The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London 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 17 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 167 140 216
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 162 214 121
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.388% 1.628% 0.790%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.495% 1.749% 0.845%
Number of salaries quoted 138 183 113
Average salary £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £62,999
10% offered a salary of more than £93,250 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10833 12236 14328
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.81% 93.06% 93.56%
Number of salaries quoted 9362 11128 12878
Average salary £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.94% -3.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
London

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 98 (28.00%) Java
2 94 (26.86%) Finance
3 77 (22.00%) Banking
4 72 (20.57%) TOGAF
5 60 (17.14%) Microsoft
6 51 (14.57%) SOA
7 42 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 41 (11.71%) Cisco
8 41 (11.71%) .NET
8 41 (11.71%) Oracle
8 41 (11.71%) Retail
9 39 (11.14%) Technical Architecture
10 38 (10.86%) Project Management
10 38 (10.86%) IBM
11 36 (10.29%) ITIL
12 35 (10.00%) SQL Server
12 35 (10.00%) J2EE
13 32 (9.143%) MS Excel
14 31 (8.857%) Middleware
15 29 (8.286%) SharePoint
15 29 (8.286%) Business Intelligence
16 28 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
17 25 (7.143%) PHP
17 25 (7.143%) CMS
17 25 (7.143%) Zachman Framework
17 25 (7.143%) Open Source
18 24 (6.857%) ESB
18 24 (6.857%) Drupal
18 24 (6.857%) Investment Banking
18 24 (6.857%) VMware

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 41 (11.71%) .NET
2 35 (10.00%) J2EE
3 31 (8.857%) Middleware
4 22 (6.286%) LAMP
5 19 (5.429%) WebSphere
6 17 (4.857%) HTML
6 17 (4.857%) Web Services
7 15 (4.286%) CSS
8 14 (4.000%) XML
9 12 (3.429%) jQuery
10 11 (3.143%) J2ME
10 11 (3.143%) BREW
11 10 (2.857%) ASP.NET
12 9 (2.571%) WCF
12 9 (2.571%) Mason
12 9 (2.571%) Visualforce
13 8 (2.286%) Java EE
14 7 (2.000%) SOAP
14 7 (2.000%) REST
15 6 (1.714%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 29 (8.286%) SharePoint
2 25 (7.143%) CMS
3 24 (6.857%) ESB
3 24 (6.857%) Drupal
4 21 (6.000%) Alfresco
5 20 (5.714%) Liferay
6 11 (3.143%) Windows Azure
7 9 (2.571%) Force.com
7 9 (2.571%) SAS
8 8 (2.286%) WebLogic
8 8 (2.286%) FileNet
9 7 (2.000%) Lync
9 7 (2.000%) MQSeries
10 5 (1.429%) IIS
10 5 (1.429%) Amazon AWS
11 4 (1.143%) Apache
11 4 (1.143%) CICS
11 4 (1.143%) Commerce Server
12 3 (0.857%) Documentum
12 3 (0.857%) WordPress
Applications
1 32 (9.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.714%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.429%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.857%) Oracle CRM
3 3 (0.857%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.857%) Optimost
3 3 (0.857%) SiteCatalyst
4 2 (0.571%) SAP Retail
4 2 (0.571%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.571%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.286%) RMDS
5 1 (0.286%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.286%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.286%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.286%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.429%) BSS
2 9 (2.571%) Internet
2 9 (2.571%) SAN
3 8 (2.286%) MPLS
4 7 (2.000%) SMS
5 6 (1.714%) OSPF
5 6 (1.714%) BGP
5 6 (1.714%) WAN
5 6 (1.714%) Firewall
6 5 (1.429%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (1.429%) Network Security
6 5 (1.429%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (1.429%) LDAP
6 5 (1.429%) LAN
6 5 (1.429%) HTTP
6 5 (1.429%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.857%) VPN
7 3 (0.857%) NAS
8 2 (0.571%) WLAN
8 2 (0.571%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 28 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (4.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (4.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (4.571%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 13 (3.714%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (3.714%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (2.000%) DB2
6 4 (1.143%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.143%) DataStage
6 4 (1.143%) QualityStage
6 4 (1.143%) MySQL
7 3 (0.857%) IBM InfoSphere
8 2 (0.571%) Big Data
8 2 (0.571%) SQLite
8 2 (0.571%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.286%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.286%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.286%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.286%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 6 (1.714%) Visual Studio
1 6 (1.714%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (0.857%) ERwin
3 2 (0.571%) Xcode
3 2 (0.571%) Subversion
3 2 (0.571%) MorphX
3 2 (0.571%) Git (software)
3 2 (0.571%) RequisitePro
General
1 94 (26.86%) Finance
2 77 (22.00%) Banking
3 41 (11.71%) Retail
4 24 (6.857%) Investment Banking
5 22 (6.286%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.571%) Advertising
7 8 (2.286%) Billing
8 6 (1.714%) Publishing
8 6 (1.714%) Games
9 5 (1.429%) Retail Banking
9 5 (1.429%) German Language
10 4 (1.143%) Italian Language
10 4 (1.143%) French Language
10 4 (1.143%) Law
11 3 (0.857%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.857%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.857%) Private Banking
11 3 (0.857%) Marketing
12 2 (0.571%) Front Office
12 2 (0.571%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.143%) Open Source
2 22 (6.286%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (4.571%) iPhone
3 16 (4.571%) Management Information System
4 14 (4.000%) Computer Science
5 12 (3.429%) Mobile Banking
6 9 (2.571%) iPad
7 8 (2.286%) Mainframe
7 8 (2.286%) N-Tier
7 8 (2.286%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.000%) Replication
8 7 (2.000%) Kindle
9 6 (1.714%) PMI
10 5 (1.429%) Inversion of Control
11 4 (1.143%) SaaS
11 4 (1.143%) Hedge funds
11 4 (1.143%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.143%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.143%) Online Banking
12 3 (0.857%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.286%) Android
2 18 (5.143%) Windows
3 8 (2.286%) Linux
4 5 (1.429%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.143%) UNIX
6 3 (0.857%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.857%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.857%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.571%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.571%) Solaris
8 1 (0.286%) zOS
8 1 (0.286%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (20.57%) TOGAF
2 51 (14.57%) SOA
3 42 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 39 (11.14%) Technical Architecture
5 38 (10.86%) Project Management
6 36 (10.29%) ITIL
7 29 (8.286%) Business Intelligence
8 25 (7.143%) Zachman Framework
9 24 (6.857%) CRM
9 24 (6.857%) Data Modelling
10 23 (6.571%) B2C
10 23 (6.571%) E-Commerce
11 21 (6.000%) B2B
12 20 (5.714%) OO
13 19 (5.429%) UML
14 18 (5.143%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (4.571%) Content Management
16 15 (4.286%) Agile Software Development
16 15 (4.286%) EAI
16 15 (4.286%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 98 (28.00%) Java
2 25 (7.143%) PHP
3 21 (6.000%) C#
4 20 (5.714%) Perl
5 17 (4.857%) JavaScript
5 17 (4.857%) SQL
6 13 (3.714%) VB.NET
7 10 (2.857%) Objective-C
8 9 (2.571%) Apex Code
9 8 (2.286%) C
10 7 (2.000%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.714%) C++
12 2 (0.571%) Python
12 2 (0.571%) Ruby
13 1 (0.286%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (5.714%) Degree
2 16 (4.571%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (3.714%) CCNP
4 9 (2.571%) CCIE
5 8 (2.286%) VTSP
6 7 (2.000%) CCIP
7 6 (1.714%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (1.714%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.714%) JNCIE
7 6 (1.714%) Security Cleared
8 5 (1.429%) CCVP
8 5 (1.429%) JNCIA
8 5 (1.429%) JNCIS
8 5 (1.429%) JNCIP
8 5 (1.429%) CCNA
8 5 (1.429%) ISEB
9 4 (1.143%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.143%) EMC Certification
9 4 (1.143%) NCDA
9 4 (1.143%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.714%) QA
2 8 (2.286%) COBIT
3 2 (0.571%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.571%) Basel III
4 1 (0.286%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.286%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.286%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.286%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (4.857%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (2.857%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.429%) vCloud
4 4 (1.143%) Xen
5 3 (0.857%) Active Directory
5 3 (0.857%) vSphere
6 1 (0.286%) XenApp
6 1 (0.286%) XenServer
6 1 (0.286%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.571%) SCCM
2 1 (0.286%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (0.286%) Ionix
2 1 (0.286%) OpenView
2 1 (0.286%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 60 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.71%) Cisco
2 41 (11.71%) Oracle
3 38 (10.86%) IBM
4 24 (6.857%) VMware
5 22 (6.286%) SAP
6 20 (5.714%) EMC
7 17 (4.857%) NetApp
8 13 (3.714%) Salesforce.com
8 13 (3.714%) ATG
9 12 (3.429%) Twitter
10 11 (3.143%) Symbian
11 10 (2.857%) Juniper
11 10 (2.857%) hybris
12 8 (2.286%) Kofax
13 7 (2.000%) HP
14 6 (1.714%) Business Objects
14 6 (1.714%) Apple
14 6 (1.714%) Teradata
15 5 (1.429%) BEA
City, London
Responsibilities: *Take full responsibility for the solution and technical design on projects *Architecture activity in on-going projects and programmes *Ensure strategy and deliverables are met by working...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
The successful solutions architect will have the following experience: - Excellent VMware, windows server and active directory experience - Proven hardware and networks experience including firewalls and TCP/IP - Must...
Experis IT
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Key skills and requirements: strong track record in SOA / Solutions architect experience / strategic delivery / delivery of technology roadmaps / Business process management (BPM) / IBM process Server experience a bonus...
iKas International
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Capital Markets - Solutions/Application Architect Capital Markets - Solutions/Application Architect are required for Investment Bank based in the square mile of London City. the Capital Markets - Solutions/Application...
Real Staffing
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
My client a Global Telecom firm based in the UK, is seeking to hire a superb Solutions Architect in a permanent position who has good broad knowledge in: -...
De Facto IT
Salary: From £75,000 to £90,000 per annum £75K-£90k + BONUS + BENEFITS
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
This is an opportunity to grow with a company that is offering unparalleled career progression.
Mason Frank International
Salary: £60 - £100 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
The right candidate will have: - 6 years + experience in solution architecture - Experience with the Microsoft technology stack (.Net, C#, WCF, WF) - A software development background - Extensive experience of...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £65 - £80 per annum + pension and bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Required skills for the Lead Architect - Banking & Financial Services (Capital Markets) - London Ideally development background Broad knowledge of C#, Open Source and Other Technology domains and framework Provide...
Real Staffing
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Specific solution architecture experience in any one of: CRM ; Sales/Channel Management; Middleware Integration - ESB, ETL, BRE , BPM; Info Mngt - security/BI/COTs; SOA; Framework & Platform mngt; Billing/...
Truphone
Salary: From £70,000 to £90,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
City of London
My client is seeking an experienced Dynamics AX / AXAPTA Solutions Architect to join their Dynamics AX team. For this, they are looking for someone who really understands what...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £90000 per annum + Car allowance
Posted: 2 May 2013
City, London
The ideal candidate will be a graduate and have a strong background in the development arena with extensive experience of OOP, RDBMS and ideally a background in the...
Cogence Search
Salary: Salary Upon Application
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
The ideal candidate will be a graduate and have a strong background in the development arena with extensive experience of OOP, RDBMS and ideally a background in the...
Cogence Search
Salary: Salary Upon Application
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Solution Architect - ASP.NET C# Visual Studio MS SQL SharePoint WCMS CMSOur client, a rapidly growing CMS software provider who works with some of the world's leading...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Should be hands-on on all the latest technologies like HTML5, CSS3, JS, JS MVC frameworks and micro-libraries. Should have good experience of using server-side frameworks...
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
Should be hands-on on all the latest technologies like HTML5, CSS3, JS, JS MVC frameworks and micro-libraries. Should have good experience of using server-side frameworks...
Brightred Resourcing
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 8 May 2013
City, London
MS Office, MS Project etc... UNIX, NT, Windows * Competent knowledge of a RDBMS in particular at least one of Oracle, Sybase & SQL Server * Competent knowledge of SQL * Knowledge...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 16 May 2013