The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 23 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 101 106 77
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 21 8 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.211% 0.462% 2.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.245% 0.490% 2.243%
Number of salaries quoted 20 7 4
Average salary £53,750 £45,000 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.44% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,400 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £74,000 £51,750
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-2.54% +7.27%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1687 1634 1739
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.29% 94.45% 93.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1464 1442 1419
Average salary £37,500 £36,122 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.81% +6.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Architect
South West

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Technical Architect Salary Trend

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Architect across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bristol Technical Architect Salary Histogram

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 14 (48.28%) Agile Software Development
1 14 (48.28%) C#
1 14 (48.28%) .NET
1 14 (48.28%) WCF
2 13 (44.83%) Visual Studio
2 13 (44.83%) UML
2 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 13 (44.83%) Scrum
3 10 (34.48%) PRINCE2
3 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
3 10 (34.48%) SC Cleared
3 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
4 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (24.14%) Programme Management
5 6 (20.69%) OO
6 5 (17.24%) SOA
7 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET
8 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
8 3 (10.34%) Technical Architecture
9 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
9 2 (6.897%) TOGAF
9 2 (6.897%) Software Architecture
9 2 (6.897%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (6.897%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (6.897%) WinForms
9 2 (6.897%) RPG
9 2 (6.897%) ITIL
9 2 (6.897%) SQL Server
9 2 (6.897%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (3.448%) PRINCE

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 14 (48.28%) .NET
1 14 (48.28%) WCF
2 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET
3 2 (6.897%) WinForms
4 1 (3.448%) HTML
4 1 (3.448%) CSS
4 1 (3.448%) WPF
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) FastStats
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.897%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (44.83%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Computer Science
1 2 (6.897%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (6.897%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.448%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.448%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Agile Software Development
2 13 (44.83%) UML
2 13 (44.83%) Scrum
3 10 (34.48%) PRINCE2
4 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (24.14%) Programme Management
5 6 (20.69%) OO
6 5 (17.24%) SOA
7 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
7 3 (10.34%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (6.897%) TOGAF
8 2 (6.897%) Software Architecture
8 2 (6.897%) ITIL
9 1 (3.448%) PRINCE
9 1 (3.448%) CRM
9 1 (3.448%) Database Marketing
9 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 14 (48.28%) C#
2 2 (6.897%) RPG
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) SC Cleared
1 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.897%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.448%) Citrix
2 1 (3.448%) Alterian
2 1 (3.448%) VMware
Bristol, Avon
The Solutions Architect will motivate, manage and develop the skills within the solutions team, acting as subject matter expert for the IT business model for services including business...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Architect, UML, Agile, C#, Biztalk Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Swindon, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Newport, Cardiff... Experience of Microsoft technologies (C#, Biztalk) both as a developer and architect...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, South West
About the Role: - We use the Microsoft technology stack, and in particular C# and .Net 4.0 with Visual Studio tooling... - Understanding technologies such as C#, .Net, WCF,...
Brightside Group
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The ideal Technical architect (Servers, virtualisation, storage, networking, disaster recovery) should have the following: - Excellent understanding of IT Infrastructure such as - Servers, virtualisation, storage, networking, disaster recovery, - Experience...
Integrity IT Solutions
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum plus excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The role is based in theBristol&Bathand you'll the key figure in regards to designing and deploying a Microsoft Exchange environment which will cater for over 20,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care.
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The role is based in theBristol&Bathand you'll the key figure in regards to designing and deploying a Microsoft Exchange environment which will cater for over 20,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Training & Health Care.
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
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