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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 81 66 67
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 14 8 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 1.196% 0.943% 1.745%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.266% 1.013% 1.846%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 14
Average salary £62,500 £47,500 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.57% -36.66%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1106 790 921
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.45% 93.16% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 669 574 725
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 £27,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £53,500
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Glasgow Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 25 (60.98%) Agile Software Development
2 19 (46.34%) Finance
3 15 (36.59%) Oracle
4 14 (34.15%) Java
5 13 (31.71%) Web Services
5 13 (31.71%) UNIX
5 13 (31.71%) Shell Script
6 10 (24.39%) MPLS
6 10 (24.39%) WAN
6 10 (24.39%) Financial Modelling
7 9 (21.95%) DNS
8 8 (19.51%) Red Hat
8 8 (19.51%) JBoss
8 8 (19.51%) Project Management
8 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (19.51%) Pentaho
9 7 (17.07%) Mule
9 7 (17.07%) Banking
9 7 (17.07%) Asset Management
9 7 (17.07%) Spring
9 7 (17.07%) Maven
9 7 (17.07%) Automated Testing
9 7 (17.07%) Sybase
10 5 (12.20%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (9.756%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (7.317%) Investment Banking
12 3 (7.317%) Hedge funds
13 2 (4.878%) Technical Architecture
13 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
13 2 (4.878%) Advertising

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 13 (31.71%) Web Services
2 7 (17.07%) Spring
3 2 (4.878%) CGI
3 2 (4.878%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 7 (17.07%) Mule
Applications
1 1 (2.439%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) MPLS
1 10 (24.39%) WAN
2 9 (21.95%) DNS
3 1 (2.439%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) Pentaho
2 4 (9.756%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (4.878%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Maven
General
1 19 (46.34%) Finance
2 7 (17.07%) Banking
3 3 (7.317%) Investment Banking
4 2 (4.878%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.878%) Advertising
5 1 (2.439%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.317%) Hedge funds
2 1 (2.439%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.439%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (31.71%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (60.98%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (24.39%) Financial Modelling
3 8 (19.51%) Project Management
3 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (17.07%) Asset Management
4 7 (17.07%) Automated Testing
5 5 (12.20%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (4.878%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (2.439%) OO
7 1 (2.439%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.439%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.439%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (2.439%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 14 (34.15%) Java
2 13 (31.71%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 15 (36.59%) Oracle
2 8 (19.51%) Red Hat
2 8 (19.51%) JBoss
3 7 (17.07%) Sybase
4 1 (2.439%) Microsoft
Glasgow, 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 bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
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 bens
Posted: 23 May 2013