The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 42 69 74
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 39 26 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 3.382% 1.614% 1.579%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.604% 1.737% 1.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 18 19
Average daily rate £550 £488 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.82% -2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £418 £466
10% offered a daily rate of more than £630 £588 £595
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1082 1497 1725
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 93.84% 92.92% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 539 803 858
Average daily rate £375 £350 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £538 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 130 78
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -23.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £42.50 £42.50
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 Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey Solutions Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Solutions Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Staines +10 10 - -
Camberley - 4 £456 -
Guildford -10 2 £550 +29.41%
Epsom - 2 £600 -
Reigate +8 1 £525 +7.69%
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 29 (33.33%) Finance
2 25 (28.74%) Telecoms
3 22 (25.29%) CRM
4 21 (24.14%) Radio Access Network
5 20 (22.99%) Cisco
6 19 (21.84%) Solaris
6 19 (21.84%) SAP
7 17 (19.54%) Internet
7 17 (19.54%) 3G
7 17 (19.54%) 2G
8 16 (18.39%) