The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge 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 22 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 115 124 127
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 4 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.217% 0.147% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.228% 0.153% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 2
Average salary £60,500 £55,000 £47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +17.02%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,150 £49,000 £45,400
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £55,000 £48,600
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +9.09%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1758 1964 2013
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.23% 96.18% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1561 1666 1834
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Architect
Cambridgeshire

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Technical Architect Salary Trend

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Architect across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cambridge Technical Architect Salary Histogram

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 6 (85.71%) Oracle
2 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 5 (71.43%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) Network Design
2 5 (71.43%) E-Commerce
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) J2EE
2 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Dell
4 1 (14.29%) EMC
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) SAN
4 1 (14.29%) NetApp
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
4 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 1 (14.29%) MOF
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) VB
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (14.29%) MCTS
4 1 (14.29%) MCITP
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 5 (71.43%) Web Services
1 5 (71.43%) J2EE
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) SAN
1 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (14.29%) QlikView
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Network Design
1 5 (71.43%) E-Commerce
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE
3 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
3 1 (14.29%) MOF
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) DSDM
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (14.29%) MCTS
1 1 (14.29%) MCITP
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Dell
3 1 (14.29%) EMC
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp
3 1 (14.29%) VMware