The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 advertised for the Cambridgeshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 49 58 48
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 2 4 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.347% 0.573% 1.645%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.377% 0.608% 1.757%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 5
Average daily rate - £413 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £460 £490
% change year-on-year
+3.26% -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £36.00
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
531 658 569
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 92.03% 94.27% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 319 272
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £202 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £426 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 101 98
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% +18.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Solutions Architect
East of England

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Average Daily Rate
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Peterborough - 2 - -
Cambridge - - - - 4
Solutions Architect
East of England

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled with Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Java
1 14 (82.35%) SOA
2 13 (76.47%) Oracle
3 12 (70.59%) .NET
4 11 (64.71%) SQL Server
5 10 (58.82%) SAP
5 10 (58.82%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (58.82%) Finance
5 10 (58.82%) ESB
6 9 (52.94%) Contract for Difference
6 9 (52.94%) Systems Analysis
6 9 (52.94%) Windows Azure
6 9 (52.94%) Multithreading
6 9 (52.94%) SAP PI
6 9 (52.94%) WSDL
6 9 (52.94%) XML Schema
6 9 (52.94%) XML
6 9 (52.94%) Validation
6 9 (52.94%) TDD
6 9 (52.94%) N-Tier
6 9 (52.94%) VLDB
6 9 (52.94%) BizTalk Server
7 5 (29.41%) E-business
8 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
8 3 (17.65%) J2EE
8 3 (17.65%) SQL
9 2 (11.76%) VoIP
9 2 (11.76%) CCNA
9 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled with Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (70.59%) .NET
2 9 (52.94%) SAP PI
2 9 (52.94%) XML
2 9 (52.94%) WSDL
2 9 (52.94%) XML Schema
3 3 (17.65%) J2EE
4 1 (5.882%) SOAP
4 1 (5.882%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 10 (58.82%) ESB
2 9 (52.94%) Windows Azure
2 9 (52.94%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) SAP MII
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) VoIP
2 1 (5.882%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (64.71%) SQL Server
2 9 (52.94%) VLDB
3 1 (5.882%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 10 (58.82%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) N-Tier
1 9 (52.94%) Contract for Difference
2 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) SOA
2 10 (58.82%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (52.94%) Validation
3 9 (52.94%) TDD
3 9 (52.94%) Systems Analysis
3 9 (52.94%) Multithreading
4 5 (29.41%) E-business
5 1 (5.882%) Workflow
5 1 (5.882%) Quality Management
5 1 (5.882%) Project Planning
5 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 14 (82.35%) Java
2 3 (17.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) CCNA
1 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) MOM
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Oracle
2 10 (58.82%) SAP
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.882%) Wonderware
5 1 (5.882%) Talend
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco