The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 17 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 130 124 153
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 15 20 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.565% 0.705% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.592% 0.733% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 14 20 2
Average salary £52,000 £55,000 £47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.45% +17.02%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,600 £40,600 £45,400
10% offered a salary of more than £63,500 £60,000 £48,600
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.54%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2534 2728 2880
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.41% 96.16% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2259 2299 2561
Average salary £38,000 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.29% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Architect
East of England

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Technical Architect Salary Trend

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Architect across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire Technical Architect Salary Histogram

Technical Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Peterborough -15 7 £52,000 -5.45%
Cambridge -3 5 £63,500 +15.45%
Technical Architect
East of England

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 18 (66.67%) VMware
2 12 (44.44%) Windows
3 10 (37.04%) Citrix
4 9 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
5 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
6 7 (25.93%) Java
6 7 (25.93%) Web Services
6 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (22.22%) Oracle
7 6 (22.22%) MCITP
8 5 (18.52%) Network Design
8 5 (18.52%) Information Security
8 5 (18.52%) CCA
8 5 (18.52%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (18.52%) J2EE
8 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
8 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
8 5 (18.52%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (14.81%) Unified Communications
9 4 (14.81%) HP
9 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
9 4 (14.81%) ITIL
10 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
10 3 (11.11%) C#
10 3 (11.11%) SQL
10 3 (11.11%) Cisco
10 3 (11.11%) MCSE
10 3 (11.11%) MCSA
10 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 7 (25.93%) Web Services
2 5 (18.52%) J2EE
3 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET
3 2 (7.407%) CSS
3 2 (7.407%) HTML
3 2 (7.407%) .NET
3 2 (7.407%) XML
3 2 (7.407%) XSLT
3 2 (7.407%) Ajax
3 2 (7.407%) .NET Framework
3 2 (7.407%) jQuery
3 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET MVC 2
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Unified Communications
2 3 (11.11%) Wireless
3 1 (3.704%) LAN
3 1 (3.704%) WAN
3 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.704%) VPN
3 1 (3.704%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.704%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Visual Studio
1 2 (7.407%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (7.407%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) PRINCE2
1 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
1 5 (18.52%) Information Security
1 5 (18.52%) Network Design
2 4 (14.81%) ITIL
3 3 (11.11%) Business Development
4 2 (7.407%) MVC
4 2 (7.407%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (7.407%) OO
5 1 (3.704%) DSDM
5 1 (3.704%) UML
5 1 (3.704%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.704%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.704%) PRINCE
5 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.704%) MOF
5 1 (3.704%) TOGAF
5 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) Java
2 3 (11.11%) C#
2 3 (11.11%) SQL
3 2 (7.407%) T-SQL
3 2 (7.407%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.704%) C
4 1 (3.704%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (22.22%) MCITP
3 5 (18.52%) CCA
3 5 (18.52%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (11.11%) MCSE
4 3 (11.11%) MCSA
4 3 (11.11%) CCNA
4 3 (11.11%) HP AIS
4 3 (11.11%) HP ASE
5 1 (3.704%) Degree
5 1 (3.704%) MCTS
System Software
1 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.704%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) SCCM
1 1 (3.704%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (66.67%) VMware
2 10 (37.04%) Citrix
3 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
4 6 (22.22%) Oracle
5 4 (14.81%) HP
6 3 (11.11%) Cisco
7 1 (3.704%) NetApp
7 1 (3.704%) Dell
7 1 (3.704%) EMC