East of England Solutions Architect Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Altrincham Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Hinckley Jersey Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Plymouth Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Southampton Staines Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	114	101
Rank change on same period last year	-13
Matching contract IT job ads	37	43
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.049 %	0.046 %
As % of the category below	0.980 %	1.033 %
Daily rates quoted	28	34
Average minimum daily rate	£467	£443
Average daily rate	£505	£468
% change on same period last year	+7.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£542	£493
UK excluding London average daily rate	£496	£466
% change on same period last year	+6.36 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£41.00	-
Average hourly rate	£43.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£46.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£43.10	£40.00
% change on same period last year	+7.75 %
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3775	4164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.978 %	4.417 %
Daily rates quoted	1208	1257
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£331
Average daily rate	£361	£350
% change on same period last year	+3.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	513	534
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.45	£23.65
Average hourly rate	£23.94	£25.00
% change on same period last year	-4.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.42	£26.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Solutions Architect across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Solutions Architect across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Solutions Architect within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	+3	25	£538	+28.83 %
Essex	-11	10	£398	-22.01 %
Norfolk	+3	2	£425	-13.92 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 41 (50.00 %) Java 2 34 (41.46 %) J2EE 3 30 (36.59 %) WebServices 4 28 (34.15 %) Oracle 5 26 (31.71 %) Retail 6 24 (29.27 %) Finance 7 23 (28.05 %) WebLogic 8 20 (24.39 %) SQL 9 17 (20.73 %) Hibernate 9 17 (20.73 %) Spring 10 15 (18.29 %) XML 10 15 (18.29 %) SOA 11 14 (17.07 %) WebSphere 12 13 (15.85 %) BEA 12 13 (15.85 %) PL/SQL

13 12 (14.63 %) Financial Institution 13 12 (14.63 %) Construction 14 10 (12.20 %) E-Commerce 15 8 (9.756 %) CSS 15 8 (9.756 %) .NET 15 8 (9.756 %) Zachman Framework 16 7 (8.537 %) Java EE 16 7 (8.537 %) JavaScript 16 7 (8.537 %) Unix 16 7 (8.537 %) XSL 16 7 (8.537 %) XSLT 16 7 (8.537 %) XHTML 16 7 (8.537 %) Middleware 17 6 (7.317 %) Configuration Management 17 6 (7.317 %) Solaris

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 34 (41.46 %) J2EE 2 30 (36.59 %) WebServices 3 17 (20.73 %) Hibernate 3 17 (20.73 %) Spring 4 15 (18.29 %) XML 5 14 (17.07 %) WebSphere 6 8 (9.756 %) CSS 6 8 (9.756 %) .NET 7 7 (8.537 %) XSL 7 7 (8.537 %) XSLT 7 7 (8.537 %) XHTML 7 7 (8.537 %) Middleware 7 7 (8.537 %) Java EE 8 6 (7.317 %) AJAX 8 6 (7.317 %) HTML 8 6 (7.317 %) ASP.NET 9 5 (6.098 %) LAMP 10 4 (4.878 %) Struts	Application Platforms 1 23 (28.05 %) WebLogic 2 5 (6.098 %) IIS 3 4 (4.878 %) BizTalk Server 4 1 (1.220 %) SAP EP
Business Applications 1 2 (2.439 %) SAP HCM 2 1 (1.220 %) SAP HR 2 1 (1.220 %) SAP R/3	Communications & Networking 1 5 (6.098 %) HTTP 2 2 (2.439 %) Internet 2 2 (2.439 %) BSS 2 2 (2.439 %) Broadband 3 1 (1.220 %) GPRS 3 1 (1.220 %) GSM 3 1 (1.220 %) LAN 3 1 (1.220 %) WAN 3 1 (1.220 %) GGSN 3 1 (1.220 %) SGSN 3 1 (1.220 %) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (4.878 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 2 (2.439 %) Oracle 9i 2 2 (2.439 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (1.220 %) BusinessObjects 3 1 (1.220 %) SQL Server	General 1 26 (31.71 %) Retail 2 24 (29.27 %) Finance 3 12 (14.63 %) Financial Institution 3 12 (14.63 %) Construction 4 4 (4.878 %) Telecoms 5 2 (2.439 %) Automotive 6 1 (1.220 %) Publishing
Miscellaneous 1 3 (3.659 %) Computer Science 2 2 (2.439 %) Asset Management 3 1 (1.220 %) IBM Mainframe 3 1 (1.220 %) Mainframe 3 1 (1.220 %) IVR	Operating Systems 1 7 (8.537 %) Unix 2 6 (7.317 %) Solaris 2 6 (7.317 %) Linux 3 2 (2.439 %) Windows 4 1 (1.220 %) VMS 4 1 (1.220 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (18.29 %) SOA 2 10 (12.20 %) E-Commerce 3 8 (9.756 %) Zachman Framework 4 6 (7.317 %) Configuration Management 4 6 (7.317 %) Enterprise Architecture 5 4 (4.878 %) GAP Analysis 5 4 (4.878 %) Unified Process 5 4 (4.878 %) ITIL 5 4 (4.878 %) RUP 6 3 (3.659 %) Agile Software Development 6 3 (3.659 %) Network Design 6 3 (3.659 %) Service Management 6 3 (3.659 %) Business Development 7 2 (2.439 %) Technical Architecture 7 2 (2.439 %) Data Migration 7 2 (2.439 %) Migration 7 2 (2.439 %) Change Management 7 2 (2.439 %) Security Management 7 2 (2.439 %) OO 7 2 (2.439 %) Six Sigma	Programming Languages 1 41 (50.00 %) Java 2 20 (24.39 %) SQL 3 13 (15.85 %) PL/SQL 4 7 (8.537 %) JavaScript 5 1 (1.220 %) PHP 5 1 (1.220 %) C 5 1 (1.220 %) C#
Qualifications 1 4 (4.878 %) ITIL Certification 2 3 (3.659 %) Degree 3 2 (2.439 %) Sun Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (2.439 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 2 (2.439 %) COBIT 2 1 (1.220 %) QA
Systems Management 1 4 (4.878 %) Unicenter	Vendors 1 28 (34.15 %) Oracle 2 13 (15.85 %) BEA 3 5 (6.098 %) CA 4 4 (4.878 %) SAP 5 3 (3.659 %) Microsoft 6 2 (2.439 %) Sun 6 2 (2.439 %) Nortel 6 2 (2.439 %) PeopleSoft 7 1 (1.220 %) Cisco 7 1 (1.220 %) IBM 7 1 (1.220 %) Business Objects 7 1 (1.220 %) Ab Initio 7 1 (1.220 %) Teradata 7 1 (1.220 %) Lombardi