The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 34 47 43
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.376% 0.412% 0.226%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.402% 0.447% 0.248%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £500 £490 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.04% -
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
249 447 404
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 93.61% 91.98% 91.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 225 182
Average daily rate £300 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 39 26
Average hourly rate £11.00 £20.00 £16.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.00% +20.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.18 £9.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £35.00 £25.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 (83.33%) TOGAF
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (66.67%) Business Objects
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
4 1 (16.67%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) WebLogic
4 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Billing
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 (16.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) WebLogic
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (66.67%) Crystal Reports
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle APEX
General
1 1 (16.67%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) TOGAF
2 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Business Objects
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft