The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford 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 20 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 0.398% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.408% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 200 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 97.61% 97.56% 99.41%
Number of salaries quoted 239 190 163
Average salary £41,000 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,800 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
Bedfordshire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
1 2 (100.00%) LINQ
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Moq
1 2 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Subversion
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) WinForms
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) MVC

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) WCF
1 2 (100.00%) WPF
1 2 (100.00%) LINQ
1 2 (100.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (100.00%) Moq
2 1 (50.00%) Subversion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Technical Lead Developer / Solution Architect (Microsoft Gold Partner - C#, ASP.Net, WCF, MVC) We are looking for a Technical Lead, Lead Developer or Solution Architect with good experience...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013