The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Staines 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 23 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 Staines 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 11 19 27
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 10 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 7.874% 2.239% 3.361%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.197% 2.362% 3.670%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
Average daily rate - - £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £494
% change year-on-year
- -3.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £43.50
All Job Titles
Staines
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
122 127 218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 96.06% 94.78% 91.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 41 58
Average daily rate £375 £377 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.53% -11.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £517 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 £22.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.22% +60.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Solutions Architect
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Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staines 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 Staines region.

Staines Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 11 (73.33%) SAP
1 11 (73.33%) CRM
2 9 (60.00%) SAP CRM
3 8 (53.33%) Billing
3 8 (53.33%) SAP IS-U
4 5 (33.33%) Smart Meter
4 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Information Management
5 4 (26.67%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (26.67%) Data Modelling
5 4 (26.67%) Data Integration
5 4 (26.67%) Analytics
6 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (20.00%) Apex Code
6 3 (20.00%) SaaS
6 3 (20.00%) Salesforce.com
6 3 (20.00%) Siebel
6 3 (20.00%) Scrum
7 2 (13.33%) Teradata
7 2 (13.33%) Finance
8 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
8 1 (6.667%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (6.667%) ERP
8 1 (6.667%) SAP SD
8 1 (6.667%) Telecoms

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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.

Business Applications
1 9 (60.00%) SAP CRM
2 8 (53.33%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (6.667%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (6.667%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 8 (53.33%) Billing
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Smart Meter
2 4 (26.67%) Data Integration
3 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (20.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) CRM
2 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (26.67%) Information Management
3 4 (26.67%) Data Modelling
3 4 (26.67%) Analytics
4 3 (20.00%) Scrum
5 1 (6.667%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Apex Code
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) SAP
2 3 (20.00%) Salesforce.com
2 3 (20.00%) Siebel
3 2 (13.33%) Teradata