The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Designer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solutions Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Designer
Rank 748 747 765
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Designer 114 151 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.106% 0.125% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.112% 0.132% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 77 116 98
Average salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.54% -
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £40,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+4.76% -4.54%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
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%

Solutions Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solutions Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Solutions Designer
Salary Trend

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

Solutions Designer Salary Trend

Solutions Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solutions Designer over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Solutions Designer Salary Histogram

Solutions Designer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 -22 102 £60,250 +9.54%
South East -10 52 £62,500 +13.63%
Berkshire +26 30 £49,400 +14.88%
London +13 30 £70,000 -
Egham -6 11 £62,500 -
Surrey -8 11 £62,500 +13.63%
City of London +10 10 £60,000 -14.28%
Reading +11 9 £34,700 -
Nottinghamshire -2 7 £50,000 -9.09%
Buckinghamshire -3 7 £55,000 -8.33%
East Midlands -4 7 £50,000 -9.09%
Scotland -4 7 £50,000 +5.87%
Milton Keynes - 7 £55,000 -
North West -11 6 £50,000 -14.89%
South West +7 5 £39,000 -16.57%
Edinburgh - 5 £50,000 -
Gloucestershire - 5 £39,000 -
Nottingham -2 4 £50,000 -9.09%
Manchester -12 3 £47,500 -5.00%
East of England +6 2 £65,000 +44.44%
Kent -20 2 £72,500 +81.01%
Cirencester - 2 £39,000 -
Glasgow - 2 £42,500 -
Bracknell - 2 £62,500 -
Middlesex - 2 £79,250 -
Cheshire +6 1 - -
Norwich +1 1 - -
Norfolk 0 1 - -
North Wales - 1 £40,000 -
Flintshire - 1 £40,000 -

Solutions Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Solutions Designer 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 Designer in their job title.

1 56 (24.56%) Oracle
2 53 (23.25%) Telecoms
3 43 (18.86%) Finance
4 32 (14.04%) Microsoft
5 29 (12.72%) SQL Server
6 28 (12.28%) SQL
7 26 (11.40%) Retail
8 25 (10.96%) Web Services
8 25 (10.96%) OO
9 24 (10.53%) SAP
9 24 (10.53%) Java
10 23 (10.09%) CRM
10 23 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (9.649%) Billing
12 21 (9.211%) TOGAF
12 21 (9.211%) UML
12 21 (9.211%) XML
13 20 (8.772%) .NET
13 20 (8.772%) UNIX
13 20 (8.772%) Middleware
14 19 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
15 18 (7.895%) WebSphere
16 17 (7.456%) CSG Singleview
17 16 (7.018%) FTP
17 16 (7.018%) Business Intelligence
17 16 (7.018%) C#
17 16 (7.018%) Banking
17 16 (7.018%) Continuous Integration
18 15 (6.579%) Degree
18 15 (6.579%) QA

