The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Solutions 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Solution Architect
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 8 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 1.248% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.294% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-15.38% +23.80%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
618 445 460
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 96.41% 98.23% 98.92%
Number of salaries quoted 556 430 428
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Solutions Architect
South West

Technical Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Technical Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

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

Somerset Technical Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Technical Solutions Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Solutions Architect within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bath - 7 £50,000 -
Technical Solutions Architect
South West

Technical Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (51.61%) Finance
1 16 (51.61%) .NET
2 15 (48.39%) SOA
2 15 (48.39%) Telecoms
2 15 (48.39%) Information Security
2 15 (48.39%) Banking
3 13 (41.94%) Web Services
3 13 (41.94%) Enterprise Architecture
3 13 (41.94%) Java EE
3 13 (41.94%) Investment Management
3 13 (41.94%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (38.71%) IBM Mainframe
4 12 (38.71%) Mainframe
4 12 (38.71%) IBM
5 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
6 10 (32.26%) Java
7 7 (22.58%) TOGAF
7 7 (22.58%) C#
7 7 (22.58%) J2EE
7 7 (22.58%) ASP.NET
8 5 (16.13%) Zachman Framework
9 2 (6.452%) COBIT
9 2 (6.452%) Data Transformation
9 2 (6.452%) Migration
9 2 (6.452%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (6.452%) ITIL
9 2 (6.452%) CICS
9 2 (6.452%) zOS
9 2 (6.452%) DB2
10 1 (3.226%) COBOL

Technical Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 16 (51.61%) .NET
2 13 (41.94%) Web Services
2 13 (41.94%) Java EE
3 7 (22.58%) J2EE
3 7 (22.58%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.452%) CICS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) DB2
2 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (51.61%) Finance
2 15 (48.39%) Telecoms
2 15 (48.39%) Banking
3 1 (3.226%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 13 (41.94%) Cloud Computing
2 12 (38.71%) IBM Mainframe
2 12 (38.71%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.452%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) SOA
1 15 (48.39%) Information Security
2 13 (41.94%) Enterprise Architecture
2 13 (41.94%) Investment Management
3 7 (22.58%) TOGAF
4 5 (16.13%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (6.452%) Data Transformation
5 2 (6.452%) Migration
5 2 (6.452%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (6.452%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (32.26%) Java
2 7 (22.58%) C#
3 1 (3.226%) COBOL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) COBIT
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) IBM
2 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle
Bath, Avon
The successful Technical Solutions Architect will come from a software development background ideally developing in Java or .Net... The successful Technical Solutions Architect will need experience in the...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013