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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 62 55 61
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 25 7 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 2.420% 1.104% 1.875%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.567% 1.138% 1.931%
Number of salaries quoted 23 6 15
Average salary £67,500 £61,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.20% +36.11%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
974 615 777
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 94.29% 97.00% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 838 547 703
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
Oxfordshire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Oxford Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 56 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 43 (61.43%) SOA
2 43 (61.43%) Oracle
3 36 (51.43%) Publishing
4 31 (44.29%) Zachman Framework
5 29 (41.43%) ATG
5 29 (41.43%) Siebel
6 28 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
7 27 (38.57%) Finance
8 26 (37.14%) Enterprise Architecture
9 24 (34.29%) Waterfall
10 23 (32.86%) E-Commerce
11 19 (27.14%) CRM
11 19 (27.14%) Portfolio Management
12 14 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
12 14 (20.00%) Retail
12 14 (20.00%) Degree
13 13 (18.57%) Telecoms
13 13 (18.57%) JBoss
13 13 (18.57%) RUP
13 13 (18.57%) Java
14 12 (17.14%) Data Modelling
15 11 (15.71%) B2B
15 11 (15.71%) B2C
16 9 (12.86%) DRM
16 9 (12.86%) Microsoft
16 9 (12.86%) C#
16 9 (12.86%) ASP.NET
16 9 (12.86%) .NET
16 9 (12.86%) Business Transformation

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 9 (12.86%) ASP.NET
1 9 (12.86%) .NET
2 8 (11.43%) Web Services
3 7 (10.00%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 8 (11.43%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (1.429%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.429%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 28 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.429%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.429%) Unified Communications
1 1 (1.429%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.429%) NoSQL
General
1 36 (51.43%) Publishing
2 27 (38.57%) Finance
3 14 (20.00%) Retail
4 13 (18.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.43%) SaaS
2 7 (10.00%) Taxonomies
3 2 (2.857%) Data Integration
3 2 (2.857%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (80.00%) TOGAF
2 43 (61.43%) SOA
3 31 (44.29%) Zachman Framework
4 26 (37.14%) Enterprise Architecture
5 24 (34.29%) Waterfall
6 23 (32.86%) E-Commerce
7 19 (27.14%) CRM
7 19 (27.14%) Portfolio Management
8 14 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
9 13 (18.57%) RUP
10 12 (17.14%) Data Modelling
11 11 (15.71%) B2B
11 11 (15.71%) B2C
12 9 (12.86%) DRM
12 9 (12.86%) Business Transformation
13 7 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
13 7 (10.00%) Programme Management
14 3 (4.286%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
15 2 (2.857%) E-business
15 2 (2.857%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.57%) Java
2 9 (12.86%) C#
3 7 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (1.429%) C
Qualifications
1 14 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (1.429%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (1.429%) MCTS
2 1 (1.429%) MCITP
2 1 (1.429%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (1.429%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (1.429%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.429%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.429%) SCCM
1 1 (1.429%) SCOM
Vendors
1 43 (61.43%) Oracle
2 29 (41.43%) ATG
2 29 (41.43%) Siebel
3 13 (18.57%) JBoss
4 9 (12.86%) Microsoft
5 4 (5.714%) IBM
6 3 (4.286%) VMware
7 1 (1.429%) HP
7 1 (1.429%) Dell
7 1 (1.429%) EMC
7 1 (1.429%) Citrix
7 1 (1.429%) NetApp
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Key Skills: -Extensive knowledge (5+ years) of Microsoft Dynamics AX. -Experience of N-Tier architectures. -Strong experience using C# -Experience of T-SQL including stored procedures and triggers...
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013