The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 22 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 9 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 2.579% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.769% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £60,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
325 157 226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 93.12% 100.00% 93.39%
Number of salaries quoted 177 132 218
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
Cheshire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 8 (88.89%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) Java
3 5 (55.56%) Scrum
3 5 (55.56%) Kanban
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 2 (22.22%) UML
5 2 (22.22%) OO
5 2 (22.22%) HTTP
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (22.22%) Software Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) C#
6 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
6 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Business Development
6 1 (11.11%) Internet
6 1 (11.11%) OOD
6 1 (11.11%) SQL
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 8 (88.89%) .NET
2 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) HTTP
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Scrum
1 5 (55.56%) Kanban
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 2 (22.22%) UML
3 2 (22.22%) OO
3 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) Software Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Business Development
4 1 (11.11%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft