The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 85 92 75
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -17
Permanent jobs citing Technical Architecture 8 4 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.658% 0.346% 1.514%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.948% 0.491% 2.102%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 15
Average salary £42,500 £55,000 £67,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.72% -18.51%
UK excluding London average salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-5.45% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
844 815 761
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 69.47% 70.50% 72.00%
Number of salaries quoted 747 730 712
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £54,750 £50,000
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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Technical Architecture Salary Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales +6 8 £42,500 -22.72%
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 7 (41.18%) Management Information System
2 5 (29.41%) Service Delivery
2 5 (29.41%) Web Services
2 5 (29.41%) Zachman Framework
2 5 (29.41%) TOGAF
2 5 (29.41%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (29.41%) Information Architecture
3 4 (23.53%) VMware
4 3 (17.65%) Incident Management
4 3 (17.65%) Windows
4 3 (17.65%) SOA
4 3 (17.65%) WAN
4 3 (17.65%) Firewall
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 2 (11.76%) Service Management
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco
5 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
5 2 (11.76%) MPLS
5 2 (11.76%) BGP
5 2 (11.76%) EIGRP
5 2 (11.76%) Degree
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (5.882%) F5
6 1 (5.882%) Change Control
6 1 (5.882%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (5.882%) Computacenter
6 1 (5.882%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (5.882%) Web Development
6 1 (5.882%) Blue Coat

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 5 (29.41%) Web Services
2 1 (5.882%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) NetWeaver
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) WAN
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) MPLS
2 2 (11.76%) BGP
2 2 (11.76%) EIGRP
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Architect
2 8 (47.06%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Data Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Communications Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Data Centre Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.882%) SAP Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.882%) SAP Basis Architect
5 1 (5.882%) NetWeaver Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Service Delivery
1 5 (29.41%) Zachman Framework
1 5 (29.41%) TOGAF
1 5 (29.41%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (29.41%) Information Architecture
2 3 (17.65%) Incident Management
2 3 (17.65%) SOA
3 2 (11.76%) Service Management
4 1 (5.882%) Change Control
4 1 (5.882%) Web Development
4 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) VMware
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 1 (5.882%) F5
3 1 (5.882%) Computacenter
3 1 (5.882%) Blue Coat
3 1 (5.882%) HP
3 1 (5.882%) Juniper
3 1 (5.882%) SAP