The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands 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 23 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 130 112 101
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 35 51 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.141% 1.527% 1.934%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.201% 1.610% 2.013%
Number of salaries quoted 29 45 60
Average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £44,000 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2915 3168 3477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 95.01% 94.88% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2502 2825 2995
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

East Midlands Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Northamptonshire +10 24 £60,000 -14.28%
Nottinghamshire 0 7 £57,500 +6.97%
Derbyshire +1 2 £75,000 -
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 23 (40.35%) Finance
2 20 (35.09%) Banking
3 19 (33.33%) Java
4 16 (28.07%) J2EE
4 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
5 15 (26.32%) Internet
5 15 (26.32%) VMware
6 14 (24.56%) Mobile Banking
7 13 (22.81%) Firewall
7 13 (22.81%) VMware Infrastructure
8 12 (21.05%) SQL
8 12 (21.05%) Windows
9 11 (19.30%) SharePoint
9 11 (19.30%) Cisco
10 10 (17.54%) Lync
10 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2008
10 10 (17.54%) XenServer
10 10 (17.54%) Hyper-V
10 10 (17.54%) TOGAF
10 10 (17.54%) Citrix
10 10 (17.54%) Oracle
11 9 (15.79%) MS Office
11 9 (15.79%) MS Exchange
11 9 (15.79%) DHCP
11 9 (15.79%) Active Directory
11 9 (15.79%) DNS
11 9 (15.79%) SAN
11 9 (15.79%) Back Office
11 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (15.79%) NAS

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 16 (28.07%) J2EE
2 6 (10.53%) Web Services
3 4 (7.018%) Middleware
4 3 (5.263%) Hibernate
4 3 (5.263%) EJB 3.0
4 3 (5.263%) JBoss Seam
4 3 (5.263%) Struts
4 3 (5.263%) EJB
4 3 (5.263%) .NET
5 2 (3.509%) JSP
5 2 (3.509%) XML
5 2 (3.509%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (3.509%) JSF
6 1 (1.754%) WebSphere
6 1 (1.754%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (1.754%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 11 (19.30%) SharePoint
2 10 (17.54%) Lync
3 9 (15.79%) MS Exchange
3 9 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.754%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (15.79%) MS Office
1 9 (15.79%) Office 365
2 5 (8.772%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.018%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.32%) Internet
2 13 (22.81%) Firewall
3 9 (15.79%) DHCP
3 9 (15.79%) DNS
3 9 (15.79%) SAN
3 9 (15.79%) NAS
4 2 (3.509%) Unified Communications
4 2 (3.509%) VoIP
4 2 (3.509%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.509%) VPN
4 2 (3.509%) IPv4
4 2 (3.509%) IPv6
4 2 (3.509%) LDAP
4 2 (3.509%) BGP
4 2 (3.509%) Wireless
4 2 (3.509%) VLAN
5 1 (1.754%) HTTP
5 1 (1.754%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.018%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (5.263%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (3.509%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.754%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.754%) SAP BI
4 1 (1.754%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.754%) SAP HANA
General
1 23 (40.35%) Finance
2 20 (35.09%) Banking
3 9 (15.79%) Back Office
4 3 (5.263%) Retail
4 3 (5.263%) Legal
5 2 (3.509%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.56%) Mobile Banking
2 4 (7.018%) Credit Risk
3 3 (5.263%) Online Banking
3 3 (5.263%) SCADA
4 2 (3.509%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.509%) Open Source
4 2 (3.509%) Clustering
5 1 (1.754%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Windows
2 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (15.79%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (7.018%) Linux
5 2 (3.509%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.54%) TOGAF
2 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (10.53%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (8.772%) E-Commerce
5 3 (5.263%) Logistics
5 3 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (5.263%) ITIL
5 3 (5.263%) SOA
6 2 (3.509%) OO
6 2 (3.509%) Service Management
6 2 (3.509%) Problem Management
6 2 (3.509%) Network Load Balancing
6 2 (3.509%) Unit Testing
6 2 (3.509%) Network Architecture
6 2 (3.509%) Project Management
6 2 (3.509%) Business Continuity
6 2 (3.509%) MODAF
7 1 (1.754%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (1.754%) Programme Management
7 1 (1.754%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 19 (33.33%) Java
2 12 (21.05%) SQL
3 2 (3.509%) PL/SQL
3 2 (3.509%) C#
3 2 (3.509%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.754%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (7.018%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (5.263%) CCNP
3 2 (3.509%) CCIE
3 2 (3.509%) CCNA
3 2 (3.509%) Degree
3 2 (3.509%) MCITP
4 1 (1.754%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.754%) MCTS
4 1 (1.754%) CCDP
4 1 (1.754%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.754%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.754%) COBIT
1 1 (1.754%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (22.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (17.54%) XenServer
2 10 (17.54%) Hyper-V
3 9 (15.79%) Active Directory
3 9 (15.79%) vSphere
3 9 (15.79%) XenDesktop
3 9 (15.79%) UAG
4 2 (3.509%) Xen
5 1 (1.754%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.754%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (1.754%) Cisco UCCE
1 1 (1.754%) SCCM
1 1 (1.754%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
2 15 (26.32%) VMware
3 11 (19.30%) Cisco
4 10 (17.54%) Citrix
4 10 (17.54%) Oracle
5 3 (5.263%) JBoss
6 2 (3.509%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.509%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.754%) Veeam
7 1 (1.754%) HP
7 1 (1.754%) Siebel
7 1 (1.754%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.754%) SAP
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