The first table below looks at the demand for the .NET Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited .NET 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
.NET Solutions Architect
Rank 857 873 850
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a .NET Solutions Architect 3 14 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.003% 0.012% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.012% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 21
Average salary £50,000 £65,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% +8.33%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-23.07% +30.00%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

.NET Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

.NET Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing .NET Solutions Architect within the UK.

.NET Solutions Architect Salary Trend

.NET Solutions Architect
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing .NET Solutions Architect within the UK 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
England -2 3 £50,000 -23.07%
Yorkshire - 3 £50,000 -
Bradford - 2 £50,000 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £50,000 -
South Yorkshire - 1 £52,500 -
Sheffield - 1 £52,500 -

.NET Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited .NET 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 .NET Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) C#
4 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
5 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
5 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
6 2 (25.00%) IBM
6 2 (25.00%) TDD
6 2 (25.00%) Banking
6 2 (25.00%) MCTS
6 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (25.00%) Java EE
6 2 (25.00%) WCF
6 2 (25.00%) WPF
6 2 (25.00%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (25.00%) Investment Management
6 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (25.00%) SOA
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (25.00%) Internet
6 2 (25.00%) Mainframe
6 2 (25.00%) Web Services
6 2 (25.00%) MCP
6 2 (25.00%) MCAD
6 2 (25.00%) MCSD
6 2 (25.00%) Java
6 2 (25.00%) J2EE
6 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC

.NET Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited .NET 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 .NET Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 2 (25.00%) Java EE
3 2 (25.00%) WCF
3 2 (25.00%) WPF
3 2 (25.00%) Web Services
3 2 (25.00%) J2EE
3 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (25.00%) Node.js
3 2 (25.00%) Ninject
3 2 (25.00%) KnockoutJS
3 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET MVC 4
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) IBM Mainframe
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (25.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) TDD
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (25.00%) Investment Management
2 2 (25.00%) SOA
2 2 (25.00%) Dependency Injection
2 2 (25.00%) Web Application Development
2 2 (25.00%) MVC
2 2 (25.00%) Domain-Driven Design
3 1 (12.50%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) MCTS
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (25.00%) MCP
1 2 (25.00%) MCAD
1 2 (25.00%) MCSD
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) IBM
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle