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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 57 73 45
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 4 9 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.895% 1.337% 4.320%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.922% 1.376% 4.454%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 12
Average salary £55,000 £42,500 £61,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.41% -30.61%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
434 654 449
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 97.09% 97.18% 96.98%
Number of salaries quoted 364 583 368
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
North West

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Solutions Architect Salary Trend

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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 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
Liverpool +18 4 £55,000 +25.71%
Solutions Architect
North West

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) UML
2 3 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
2 3 (50.00%) SOAP
2 3 (50.00%) Web Services
2 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
2 3 (50.00%) REST
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) CCIE
4 1 (16.67%) CCDP
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (16.67%) OOD
4 1 (16.67%) VoIP
4 1 (16.67%) SLA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (16.67%) Lync
4 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 (66.67%) .NET
2 3 (50.00%) SOAP
2 3 (50.00%) Web Services
2 3 (50.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
1 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) UML
1 3 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
1 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) OOD
2 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CCIE
1 1 (16.67%) CCDP
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco