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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Architect
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank220176
Rank change on same period last yearDown-44
Matching permanent IT job ads13072475
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.846 %1.104 %
As % of the category below0.942 %1.191 %
Salaries quoted10461970
Average minimum salary£57,245£57,226
Average salary£62,784£63,757
% change on same period last year-1.52 %
Average maximum salary£68,323£70,287
UK excluding London average salary£58,239£60,108
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads138694207818
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled89.77 %92.66 %
Salaries quoted116945167069
Average minimum salary£38,867£40,069
Average salary£42,545£43,907
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Average maximum salary£46,223£47,745
UK excluding London average salary£38,454£39,134
% change on same period last year-1.73 %

Technical Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Technical Architect Demand Trend

Technical Architect
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the UK.

Technical Architect Salary Trend

Technical Architect
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Architect over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 within the UK.

Technical Architect Salary Histogram

Technical Architect
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-471212£63,164-1.37 %
LondonDown-6624£68,253-0.41 %
South EastDown-21297£58,157-2.87 %
SurreyNo change0107£56,914-2.12 %
City of LondonDown-71105£67,429-4.30 %
BerkshireDown-4189£60,313-3.88 %
West MidlandsDown-1082£54,712+2.41 %
South WestDown-1457£55,805-10.49 %
YorkshireDown-5752£51,355-4.84 %
HampshireUp+3851£56,111-18.23 %
ScotlandDown-1046£60,814+18.67 %
West YorkshireDown-3844£51,662-3.54 %
East of EnglandDown-6943£63,531+1.47 %
North WestDown-2440£50,273-27.66 %
WarwickshireUp+1338£50,288+14.01 %
LeedsDown-3625£53,318-2.42 %
BirminghamDown-925£63,639+13.76 %
East MidlandsDown-622£81,714+38.77 %
SuffolkDown-1318£64,712+2.98 %
South WalesUp+1917£47,520+19.54 %
WalesUp+1917£47,520+19.54 %
CardiffNew entry-17£46,353-
EdinburghUp+2016£64,643+4.45 %
MaidenheadUp+2216£67,917+9.29 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1816£55,357-0.41 %
WiltshireDown-815£62,000-5.97 %
ReadingDown-5015£62,107-9.73 %
SwindonUp+815£62,000-2.62 %
WokingDown-715£66,500-
IpswichDown-1015£70,750+12.45 %

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1877 (29.38 %)Java
2868 (29.08 %).NET
3802 (26.87 %)J2EE
4691 (23.15 %)Oracle
5630 (21.11 %)Microsoft
6576 (19.30 %)SQL Server
7496 (16.62 %)C#
8476 (15.95 %)Windows
9473 (15.85 %)SOA
10449 (15.04 %)Finance
11417 (13.97 %)SQL
12350 (11.73 %)XML
13349 (11.69 %)Technical Architecture
14336 (11.26 %)WebSphere
15332 (11.12 %)UML
16322 (10.79 %)UNIX
17291 (9.749 %)Banking
18284 (9.514 %)ASP.NET
19274 (9.179 %)WebServices
20273 (9.146 %)Degree
21250 (8.375 %)OO
22238 (7.973 %)WebLogic
23229 (7.672 %)Project Management
24219 (7.337 %)Active Directory
25214 (7.169 %)BizTalk Server
26210 (7.035 %)MS Excel
26210 (7.035 %)SharePoint
27206 (6.901 %)VMware
28205 (6.868 %)SAP
29203 (6.801 %)Health

