The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Harrow 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 Harrow 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 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Harrow 5.000% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.556% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £380 - -
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
Harrow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
18 17 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Harrow 90.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 8
Average daily rate £363 £300 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -22.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £227 £125 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £390 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Solutions Architect
London

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Harrow 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 Harrow region.

Harrow Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Harrow 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 4 (66.67%) HTTP
1 4 (66.67%) XML
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) SOA
3 2 (33.33%) UDDI
3 2 (33.33%) SMS
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) PHP
3 2 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) .NET
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) SOAP
3 2 (33.33%) Web Services
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) HTTPS
3 2 (33.33%) ESB
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) HTML5
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Games
4 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Harrow 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 4 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (33.33%) UDDI
2 2 (33.33%) HTML5
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) SOAP
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) HTTP
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) HTTPS
2 2 (33.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Games
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) SOA
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Change Control
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Java
1 2 (33.33%) PHP
1 2 (33.33%) SQL