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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 59 56 70
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 33 37 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.122% 2.761% 2.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.271% 2.882% 2.106%
Number of salaries quoted 28 21 9
Average salary £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.00% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £75,000 £62,200
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1009 1284 1472
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.46% 95.82% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 587 951 1062
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
Scotland

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 (36.51%) Finance
2 19 (30.16%) Microsoft
3 18 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 17 (26.98%) Oracle
5 15 (23.81%) Enterprise Architecture
6 14 (22.22%) Banking
6 14 (22.22%) MS Excel
7 12 (19.05%) JBoss
7 12 (19.05%) Citrix
7 12 (19.05%) Red Hat
7 12 (19.05%) Technical Architecture
7 12 (19.05%) Pentaho
8 11 (17.46%) Dell
8 11 (17.46%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (14.29%) Project Management
9 9 (14.29%) Retail Banking
9 9 (14.29%) Retail
10 8 (12.70%) Asset Management
11 6 (9.524%) Mainframe
11 6 (9.524%) NetApp
11 6 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (7.937%) Middleware
12 5 (7.937%) Linux
12 5 (7.937%) Windows
12 5 (7.937%) Migration
12 5 (7.937%) Investment Management
12 5 (7.937%) Degree
13 4 (6.349%) Office Communications Server
13 4 (6.349%) VMware Infrastructure
13 4 (6.349%) Advertising

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 5 (7.937%) Middleware
2 3 (4.762%) Web Services
3 2 (3.175%) CGI
3 2 (3.175%) .NET
3 2 (3.175%) J2EE
4 1 (1.587%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.349%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (1.587%) Apache
2 1 (1.587%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.587%) ESB
Applications
1 14 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.587%) Intranet
1 1 (1.587%) Internet
1 1 (1.587%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.05%) Pentaho
2 11 (17.46%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.762%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.175%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (36.51%) Finance
2 14 (22.22%) Banking
3 9 (14.29%) Retail
3 9 (14.29%) Retail Banking
4 4 (6.349%) Advertising
5 1 (1.587%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.524%) Mainframe
1 6 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.587%) Online Banking
2 1 (1.587%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.937%) Windows
1 5 (7.937%) Linux
2 4 (6.349%) UNIX
3 1 (1.587%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (23.81%) Enterprise Architecture
3 12 (19.05%) Technical Architecture
4 9 (14.29%) Project Management
5 8 (12.70%) Asset Management
6 5 (7.937%) Investment Management
6 5 (7.937%) Migration
7 4 (6.349%) Service Management
8 3 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.175%) SOA
9 2 (3.175%) Content Management
9 2 (3.175%) Supplier Management
10 1 (1.587%) Strategic Management
10 1 (1.587%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (1.587%) IT Governance
10 1 (1.587%) Data Governance
10 1 (1.587%) Change Control
10 1 (1.587%) Business Development
10 1 (1.587%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.175%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (7.937%) Degree
2 4 (6.349%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.587%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 4 (6.349%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 19 (30.16%) Microsoft
2 17 (26.98%) Oracle
3 12 (19.05%) JBoss
3 12 (19.05%) Citrix
3 12 (19.05%) Red Hat
4 11 (17.46%) Dell
5 6 (9.524%) NetApp
6 4 (6.349%) VMware
Edinburgh, Midlothian
As a Solution Architect within RBS Technology Services, you will be based in Edinburgh or London and aware of a wide range of systems, technologies and/or processes...
Royal Bank Of Scotland
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
For example they liaise between Client colleagues, analysts, developers, project and programme managers and other stakeholders as part of an Agile methodology... JBOSS. OpenGeo, Redhat, Pentaho Oracle Federation...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
For example they liaise between Client colleagues, analysts, developers, project and programme managers and other stakeholders as part of an Agile methodology... JBOSS. OpenGeo, Redhat, Pentaho Oracle Federation...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
A leading and global business/technology services organisation who specialise in providing complete IT services are looking to hire an experienced Solution Architect, with core skills in either...
JM
Salary: £40000 - £75000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013