The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading 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 18 June 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 82 106 61
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 55 31 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 2.443% 1.324% 3.136%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.572% 1.409% 3.319%
Number of salaries quoted 42 29 45
Average salary £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,250 £55,000 £63,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £78,500 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £63,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-5.51% -2.30%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2138 2200 1808
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.98% 93.98% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1742 1858 1478
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
Berkshire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Reading region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Reading Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 23 (26.74%) VMware
2 18 (20.93%) TOGAF
2 18 (20.93%) Security Cleared
3 17 (19.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (19.77%) SC Cleared
4 15 (17.44%) DV Cleared
4 15 (17.44%) Telecoms
4 15 (17.44%) Oracle
5 14 (16.28%) Microsoft
5 14 (16.28%) Enterprise Architecture
6 13 (15.12%) vSphere
6 13 (15.12%) Cisco
6 13 (15.12%) SAN
7 12 (13.95%) MS Excel
7 12 (13.95%) CRM
8 11 (12.79%) ITIL
8 11 (12.79%) Windows
8 11 (12.79%) Juniper
8 11 (12.79%) Billing
9 9 (10.47%) Finance
9 9 (10.47%) EMC
9 9 (10.47%) SQL Server
9 9 (10.47%) MODAF
9 9 (10.47%) Business Development
10 8 (9.302%) Linux
10 8 (9.302%) OO
10 8 (9.302%) BSS
11 7 (8.140%) Active Directory
11 7 (8.140%) HP
11 7 (8.140%) Citrix

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 6 (6.977%) HTML
1 6 (6.977%) J2EE
1 6 (6.977%) WebSphere
2 5 (5.814%) JSP
2 5 (5.814%) XML
2 5 (5.814%) Spring
3 3 (3.488%) Ajax
3 3 (3.488%) CSS
3 3 (3.488%) Swing
3 3 (3.488%) AWT
3 3 (3.488%) CGI
3 3 (3.488%) Servlets
3 3 (3.488%) SWT
3 3 (3.488%) jQuery
4 2 (2.326%) HTML5
4 2 (2.326%) Hibernate
4 2 (2.326%) SAP Basis
4 2 (2.326%) ASP
4 2 (2.326%) .NET
5 1 (1.163%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.814%) ESB
2 3 (3.488%) Apache
2 3 (3.488%) Tomcat
2 3 (3.488%) MS Exchange
2 3 (3.488%) CMS
2 3 (3.488%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (3.488%) WebLogic
3 2 (2.326%) IIS
4 1 (1.163%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.163%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.163%) Lync
4 1 (1.163%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (1.163%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.163%) CloudStack
4 1 (1.163%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 12 (13.95%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.163%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (4.651%) CSG Singleview
2 1 (1.163%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.163%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.12%) SAN
2 8 (9.302%) BSS
3 6 (6.977%) NAS
4 5 (5.814%) ATM
4 5 (5.814%) MPLS
4 5 (5.814%) OSPF
4 5 (5.814%) BGP
5 4 (4.651%) Ethernet
5 4 (4.651%) Unified Communications
5 4 (4.651%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (4.651%) Internet
6 3 (3.488%) Firewall
7 2 (2.326%) Frame Relay
7 2 (2.326%) SNMP
7 2 (2.326%) VPN
7 2 (2.326%) LAN
7 2 (2.326%) WAN
8 1 (1.163%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.47%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.488%) DB2
2 3 (3.488%) MySQL
3 2 (2.326%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.326%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.326%) GIS
4 1 (1.163%) BODI
4 1 (1.163%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.163%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.163%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.163%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.163%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.488%) Eclipse
1 3 (3.488%) Dreamweaver
1 3 (3.488%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 15 (17.44%) Telecoms
2 11 (12.79%) Billing
3 9 (10.47%) Finance
4 6 (6.977%) Retail
5 3 (3.488%) Games
6 1 (1.163%) Back Office
6 1 (1.163%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.488%) Web 2.0
1 3 (3.488%) Open Source
1 3 (3.488%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.326%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.163%) Video on Demand
3 1 (1.163%) Celerra
3 1 (1.163%) Data Extraction
3 1 (1.163%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.163%) NHS
3 1 (1.163%) DTV
3 1 (1.163%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.79%) Windows
2 8 (9.302%) Linux
3 7 (8.140%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.326%) Solaris
4 2 (2.326%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.93%) TOGAF
2 14 (16.28%) Enterprise Architecture
3 12 (13.95%) CRM
4 11 (12.79%) ITIL
5 9 (10.47%) MODAF
5 9 (10.47%) Business Development
6 8 (9.302%) OO
7 6 (6.977%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (6.977%) Network Architecture
8 5 (5.814%) Business Analysis
9 4 (4.651%) eTOM
9 4 (4.651%) Service Management
9 4 (4.651%) UML
10 3 (3.488%) Web Application Development
10 3 (3.488%) Continuous Integration
10 3 (3.488%) Regression Testing
10 3 (3.488%) PRINCE
10 3 (3.488%) MOF
10 3 (3.488%) PRINCE2
10 3 (3.488%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.977%) Java
1 6 (6.977%) SQL
1 6 (6.977%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.814%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.814%) C
3 3 (3.488%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 17 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 15 (17.44%) DV Cleared
4 7 (8.140%) Degree
5 5 (5.814%) JNCIP
5 5 (5.814%) CCNP
5 5 (5.814%) CCNA
5 5 (5.814%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.814%) JNCIA
6 4 (4.651%) JNCIS
6 4 (4.651%) CCIP
6 4 (4.651%) CCIE
6 4 (4.651%) JNCIE
6 4 (4.651%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (4.651%) MCITP
7 3 (3.488%) MCTS
8 2 (2.326%) NCIE
9 1 (1.163%) NCDA
9 1 (1.163%) MCSE
9 1 (1.163%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.326%) SLA
2 1 (1.163%) HL7
2 1 (1.163%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (19.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (15.12%) vSphere
3 7 (8.140%) Active Directory
4 6 (6.977%) VMware ESX
4 6 (6.977%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (6.977%) vCloud
5 2 (2.326%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.163%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 3 (3.488%) SCCM
1 3 (3.488%) SCOM
Vendors
1 23 (26.74%) VMware
2 15 (17.44%) Oracle
3 14 (16.28%) Microsoft
4 13 (15.12%) Cisco
5 11 (12.79%) Juniper
6 9 (10.47%) EMC
7 7 (8.140%) Citrix
7 7 (8.140%) HP
8 6 (6.977%) SAP
8 6 (6.977%) Huawei
8 6 (6.977%) Fujitsu
9 5 (5.814%) JBoss
9 5 (5.814%) Business Objects
10 4 (4.651%) NetApp
11 3 (3.488%) Open Text
11 3 (3.488%) RedDot
11 3 (3.488%) IBM
11 3 (3.488%) Macromedia
11 3 (3.488%) BEA
12 2 (2.326%) BMC
Reading, Berkshire
Demonstrable knowledge and experience of technical architecture roles across all phases of the development lifecycle... Experience of defining the technical architecture design principles and planning, design and implementation...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Our client are seeking a Business Solutions Architect to join their friendly team As a Business Solutions Architect your responsibilities would include: Support the development of architectural standards.
Pertemps IT
Salary: £50,000 - £60,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My client an independent provider of integrated IT infrastructure and data management solutions is currently in the market for a Solution Architect - NCDA - NCIE - VCP - Cisco UCS to...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Storage - EMC, NetApp, HP etc. - Wintel, Unix / Linux. - SAP Basis. - AS400... - Mainframe... - Risk analysis and assumptions and costings... - Public Sector exposure with SC clearance (advantageous) The Senior Pre...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £65,000 to £85,000 per annum Excellent Basic, Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013