The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior 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
Senior Solution Architect
Rank 775 806 797
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Solutions Architect 85 81 74
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.078% 0.067% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.071% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 63 69 51
Average salary £72,500 £77,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.45% +10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £55,000 £51,500
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £66,250 £75,000 £66,000
% change year-on-year
-11.66% +13.63%
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%

Senior Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

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

Senior Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Senior Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Solutions Architect over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Senior Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Senior Solutions Architect
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior 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 +16 78 £72,500 -7.93%
London +38 48 £75,000 -6.25%
South East +7 16 £72,500 +11.53%
City of London +16 14 £77,500 -4.61%
Berkshire +15 7 £73,750 +13.46%
South West +2 5 £50,000 -23.07%
Birmingham -14 4 £67,500 -28.94%
West Midlands -25 4 £67,500 -10.00%
Bath - 3 £50,000 -
Kent - 3 £90,000 -
Somerset - 3 £50,000 -
Surrey +11 2 £62,500 -12.89%
North West -17 2 £58,750 -15.77%
Cheshire - 2 £58,750 -
Bracknell - 2 - -
Yorkshire -8 1 £77,500 -3.12%
West Yorkshire -10 1 £77,500 -3.12%
Docklands, London - 1 £66,500 -
West Sussex - 1 £46,000 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £55,000 -
Hertfordshire - 1 £95,000 -
Dorset - 1 £62,500 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Slough - 1 £72,500 -
Milton Keynes - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 £77,500 -
Horsham - 1 £46,000 -
Chester - 1 £60,000 -
Bristol - 1 - -
Belfast - 1 £55,000 -

Senior Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 67 (42.14%) Finance
2 33 (20.75%) Java
2 33 (20.75%) IBM
3 30 (18.87%) SOA
4 27 (16.98%) Degree
5 26 (16.35%) TOGAF
6 25 (15.72%) Banking
7 24 (15.09%) Business Development
8 23 (14.47%) .NET
9 22 (13.84%) Enterprise Architecture
10 20 (12.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (11.95%) ITIL
11 19 (11.95%) Microsoft
12 18 (11.32%) Oracle
12 18 (11.32%) Telecoms
13 17 (10.69%) Asset Management
13 17 (10.69%) Technical Architecture
14 16 (10.06%) SQL Server
14 16 (10.06%) J2EE
14 16 (10.06%) Project Management
15 15 (9.434%) Web Services
15 15 (9.434%) Cisco
16 14 (8.805%) Windows
16 14 (8.805%) Linux
16 14 (8.805%) Retail
16 14 (8.805%) Enterprise Software
17 13 (8.176%) SQL
17 13 (8.176%) WAN
17 13 (8.176%) E-Commerce
17 13 (8.176%) Mainframe

Senior Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 23 (14.47%) .NET
2 16 (10.06%) J2EE
3 15 (9.434%) Web Services
4 11 (6.918%) Java EE
4 11 (6.918%) HTML
4 11 (6.918%) XML
4 11 (6.918%) ASP.NET
5 8 (5.031%) REST
6 7 (4.403%) Spring
6 7 (4.403%) Middleware
7 6 (3.774%) SOAP
8 4 (2.516%) SAML
8 4 (2.516%) DHTML
8 4 (2.516%) Spring MVC
8 4 (2.516%) LAMP
9 3 (1.887%) WebSphere
9 3 (1.887%) Apache Flex
9 3 (1.887%) JMS
9 3 (1.887%) JSP
10 2 (1.258%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.145%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (2.516%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.887%) CMS
4 2 (1.258%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.258%) ESB
4 2 (1.258%) LiveCycle
4 2 (1.258%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (1.258%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (0.629%) Lync
5 1 (0.629%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.629%) Drupal
5 1 (0.629%) SAS
5 1 (0.629%) Apache
5 1 (0.629%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.629%) CICS
Applications
1 4 (2.516%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (7.547%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.516%) RMDS
3 3 (1.887%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.258%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.258%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.629%) Oracle BRM
5 1 (0.629%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.629%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.629%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.629%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.629%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.629%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.629%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.629%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.629%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.176%) WAN
2 12 (7.547%) LAN
3 7 (4.403%) OSPF
3 7 (4.403%) BGP
4 6 (3.774%) HTTP
5 5 (3.145%) BSS
6 4 (2.516%) Internet
7 3 (1.887%) 4G
7 3 (1.887%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.887%) Wireless
7 3 (1.887%) MPLS
8 2 (1.258%) CTI
8 2 (1.258%) Firewall
8 2 (1.258%) DNS
9 1 (0.629%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.629%) NAS
9 1 (0.629%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.629%) FCoE
9 1 (0.629%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.629%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.06%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.145%) DB2
3 4 (2.516%) Big Data
4 3 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.258%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.258%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.629%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.629%) Xcelsius
6 1 (0.629%) Essbase
6 1 (0.629%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.629%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.629%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.629%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.629%) MySQL
6 1 (0.629%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.629%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.629%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 2 (1.258%) Visual Studio
1 2 (1.258%) Introscope
2 1 (0.629%) ERwin
General
1 67 (42.14%) Finance
2 25 (15.72%) Banking
3 18 (11.32%) Telecoms
4 14 (8.805%) Retail
5 8 (5.031%) Investment Banking
6 6 (3.774%) Corporate Banking
7 5 (3.145%) Games
7 5 (3.145%) Back Office
7 5 (3.145%) Publishing
8 4 (2.516%) French Language
9 3 (1.887%) Legal
9 3 (1.887%) Advertising
9 3 (1.887%) Billing
9 3 (1.887%) Front Office
9 3 (1.887%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.258%) Marketing
11 1 (0.629%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.629%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.805%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (8.176%) Mainframe
3 12 (7.547%) Cloud Computing
4 11 (6.918%) CMDB
5 10 (6.289%) Computer Science
6 8 (5.031%) SaaS
7 7 (4.403%) IBM Mainframe
8 6 (3.774%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.774%) Hedge funds
9 4 (2.516%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.258%) Mathematics
10 2 (1.258%) IVR
10 2 (1.258%) AS400
10 2 (1.258%) Digital Media
10 2 (1.258%) SWIFT
11 1 (0.629%) Mobile Banking
11 1 (0.629%) Social Media
11 1 (0.629%) CLARiiON
11 1 (0.629%) Symmetrix
11 1 (0.629%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.805%) Windows
1 14 (8.805%) Linux
2 6 (3.774%) UNIX
3 3 (1.887%) AIX
4 1 (0.629%) Android
4 1 (0.629%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.629%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.629%) Solaris
4 1 (0.629%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (18.87%) SOA
2 26 (16.35%) TOGAF
3 24 (15.09%) Business Development
4 22 (13.84%) Enterprise Architecture
5 20 (12.58%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (11.95%) ITIL
7 17 (10.69%) Asset Management
7 17 (10.69%) Technical Architecture
8 16 (10.06%) Project Management
9 13 (8.176%) E-Commerce
10 12 (7.547%) ITSM
11 11 (6.918%) Workflow
11 11 (6.918%) Risk Management
11 11 (6.918%) ETL
11 11 (6.918%) CRM
12 10 (6.289%) OO
12 10 (6.289%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (5.660%) EAI
13 9 (5.660%) UML
14 8 (5.031%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (20.75%) Java
2 13 (8.176%) SQL
3 10 (6.289%) C#
4 4 (2.516%) C++
4 4 (2.516%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.258%) VBScript
5 2 (1.258%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.629%) Objective-C
6 1 (0.629%) Ruby
6 1 (0.629%) Python
6 1 (0.629%) PHP
6 1 (0.629%) COBOL
6 1 (0.629%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (16.98%) Degree
2 11 (6.918%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.774%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.516%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.516%) MCSE
5 3 (1.887%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.258%) CITP
6 2 (1.258%) MBCS
6 2 (1.258%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.403%) QA
2 4 (2.516%) COBIT
3 2 (1.258%) Basel III
4 1 (0.629%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.629%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.629%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.145%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.258%) vCloud
2 2 (1.258%) XenApp
3 1 (0.629%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.629%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.145%) Tivoli
2 3 (1.887%) Netcool
3 2 (1.258%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 2 (1.258%) SCOM
4 1 (0.629%) Ionix
4 1 (0.629%) SCCM
4 1 (0.629%) OpenView
4 1 (0.629%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 33 (20.75%) IBM
2 19 (11.95%) Microsoft
3 18 (11.32%) Oracle
4 15 (9.434%) Cisco
5 13 (8.176%) BMC
5 13 (8.176%) CA
6 12 (7.547%) Remedy
7 11 (6.918%) Compuware
7 11 (6.918%) Juniper
8 10 (6.289%) VMware
9 9 (5.660%) HP
9 9 (5.660%) Cognizant
10 8 (5.031%) SAP
11 7 (4.403%) EMC
12 6 (3.774%) Citrix
12 6 (3.774%) AppSense
12 6 (3.774%) Twitter
13 5 (3.145%) NetApp
14 4 (2.516%) Teradata
15 2 (1.258%) Business Objects
London
London. £55,000 - £60,000 and Excellent Company Benefits The Senior Solutions Architect will have the responsibility for the delivery of IS Solutions, interacting directly with business owners...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Market related
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Key skills and requirements: strong track record in SOA / Solutions architect experience / strategic delivery / delivery of technology roadmaps / Business process management (BPM) / IBM process Server experience a bonus...
iKas International
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
SOA/BPM TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT One of the most prestigious, global IT consultancies is urgently seeking a high calibre, distinguished technical or solutions architect to join their reputable...
Selecture Limited
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + 15% Flex Benefits + Bonus + Pension
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Development, BI, Infrastructure and operations) for architectural related matters... - Significant experience in a software design and development role using web technologies and database driven applications such as JEE/...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 30 April 2013
Oxfordshire
Your skills are to include: - Strong commercial experience working within a LAMP environment (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), in a senior capacity... Keywords: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP,Drupal, UML...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London, London, United Kingdom
A proven project manager, you'll have an excellent command of technologies such as Java, J2EE, HTML, DHTML, XML and JavaScript. You'll also have demonstrable expertise in...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £Competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Strong commercial experience providing Pre Sales support to modern software solutions (PoC, RFP, RFQ`s) - Hands on coding / scripting ability for PoC tailoring around JSP, XML / XSL, Javascript,...
Verticality Ltd
Salary: £60000 to £95000 per annum - £30K OTE + Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013