The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 66 67 51
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 12 4 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 1.681% 0.661% 1.158%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.802% 0.697% 1.268%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 1
Average salary £60,000 £57,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
666 574 473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 93.28% 94.88% 91.31%
Number of salaries quoted 530 447 351
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £28,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
Hampshire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region that cited Solutions 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 Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 11 (50.00%) HTML
1 11 (50.00%) Visual Studio
1 11 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 11 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 9 (40.91%) Electronics
2 9 (40.91%) Military
3 8 (36.36%) PDA
3 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 8 (36.36%) Chip and PIN
3 8 (36.36%) ITIL
4 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (18.18%) C#
5 4 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (18.18%) .NET Framework
5 4 (18.18%) XML
5 4 (18.18%) XSL
5 4 (18.18%) .NET
5 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
5 4 (18.18%) IIS
6 3 (13.64%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 2 (9.091%) TOGAF
8 1 (4.545%) Supply Chain Management
8 1 (4.545%) MODAF
8 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (4.545%) Programme Management
8 1 (4.545%) Finance
8 1 (4.545%) Validation
8 1 (4.545%) Financial Institution
8 1 (4.545%) Management Information System

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region that cited Solutions 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 Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (50.00%) HTML
2 4 (18.18%) .NET Framework
2 4 (18.18%) XML
2 4 (18.18%) XSL
2 4 (18.18%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 11 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (18.18%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 4 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (13.64%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 9 (40.91%) Electronics
1 9 (40.91%) Military
2 8 (36.36%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.545%) Finance
3 1 (4.545%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) PDA
1 8 (36.36%) Chip and PIN
2 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.545%) Human Factors
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) UNIX
1 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 8 (36.36%) ITIL
3 2 (9.091%) TOGAF
4 1 (4.545%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (4.545%) MODAF
4 1 (4.545%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (4.545%) Programme Management
4 1 (4.545%) Validation
4 1 (4.545%) Risk Management
4 1 (4.545%) Project Management
4 1 (4.545%) Data Architecture
4 1 (4.545%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.545%) Degree
2 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
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