The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Preston 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 Preston 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 14 23 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 1 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 2.000% 2.367% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.174% 2.632% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £300 £408 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.38% -
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
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
46 152 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 92.00% 89.94% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 120 4
Average daily rate £300 £388 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.58% +46.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £277 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £484 £345
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 £29.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.59% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Solutions Architect
Lancashire

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) ERP

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle BI EE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle