The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Principal Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Solutions Architect
Rank 531 542 577
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Solutions Architect 1 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.002% 0.006% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.006% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40014 49001 53004
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.47% 92.53% 92.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23687 27821 29587
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1959 2399 2806
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.68 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.74% -6.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Principal Solutions Architect
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Principal Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Principal Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Principal Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Principal 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 Principal Solutions Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 19 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.

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on Same Period
Last Year
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Principal Solutions Architect
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Principal 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 Principal Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) SOA
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) B2C
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) DB2
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) E-business
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) ESB
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software

Principal Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Principal 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 Principal Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) DB2
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) SOA
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) B2C
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) E-business
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle