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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 78 70 66
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 8 19 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.906% 2.054% 0.473%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.935% 2.102% 0.493%
Number of salaries quoted 5 19 3
Average salary £95,000 £50,000 £77,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+90.00% -35.48%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £63,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-5.51% -2.30%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
856 904 608
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 96.94% 97.73% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 792 851 551
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +1.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,600 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
Hampshire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Southampton Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (26.67%) Oracle
5 3 (20.00%) Java
5 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (20.00%) Degree
5 3 (20.00%) Guidewire
6 2 (13.33%) Java EE
6 2 (13.33%) Change Management
6 2 (13.33%) SOA
6 2 (13.33%) OO
7 1 (6.667%) JBoss
7 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (6.667%) XHTML
7 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
7 1 (6.667%) PHP
7 1 (6.667%) .NET
7 1 (6.667%) J2EE
7 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
7 1 (6.667%) DB2
7 1 (6.667%) WebLogic
7 1 (6.667%) SAP
7 1 (6.667%) CSS
7 1 (6.667%) Windows
7 1 (6.667%) Linux
7 1 (6.667%) UML
7 1 (6.667%) OOP
7 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (6.667%) IBM

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 2 (13.33%) Java EE
2 1 (6.667%) Zend Framework
2 1 (6.667%) .NET
2 1 (6.667%) J2EE
2 1 (6.667%) CSS
2 1 (6.667%) XHTML
2 1 (6.667%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (6.667%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) WebLogic
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle SOA Suite
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.667%) DB2
1 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (6.667%) SAP HANA
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
1 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) OO
4 2 (13.33%) SOA
4 2 (13.33%) Change Management
5 1 (6.667%) MVC
5 1 (6.667%) UML
5 1 (6.667%) OOP
5 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.667%) Project Management
5 1 (6.667%) Scrum
5 1 (6.667%) TDD
5 1 (6.667%) BPEL
5 1 (6.667%) MODAF
5 1 (6.667%) SysML
5 1 (6.667%) Cyber Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (6.667%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.667%) PHP
2 1 (6.667%) PHP5
2 1 (6.667%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle
2 3 (20.00%) Guidewire
3 1 (6.667%) SAP
3 1 (6.667%) JBoss
3 1 (6.667%) IBM
3 1 (6.667%) Zend