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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 47 73 99
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 46 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 3.908% 0.140% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.189% 0.153% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 40 1 0
Average salary £72,500 £70,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1098 655 1002
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.29% 91.87% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 940 585 919
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Kent 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 Kent 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
Tunbridge Wells - 2 £67,500 -
Chatham - 1 £72,500 -
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 38 (42.70%) Oracle
2 28 (31.46%) MQSeries
3 25 (28.09%) Web Services
4 24 (26.97%) SOA
5 23 (25.84%) ETL
5 23 (25.84%) Mainframe
6 22 (24.72%) Retail
7 21 (23.60%) XML
7 21 (23.60%) DB2
8 20 (22.47%) XSLT
8 20 (22.47%) XML Schema
8 20 (22.47%) B2B
9 19 (21.35%) FTP
9 19 (21.35%) CICS
10 18 (20.22%) Adobe
10 18 (20.22%) Metastorm
10 18 (20.22%) Finance
10 18 (20.22%) COBOL
10 18 (20.22%) J2EE
10 18 (20.22%) Process Management
10 18 (20.22%) Lombardi
10 18 (20.22%) Pega
10 18 (20.22%) Oracle BPM
10 18 (20.22%) Business Process Improvement
10 18 (20.22%) Capacity Planning
10 18 (20.22%) Process Improvement
11 16 (17.98%) Load Balancing
12 15 (16.85%) BODI
12 15 (16.85%) Marketing
12 15 (16.85%) OOA/OOD

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 25 (28.09%) Web Services
2 21 (23.60%) XML
3 20 (22.47%) XSLT
3 20 (22.47%) XML Schema
4 18 (20.22%) J2EE
5 9 (10.11%) WebSphere
6 5 (5.618%) JAX-WS
6 5 (5.618%) EJB
6 5 (5.618%) JSF
6 5 (5.618%) JAXB
6 5 (5.618%) JMX
7 1 (1.124%) LAMP
7 1 (1.124%) XHTML
7 1 (1.124%) HTML
7 1 (1.124%) CSS
7 1 (1.124%) HTML5
7 1 (1.124%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 28 (31.46%) MQSeries
2 19 (21.35%) CICS
3 5 (5.618%) BizTalk Server
3 5 (5.618%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.371%) Tomcat
4 3 (3.371%) GlassFish
5 1 (1.124%) Documentum
5 1 (1.124%) CMS
5 1 (1.124%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (14.61%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (20.22%) Oracle BPM
2 8 (8.989%) Summit
3 6 (6.742%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (21.35%) FTP
2 2 (2.247%) SAN
2 2 (2.247%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.247%) WAN
3 1 (1.124%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (23.60%) DB2
2 15 (16.85%) BODI
3 11 (12.36%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (5.618%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (5.618%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (5.618%) SQL Server 2000
4 5 (5.618%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.124%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.124%) Big Data
General
1 22 (24.72%) Retail
2 18 (20.22%) Finance
3 15 (16.85%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 23 (25.84%) Mainframe
2 9 (10.11%) DataPower
3 6 (6.742%) CMDB
4 1 (1.124%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.371%) Solaris
2 1 (1.124%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.97%) SOA
2 23 (25.84%) ETL
3 20 (22.47%) B2B
4 18 (20.22%) Process Management
4 18 (20.22%) Capacity Planning
4 18 (20.22%) Business Process Improvement
4 18 (20.22%) Process Improvement
5 16 (17.98%) Load Balancing
6 15 (16.85%) OOA/OOD
7 14 (15.73%) UML
7 14 (15.73%) Enterprise Architecture
8 13 (14.61%) Data Modelling
9 11 (12.36%) E-Commerce
10 9 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (8.989%) Performance Management
12 6 (6.742%) Business Development
12 6 (6.742%) Asset Management
12 6 (6.742%) ITSM
12 6 (6.742%) ITIL
12 6 (6.742%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.22%) COBOL
2 10 (11.24%) JCL
3 3 (3.371%) PL/1
4 2 (2.247%) Java
5 1 (1.124%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.124%) PHP
5 1 (1.124%) SQL
5 1 (1.124%) Python
System Software
1 4 (4.494%) OpenSSO
2 2 (2.247%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (13.48%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 38 (42.70%) Oracle
2 18 (20.22%) Adobe
2 18 (20.22%) Metastorm
2 18 (20.22%) Lombardi
2 18 (20.22%) Pega
3 15 (16.85%) Informatica
3 15 (16.85%) Business Objects
3 15 (16.85%) Cognos
4 13 (14.61%) Microsoft
5 10 (11.24%) JDA
6 6 (6.742%) Remedy
6 6 (6.742%) Compuware
6 6 (6.742%) BMC
6 6 (6.742%) CA
6 6 (6.742%) IBM
7 4 (4.494%) Sun
8 2 (2.247%) Cisco
8 2 (2.247%) VMware
9 1 (1.124%) hybris
9 1 (1.124%) Vignette
Kent, South East
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Posted: 18 May 2013