The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Solution Architect
Rank 762 823 769
Rank change year-on-year
+61 -54
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 106 62 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.097% 0.051% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.103% 0.054% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 82 40 83
Average salary £61,250 £65,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.76% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,500
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £59,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-7.56% +13.33%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102828 114458 120840
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.97% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 85533 98230 102542
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 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%

Technical Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Technical Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

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

Technical Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Technical Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Solutions Architect over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Technical Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Technical 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 Technical Solutions Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +66 99 £62,500 -7.40% 8
South East +39 36 £63,750 -1.92%
London +34 36 £77,500 +3.33% 7
Berkshire +25 14 £75,000 +15.38%
Somerset - 11 £50,000 -
South West - 11 £50,000 - 1
Bath - 10 £50,000 -
Surrey +22 7 £55,000 -15.38%
Buckinghamshire - 7 £56,250 -
West Midlands -3 6 £65,000 +23.80%
Reading - 6 £75,000 -
East Midlands +13 5 - -
Wales +6 5 £50,000 -4.76%
South Wales +4 5 £50,000 -4.76%
Northamptonshire - 5 - -
Yorkshire +9 4 £53,750 +2.38%
Newport +3 4 £50,000 -9.09%
West Yorkshire 0 4 £53,750 +2.38%
City of London -16 4 £80,750 +7.66% 5
Hampshire +9 3 £85,000 -
Leeds -4 3 £55,000 +4.76%
Milton Keynes - 3 £55,000 -
Middlesex - 3 £90,000 -
South Yorkshire +6 2 £53,750 +2.38%
North West +6 2 £85,000 +44.06%
York +4 2 £53,750 -28.33%
Sheffield +3 2 £53,750 +2.38%
North Yorkshire +2 2 £53,750 -28.33%
Wakefield - 2 £53,750 -
Weybridge - 2 £53,750 -

Technical Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 89 (43.00%) Microsoft
2 61 (29.47%) .NET
3 58 (28.02%) SQL
4 53 (25.60%) Java
5 50 (24.15%) VMware
6 49 (23.67%) VMware Infrastructure
7 42 (20.29%) Finance
8 39 (18.84%) Citrix
9 38 (18.36%) SAN
9 38 (18.36%) vSphere
10 37 (17.87%) Windows
11 36 (17.39%) Oracle
11 36 (17.39%) NAS
12 34 (16.43%) Active Directory
13 33 (15.94%) SharePoint
13 33 (15.94%) Hyper-V
14 32 (15.46%) Windows Server 2008
14 32 (15.46%) XenServer
14 32 (15.46%) XenDesktop
14 32 (15.46%) SQL Server
14 32 (15.46%) Cisco
15 31 (14.98%) Firewall
16 30 (14.49%) DNS
16 30 (14.49%) MS Exchange
16 30 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2010
16 30 (14.49%) Windows Server 2012
17 29 (14.01%) Office 365
17 29 (14.01%) Lync
17 29 (14.01%) UAG
17 29 (14.01%) MS Office

Technical Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 61 (29.47%) .NET
2 28 (13.53%) J2EE
3 25 (12.08%) Middleware
4 21 (10.14%) REST
5 20 (9.662%) XML
6 17 (8.213%) HTML
7 16 (7.729%) Web Services
8 14 (6.763%) CSS
8 14 (6.763%) HTML5
9 11 (5.314%) JMS
9 11 (5.314%) Hibernate
9 11 (5.314%) Spring
10 8 (3.865%) ASP.NET
11 5 (2.415%) Java EE
12 3 (1.449%) J2ME
12 3 (1.449%) XSLT
12 3 (1.449%) WebSphere
12 3 (1.449%) BREW
12 3 (1.449%) CakePHP
12 3 (1.449%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 33 (15.94%) SharePoint
2 30 (14.49%) MS Exchange
2 30 (14.49%) Exchange Server 2010
3 29 (14.01%) Lync
4 24 (11.59%) BizTalk Server
5 23 (11.11%) Windows Azure
6 22 (10.63%) CMS
7 18 (8.696%) ESB
8 11 (5.314%) MQSeries
9 3 (1.449%) WordPress
9 3 (1.449%) Drupal
10 2 (0.966%) IIS
10 2 (0.966%) Adobe CQ
10 2 (0.966%) Magento
10 2 (0.966%) LiveCycle
10 2 (0.966%) SharePoint 2010
11 1 (0.483%) Apache
11 1 (0.483%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.483%) Site Server
11 1 (0.483%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 29 (14.01%) Office 365
1 29 (14.01%) MS Office
2 22 (10.63%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.483%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (0.966%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.483%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.483%) Maximo
2 1 (0.483%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.483%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 38 (18.36%) SAN
2 36 (17.39%) NAS
3 31 (14.98%) Firewall
4 30 (14.49%) DNS
5 29 (14.01%) DHCP
6 7 (3.382%) Internet
7 6 (2.899%) WAN
8 5 (2.415%) LAN
9 3 (1.449%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.966%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.483%) Radio Access Network
11 1 (0.483%) Network Security
11 1 (0.483%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (15.46%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.763%) MySQL
3 13 (6.280%) Big Data
4 12 (5.797%) NoSQL
5 11 (5.314%) MarkLogic
5 11 (5.314%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.483%) PerformancePoint
6 1 (0.483%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.483%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.483%) DB2
6 1 (0.483%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.483%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.932%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.483%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.483%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.483%) NUnit
General
1 42 (20.29%) Finance
2 29 (14.01%) Back Office
3 19 (9.179%) Telecoms
4 18 (8.696%) Banking
5 9 (4.348%) Publishing
6 7 (3.382%) Retail
7 4 (1.932%) Legal
8 3 (1.449%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (0.966%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.483%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.483%) Marketing
10 1 (0.483%) French Language
10 1 (0.483%) German Language
10 1 (0.483%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.483%) Games
10 1 (0.483%) Advertising
10 1 (0.483%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.246%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.797%) iPhone
3 11 (5.314%) SaaS
4 10 (4.831%) N-Tier
5 9 (4.348%) Blackberry
5 9 (4.348%) Web 2.0
5 9 (4.348%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.348%) iPad
6 8 (3.865%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.899%) DataPower
8 3 (1.449%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.449%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (1.449%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.966%) Clustering
9 2 (0.966%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (0.966%) Mathematics
9 2 (0.966%) Computer Science
9 2 (0.966%) EPoS
10 1 (0.483%) HP StorageWorks
10 1 (0.483%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 37 (17.87%) Windows
2 32 (15.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (14.49%) Windows Server 2012
4 15 (7.246%) Linux
5 12 (5.797%) Android
6 9 (4.348%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.932%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.932%) Solaris
8 2 (0.966%) UNIX
9 1 (0.483%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.483%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (13.04%) SOA
2 25 (12.08%) TDD
3 22 (10.63%) Content Management
3 22 (10.63%) Technical Architecture
4 21 (10.14%) Agile Software Development
5 20 (9.662%) UML
6 17 (8.213%) Scrum
7 14 (6.763%) Document Management
8 13 (6.280%) E-Commerce
9 12 (5.797%) OO
10 11 (5.314%) Business Analysis
11 10 (4.831%) Information Security
12 9 (4.348%) Project Management
13 8 (3.865%) Enterprise Architecture
14 7 (3.382%) Service Delivery
15 6 (2.899%) TOGAF
15 6 (2.899%) ITIL
16 5 (2.415%) Software Architecture
16 5 (2.415%) Investment Management
16 5 (2.415%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 58 (28.02%) SQL
2 53 (25.60%) Java
3 15 (7.246%) C#
4 14 (6.763%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.348%) Objective-C
6 5 (2.415%) PHP
7 3 (1.449%) PHP5
8 2 (0.966%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.966%) C++
9 1 (0.483%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.483%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.483%) COBOL
9 1 (0.483%) C
9 1 (0.483%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.483%) Perl
9 1 (0.483%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.483%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (2.899%) Degree
3 5 (2.415%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (2.415%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (1.449%) CCIA
4 3 (1.449%) CCEE
4 3 (1.449%) CCA
4 3 (1.449%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (1.449%) CCNP
4 3 (1.449%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.966%) MCITP
5 2 (0.966%) CCNA
5 2 (0.966%) CCDA
5 2 (0.966%) CCEA
5 2 (0.966%) MCSE
5 2 (0.966%) VCAP
5 2 (0.966%) VCDX
6 1 (0.483%) NCDA
6 1 (0.483%) NCIE
6 1 (0.483%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.415%) QA
2 2 (0.966%) COBIT
2 2 (0.966%) Basel II
3 1 (0.483%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.483%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 49 (23.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (18.36%) vSphere
3 34 (16.43%) Active Directory
4 33 (15.94%) Hyper-V
5 32 (15.46%) XenServer
5 32 (15.46%) XenDesktop
6 29 (14.01%) UAG
7 5 (2.415%) XenApp
7 5 (2.415%) vCloud
8 2 (0.966%) VMware ESX
8 2 (0.966%) NFS
9 1 (0.483%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.483%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.483%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (1.449%) SCOM
2 2 (0.966%) SCCM
3 1 (0.483%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.483%) Netcool
3 1 (0.483%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 89 (43.00%) Microsoft
2 50 (24.15%) VMware
3 39 (18.84%) Citrix
4 36 (17.39%) Oracle
5 32 (15.46%) Cisco
6 22 (10.63%) Hitachi
7 13 (6.280%) HP
8 11 (5.314%) Adobe
9 10 (4.831%) NetApp
10 9 (4.348%) Sun
11 8 (3.865%) Juniper
12 6 (2.899%) EMC
13 5 (2.415%) IBM
14 4 (1.932%) Dell
14 4 (1.932%) TIBCO
15 3 (1.449%) DataCore
15 3 (1.449%) Symbian
15 3 (1.449%) Zend
16 2 (0.966%) Blue Coat
16 2 (0.966%) AppSense
City, London
My client is going through a major transformation period within the organisation and putting particular focus on thier ecommerce system. They are an Oracle house Eligible candidates will:...
Careerwise UK Limited
Salary: £53000 - £90000 per annum + bonus + benefits + discounts ++
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Java. SQL... The client is ideally looking for someone from a Java/ SQL development background who is able to understand design concepts and liaise with the development team.
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £45000 - £52000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
They are undertaking an extensive piece of eCommerce development work and will move quickly to make this appointment. Role The Senior Technical Architect / Solutions Architect will work directly...
Salt
Salary: £90000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
In-depth UNIX / LINUX / SOLARIS design along with SAN knowledge... - Solid understanding and market awareness of the main products within this environment - ( Unix / Linux / Solaris - Data Storage (SAN,...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Bonus, Pension, Life, Health
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
In-depth UNIX / LINUX / SOLARIS design along with SAN knowledge... - Solid understanding and market awareness of the main products within this environment - ( Unix / Linux / Solaris - Data Storage (SAN,...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Bonus, Pension, Life, Health
Posted: 13 June 2013