The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 24 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 141 145 116
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -29
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 12 10 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.381% 0.289% 1.234%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.514% 0.409% 1.617%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 29
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £42,250 £34,700
10% offered a salary of more than £78,750 £50,100 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £52,000 £55,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-6.30% +0.90%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2333 2445 2660
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.13% 70.77% 76.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1403 1740 1920
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Technical Architecture Salary Trend

Technical Architecture
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Architecture across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Technical Architecture Salary Histogram

Technical Architecture
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architecture within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Edinburgh +11 7 £50,000 +5.26%
Glasgow -24 4 £75,000 +66.66%
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 14 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.78%) Degree
3 9 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 8 (22.22%) Finance
4 8 (22.22%) Dell
4 8 (22.22%) Citrix
4 8 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (19.44%) MS Excel
5 7 (19.44%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (19.44%) VMware
5 7 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (16.67%) Banking
6 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 6 (16.67%) Project Management
7 5 (13.89%) Oracle
7 5 (13.89%) SQL
7 5 (13.89%) Asset Management
7 5 (13.89%) Migration
7 5 (13.89%) Amazon AWS
7 5 (13.89%) Big Data
8 4 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
8 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
8 4 (11.11%) Retail Banking
8 4 (11.11%) Retail
8 4 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (11.11%) Web Services
8 4 (11.11%) UNIX
8 4 (11.11%) Windows
8 4 (11.11%) Linux

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 (11.11%) Web Services
2 1 (2.778%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.778%) .NET
2 1 (2.778%) HTML
2 1 (2.778%) WCF
2 1 (2.778%) NHibernate
2 1 (2.778%) Spring.NET
2 1 (2.778%) Castle Windsor
2 1 (2.778%) Unity DI Container
Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) Amazon AWS
2 4 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (8.333%) SAS
4 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.778%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 7 (19.44%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) HTTP
1 1 (2.778%) Internet
1 1 (2.778%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (19.44%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 5 (13.89%) Big Data
4 3 (8.333%) Base SAS
4 3 (8.333%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
General
1 8 (22.22%) Finance
2 6 (16.67%) Banking
3 4 (11.11%) Retail Banking
3 4 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (2.778%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (66.67%) Architect
2 15 (41.67%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (22.22%) Consultant
4 5 (13.89%) Technical Architect
5 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
5 4 (11.11%) Designer
5 4 (11.11%) Solutions Designer
6 3 (8.333%) SAS Consultant
6 3 (8.333%) Business Intelligence Architect
7 2 (5.556%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.778%) IT Manager
8 1 (2.778%) SAP Consultant
8 1 (2.778%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.778%) Technical Manager
8 1 (2.778%) Enterprise Architect
8 1 (2.778%) Oracle Consultant
8 1 (2.778%) Support Manager
8 1 (2.778%) Support Team Leader
8 1 (2.778%) IT Support Manager
8 1 (2.778%) Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.333%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.778%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) UNIX
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
1 4 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (16.67%) Project Management
3 5 (13.89%) Asset Management
3 5 (13.89%) Migration
4 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (5.556%) ITIL
6 1 (2.778%) Data Modelling
6 1 (2.778%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.778%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.778%) Workflow
6 1 (2.778%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.778%) Release Management
6 1 (2.778%) TOGAF
6 1 (2.778%) AOP
6 1 (2.778%) TDD
6 1 (2.778%) Resource Management
6 1 (2.778%) Dependency Injection
6 1 (2.778%) Capacity Management
6 1 (2.778%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) SQL
2 1 (2.778%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.778%) SAP Certification
3 1 (2.778%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.333%) QA
System Software
1 7 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.22%) Dell
2 8 (22.22%) Citrix
3 7 (19.44%) VMware
4 5 (13.89%) Oracle
5 1 (2.778%) SAP
5 1 (2.778%) Pega