The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solutions Designer 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Designer
Rank 728 713 741
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Designer 102 150 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.101% 0.132% 0.101%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.107% 0.139% 0.107%
Number of salaries quoted 65 115 103
Average salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,200 £45,000 £40,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Designer
UK

Solutions Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Solutions Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Solutions Designer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Solutions Designer across the England region.

England Solutions Designer Salary Trend

Solutions Designer
Salary Histogram

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

England Solutions Designer Salary Histogram

Solutions Designer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Designer within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
South East -5 51 £62,500 +13.63%
London +5 31 £67,500 -4.59%
East Midlands -1 7 £50,000 -9.09%
North West +6 6 £50,000 -25.92%
South West +7 5 £39,000 -22.00%
East of England -1 2 £65,000 +44.44%
Solutions Designer
UK

Solutions Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Solutions Designer 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 Designer in their job title.

1 59 (27.19%) Oracle
2 51 (23.50%) Telecoms
3 39 (17.97%) Finance
4 31 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 29 (13.36%) SQL
5 29 (13.36%) Microsoft
6 26 (11.98%) Java
6 26 (11.98%) OO
7 25 (11.52%) Web Services
8 24 (11.06%) CRM
8 24 (11.06%) Middleware
9 23 (10.60%) SAP
9 23 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (10.14%) Retail
11 21 (9.677%) TOGAF
11 21 (9.677%) Billing
11 21 (9.677%) .NET
11 21 (9.677%) XML
11 21 (9.677%) UML
12 20 (9.217%) WebSphere
13 19 (8.756%) Enterprise Architecture
14 18 (8.295%) Business Intelligence
15 17 (7.834%) UNIX
16 16 (7.373%) Data Warehouse
16 16 (7.373%) C#
16 16 (7.373%) FTP
16 16 (7.373%) CSG Singleview
17 15 (6.912%) Mainframe
17 15 (6.912%) Data Management
17 15 (6.912%) Degree

Solutions Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Solutions Designer 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (11.52%) Web Services
2 24 (11.06%) Middleware
3 21 (9.677%) XML
3 21 (9.677%) .NET
4 20 (9.217%) WebSphere
5 14 (6.452%) Java EE
5 14 (6.452%) Struts
6 13 (5.991%) WSRP
6 13 (5.991%) Apache Flex
6 13 (5.991%) J2EE
7 10 (4.608%) SOAP
8 6 (2.765%) ASP.NET
9 5 (2.304%) WCF
10 4 (1.843%) BREW
10 4 (1.843%) HTML
11 3 (1.382%) COM
11 3 (1.382%) SAP XI
11 3 (1.382%) WPF
11 3 (1.382%) Struts2
12 1 (0.461%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 13 (5.991%) WebLogic
1 13 (5.991%) WebLogic Portal
2 12 (5.530%) WebSphere Application Server
3 11 (5.069%) BizTalk Server
3 11 (5.069%) MQSeries
4 6 (2.765%) ESB
5 3 (1.382%) SAS
6 2 (0.922%) IIS
7 1 (0.461%) Apache
7 1 (0.461%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (0.461%) CMS
7 1 (0.461%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 1 (0.461%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 14 (6.452%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (7.373%) CSG Singleview
2 8 (3.687%) SAP PP
3 7 (3.226%) SAP MM
4 5 (2.304%) SAP SD
4 5 (2.304%) Maximo
4 5 (2.304%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (1.843%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.922%) SAP SCM
6 2 (0.922%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.922%) SAP IS-U
6 2 (0.922%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.922%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.461%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.461%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.461%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.373%) FTP
2 8 (3.687%) LDAP
3 5 (2.304%) BSS
4 4 (1.843%) Wireless
4 4 (1.843%) MPLS
4 4 (1.843%) Internet
5 2 (0.922%) 3G
5 2 (0.922%) Firewall
5 2 (0.922%) Broadband
6 1 (0.461%) LAN
6 1 (0.461%) WAN
6 1 (0.461%) SMTP
6 1 (0.461%) DHCP
6 1 (0.461%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.461%) SNMP
6 1 (0.461%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.461%) VPN
6 1 (0.461%) DNS
6 1 (0.461%) SAN
6 1 (0.461%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 16 (7.373%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (5.991%) DB2
4 10 (4.608%) QlikView
5 4 (1.843%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (1.843%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.843%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.843%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.461%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.461%) MySQL
6 1 (0.461%) OLAP
6 1 (0.461%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.147%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.382%) Rational Application Developer
3 2 (0.922%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.461%) JUnit
General
1 51 (23.50%) Telecoms
2 39 (17.97%) Finance
3 22 (10.14%) Retail
4 21 (9.677%) Billing
5 10 (4.608%) Banking
6 9 (4.147%) Advertising
7 5 (2.304%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.843%) Legal
9 3 (1.382%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.382%) Back Office
10 2 (0.922%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.461%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.912%) Mainframe
2 12 (5.530%) Cloud Computing
3 9 (4.147%) FMCG
4 5 (2.304%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.843%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.382%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.382%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (0.922%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (0.922%) Clustering
7 2 (0.922%) Tandem
7 2 (0.922%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.461%) CMDB
8 1 (0.461%) Equities
8 1 (0.461%) Firmware
8 1 (0.461%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.461%) Replication
8 1 (0.461%) iSeries
8 1 (0.461%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.461%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.461%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.834%) UNIX
2 11 (5.069%) Windows
3 6 (2.765%) Linux
4 4 (1.843%) Solaris
5 2 (0.922%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.922%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.461%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.461%) Android
6 1 (0.461%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (11.98%) OO
2 24 (11.06%) CRM
3 23 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (9.677%) TOGAF
4 21 (9.677%) UML
5 19 (8.756%) Enterprise Architecture
6 18 (8.295%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (6.912%) Data Management
7 15 (6.912%) Continuous Integration
8 14 (6.452%) SOA
8 14 (6.452%) ETL
9 13 (5.991%) Service Management
9 13 (5.991%) ITIL
10 12 (5.530%) Configuration Management
11 11 (5.069%) Waterfall
11 11 (5.069%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (4.608%) Information Management
12 10 (4.608%) E-Commerce
12 10 (4.608%) Agile Software Development
13 9 (4.147%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (13.36%) SQL
2 26 (11.98%) Java
3 16 (7.373%) C#
4 9 (4.147%) Shell Script
5 8 (3.687%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.304%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.382%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.922%) ABAP
8 2 (0.922%) C
9 1 (0.461%) VB
9 1 (0.461%) Perl
9 1 (0.461%) PHP
9 1 (0.461%) Python
9 1 (0.461%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 15 (6.912%) Degree
2 13 (5.991%) ISEB
3 5 (2.304%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.382%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (0.922%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.912%) QA
System Software
1 4 (1.843%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.922%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (0.922%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.461%) NFS
3 1 (0.461%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.461%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.461%) XenApp
3 1 (0.461%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (5.069%) Tivoli
2 7 (3.226%) OpenView
3 6 (2.765%) Netcool
4 1 (0.461%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.461%) Cacti
4 1 (0.461%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.461%) Ionix
Vendors
1 59 (27.19%) Oracle
2 29 (13.36%) Microsoft
3 23 (10.60%) SAP
4 13 (5.991%) JBoss
5 11 (5.069%) Cognos
6 10 (4.608%) Business Objects
7 9 (4.147%) Ab Initio
8 7 (3.226%) Remedy
8 7 (3.226%) IBM
9 6 (2.765%) Citrix
9 6 (2.765%) Cramer
9 6 (2.765%) Amdocs
10 5 (2.304%) TOWER Software
10 5 (2.304%) VMware
11 4 (1.843%) EMC
11 4 (1.843%) Cisco
11 4 (1.843%) Siebel
12 3 (1.382%) Informatica
12 3 (1.382%) Alterian
12 3 (1.382%) Unica
Egham, Surrey
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