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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 70 63 58
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Architect 1 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.167% 0.351% 0.175%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.170% 0.360% 0.185%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 1
Average salary £48,000 £47,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.05% -26.92%
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.54%
All Job Titles
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
588 555 542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 98.33% 97.37% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 500 476 439
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £16,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Architect
West Midlands

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Technical Architect Salary Trend

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 Staffordshire 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
Cannock -11 1 £48,000 +1.05%
Technical Architect
West Midlands

Technical Architect
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Staffordshire 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 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix