The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 38 10 11
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Architect 11 27 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 4.508% 16.98% 12.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.783% 17.42% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 5
Average salary - £65,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +18.18%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +1.62%
All Job Titles
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
230 155 187
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 94.26% 97.48% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 177 117 139
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £43,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Architect
West Midlands

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Architect across the Solihull region.

Solihull Architect Salary Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull region that cited 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 Architect in their job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Finance
2 11 (73.33%) Telecoms
2 11 (73.33%) Retail
2 11 (73.33%) Fujitsu
2 11 (73.33%) Time Management
2 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
2 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
3 7 (46.67%) Service Delivery
3 7 (46.67%) ITIL
3 7 (46.67%) Citrix
4 4 (26.67%) Service Management
5 3 (20.00%) Banking
5 3 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
5 3 (20.00%) TOGAF
5 3 (20.00%) WebSphere
5 3 (20.00%) SAN
5 3 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (20.00%) UNIX
5 3 (20.00%) Windows
5 3 (20.00%) LAN
5 3 (20.00%) WAN
5 3 (20.00%) .NET
5 3 (20.00%) J2EE
5 3 (20.00%) Oracle
5 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (20.00%) NAS
6 2 (13.33%) SAP
6 2 (13.33%) SLA
6 2 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (13.33%) Project Management

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull region that cited 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (20.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (20.00%) .NET
1 3 (20.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) SAN
1 3 (20.00%) LAN
1 3 (20.00%) WAN
1 3 (20.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (86.67%) Finance
2 11 (73.33%) Telecoms
2 11 (73.33%) Retail
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) UNIX
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Time Management
2 7 (46.67%) Service Delivery
2 7 (46.67%) ITIL
3 4 (26.67%) Service Management
4 3 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
4 3 (20.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (13.33%) Project Management
6 1 (6.667%) Asset Management
6 1 (6.667%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (6.667%) EAM
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) SC Cleared
1 11 (73.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Fujitsu
2 7 (46.67%) Citrix
3 3 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (13.33%) SAP