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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 86 84 83
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 16 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.241% 0.660% 0.317%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.283% 0.706% 0.338%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 3
Average salary £58,750 £55,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.81% -26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £48,750 £51,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,550 £60,000 £81,000
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.54%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1247 991 888
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.74% 93.49% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1059 816 770
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Architect
Buckinghamshire

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Technical Architect Salary Trend

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (48.28%) SQL
3 10 (34.48%) .NET
3 10 (34.48%) C#
3 10 (34.48%) SQL Server
3 10 (34.48%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (34.48%) Degree
4 9 (31.03%) UML
4 9 (31.03%) Oracle
4 9 (31.03%) Cisco
5 8 (27.59%) MS Excel
5 8 (27.59%) Load Balancing
6 7 (24.14%) WCF
6 7 (24.14%) WPF
6 7 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (24.14%) Technical Architecture
6 7 (24.14%) VMware
6 7 (24.14%) CCIE
6 7 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (20.69%) C
8 5 (17.24%) Windows
8 5 (17.24%) EAI
8 5 (17.24%) SOA
8 5 (17.24%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (17.24%) Finance
8 5 (17.24%) Telerik
8 5 (17.24%) Product Management
9 4 (13.79%) TOGAF
9 4 (13.79%) Blue Coat
9 4 (13.79%) Network Design

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 10 (34.48%) .NET
2 7 (24.14%) WCF
2 7 (24.14%) WPF
3 4 (13.79%) CSS
4 2 (6.897%) WebSphere
4 2 (6.897%) Application Packaging
4 2 (6.897%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (10.34%) IIS
3 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.897%) ESB
3 2 (6.897%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (3.448%) Lync
4 1 (3.448%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 8 (27.59%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) WAN
1 4 (13.79%) VPN
1 4 (13.79%) SSL
1 4 (13.79%) DWDM
1 4 (13.79%) MPLS
1 4 (13.79%) OSPF
1 4 (13.79%) BGP
1 4 (13.79%) EIGRP
1 4 (13.79%) TACACS
1 4 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (13.79%) IPsec
1 4 (13.79%) LAN
2 3 (10.34%) Firewall
3 2 (6.897%) SAN
3 2 (6.897%) NetScaler
4 1 (3.448%) VoIP
4 1 (3.448%) VLAN
4 1 (3.448%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (34.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Visual Studio
1 2 (6.897%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (17.24%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Computer Science
2 2 (6.897%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.448%) CLARiiON
3 1 (3.448%) Celerra
3 1 (3.448%) SaaS
3 1 (3.448%) PaaS
3 1 (3.448%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 1 (3.448%) AIX
2 1 (3.448%) Solaris
2 1 (3.448%) Windows 2000
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.448%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (31.03%) UML
3 8 (27.59%) Load Balancing
4 7 (24.14%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (17.24%) EAI
5 5 (17.24%) SOA
5 5 (17.24%) Product Management
6 4 (13.79%) Change Control
6 4 (13.79%) ITIL
6 4 (13.79%) TOGAF
6 4 (13.79%) Network Design
7 3 (10.34%) Systems Analysis
7 3 (10.34%) Business Analysis
7 3 (10.34%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (10.34%) Scrum
7 3 (10.34%) Change Management
8 2 (6.897%) Project Management
9 1 (3.448%) Business Continuity
9 1 (3.448%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (3.448%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (48.28%) SQL
2 10 (34.48%) C#
3 6 (20.69%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Degree
2 7 (24.14%) CCIE
2 7 (24.14%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.897%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (6.897%) CCA
3 2 (6.897%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (6.897%) CCEA
4 1 (3.448%) MCTS
4 1 (3.448%) MCITP
4 1 (3.448%) VCP4
4 1 (3.448%) NCDA
4 1 (3.448%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) SLA
1 4 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (10.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (13.79%) NFS
3 2 (6.897%) XenApp
3 2 (6.897%) XenServer
3 2 (6.897%) XenDesktop
3 2 (6.897%) vSphere
3 2 (6.897%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (3.448%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (3.448%) VMware ESX
4 1 (3.448%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) OpenView
1 4 (13.79%) CiscoWorks
1 4 (13.79%) Netcool
2 1 (3.448%) SCCM
2 1 (3.448%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (31.03%) Oracle
2 9 (31.03%) Cisco
3 7 (24.14%) VMware
4 5 (17.24%) Telerik
5 4 (13.79%) Blue Coat
5 4 (13.79%) Infovista
5 4 (13.79%) EMC
5 4 (13.79%) SAP
6 3 (10.34%) Citrix
7 2 (6.897%) NetApp
7 2 (6.897%) JBoss
7 2 (6.897%) AppSense
8 1 (3.448%) Brocade
8 1 (3.448%) HP
8 1 (3.448%) Dell
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