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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 49 54 52
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 3 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 0.636% 1.318% 0.624%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.656% 1.434% 0.641%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 3
Average salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £40,000 £51,000
10% offered a salary of more than £74,500 £71,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
457 488 468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 96.82% 91.90% 97.30%
Number of salaries quoted 402 424 432
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
Wiltshire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

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

Swindon Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 (77.78%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Banking
2 6 (66.67%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) Web Services
2 6 (66.67%) IBM
2 6 (66.67%) SOA
2 6 (66.67%) Mainframe
2 6 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 6 (66.67%) Java EE
2 6 (66.67%) IBM Mainframe
2 6 (66.67%) Investment Management
2 6 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 3 (33.33%) CICS
4 3 (33.33%) zOS
4 3 (33.33%) DB2
4 3 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
4 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 3 (33.33%) VMware
5 2 (22.22%) Network Design
5 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
5 2 (22.22%) J2EE
5 2 (22.22%) C#
5 2 (22.22%) Java
6 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) COBOL
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
6 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
6 1 (11.11%) Smartphone

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 (66.67%) .NET
1 6 (66.67%) Web Services
1 6 (66.67%) Java EE
2 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
2 2 (22.22%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) DB2
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Banking
2 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Mainframe
1 6 (66.67%) IBM Mainframe
1 6 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) zOS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) SOA
1 6 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 6 (66.67%) Investment Management
2 3 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
2 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (22.22%) Network Design
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C#
1 2 (22.22%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) COBOL
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) IBM
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) VMware