The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 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 advertised for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 97 124 137
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 82 44 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.221% 1.362% 0.272%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.332% 1.399% 0.282%
Number of salaries quoted 76 33 8
Average salary £53,500 £47,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.63% -26.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £48,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £77,000 £75,250
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3516 3145 2836
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.23% 97.34% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2812 2625 2364
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Solutions Architect
Yorkshire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Solutions Architect Salary Trend

Solutions Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Solutions Architect Salary Histogram

Solutions Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the West Yorkshire region 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
Leeds +27 63 £55,000 +16.40%
Bradford +13 15 £50,000 -
Wakefield - 6 £55,000 -
Dewsbury - 5 £55,000 -
Halifax - 3 £45,000 -
Huddersfield - 2 £52,500 -
Solutions Architect
Yorkshire

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited 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 Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 77 (46.95%) Finance
2 66 (40.24%) Oracle
3 60 (36.59%) SQL Server
4 53 (32.32%) Microsoft
5 48 (29.27%) RDBMS
6 47 (28.66%) N-Tier
7 45 (27.44%) WebSphere
8 44 (26.83%) Enterprise Architecture
8 44 (26.83%) MS Excel
8 44 (26.83%) ETL
8 44 (26.83%) .NET
9 43 (26.22%) Informatica
10 41 (25.00%) TOGAF
11 40 (24.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 31 (18.90%) User Stories
13 25 (15.24%) Agile Software Development
14 24 (14.63%) UML
15 23 (14.02%) Cisco
15 23 (14.02%) Firewall
15 23 (14.02%) VMware
16 22 (13.41%) Citrix
16 22 (13.41%) vSphere
17 21 (12.80%) Network Security
17 21 (12.80%) SQL
18 20 (12.20%) DSDM
19 19 (11.59%) C#
20 18 (10.98%) XenServer
21 17 (10.37%) VMware Infrastructure
21 17 (10.37%) Data Warehouse
21 17 (10.37%) Scrum

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited 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 Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 45 (27.44%) WebSphere
2 44 (26.83%) .NET
3 7 (4.268%) XML
4 4 (2.439%) J2EE
5 3 (1.829%) Java EE
6 2 (1.220%) BAPI
6 2 (1.220%) Middleware
7 1 (0.610%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.610%) SOAP
7 1 (0.610%) Web Services
7 1 (0.610%) WinForms
7 1 (0.610%) Cocoa
7 1 (0.610%) Ajax
7 1 (0.610%) jQuery
7 1 (0.610%) JSON
7 1 (0.610%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.610%) Apache Flex
7 1 (0.610%) Cocoa Touch
7 1 (0.610%) iPhone SDK
7 1 (0.610%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 8 (4.878%) BizTalk Server
2 6 (3.659%) SAS
3 4 (2.439%) IIS
4 2 (1.220%) ESB
4 2 (1.220%) WebSphere Process Server
4 2 (1.220%) TeamSite
4 2 (1.220%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.610%) SharePoint
Applications
1 44 (26.83%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.049%) Oracle ERP
1 5 (3.049%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (1.220%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.220%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.220%) Oracle SCM
Communications & Networking
1 23 (14.02%) Firewall
2 21 (12.80%) Network Security
3 13 (7.927%) TCP/IP
4 10 (6.098%) Cisco Nexus
4 10 (6.098%) Cisco ASA
4 10 (6.098%) OSPF
5 8 (4.878%) Cisco PIX
5 8 (4.878%) FWSM
5 8 (4.878%) VPN
5 8 (4.878%) WAN
5 8 (4.878%) Wireless
5 8 (4.878%) BGP
5 8 (4.878%) MPLS
5 8 (4.878%) EIGRP
6 7 (4.268%) Internet
6 7 (4.268%) FTP
7 3 (1.829%) SAN
8 2 (1.220%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.220%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (1.220%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (36.59%) SQL Server
2 48 (29.27%) RDBMS
3 40 (24.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 17 (10.37%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.659%) GIS
6 4 (2.439%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (1.829%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (1.829%) Oracle 9i
7 3 (1.829%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (1.829%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (1.829%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (1.220%) DB2
9 1 (0.610%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.610%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 8 (4.878%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.829%) Rational Application Developer
3 2 (1.220%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.610%) Xcode
General
1 77 (46.95%) Finance
2 9 (5.488%) Retail
3 6 (3.659%) Banking
4 5 (3.049%) Marketing
5 3 (1.829%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.829%) Publishing
6 2 (1.220%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.610%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 47 (28.66%) N-Tier
2 11 (6.707%) Reference Data
3 10 (6.098%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.878%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.659%) SaaS
6 2 (1.220%) Health Informatics
6 2 (1.220%) Informatics
6 2 (1.220%) DataPower
6 2 (1.220%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.220%) Online Banking
6 2 (1.220%) IVR
7 1 (0.610%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.610%) Clustering
7 1 (0.610%) Equities
7 1 (0.610%) PDA
7 1 (0.610%) iPhone
7 1 (0.610%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.927%) Linux
2 10 (6.098%) Windows
3 1 (0.610%) Android
3 1 (0.610%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.83%) Enterprise Architecture
1 44 (26.83%) ETL
2 41 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 31 (18.90%) User Stories
4 25 (15.24%) Agile Software Development
5 24 (14.63%) UML
6 20 (12.20%) DSDM
7 17 (10.37%) Scrum
8 16 (9.756%) CRM
9 13 (7.927%) Project Management
10 12 (7.317%) Service Management
11 11 (6.707%) ERP
11 11 (6.707%) SOA
12 9 (5.488%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (5.488%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (4.878%) Network Design
13 8 (4.878%) OO
14 7 (4.268%) Waterfall
15 6 (3.659%) Data Management
15 6 (3.659%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.80%) SQL
2 19 (11.59%) C#
3 10 (6.098%) Java
4 7 (4.268%) Perl
4 7 (4.268%) Bash shell
5 4 (2.439%) C
6 3 (1.829%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.610%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.610%) VB
7 1 (0.610%) PHP
7 1 (0.610%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.610%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 15 (9.146%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (4.878%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 8 (4.878%) CCDE
2 8 (4.878%) CCIE
2 8 (4.878%) CCSP
3 6 (3.659%) VCAP
3 6 (3.659%) CCEE
3 6 (3.659%) CCIA
3 6 (3.659%) VCDX
3 6 (3.659%) CCNP
3 6 (3.659%) CCDA
3 6 (3.659%) CCA
3 6 (3.659%) Citrix Certification
3 6 (3.659%) CCEA
4 2 (1.220%) MCITP
4 2 (1.220%) MCTS
4 2 (1.220%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.610%) MCSE
5 1 (0.610%) CCNA
5 1 (0.610%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.098%) QA
2 6 (3.659%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (13.41%) vSphere
2 18 (10.98%) XenServer
3 17 (10.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (5.488%) Active Directory
5 8 (4.878%) XenApp
5 8 (4.878%) XenDesktop
5 8 (4.878%) Hyper-V
5 8 (4.878%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.220%) SCCM
1 2 (1.220%) SCOM
1 2 (1.220%) Tivoli
1 2 (1.220%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 66 (40.24%) Oracle
2 53 (32.32%) Microsoft
3 43 (26.22%) Informatica
4 23 (14.02%) Cisco
4 23 (14.02%) VMware
5 22 (13.41%) Citrix
6 14 (8.537%) Juniper
7 11 (6.707%) HP
8 10 (6.098%) NetApp
9 8 (4.878%) F5
9 8 (4.878%) EMC
9 8 (4.878%) CheckPoint
10 7 (4.268%) Dell
11 6 (3.659%) Blue Coat
11 6 (3.659%) Alterian
11 6 (3.659%) Unica
11 6 (3.659%) PlateSpin
11 6 (3.659%) DataCore
11 6 (3.659%) FalconStor
12 2 (1.220%) LogLogic
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Solutions Architect will come from a strong solutions architecture background, along with the ability to demonstrate and maintain a broad knowledge of technology solutions, current trends...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum plus Car Allowance and Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Leeds. £50,000 - £55,000 and Excellent Company Benefits The Solutions Architect will have the responsibility for the delivery of IS Solutions, interacting directly with business owners and...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Market related
Posted: 20 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Technical Skills / Experience: - Architectural expert across multiple technologies - Knowledge of web enterprise technologies such as Java, Oracle, LAMP stack, .Net - Software analysis, design and development of large...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 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
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Strong knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Technical Skills Desired (not expecting all): *ACD and PBX technologies to include; oISDN-PRI, H.323, SIP, Analogue trunking oSIP, H.323, analogue and Digital (Avaya DCP) endpoints...
OSM Ltd
Salary: £60000 per annum + negotiable with car allowance
Posted: 17 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Our client provides a high quality design and application development service delivering the analysis, build and support of applications and services in conjunction with their offshore partners.As...
Hudson
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... - Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as Java...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 April 2013