The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 88 84 59
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 30 16 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.765% 1.080% 2.381%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.863% 1.124% 2.492%
Number of salaries quoted 12 16 25
Average salary £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.81% -
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,750 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-1.70% +6.36%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Architect
West Midlands

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Technical Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Architect
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Technical Architect Salary Trend

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham Technical Architect Salary Histogram

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 49 (76.56%) Active Directory
2 45 (70.31%) VMware
3 42 (65.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (56.25%) NetApp
5 33 (51.56%) Hyper-V
6 31 (48.44%) SCOM
7 30 (46.88%) SCCM
8 22 (34.38%) Citrix
9 21 (32.81%) Technical Architecture
10 20 (31.25%) XenDesktop
11 19 (29.69%) Microsoft
12 14 (21.88%) MS Excel
13 13 (20.31%) Cisco
13 13 (20.31%) HP
14 11 (17.19%) SharePoint
15 10 (15.63%) SQL Server
15 10 (15.63%) 3PAR
16 9 (14.06%) MS Exchange
17 6 (9.375%) Retail
17 6 (9.375%) Capacity Planning
17 6 (9.375%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 4 (6.250%) Advertising
18 4 (6.250%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 4 (6.250%) PlateSpin
18 4 (6.250%) XenServer
18 4 (6.250%) vSphere
19 3 (4.688%) VCDX
19 3 (4.688%) VCAP
19 3 (4.688%) CCEE
19 3 (4.688%) Novell

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (3.125%) J2EE
2 1 (1.563%) jQuery
2 1 (1.563%) Spring MVC
2 1 (1.563%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.563%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.563%) Tapestry
2 1 (1.563%) Spring
2 1 (1.563%) Middleware
2 1 (1.563%) Hibernate
2 1 (1.563%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 11 (17.19%) SharePoint
2 9 (14.06%) MS Exchange
3 2 (3.125%) WebLogic
3 2 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.563%) Jetty
4 1 (1.563%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (1.563%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.563%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (21.88%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (1.563%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.563%) VLAN
1 1 (1.563%) LAN
1 1 (1.563%) WAN
1 1 (1.563%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.563%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.563%) JUnit
General
1 6 (9.375%) Retail
2 4 (6.250%) Advertising
3 1 (1.563%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.563%) Oracle Exalogic
1 1 (1.563%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (1.563%) CLARiiON
1 1 (1.563%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.563%) Windows
1 1 (1.563%) AIX
1 1 (1.563%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.81%) Technical Architecture
2 6 (9.375%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (4.688%) ITIL
4 2 (3.125%) RUP
4 2 (3.125%) SOA
4 2 (3.125%) MVC
4 2 (3.125%) Service Delivery
4 2 (3.125%) TOGAF
4 2 (3.125%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (3.125%) Waterfall
5 1 (1.563%) Load Balancing
5 1 (1.563%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (1.563%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (1.563%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.563%) Identity Management
5 1 (1.563%) Risk Management
5 1 (1.563%) Migration
5 1 (1.563%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (1.563%) Business Continuity
5 1 (1.563%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.125%) Java
2 1 (1.563%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (6.250%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (4.688%) VCDX
2 3 (4.688%) VCAP
2 3 (4.688%) CCEE
2 3 (4.688%) Citrix Certification
2 3 (4.688%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.688%) MCSE
3 2 (3.125%) Degree
3 2 (3.125%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.563%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.375%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (76.56%) Active Directory
2 42 (65.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (51.56%) Hyper-V
4 20 (31.25%) XenDesktop
5 4 (6.250%) XenServer
5 4 (6.250%) vSphere
6 1 (1.563%) PowerConvert
Systems Management
1 31 (48.44%) SCOM
2 30 (46.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 45 (70.31%) VMware
2 36 (56.25%) NetApp
3 22 (34.38%) Citrix
4 19 (29.69%) Microsoft
5 13 (20.31%) Cisco
5 13 (20.31%) HP
6 10 (15.63%) 3PAR
7 4 (6.250%) PlateSpin
8 3 (4.688%) Novell
8 3 (4.688%) Oracle
9 2 (3.125%) IBM
10 1 (1.563%) Twitter
10 1 (1.563%) EMC
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7... Microsoft Methodology - MOF and MSA. TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013