The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 24 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 Manchester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 63 62 58
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 12 21 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.286% 1.625% 1.344%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.376% 1.765% 1.426%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 11
Average daily rate £433 £575 £455
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.78% +26.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £316 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £718 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £495
% change year-on-year
- -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £43.50
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
872 1190 982
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.46% 92.11% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 578 432
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £496
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 72 77
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.01 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £35.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Solutions Architect
North West

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester Solutions Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Manchester region.

Manchester Solutions Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 10 (45.45%) Project Management
1 10 (45.45%) Data Modelling
2 9 (40.91%) Data Management
2 9 (40.91%) Data Security
2 9 (40.91%) Management Information System
2 9 (40.91%) Business Analysis
2 9 (40.91%) Data Integration
3 8 (36.36%) PRINCE2
4 7 (31.82%) Master Data Management
5 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (27.27%) Retail
6 5 (22.73%) Finance
6 5 (22.73%) Banking
6 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
8 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (9.091%) Retail Banking
8 2 (9.091%) WebSphere
8 2 (9.091%) Data Architecture
8 2 (9.091%) Oracle
8 2 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (9.091%) GMP
8 2 (9.091%) NHS
8 2 (9.091%) Customer Intelligence
9 1 (4.545%) NetWeaver
9 1 (4.545%) Internet
9 1 (4.545%) RFID
9 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
9 1 (4.545%) Citrix

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) NetWeaver
1 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) Internet
1 1 (4.545%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle 11g
General
1 6 (27.27%) Retail
2 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Banking
3 2 (9.091%) Retail Banking
4 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.545%) Advertising
4 1 (4.545%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Management Information System
1 9 (40.91%) Data Integration
2 2 (9.091%) NHS
3 1 (4.545%) IVR
3 1 (4.545%) Online Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Project Management
1 10 (45.45%) Data Modelling
2 9 (40.91%) Data Management
2 9 (40.91%) Data Security
2 9 (40.91%) Business Analysis
3 8 (36.36%) PRINCE2
4 7 (31.82%) Master Data Management
5 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
8 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
8 2 (9.091%) Data Architecture
8 2 (9.091%) Customer Intelligence
9 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (4.545%) SOA
9 1 (4.545%) ETL
9 1 (4.545%) UML
9 1 (4.545%) BPEL
9 1 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
9 1 (4.545%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.545%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) GMP
Vendors
1 2 (9.091%) Oracle
2 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.545%) Citrix
2 1 (4.545%) SAP
Manchester, Lancashire
Experience in areas such as Fraud, Risk, Reporting and Data Migration would be ideal... To be considered for this position, you should possess the following: - Strong Solution Architecture...
Sanderson
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013