The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Solution Architect
Rank 205 215 193
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 14 7 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.269% 0.114% 0.327%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.286% 0.120% 0.347%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 15
Average salary £75,000 £65,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +23.80%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-15.38% +23.80%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4901 5818 4903
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.07% 94.43% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3900 4958 4077
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Solutions Architect
South East

Technical Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Technical Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Solutions Architect across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Technical Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Technical Solutions Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Solutions Architect within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Reading - 6 £75,000 -
Slough - 1 £72,500 -
Technical Solutions Architect
South East

Technical Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 17 (77.27%) SAN
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
1 17 (77.27%) VMware
1 17 (77.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (72.73%) NAS
2 16 (72.73%) vSphere
3 12 (54.55%) Hyper-V
3 12 (54.55%) Citrix
4 11 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 11 (50.00%) Firewall
4 11 (50.00%) Back Office
4 11 (50.00%) Windows
4 11 (50.00%) SharePoint
4 11 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 11 (50.00%) DHCP
4 11 (50.00%) DNS
4 11 (50.00%) SQL
4 11 (50.00%) MS Office
4 11 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (50.00%) XenServer
4 11 (50.00%) XenDesktop
4 11 (50.00%) UAG
4 11 (50.00%) Lync
4 11 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (50.00%) Office 365
4 11 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (31.82%) Oracle
6 6 (27.27%) MS Excel
7 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
7 5 (22.73%) Cisco

Technical Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (9.091%) Visualforce
1 2 (9.091%) Apache Flex
1 2 (9.091%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 11 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 11 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 11 (50.00%) Lync
1 11 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (9.091%) LiveCycle
2 2 (9.091%) CMS
2 2 (9.091%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 11 (50.00%) MS Office
1 11 (50.00%) Office 365
2 6 (27.27%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (77.27%) SAN
2 16 (72.73%) NAS
3 11 (50.00%) Firewall
3 11 (50.00%) DHCP
3 11 (50.00%) DNS
4 1 (4.545%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (4.545%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Oracle APEX
General
1 11 (50.00%) Back Office
2 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
1 11 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 11 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 5 (22.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.091%) Security Architecture
1 2 (9.091%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (9.091%) Content Management
1 2 (9.091%) Document Management
1 2 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (9.091%) Scrum
2 1 (4.545%) ITIL
2 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
2 1 (4.545%) PRINCE
2 1 (4.545%) MOF
2 1 (4.545%) TOGAF
2 1 (4.545%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) Java
3 2 (9.091%) Apex Code
4 1 (4.545%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) Degree
2 1 (4.545%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (4.545%) MCTS
2 1 (4.545%) MCITP
System Software
1 17 (77.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (72.73%) vSphere
3 12 (54.55%) Hyper-V
4 11 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 11 (50.00%) XenServer
4 11 (50.00%) XenDesktop
4 11 (50.00%) UAG
5 5 (22.73%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) SCCM
1 1 (4.545%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft
1 17 (77.27%) VMware
2 12 (54.55%) Citrix
3 7 (31.82%) Oracle
4 5 (22.73%) Cisco
4 5 (22.73%) Juniper
5 2 (9.091%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (9.091%) SAP
5 2 (9.091%) Adobe
6 1 (4.545%) NetApp
6 1 (4.545%) HP
6 1 (4.545%) Dell
6 1 (4.545%) EMC