South Wales Senior Solutions Architect Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Senior Solutions Architect role in IT contracts within the South Wales region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Senior Solutions Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior Solution Architect
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Birmingham City of London Derbyshire East Midlands England London Newport Reading Scotland South East South Wales UK Wales West Midlands	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	53	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.172 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£463	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles South Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	582	515
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.767 %	0.546 %
Daily rates quoted	152	121
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£352
Average daily rate	£389	£381
% change on same period last year	+2.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£429	£410
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	94	50
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.50	£20.97
Average hourly rate	£26.91	£21.81
% change on same period last year	+23.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.32	£22.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
Senior Solutions Architect Wales

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Senior Solutions Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Solutions Architect across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Solutions Architect across the South Wales region.

Senior Solutions Architect
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Senior Solutions Architect within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Newport	-	1	-	-

Senior Solutions Architect Wales

Senior Solutions Architect
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region that cited Senior 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 Senior Solutions Architect in their job title.

1 1 (33.33 %) Service Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Government 1 1 (33.33 %) Stakeholder Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Retail 1 1 (33.33 %) Insurance 1 1 (33.33 %) J2EE 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 1 1 (33.33 %) LAN 1 1 (33.33 %) WAN 1 1 (33.33 %) IBM 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 1 1 (33.33 %) SAN 1 1 (33.33 %) Novell 1 1 (33.33 %) DWDM

Senior Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region that cited Senior 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 Senior Solutions Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) J2EE	Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) LAN 1 1 (33.33 %) WAN 1 1 (33.33 %) SAN 1 1 (33.33 %) DWDM
General 1 1 (33.33 %) Government 1 1 (33.33 %) Retail 1 1 (33.33 %) Insurance	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) Service Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Stakeholder Management
Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 1 1 (33.33 %) IBM 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 1 1 (33.33 %) Novell