The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 85 91 79
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -12
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 7 2 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.662% 0.149% 1.427%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.889% 0.207% 1.803%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 16
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +26.66%
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +1.81%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
787 965 1220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 74.46% 72.01% 79.12%
Number of salaries quoted 463 681 859
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,700 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Technical Architecture
Scotland

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Architecture across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh Technical Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Architecture
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Technical Architecture Salary Trend

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Technical Architecture also 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 that cited Technical Architecture.

1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) Finance
3 8 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (30.77%) Degree
3 8 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 7 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (26.92%) VMware
4 7 (26.92%) SQL Server
4 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
4 7 (26.92%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (23.08%) Oracle
5 6 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (19.23%) Project Management
6 5 (19.23%) Dell
6 5 (19.23%) Citrix
6 5 (19.23%) Amazon AWS
6 5 (19.23%) Big Data
7 4 (15.38%) Retail Banking
7 4 (15.38%) Office Communications Server
7 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (15.38%) Web Services
7 4 (15.38%) UNIX
7 4 (15.38%) Windows
7 4 (15.38%) Linux
7 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
7 4 (15.38%) Banking
7 4 (15.38%) Retail
7 4 (15.38%) Migration
8 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
8 3 (11.54%) RDBMS

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Technical Architecture also 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 that cited Technical Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (15.38%) Web Services
2 2 (7.692%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) Amazon AWS
2 4 (15.38%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (11.54%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (26.92%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (26.92%) SQL Server
2 5 (19.23%) Big Data
3 3 (11.54%) RDBMS
3 3 (11.54%) Base SAS
3 3 (11.54%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle Reports
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Banking
2 4 (15.38%) Retail
2 4 (15.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Architect
2 12 (46.15%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (23.08%) Consultant
4 5 (19.23%) Technical Architect
5 4 (15.38%) Solutions Designer
5 4 (15.38%) Designer
5 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
6 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence Architect
6 3 (11.54%) SAS Consultant
7 2 (7.692%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (3.846%) Oracle Consultant
8 1 (3.846%) Senior SAS Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 4 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.54%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) UNIX
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (23.08%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (19.23%) Project Management
4 4 (15.38%) Migration
5 3 (11.54%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.846%) Analytics
6 1 (3.846%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.846%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) QA
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 7 (26.92%) VMware
3 6 (23.08%) Oracle
4 5 (19.23%) Dell
4 5 (19.23%) Citrix