The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands 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 18 June 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 24 33 34
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 5 12 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.083% 4.013% 2.162%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.222% 4.286% 2.273%
Number of salaries quoted 2 12 3
Average salary £81,250 £45,000 £61,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+80.55% -26.22%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+4.34% +4.54%
All Job Titles
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
225 280 352
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 93.75% 93.65% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 157 230 271
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £40,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Architect
England

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Technical Architect Salary Trend

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 9 (81.82%) VMware
2 7 (63.64%) HP
3 6 (54.55%) NetApp
3 6 (54.55%) Cisco
3 6 (54.55%) IBM
4 5 (45.45%) SharePoint
4 5 (45.45%) ITIL
4 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
4 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (36.36%) SCOM
5 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
5 4 (36.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (36.36%) Degree
5 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (36.36%) MS Exchange
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
6 3 (27.27%) EMC
6 3 (27.27%) Citrix
7 2 (18.18%) CCA
7 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (18.18%) Symantec
7 2 (18.18%) Windows
7 2 (18.18%) Celerra
7 2 (18.18%) HP AIS
7 2 (18.18%) HP ASE
7 2 (18.18%) CLARiiON
7 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
7 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
7 2 (18.18%) VCP5

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (9.091%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) SharePoint
2 4 (36.36%) MS Exchange
2 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (36.36%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications
2 1 (9.091%) LAN
2 1 (9.091%) WAN
2 1 (9.091%) SAN
2 1 (9.091%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) CLARiiON
1 2 (18.18%) Celerra
2 1 (9.091%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (9.091%) HP StorageWorks
2 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (9.091%) Symmetrix
2 1 (9.091%) EMC Centera
2 1 (9.091%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Solaris
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
3 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
4 1 (9.091%) Network Design
4 1 (9.091%) High Availability
4 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) HP AIS
2 2 (18.18%) HP ASE
2 2 (18.18%) CCA
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (18.18%) CCEE
2 2 (18.18%) VCP5
3 1 (9.091%) CCAA
3 1 (9.091%) CCIA
3 1 (9.091%) CCEA
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (9.091%) EMC Certification
3 1 (9.091%) MCITP
3 1 (9.091%) MCSE
3 1 (9.091%) MCSA
3 1 (9.091%) CCNA
3 1 (9.091%) HP MASE
3 1 (9.091%) VCP4
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) vSphere
3 1 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (9.091%) VMware ESX
3 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
3 1 (9.091%) XenApp
3 1 (9.091%) XenServer
3 1 (9.091%) XenDesktop
3 1 (9.091%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) SCOM
2 1 (9.091%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) VMware
2 7 (63.64%) HP
3 6 (54.55%) Cisco
3 6 (54.55%) IBM
3 6 (54.55%) NetApp
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 3 (27.27%) EMC
4 3 (27.27%) Citrix
5 2 (18.18%) Symantec
6 1 (9.091%) McAfee
6 1 (9.091%) ProCurve
6 1 (9.091%) CA
6 1 (9.091%) Sun
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