The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk 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 22 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 64 60 62
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 12 2 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.722% 0.360% 1.229%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.767% 0.364% 1.280%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 8
Average salary £65,000 £56,250 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.55% -6.25%
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
679 549 625
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 97.42% 98.92% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 622 485 550
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
East of England

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Suffolk Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 22 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
Ipswich -5 5 £65,000 +52.94%
Solutions Architect
East of England

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 9 (45.00%) Big Data
2 8 (40.00%) SaaS
2 8 (40.00%) REST
2 8 (40.00%) JSON
2 8 (40.00%) OAuth
2 8 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 8 (40.00%) Salesforce.com
2 8 (40.00%) SOAP
2 8 (40.00%) Web Services
3 7 (35.00%) UML
3 7 (35.00%) SOA
4 5 (25.00%) CRM
5 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (20.00%) Windows
5 4 (20.00%) Java
5 4 (20.00%) .NET
5 4 (20.00%) J2EE
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (20.00%) JSF
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (20.00%) Silverlight
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (20.00%) Analytics
5 4 (20.00%) Mobile App

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 8 (40.00%) REST
1 8 (40.00%) JSON
1 8 (40.00%) OAuth
1 8 (40.00%) SOAP
1 8 (40.00%) Web Services
2 4 (20.00%) .NET
2 4 (20.00%) J2EE
2 4 (20.00%) JSF
2 4 (20.00%) Silverlight
3 2 (10.00%) WSH
4 1 (5.000%) NHibernate
4 1 (5.000%) .NET Framework
4 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (5.000%) WCF
4 1 (5.000%) WPF
4 1 (5.000%) LINQ
4 1 (5.000%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (5.000%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (15.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (5.000%) Amazon AWS
3 1 (5.000%) MSMQ
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (45.00%) Big Data
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (20.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) SaaS
2 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.000%) Mathematics
3 1 (5.000%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
1 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.000%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 7 (35.00%) UML
2 7 (35.00%) SOA
3 5 (25.00%) CRM
4 4 (20.00%) Analytics
4 4 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
5 3 (15.00%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Risk Management
7 1 (5.000%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (5.000%) System Testing
7 1 (5.000%) Project Management
7 1 (5.000%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) Java
2 3 (15.00%) C#
3 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) VB
4 1 (5.000%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Salesforce.com
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft