The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Home Counties 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 23 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 Home Counties 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 7 9 12
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 4 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Home Counties 10.53% 8.511% 1.724%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% 9.302% 1.754%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £550 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £494
% change year-on-year
- -3.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £43.50
All Job Titles
Home Counties
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
36 43 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Home Counties 94.74% 91.49% 98.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 14
Average daily rate £400 £475 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% +58.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Home Counties region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Home Counties Solutions Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Solutions Architect
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 2000 Server
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Military
2 3 (75.00%) Clustering
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) N-Tier
3 1 (25.00%) EAI
3 1 (25.00%) SOA
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) AOP
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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 1 (25.00%) .NET
General
1 3 (75.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Clustering
2 1 (25.00%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 2000 Server
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Zachman Framework
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) EAI
3 1 (25.00%) SOA
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) AOP
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix