The first table below looks at the demand for the Principal 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 Principal Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Principal Solutions Architect
Rank - 401 433
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Solutions Architect 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.004% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.004% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £750
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
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
20013 24845 28392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.25% 92.53% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13506 16024 18238
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 449 607 669
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Principal Solutions Architect
England

Principal Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Principal Solutions Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Principal Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Principal Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend