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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 77 97 67
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 16 7 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.810% 0.560% 2.427%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.876% 0.580% 2.569%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 21
Average salary £72,500 £68,750 £63,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.45% +8.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,800 £65,000 £52,500
10% offered a salary of more than £74,750 £75,000 £69,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
853 1206 1129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.49% 96.48% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 762 1032 983
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
South West

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester +18 12 £72,500 +7.40%
Cheltenham - 2 £66,250 -
Cirencester - 2 £40,250 -
Solutions Architect
South West

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 13 (76.47%) Finance
2 9 (52.94%) Management Information System
2 9 (52.94%) Risk Management
2 9 (52.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 9 (52.94%) CISM
2 9 (52.94%) TOGAF
2 9 (52.94%) CISSP
2 9 (52.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (52.94%) Technical Architecture
3 7 (41.18%) Firewall
4 6 (35.29%) OWASP
4 6 (35.29%) PCI DSS
5 4 (23.53%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (23.53%) VMware
5 4 (23.53%) Oracle
5 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
5 4 (23.53%) Web Services
6 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (11.76%) Network Design
6 2 (11.76%) Windows
7 1 (5.882%) MCSE
7 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
7 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
7 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
7 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
7 1 (5.882%) Citrix
7 1 (5.882%) ITIL
7 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (5.882%) MCITP

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 4 (23.53%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.882%) Lync
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.882%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) Firewall
2 1 (5.882%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (76.47%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Retail
2 1 (5.882%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Management Information System
2 4 (23.53%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (5.882%) Smartphone
3 1 (5.882%) iPhone
3 1 (5.882%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Android
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.882%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.882%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Risk Management
1 9 (52.94%) TOGAF
1 9 (52.94%) Technical Architecture
2 6 (35.29%) OWASP
3 2 (11.76%) Network Design
4 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.882%) ITIL
4 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) CISM
1 9 (52.94%) CISSP
2 1 (5.882%) MCSE
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.882%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 9 (52.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (35.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) VMware
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) Citrix
Cirencester, Gloucestershire
NOT A SUPPORT ROLE - ARCHITECT Leading blue chip client offering excellent benefits are looking for a Desktop Solutions Architect - Mobile, Microsoft, Windows, ITIL, Desktop Architecture, Strategy, Roadmapping - to...
KDR
Salary: £38000 - £48000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013