Sharepoint architect vs developer

The differences between sharepoint architects and developers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a sharepoint architect and a developer. Additionally, a sharepoint architect has an average salary of $122,080, which is higher than the $100,076 average annual salary of a developer.

The top three skills for a sharepoint architect include powershell, javascript and sql server. The most important skills for a developer are javascript, python, and java.

Sharepoint architect vs developer overview

	Sharepoint Architect	Developer
Yearly salary	$122,080	$100,076
Hourly rate	$58.69	$48.11
Growth rate	21%	21%
Number of jobs	78,079	262,570
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	39	39
Years of experience	4	4

Sharepoint architect vs developer salary

Sharepoint architects and developers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Sharepoint Architect	Developer
Average salary	$122,080	$100,076
Salary range	Between $92,000 And $160,000	Between $76,000 And $131,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	-
Highest paying state	Washington	Washington
Best paying company	SADA	-
Best paying industry	Technology	Finance

Differences between sharepoint architect and developer education

There are a few differences between a sharepoint architect and a developer in terms of educational background:

	Sharepoint Architect	Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sharepoint architect vs developer demographics

Here are the differences between sharepoint architects' and developers' demographics:

	Sharepoint Architect	Developer
Average age	39	39
Gender ratio	Male, 85.4% Female, 14.6%	Male, 74.9% Female, 25.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.4% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% Asian, 29.9% White, 52.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% Asian, 29.8% White, 52.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between sharepoint architect and developer duties and responsibilities

Sharepoint architect example responsibilities.

Design the baseline SharePoint information architecture (manage metadata term store taxonomy and content type definitions) for Microsoft.com.
Act as a SharePoint platform administrator managing the overall architecture, infrastructure, user access, security and database management.
Lead a team of developers for converting InfoPath forms into Nintex form in response to Microsoft ending support for InfoPath forms.
Create custom MasterPages and CSS for better user acceptance.
Develop Asp.Net MVC SharePoint provider host App using CSOM.
Develop the project using PHP 4 and MySQL 3!

Developer example responsibilities.

Manage continuous integration, configure the servers using Jenkins.
Analyze and manage the project throughout SDLC, written/review specification documents.
Configure and manage JGroup multicasting communication for apache tomcat web servers.
Upgrade internal loan and prospect tracking system to be more responsive and utilizing the latest in CSS & HTML.
Implement this application, using object-orient Perl to dynamically generate HTML with embed JavaScript, interacting with back-end databases via DBI/DBD.
Integrate content feeds via JSON, XML, and RSS from both internal and external sources into web content management components.

Sharepoint architect vs developer skills

Common sharepoint architect skills

PowerShell, 7%
JavaScript, 5%
SQL Server, 5%
Web Services, 5%
CSS, 5%
Infrastructure, 5%

Common developer skills

JavaScript, 7%
Python, 6%
Java, 6%
C++, 5%
API, 4%
CSS, 4%