The first table below looks at the demand for the Chief Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Chief Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chief Solutions Architect
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Solutions Architect 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £700
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20317 24960 28380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.22% 92.51% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13701 16102 18232
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 621 671
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Chief Solutions Architect
England

Chief Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Chief Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Chief Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Chief Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Chief Solutions Architect
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Chief 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 Chief Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) TeamSite
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Tivoli
1 2 (100.00%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) BAPI
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Process Server
1 2 (100.00%) Retail Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Online Banking
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (100.00%) ESB
1 2 (100.00%) DataPower
1 2 (100.00%) LogLogic

Chief Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Chief 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 Chief Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) BAPI
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (100.00%) TeamSite
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere Process Server
1 2 (100.00%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Online Banking
1 2 (100.00%) DataPower
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Tivoli
1 2 (100.00%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) LogLogic
London
My London based online gaming client is looking for a Chief Solutions Architect to develop technical strategy and standards whilst working closely with internal/external stakeholders... The architect...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £650 - £750 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013