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The table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts within the Glasgow region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Solution Architect
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4668
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads82
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.227 %0.201 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£400£525
Average daily rate£400£550
% change on same period last year-27.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£485£478
% change on same period last year+1.45 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.92£31.24
% change on same period last year+37.36 %
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Glasgow
Matching contract IT job ads652994
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.881 %0.980 %
Daily rates quoted206292
Average minimum daily rate£292£296
Average daily rate£314£315
% change on same period last year-0.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£336£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted4386
Average minimum hourly rate£21.64£17.93
Average hourly rate£23.73£19.20
% change on same period last year+23.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£20.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Solutions Architect ScotlandSolutions Architect
Scotland

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.

Solutions Architect
Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Solutions Architect Demand Trend

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

110 (83.33 %)Oracle
27 (58.33 %)Finance
34 (33.33 %)Java
34 (33.33 %)WebSphere
43 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (25.00 %)UNIX
43 (25.00 %)MS Visio
43 (25.00 %)Mainframe
52 (16.67 %)Risk Management
52 (16.67 %)Oracle Applications
52 (16.67 %)Datawarehouse
52 (16.67 %)SQLPlus
52 (16.67 %)Windows
52 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
52 (16.67 %)SQL
52 (16.67 %)Oracle 9i
52 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
52 (16.67 %)RDF
61 (8.333 %)Active Directory
61 (8.333 %)Middleware
61 (8.333 %)Oracle 11i
61 (8.333 %)CRM
61 (8.333 %)SQL Server
61 (8.333 %)MS Office
61 (8.333 %)J2EE
61 (8.333 %)Solaris
61 (8.333 %)Oracle Financials
61 (8.333 %)Financial Institution
61 (8.333 %)SOA
61 (8.333 %)Microsoft

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (33.33 %)WebSphere
21 (8.333 %)J2EE
21 (8.333 %)Middleware
21 (8.333 %)Oracle ADF
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (25.00 %)MS Visio
13 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (8.333 %)MS Office
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (16.67 %)Oracle Applications
21 (8.333 %)Oracle Financials
21 (8.333 %)Oracle 11i
21 (8.333 %)Oracle CRM
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (16.67 %)Oracle 9i
12 (16.67 %)Datawarehouse
12 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
12 (16.67 %)SQLPlus
21 (8.333 %)SQL Server
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (58.33 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Retail
21 (8.333 %)Financial Institution
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (25.00 %)Mainframe
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)UNIX
22 (16.67 %)Windows
31 (8.333 %)Solaris
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)RDF
12 (16.67 %)Risk Management
21 (8.333 %)CRM
21 (8.333 %)SOA
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (33.33 %)Java
22 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
22 (16.67 %)SQL
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (8.333 %)Active Directory
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (83.33 %)Oracle
21 (8.333 %)Microsoft
21 (8.333 %)VMware