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1868 (29.08 %).NET
2802 (26.87 %)J2EE
3350 (11.73 %)XML
4336 (11.26 %)WebSphere
5284 (9.514 %)ASP.NET
6274 (9.179 %)WebServices
7143 (4.791 %)Hibernate
8137 (4.590 %)Spring
9129 (4.322 %)AJAX
10127 (4.255 %)Middleware
11116 (3.886 %)HTML
12114 (3.819 %).NET Framework
1393 (3.116 %)JSP
1487 (2.915 %)JMS
1581 (2.714 %)EJB
1668 (2.278 %)Oracle Fusion
1766 (2.211 %)XSLT
1865 (2.178 %)CSS
1963 (2.111 %)SOAP
2056 (1.876 %)Struts
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1238 (7.973 %)WebLogic
2214 (7.169 %)BizTalk Server
3210 (7.035 %)SharePoint
4185 (6.198 %)MS Exchange
5114 (3.819 %)NetWeaver
6111 (3.719 %)IIS
7100 (3.350 %)Exchange Server 2007
893 (3.116 %)CMS
980 (2.680 %)JBoss
1063 (2.111 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1156 (1.876 %)Exchange Server 2003
1250 (1.675 %)Tomcat
1250 (1.675 %)Apache
1345 (1.508 %)WebSphere Application Server
1441 (1.374 %)Documentum
1533 (1.106 %)MQSeries
1533 (1.106 %)ESB
1631 (1.039 %)Office Communications Server
1725 (0.838 %)Lotus Notes
1725 (0.838 %)SharePoint Portal Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1210 (7.035 %)MS Excel
299 (3.317 %)MS Visio
342 (1.407 %)MS Office
413 (0.436 %)InfoPath
512 (0.402 %)MS Project
610 (0.335 %)Photoshop
76 (0.201 %)PrintSoft PReS
76 (0.201 %)DOC1
76 (0.201 %)SPSS
83 (0.101 %)Quicktime
92 (0.067 %)MS PowerPoint
92 (0.067 %)MATLAB
92 (0.067 %)Simulink
101 (0.034 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
161 (2.044 %)Oracle Applications
214 (0.469 %)Oracle EBS
39 (0.302 %)SoftGrid
39 (0.302 %)SAP Retail
48 (0.268 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
48 (0.268 %)Oracle EBS R12
56 (0.201 %)SAP Oil and Gas
65 (0.168 %)SAP R/3
65 (0.168 %)Microsoft CRM
65 (0.168 %)SAP ERP
74 (0.134 %)Oracle 11i
74 (0.134 %)SAP HR
74 (0.134 %)Endur
83 (0.101 %)Dynamics CRM
92 (0.067 %)TIBCO iProcess
92 (0.067 %)Oracle ERP
101 (0.034 %)SAP FI/CO
101 (0.034 %)Teamcenter
101 (0.034 %)SAP FI
101 (0.034 %)Findur
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1146 (4.891 %)SAN
2118 (3.953 %)Internet
3115 (3.853 %)Firewall
499 (3.317 %)WAN
587 (2.915 %)LAN
655 (1.843 %)Wireless
746 (1.541 %)Network Security
839 (1.307 %)TCP/IP
938 (1.273 %)DNS
938 (1.273 %)LDAP
1036 (1.206 %)SMS
1133 (1.106 %)VoIP
1231 (1.039 %)MPLS
1324 (0.804 %)3G
1423 (0.771 %)VPN
1423 (0.771 %)HTTP
1522 (0.737 %)DHCP
1522 (0.737 %)GPRS
1621 (0.704 %)Wi-Fi
1621 (0.704 %)TETRA
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1576 (19.30 %)SQL Server
2167 (5.595 %)SQL Server 2005
3137 (4.590 %)RDBMS
4114 (3.819 %)SQL Server 2000
5113 (3.786 %)DB2
696 (3.216 %)Datawarehouse
778 (2.613 %)ETL
868 (2.278 %)SQL Server Integration Services
962 (2.077 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1061 (2.044 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1153 (1.776 %)Oracle 8/8i
1240 (1.340 %)Oracle 10g
1333 (1.106 %)BusinessObjects
1430 (1.005 %)OLAP
1525 (0.838 %)MySQL
1623 (0.771 %)SQL Server 2008
1720 (0.670 %)SAP BW
1812 (0.402 %)Informix
1910 (0.335 %)Oracle Reports
1910 (0.335 %)PostgreSQL
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
172 (2.412 %)Visual Studio
241 (1.374 %)Eclipse
330 (1.005 %)NUnit
422 (0.737 %)Flash
519 (0.637 %)Oracle Forms
617 (0.570 %)Visual Studio Team System
714 (0.469 %)Ant
811 (0.369 %)JUnit
910 (0.335 %)Subversion
108 (0.268 %)JBuilder
108 (0.268 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
108 (0.268 %)JDeveloper
108 (0.268 %)Telelogic DOORS
115 (0.168 %)CruiseControl
124 (0.134 %)WebLogic Workshop
132 (0.067 %)XDE
141 (0.034 %)Bugzilla
141 (0.034 %)InstallShield
141 (0.034 %)MSI
141 (0.034 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1449 (15.04 %)Finance
2291 (9.749 %)Banking
3203 (6.801 %)Health
4188 (6.298 %)Retail
5157 (5.260 %)Telecoms
6143 (4.791 %)Pensions
7136 (4.556 %)Investment Banking
8134 (4.489 %)Insurance
9126 (4.221 %)Government
10103 (3.451 %)Education
1168 (2.278 %)Marketing
1237 (1.240 %)Publishing
1335 (1.173 %)Retail Banking
1434 (1.139 %)Games
1526 (0.871 %)Back Office
1622 (0.737 %)Manufacturing
1717 (0.570 %)3D Graphics
1717 (0.570 %)Billing
1816 (0.536 %)Pharmaceutical
1915 (0.503 %)Construction
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1114 (3.819 %)N-Tier
244 (1.474 %)Derivative
343 (1.441 %)Clustering
441 (1.374 %)Client/Server
535 (1.173 %)Management Information System
634 (1.139 %)Computer Science
733 (1.106 %)Mainframe
832 (1.072 %)Credit Risk
931 (1.039 %)Web 2.0
1030 (1.005 %)Market Risk
1126 (0.871 %)Multithreading
1224 (0.804 %)CESG
1319 (0.637 %)Device Driver
1418 (0.603 %)Equities
1517 (0.570 %)Biometrics
1616 (0.536 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1711 (0.369 %)Data Integration
1711 (0.369 %)CESG CLAS
1810 (0.335 %)Replication
199 (0.302 %)iSeries
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1476 (15.95 %)Windows
2322 (10.79 %)UNIX
3164 (5.494 %)Linux
4138 (4.623 %)Windows Server 2003
599 (3.317 %)Solaris
661 (2.044 %)Windows Server 2008
757 (1.910 %)AIX
838 (1.273 %)Windows XP
931 (1.039 %)Windows 2000
1029 (0.972 %)Windows 2000 Server
1127 (0.905 %)HPUX
1222 (0.737 %)zOS
1317 (0.570 %)Symbian OS
1414 (0.469 %)Windows NT
1511 (0.369 %)Windows Vista
169 (0.302 %)Red Hat Linux
177 (0.235 %)MVS
186 (0.201 %)Windows Mobile
192 (0.067 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
201 (0.034 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1473 (15.85 %)SOA
2349 (11.69 %)Technical Architecture
3332 (11.12 %)UML
4250 (8.375 %)OO
5229 (7.672 %)Project Management
6188 (6.298 %)Content Management
7181 (6.064 %)EAI
8169 (5.662 %)Enterprise Architecture
9166 (5.561 %)RUP
10136 (4.556 %)Security Cleared
11131 (4.389 %)ITIL
12108 (3.618 %)TOGAF
1393 (3.116 %)Business Intelligence
1492 (3.082 %)CRM
1582 (2.747 %)E-Commerce
1677 (2.580 %)Zachman Framework
1771 (2.379 %)Migration
1869 (2.312 %)Scrum
1968 (2.278 %)Data Modelling
2066 (2.211 %)OOA/OOD
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1877 (29.38 %)Java
2496 (16.62 %)C#
3417 (13.97 %)SQL
4170 (5.695 %)C++
5124 (4.154 %)JavaScript
6109 (3.652 %)VB.NET
776 (2.546 %)Transact-SQL
850 (1.675 %)C
935 (1.173 %)VB
1025 (0.838 %)PHP
1124 (0.804 %)COBOL
1219 (0.637 %)PL/SQL
1318 (0.603 %)Perl
1417 (0.570 %)Embedded C++
1516 (0.536 %)Python
1612 (0.402 %)VC++
1710 (0.335 %)XPath
1710 (0.335 %)Smalltalk
187 (0.235 %)ABAP
194 (0.134 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1273 (9.146 %)Degree
2182 (6.097 %)Microsoft Certification
3143 (4.791 %)MCSE
490 (3.015 %)Cisco Certification
558 (1.943 %)CCNP
633 (1.106 %)CCIE
633 (1.106 %)Citrix Certification
731 (1.039 %)CCNA
821 (0.704 %)CISSP
920 (0.670 %)CCDA
920 (0.670 %)MCSA
1019 (0.637 %)MCP
1019 (0.637 %)CCA
1117 (0.570 %)CCDP
1215 (0.503 %)CCEA
1215 (0.503 %)MCTS
1313 (0.436 %)MBA
1412 (0.402 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1511 (0.369 %)IBM Certification
1511 (0.369 %)Chartered Engineer
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (0.771 %)COBIT
220 (0.670 %)QA
36 (0.201 %)PCI QSA
36 (0.201 %)SLA
44 (0.134 %)ISO27001
52 (0.067 %)JSP 440
52 (0.067 %)PCI DSS
52 (0.067 %)WAI
61 (0.034 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (0.034 %)BS7799
61 (0.034 %)ISO17799
61 (0.034 %)ISO9001
61 (0.034 %)HMG Infosec
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1219 (7.337 %)Active Directory
292 (3.082 %)VMware Infrastructure
362 (2.077 %)AquaLogic
428 (0.938 %)ISA Server
525 (0.838 %)MetaFrame
624 (0.804 %)Citrix Presentation Server
720 (0.670 %)VMware ESX
814 (0.469 %)Oracle RAC
910 (0.335 %)Terminal Services
106 (0.201 %)MSMQ
106 (0.201 %)Terminal Server
112 (0.067 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
121 (0.034 %)NetBackup
121 (0.034 %)Backup Exec
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
131 (1.039 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
226 (0.871 %)OpenView
325 (0.838 %)SCCM
422 (0.737 %)SCOM
514 (0.469 %)MOM
65 (0.168 %)Tivoli
74 (0.134 %)BMC Marimba
74 (0.134 %)MIIS
83 (0.101 %)Unicenter
83 (0.101 %)EMC NetWorker
91 (0.034 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1691 (23.15 %)Oracle
2630 (21.11 %)Microsoft
3206 (6.901 %)VMware
4205 (6.868 %)SAP
5193 (6.466 %)Citrix
6151 (5.059 %)Cisco
7137 (4.590 %)IBM
897 (3.250 %)HP
979 (2.647 %)EMC
1066 (2.211 %)Siebel
1066 (2.211 %)BEA
1164 (2.144 %)Sun
1258 (1.943 %)Vignette
1352 (1.742 %)TIBCO
1449 (1.642 %)webMethods
1533 (1.106 %)Business Objects
1533 (1.106 %)Interwoven
1627 (0.905 %)NetApp
1726 (0.871 %)Sybase
1825 (0.838 %)Nokia