The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. 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 24 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 advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Solution Architect
Rank 197 - 171
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 7 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.139% - 0.120%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.145% - 0.125%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 5
Average salary £52,500 - £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-15.38% +23.80%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Solutions Architect
England

Technical Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Technical Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Technical Solutions Architect
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham - 2 £52,500 -
Technical Solutions Architect
England

Technical Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 11 (64.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
1 11 (64.71%) Citrix
1 11 (64.71%) VMware
2 10 (58.82%) SQL
3 9 (52.94%) MS Office
3 9 (52.94%) Windows
3 9 (52.94%) SAN
3 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
3 9 (52.94%) SharePoint
3 9 (52.94%) MS Exchange
3 9 (52.94%) DHCP
3 9 (52.94%) DNS
3 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (52.94%) Hyper-V
3 9 (52.94%) NAS
3 9 (52.94%) XenServer
3 9 (52.94%) XenDesktop
3 9 (52.94%) vSphere
3 9 (52.94%) Firewall
3 9 (52.94%) Back Office
3 9 (52.94%) UAG
3 9 (52.94%) Lync
3 9 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (52.94%) Office 365
3 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (17.65%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (11.76%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Banking
5 2 (11.76%) Telecoms

Technical Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 1 (5.882%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (52.94%) SharePoint
1 9 (52.94%) MS Exchange
1 9 (52.94%) Lync
1 9 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (52.94%) MS Office
1 9 (52.94%) Office 365
2 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) SAN
1 9 (52.94%) DHCP
1 9 (52.94%) DNS
1 9 (52.94%) NAS
1 9 (52.94%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (52.94%) Back Office
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
1 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
1 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (11.76%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
2 2 (11.76%) Project Management
3 1 (5.882%) Waterfall
3 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) C#
2 1 (5.882%) COBOL
2 1 (5.882%) PL/SQL
System Software
1 11 (64.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (52.94%) Active Directory
2 9 (52.94%) Hyper-V
2 9 (52.94%) XenServer
2 9 (52.94%) XenDesktop
2 9 (52.94%) vSphere
2 9 (52.94%) UAG
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
1 11 (64.71%) Citrix
1 11 (64.71%) VMware
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle