Solutions Architect Contracts in the East of England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 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 of England 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 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 83 103 80
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 32 26 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.486% 0.882% 1.979%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.590% 0.938% 2.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 34
Average daily rate £435 £438 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.57% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £369 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £515 £600
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 - £41.00
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2013 2772 2497
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.45% 94.06% 95.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1031 1306 1087
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £194 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 279 329
Average hourly rate £23.50 £26.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.61% +26.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.75 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.90 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hertfordshire +10 13 £413 -11.94%
Bedfordshire +12 8 £425 -9.57%
Cambridgeshire +14 6 £475 -7.76%
Norfolk +2 2 £440 -2.22%
Essex -1 2 - -
Suffolk +2 1 £475 +11.76%
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 31 (43.06%) .NET
2 29 (40.28%) Oracle
3 28 (38.89%) SOA
4 26 (36.11%) SQL Server
4 26 (36.11%) Microsoft
5 23 (31.94%) BizTalk Server
6 20 (27.78%) Java
7 18 (25.00%) Finance
8 17 (23.61%) TDD
8 17 (23.61%) N-Tier
8 17 (23.61%) ESB
9 16 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (22.22%) Retail
10 15 (20.83%) TOGAF
10 15 (20.83%) XML
11 14 (19.44%) SAP
12 12 (16.67%) Web Services
12 12 (16.67%) SAP PI
13 11 (15.28%) Windows Azure
13 11 (15.28%) Contract for Difference
13 11 (15.28%) VLDB
14 10 (13.89%) Multithreading
15 9 (12.50%) XML Schema
15 9 (12.50%) WSDL
15 9 (12.50%) SharePoint
15 9 (12.50%) J2EE
15 9 (12.50%) Validation
15 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
16 8 (11.11%) Enterprise Software

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 31 (43.06%) .NET
2 15 (20.83%) XML
3 12 (16.67%) Web Services
3 12 (16.67%) SAP PI
4 9 (12.50%) WSDL
4 9 (12.50%) XML Schema
4 9 (12.50%) J2EE
5 7 (9.722%) WebSphere
6 5 (6.944%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (5.556%) .NET Framework
8 3 (4.167%) Silverlight
9 2 (2.778%) LINQ
9 2 (2.778%) Mason
9 2 (2.778%) NHibernate
9 2 (2.778%) WCF
9 2 (2.778%) WPF
9 2 (2.778%) ASP.NET
9 2 (2.778%) Visualforce
9 2 (2.778%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (2.778%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 23 (31.94%) BizTalk Server
2 17 (23.61%) ESB
3 11 (15.28%) Windows Azure
4 9 (12.50%) SharePoint
5 3 (4.167%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (2.778%) Lync
6 2 (2.778%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (2.778%) IIS
6 2 (2.778%) MSMQ
6 2 (2.778%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (1.389%) Force.com
7 1 (1.389%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 6 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.778%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.389%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.778%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.389%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.389%) SAP MII
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.722%) Internet
2 4 (5.556%) VoIP
3 3 (4.167%) HTTP
4 2 (2.778%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.778%) VPN
4 2 (2.778%) DNS
4 2 (2.778%) WAN
4 2 (2.778%) LDAP
4 2 (2.778%) MPLS
4 2 (2.778%) DPNSS
4 2 (2.778%) Q.931
4 2 (2.778%) H.323
4 2 (2.778%) Firewall
4 2 (2.778%) IP Telephony
4 2 (2.778%) Nortel Meridian
4 2 (2.778%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.389%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (36.11%) SQL Server
2 11 (15.28%) VLDB
3 6 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (6.944%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (5.556%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (4.167%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (2.778%) dBASE
7 2 (2.778%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (1.389%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (8.333%) Talend Open Studio
2 4 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 18 (25.00%) Finance
2 16 (22.22%) Retail
3 6 (8.333%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.778%) Front Office
5 1 (1.389%) Back Office
5 1 (1.389%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.389%) Banking
5 1 (1.389%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.389%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.61%) N-Tier
2 11 (15.28%) Contract for Difference
3 8 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.556%) NHS
5 3 (4.167%) SaaS
6 2 (2.778%) PaaS
6 2 (2.778%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (2.778%) IaaS
6 2 (2.778%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.778%) IVR
7 1 (1.389%) Taxonomies
7 1 (1.389%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.389%) Chip and PIN
7 1 (1.389%) IIBA
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.333%) Windows
2 5 (6.944%) Windows 7
3 3 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (38.89%) SOA
2 17 (23.61%) TDD
3 16 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (20.83%) TOGAF
5 10 (13.89%) Multithreading
6 9 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
6 9 (12.50%) Validation
6 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (9.722%) E-business
7 7 (9.722%) Service Management
7 7 (9.722%) RUP
7 7 (9.722%) Data Modelling
8 6 (8.333%) E-Commerce
8 6 (8.333%) Change Management
8 6 (8.333%) Continuous Integration
8 6 (8.333%) AOP
8 6 (8.333%) Refactoring
8 6 (8.333%) Unit Testing
9 5 (6.944%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (6.944%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.78%) Java
2 7 (9.722%) C#
3 5 (6.944%) SQL
4 2 (2.778%) VB.NET
4 2 (2.778%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.389%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (6.944%) Degree
2 4 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (5.556%) CCNA
3 3 (4.167%) ISEB
4 2 (2.778%) CCDP
4 2 (2.778%) CCNP
4 2 (2.778%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.389%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.556%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.778%) VMware Server
2 2 (2.778%) XenApp
2 2 (2.778%) XenDesktop
3 1 (1.389%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.389%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.778%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (1.389%) MOM
2 1 (1.389%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (40.28%) Oracle
2 26 (36.11%) Microsoft
3 14 (19.44%) SAP
4 7 (9.722%) Cisco
5 6 (8.333%) Talend
6 5 (6.944%) webMethods
7 4 (5.556%) VMware
7 4 (5.556%) Endeca
7 4 (5.556%) Citrix
8 3 (4.167%) TIBCO
8 3 (4.167%) hybris
9 2 (2.778%) Teradata
9 2 (2.778%) Mercator
9 2 (2.778%) Juniper
9 2 (2.778%) Siemens
9 2 (2.778%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.778%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (2.778%) BT
9 2 (2.778%) ATG
9 2 (2.778%) Open Text
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