The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft 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 Microsoft Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Solution Architect
Rank 841 881 826
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Solutions Architect 17 15 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.016% 0.012% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.013% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 11 13 42
Average salary £92,500 £92,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +42.30%
UK excluding London average salary £92,500 £100,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +53.84%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £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%

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Microsoft Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

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

Microsoft Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Solutions Architect over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Microsoft Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Solutions Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +36 17 £92,500 -
East of England - 5 - -
Hertfordshire - 5 - -
St Albans - 4 - -
London +30 3 £75,000 -10.44%
West Midlands - 2 £60,000 -
Birmingham - 2 £60,000 -

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Microsoft 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 Microsoft Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 53 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 42 (79.25%) SharePoint
3 34 (64.15%) Windows
4 31 (58.49%) Office 365
5 29 (54.72%) Lync
6 26 (49.06%) Hyper-V
7 23 (43.40%) Windows 7
8 20 (37.74%) MS Excel
8 20 (37.74%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (33.96%) DNS
9 18 (33.96%) SQL
10 17 (32.08%) Active Directory
10 17 (32.08%) MS Exchange
10 17 (32.08%) SAN
10 17 (32.08%) NAS
10 17 (32.08%) Exchange Server 2010
11 16 (30.19%) Citrix
11 16 (30.19%) SQL Server
12 15 (28.30%) .NET
12 15 (28.30%) MS Office
12 15 (28.30%) DHCP
12 15 (28.30%) Firewall
12 15 (28.30%) UAG
12 15 (28.30%) vSphere
12 15 (28.30%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (28.30%) Windows Server 2008
12 15 (28.30%) XenServer
12 15 (28.30%) XenDesktop
13 14 (26.42%) SCCM
14 13 (24.53%) Windows 8

Microsoft Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Microsoft 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 Microsoft Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (28.30%) .NET
2 3 (5.660%) ASP.NET
2 3 (5.660%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.774%) DHTML
3 2 (3.774%) HTML
3 2 (3.774%) Web Services
3 2 (3.774%) XML
3 2 (3.774%) CGI
3 2 (3.774%) WF
4 1 (1.887%) jQuery
4 1 (1.887%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.887%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (1.887%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (1.887%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 1 (1.887%) Unity DI Container
4 1 (1.887%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
4 1 (1.887%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 42 (79.25%) SharePoint
2 29 (54.72%) Lync
3 17 (32.08%) Exchange Server 2010
3 17 (32.08%) MS Exchange
4 12 (22.64%) Windows Azure
5 8 (15.09%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (13.21%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (11.32%) Office Communications Server
8 3 (5.660%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (3.774%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (1.887%) MSMQ
Applications
1 31 (58.49%) Office 365
2 20 (37.74%) MS Excel
3 15 (28.30%) MS Office
4 5 (9.434%) PowerPivot
4 5 (9.434%) MS Visio
5 3 (5.660%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (15.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.887%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.887%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.96%) DNS
2 17 (32.08%) SAN
2 17 (32.08%) NAS
3 15 (28.30%) Firewall
3 15 (28.30%) DHCP
4 6 (11.32%) Unified Communications
5 5 (9.434%) Internet
6 4 (7.547%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (30.19%) SQL Server
2 8 (15.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (11.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (11.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (9.434%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.887%) MOLAP
5 1 (1.887%) ROLAP
5 1 (1.887%) OLAP
5 1 (1.887%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.887%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.774%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.887%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.887%) Moq
General
1 9 (16.98%) Marketing
2 3 (5.660%) Back Office
3 2 (3.774%) Banking
4 1 (1.887%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.434%) Data Integration
2 3 (5.660%) Clustering
2 3 (5.660%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (64.15%) Windows
2 23 (43.40%) Windows 7
3 15 (28.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (28.30%) Windows Server 2012
4 13 (24.53%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.98%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (15.09%) CRM
3 6 (11.32%) Technical Architecture
3 6 (11.32%) Business Development
4 5 (9.434%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (9.434%) Dimensional Modelling
5 4 (7.547%) Project Management
6 3 (5.660%) ITIL
6 3 (5.660%) Customer Engagement
6 3 (5.660%) Waterfall
6 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (3.774%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (3.774%) Business Analysis
7 2 (3.774%) Integration Testing
7 2 (3.774%) UML
7 2 (3.774%) Service Management
7 2 (3.774%) Project Planning
7 2 (3.774%) Workflow
7 2 (3.774%) Validation
8 1 (1.887%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.96%) SQL
2 8 (15.09%) C#
3 3 (5.660%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.774%) VBScript
4 2 (3.774%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (37.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (22.64%) MCTS
2 12 (22.64%) MCITP
2 12 (22.64%) MCSE
3 10 (18.87%) Degree
4 3 (5.660%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.774%) QA
System Software
1 26 (49.06%) Hyper-V
2 17 (32.08%) Active Directory
3 15 (28.30%) XenServer
3 15 (28.30%) XenDesktop
3 15 (28.30%) vSphere
3 15 (28.30%) UAG
4 12 (22.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (26.42%) SCCM
2 9 (16.98%) SCOM
Vendors
1 53 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (30.19%) Citrix
3 12 (22.64%) VMware
4 4 (7.547%) Dell
5 2 (3.774%) Twitter
5 2 (3.774%) Cisco
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