The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 22 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 East Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 68 68 77
Rank change year-on-year
0 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 18 18 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.426% 1.288% 0.514%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.564% 1.376% 0.553%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 2
Average daily rate £608 £506 £486
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.05% +4.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £424 £413 £467
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £600 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £43.50
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1151 1308 1266
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.20% 93.56% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 518 661 504
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 99 128
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.85 £34.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands Solutions Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Solutions Architect across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Solutions Architect Hourly 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northamptonshire +23 12 £608 +47.27%
Leicestershire - 2 £608 -
Derbyshire +10 1 - -
Nottinghamshire -8 1 £450 -11.06%
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (22.58%) Oracle
1 7 (22.58%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) TOGAF
2 5 (16.13%) Local Government
3 4 (12.90%) WebSphere
3 4 (12.90%) CRM
3 4 (12.90%) SOA
3 4 (12.90%) IBM
3 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (9.677%) Java
4 3 (9.677%) Active Directory
4 3 (9.677%) RUP
4 3 (9.677%) SAP
4 3 (9.677%) Web Services
4 3 (9.677%) UML
4 3 (9.677%) JBoss
4 3 (9.677%) GlassFish
4 3 (9.677%) Banking
5 2 (6.452%) Retail
5 2 (6.452%) DoDAF
5 2 (6.452%) MODAF
5 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (6.452%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.452%) Security Cleared
5 2 (6.452%) ESB
5 2 (6.452%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (6.452%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (6.452%) Microsoft
5 2 (6.452%) ETL

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 4 (12.90%) WebSphere
2 3 (9.677%) Web Services
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle ADF
3 1 (3.226%) JSP
3 1 (3.226%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.677%) GlassFish
2 2 (6.452%) ESB
3 1 (3.226%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (3.226%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.226%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (3.226%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (3.226%) SAP CRM
2 1 (3.226%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) Firewall
1 1 (3.226%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (3.226%) GIS
2 1 (3.226%) OLTP
2 1 (3.226%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.226%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.226%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (22.58%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Local Government
3 3 (9.677%) Banking
4 2 (6.452%) Retail
5 1 (3.226%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.226%) SCADA
1 1 (3.226%) Mathematics
1 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.13%) TOGAF
2 4 (12.90%) CRM
2 4 (12.90%) SOA
2 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (9.677%) RUP
3 3 (9.677%) UML
4 2 (6.452%) DoDAF
4 2 (6.452%) MODAF
4 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (6.452%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (6.452%) ETL
4 2 (6.452%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.226%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.226%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (3.226%) Yourdon
5 1 (3.226%) RAD
5 1 (3.226%) SSADM
5 1 (3.226%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (3.226%) Waterfall
5 1 (3.226%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.677%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.452%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.226%) ISEB
2 1 (3.226%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (9.677%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (22.58%) Oracle
2 4 (12.90%) IBM
3 3 (9.677%) SAP
3 3 (9.677%) JBoss
4 2 (6.452%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.226%) Avaya
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Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Experience with one or more of: Ruby on Rails, Mobile, or Web Channel, is highly desirable. Exposure to technologies such as Java, J2EE, Websphere, MQ, SQL etc are...
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Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013