The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Essex 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 24 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank - 101 94
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 0 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex - 0.218% 0.639%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.224% 0.673%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 8
Average salary - £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
983 1337 1189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 97.71% 97.24% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 844 1100 998
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
East of England

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 18 (94.74%) Firewall
1 18 (94.74%) VMware
1 18 (94.74%) Document Management
1 18 (94.74%) VMware Infrastructure
1 18 (94.74%) Cisco
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
1 18 (94.74%) Citrix
1 18 (94.74%) Juniper
1 18 (94.74%) SaaS
1 18 (94.74%) PaaS
1 18 (94.74%) Enterprise Storage
1 18 (94.74%) IaaS
2 17 (89.47%) Capacity Planning
2 17 (89.47%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (89.47%) TCP/IP
2 17 (89.47%) VPN
2 17 (89.47%) DNS
3 11 (57.89%) Management Information System
4 10 (52.63%) TOGAF
5 8 (42.11%) WebSphere
5 8 (42.11%) Identity Management
5 8 (42.11%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (42.11%) JBoss
5 8 (42.11%) LDAP
5 8 (42.11%) WebSphere MQ
5 8 (42.11%) IBM
6 7 (36.84%) Citrix Certification
6 7 (36.84%) XenApp
7 6 (31.58%) Banking
8 2 (10.53%) Cloud Computing

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 (42.11%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (42.11%) WebSphere Application Server
1 8 (42.11%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (94.74%) Firewall
2 17 (89.47%) TCP/IP
2 17 (89.47%) VPN
2 17 (89.47%) DNS
3 8 (42.11%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (89.47%) Data Warehouse
General
1 6 (31.58%) Banking
2 1 (5.263%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 18 (94.74%) SaaS
1 18 (94.74%) PaaS
1 18 (94.74%) Enterprise Storage
1 18 (94.74%) IaaS
2 11 (57.89%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.53%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Document Management
2 17 (89.47%) Capacity Planning
3 10 (52.63%) TOGAF
4 8 (42.11%) Identity Management
5 2 (10.53%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.53%) CCNP
3 1 (5.263%) Degree
System Software
1 18 (94.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (36.84%) XenApp
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) VMware
1 18 (94.74%) Cisco
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
1 18 (94.74%) Citrix
1 18 (94.74%) Juniper
2 8 (42.11%) JBoss
2 8 (42.11%) IBM