The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 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 Middlesex 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
Solution Architect
Rank 25 28 30
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 3 3 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 1.485% 0.949% 2.616%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.604% 1.087% 2.932%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
Average daily rate £438 - £475
90% offered a daily rate of more than £409 - £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 - £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £41.00
All Job Titles
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
187 276 307
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 92.57% 87.34% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 138 141
Average daily rate £385 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 18 20
Average hourly rate £32.50 £31.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% +8.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.63 £15.90 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £39.00 £37.50
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
2 4 (57.14%) Symantec
2 4 (57.14%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
4 1 (14.29%) Teradata
4 1 (14.29%) Information Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco
4 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
4 1 (14.29%) Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Sun
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Site Server
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
4 1 (14.29%) IIS
4 1 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) ASP
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) MCSD
4 1 (14.29%) Windows

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 (14.29%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
1 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (14.29%) Site Server
2 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
1 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Solaris
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
1 1 (14.29%) Information Management
1 1 (14.29%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCSD
1 1 (14.29%) MCSE
1 1 (14.29%) CCNA
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Symantec
3 1 (14.29%) Teradata
3 1 (14.29%) Sun
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle
3 1 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco
Middlesex
Experience of solutions design involving NT/WIN 2000/2003, SQL Server, IIS, SiteServer, ASP, Solaris, Weblogic, Apache, Oracle, Cisco switches and routers. Ideally MCSD/MCSE + I, CCNA qualified.
CPS Group UK
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013