Solutions Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Solutions Designer 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (10.96%) Web Services
2 21 (9.211%) XML
3 20 (8.772%) .NET
3 20 (8.772%) Middleware
4 18 (7.895%) WebSphere
5 14 (6.140%) Struts
5 14 (6.140%) Java EE
6 13 (5.702%) WSRP
6 13 (5.702%) Apache Flex
7 12 (5.263%) J2EE
8 11 (4.825%) SOAP
9 7 (3.070%) ASP.NET
10 5 (2.193%) WCF
11 4 (1.754%) BREW
12 3 (1.316%) WPF
12 3 (1.316%) HTML
12 3 (1.316%) COM
12 3 (1.316%) Struts2
13 2 (0.877%) JMS
13 2 (0.877%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 13 (5.702%) WebLogic
1 13 (5.702%) WebLogic Portal
2 11 (4.825%) BizTalk Server
3 10 (4.386%) WebSphere Application Server
4 9 (3.947%) MQSeries
5 6 (2.632%) ESB
6 3 (1.316%) SAS
6 3 (1.316%) IIS
7 2 (0.877%) Apache
8 1 (0.439%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (0.439%) Mule
8 1 (0.439%) CMS
8 1 (0.439%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.439%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.439%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (0.439%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 13 (5.702%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (7.456%) CSG Singleview
2 8 (3.509%) SAP PP
2 8 (3.509%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 7 (3.070%) SAP MM
4 5 (2.193%) Maximo
4 5 (2.193%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.877%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.877%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.877%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.877%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.877%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.439%) SAP IS-U
6 1 (0.439%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.439%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.439%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.439%) MFGPRO
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.018%) FTP
2 7 (3.070%) LDAP
3 5 (2.193%) BSS
3 5 (2.193%) Internet
4 4 (1.754%) MPLS
4 4 (1.754%) Wireless
5 3 (1.316%) Broadband
5 3 (1.316%) 3G
6 2 (0.877%) Nokia NetAct
6 2 (0.877%) Firewall
7 1 (0.439%) Network Security
7 1 (0.439%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.439%) IPsec
7 1 (0.439%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.439%) LAN
7 1 (0.439%) WAN
7 1 (0.439%) SMTP
7 1 (0.439%) DHCP
7 1 (0.439%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.439%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.72%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.579%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (4.825%) DB2
4 9 (3.947%) QlikView
5 4 (1.754%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (1.754%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.754%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (1.316%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.439%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.947%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.316%) Rational Application Developer
3 2 (0.877%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.439%) JUnit
General
1 53 (23.25%) Telecoms
2 43 (18.86%) Finance
3 26 (11.40%) Retail
4 22 (9.649%) Billing
5 16 (7.018%) Banking
6 9 (3.947%) Advertising
7 8 (3.509%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (3.070%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.754%) Legal
10 3 (1.316%) Back Office
11 2 (0.877%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.439%) Marketing
12 1 (0.439%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.579%) Mainframe
2 12 (5.263%) Cloud Computing
3 11 (4.825%) FMCG
4 5 (2.193%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.754%) N-Tier
6 3 (1.316%) Reference Data
6 3 (1.316%) Smartphone
6 3 (1.316%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (0.877%) Open Source
7 2 (0.877%) Tandem
7 2 (0.877%) Clustering
7 2 (0.877%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (0.877%) CMDB
8 1 (0.439%) Online Banking
8 1 (0.439%) Equities
8 1 (0.439%) Replication
8 1 (0.439%) Firmware
8 1 (0.439%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.439%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 20 (8.772%) UNIX
2 15 (6.579%) Windows
3 11 (4.825%) Linux
4 4 (1.754%) Solaris
5 2 (0.877%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.877%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.439%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (10.96%) OO
2 23 (10.09%) CRM
2 23 (10.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (9.211%) TOGAF
3 21 (9.211%) UML
4 19 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
5 16 (7.018%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (7.018%) Continuous Integration
6 15 (6.579%) SOA
7 14 (6.140%) Data Management
7 14 (6.140%) Service Management
8 13 (5.702%) Migration
8 13 (5.702%) ITIL
8 13 (5.702%) Configuration Management
9 12 (5.263%) ETL
9 12 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
10 11 (4.825%) Waterfall
11 10 (4.386%) E-Commerce
11 10 (4.386%) Logistics
11 10 (4.386%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.28%) SQL
2 24 (10.53%) Java
3 16 (7.018%) C#
4 9 (3.947%) Shell Script
5 8 (3.509%) PL/SQL
6 6 (2.632%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.754%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.877%) C
9 1 (0.439%) Python
9 1 (0.439%) Progress 4GL
9 1 (0.439%) Perl
9 1 (0.439%) PHP
9 1 (0.439%) ABAP
9 1 (0.439%) VBA
9 1 (0.439%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (6.579%) Degree
2 13 (5.702%) ISEB
3 7 (3.070%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.193%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.316%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.579%) QA
System Software
1 8 (3.509%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.877%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (0.877%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.439%) ProxySG
3 1 (0.439%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.439%) NFS
3 1 (0.439%) XenApp
3 1 (0.439%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (3.947%) Tivoli
2 8 (3.509%) OpenView
3 6 (2.632%) Netcool
4 2 (0.877%) Cacti
4 2 (0.877%) Ionix
5 1 (0.439%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.439%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 56 (24.56%) Oracle
2 32 (14.04%) Microsoft
3 24 (10.53%) SAP
4 13 (5.702%) JBoss
5 9 (3.947%) Ab Initio
5 9 (3.947%) VMware
5 9 (3.947%) Cognos
5 9 (3.947%) Business Objects
6 8 (3.509%) TOWER Software
7 7 (3.070%) IBM
7 7 (3.070%) Remedy
8 6 (2.632%) Citrix
8 6 (2.632%) Cramer
8 6 (2.632%) Amdocs
9 5 (2.193%) NetApp
9 5 (2.193%) EMC
10 4 (1.754%) Cisco
11 3 (1.316%) Unica
11 3 (1.316%) Alterian
11 3 (1.316%) BMC
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