43%) OOA/OOD
7 3 (8.571%) ITIL
8 2 (5.714%) Master Data Management
8 2 (5.714%) ERP
8 2 (5.714%) Scrum
9 1 (2.857%) RUP
9 1 (2.857%) RAD
9 1 (2.857%) Configuration Management
9 1 (2.857%) UML
9 1 (2.857%) Test Automation
9 1 (2.857%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (42.86%) Java
2 10 (28.57%) SQL
3 9 (25.71%) VB.NET
4 6 (17.14%) PL/SQL
4 6 (17.14%) C#
5 3 (8.571%) VBScript
5 3 (8.571%) VB
5 3 (8.571%) VB6
6 2 (5.714%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.857%) C
7 1 (2.857%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (2.857%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.86%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.714%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (62.86%) Oracle
2 13 (37.14%) Microsoft
3 9 (25.71%) JBoss
4 6 (17.14%) Sun
5 2 (5.714%) SAP