The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical 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 Gloucestershire 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
Technical Solution Architect
Rank - - 50
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Solutions Architect 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - - 0.222%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.236%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £430 £450 £490
% change year-on-year
-4.44% -8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
220 470 423
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 91.67% 93.25% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 297 167
Average daily rate £375 £400 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £265 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 66
Average hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -13.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £15.14 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £39.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Technical Solutions Architect
South West

Technical Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Technical Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Technical Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Technical Solutions Architect
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V

Technical Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) VMware