Hertfordshire Solutions Architect Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Solution Architect
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Coventry Croydon East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Potters Bar Reading Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire Waterlooville West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	66	70
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	5	26
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.028 %
As % of the category below	0.543 %	1.626 %
Daily rates quoted	2	10
Average minimum daily rate	£450	£405
Average daily rate	£506	£438
% change on same period last year	+15.71 %
Average maximum daily rate	£563	£470
UK excluding London average daily rate	£491	£458
% change on same period last year	+7.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£70.00	£37.74
% change on same period last year	+85.50 %
Job Titles Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	921	1599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.480 %	1.717 %
Daily rates quoted	284	619
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£324
Average daily rate	£357	£344
% change on same period last year	+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	112	194
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.57	£23.77
Average hourly rate	£27.67	£24.98
% change on same period last year	+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.76	£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Solutions Architect East of England

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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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 Hertfordshire region.

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Potters Bar	-	1	£525	-

Solutions Architect East of England

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 19 (57.58 %) Retail 2 10 (30.30 %) Java 3 9 (27.27 %) Oracle 3 9 (27.27 %) CSS 3 9 (27.27 %) XHTML 4 8 (24.24 %) XSLT 5 7 (21.21 %) XSL 5 7 (21.21 %) JavaScript 5 7 (21.21 %) PL/SQL 5 7 (21.21 %) SQL 6 6 (18.18 %) PCI DSS 7 5 (15.15 %) .NET 8 4 (12.12 %) J2EE 8 4 (12.12 %) WebServices 8 4 (12.12 %) GAP Analysis

8 4 (12.12 %) Data Security 8 4 (12.12 %) Oracle Reports 8 4 (12.12 %) Java EE 9 3 (9.091 %) Degree 9 3 (9.091 %) Technical Architecture 9 3 (9.091 %) Computer Science 9 3 (9.091 %) HTTP 9 3 (9.091 %) Microsoft 9 3 (9.091 %) XML 9 3 (9.091 %) Oracle Forms 9 3 (9.091 %) SOA 10 2 (6.061 %) Rational Rose 10 2 (6.061 %) ClearCase 10 2 (6.061 %) JMS 10 2 (6.061 %) OOA/OOD

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 9 (27.27 %) CSS 1 9 (27.27 %) XHTML 2 8 (24.24 %) XSLT 3 7 (21.21 %) XSL 4 5 (15.15 %) .NET 5 4 (12.12 %) J2EE 5 4 (12.12 %) WebServices 5 4 (12.12 %) Java EE 6 3 (9.091 %) XML 7 2 (6.061 %) HTML 7 2 (6.061 %) ASP.NET 7 2 (6.061 %) SOAP 7 2 (6.061 %) JMS 7 2 (6.061 %) JMX 7 2 (6.061 %) Hibernate 7 2 (6.061 %) Spring 7 2 (6.061 %) AJAX 7 2 (6.061 %) WebSphere 8 1 (3.030 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 2 (6.061 %) WebSphere Application Server 1 2 (6.061 %) WebLogic
Communications & Networking 1 3 (9.091 %) HTTP 2 1 (3.030 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (3.030 %) Internet 2 1 (3.030 %) Firewall 2 1 (3.030 %) Intrusion Detection 2 1 (3.030 %) Network Security 2 1 (3.030 %) SMTP 2 1 (3.030 %) FTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (12.12 %) Oracle Reports 2 2 (6.061 %) RDBMS 2 2 (6.061 %) SQL Server
Development Applications 1 3 (9.091 %) Oracle Forms 2 2 (6.061 %) ClearCase 2 2 (6.061 %) Rational Rose 2 2 (6.061 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (6.061 %) JIRA 3 1 (3.030 %) PowerBuilder	General 1 19 (57.58 %) Retail 2 1 (3.030 %) Pensions 2 1 (3.030 %) Wholesale Banking 2 1 (3.030 %) Banking
Miscellaneous 1 3 (9.091 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 1 (3.030 %) Windows 1 1 (3.030 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (12.12 %) GAP Analysis 1 4 (12.12 %) Data Security 2 3 (9.091 %) SOA 2 3 (9.091 %) Technical Architecture 3 2 (6.061 %) Security Cleared 3 2 (6.061 %) Content Management 3 2 (6.061 %) Enterprise Architecture 3 2 (6.061 %) OOA/OOD 3 2 (6.061 %) Migration 4 1 (3.030 %) Scrum 4 1 (3.030 %) Agile Software Development 4 1 (3.030 %) Asset Management 4 1 (3.030 %) Zachman Framework 4 1 (3.030 %) TOGAF 4 1 (3.030 %) Security Management 4 1 (3.030 %) ITIL 4 1 (3.030 %) UML 4 1 (3.030 %) OO 4 1 (3.030 %) RUP 4 1 (3.030 %) EAI	Programming Languages 1 10 (30.30 %) Java 2 7 (21.21 %) JavaScript 2 7 (21.21 %) PL/SQL 2 7 (21.21 %) SQL 3 2 (6.061 %) C# 4 1 (3.030 %) PHP
Qualifications 1 3 (9.091 %) Degree 2 1 (3.030 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (18.18 %) PCI DSS 2 1 (3.030 %) ISO17799 2 1 (3.030 %) BS7799 2 1 (3.030 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (3.030 %) ISO27001 2 1 (3.030 %) COBIT
Systems Management 1 2 (6.061 %) Tivoli 2 1 (3.030 %) Unicenter	Vendors 1 9 (27.27 %) Oracle 2 3 (9.091 %) Microsoft 3 2 (6.061 %) EMC 3 2 (6.061 %) BEA 3 2 (6.061 %) Stellent 4 1 (3.030 %) CA