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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 33 44 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 14 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 4.217% 1.724% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.502% 1.795% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
311 390 324
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 93.67% 96.06% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 217 252 202
Average salary £33,500 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
West Yorkshire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 7 (30.43%) QA
2 6 (26.09%) PlateSpin
2 6 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (26.09%) XenApp
2 6 (26.09%) XenServer
2 6 (26.09%) XenDesktop
2 6 (26.09%) VMware
2 6 (26.09%) VMware ESX
2 6 (26.09%) Blue Coat
2 6 (26.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (26.09%) Juniper
2 6 (26.09%) NetApp
2 6 (26.09%) Project Management
2 6 (26.09%) CCNP
2 6 (26.09%) CCDA
2 6 (26.09%) HP
2 6 (26.09%) Dell
2 6 (26.09%) EMC
2 6 (26.09%) Citrix
2 6 (26.09%) CCA
2 6 (26.09%) Citrix Certification
2 6 (26.09%) CCEA
2 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (26.09%) Cisco
2 6 (26.09%) VCDX
2 6 (26.09%) vSphere
2 6 (26.09%) SaaS
2 6 (26.09%) DataCore
2 6 (26.09%) FalconStor
2 6 (26.09%) VCAP

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 (8.696%) .NET
Applications
1 5 (21.74%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle SCM
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle 8/8i
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle 9i
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (13.04%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 5 (21.74%) Retail
2 3 (13.04%) Banking
2 3 (13.04%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.348%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Project Management
2 4 (17.39%) Data Architecture
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL
3 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
3 3 (13.04%) ETL
3 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.04%) IT Governance
3 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.696%) Service Management
4 2 (8.696%) TOGAF
4 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
4 2 (8.696%) CRM
4 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.348%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 6 (26.09%) CCNP
1 6 (26.09%) CCDA
1 6 (26.09%) CCA
1 6 (26.09%) Citrix Certification
1 6 (26.09%) CCEA
1 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (26.09%) VCDX
1 6 (26.09%) VCAP
1 6 (26.09%) CCEE
1 6 (26.09%) CCIA
2 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.348%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) QA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (26.09%) XenApp
1 6 (26.09%) XenServer
1 6 (26.09%) XenDesktop
1 6 (26.09%) VMware ESX
1 6 (26.09%) vSphere
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) PlateSpin
1 6 (26.09%) VMware
1 6 (26.09%) Blue Coat
1 6 (26.09%) Juniper
1 6 (26.09%) NetApp
1 6 (26.09%) HP
1 6 (26.09%) Dell
1 6 (26.09%) EMC
1 6 (26.09%) Citrix
1 6 (26.09%) Cisco
1 6 (26.09%) DataCore
1 6 (26.09%) FalconStor
2 5 (21.74%) Oracle
3 3 (13.04%) Informatica
4 2 (8.696%) Microsoft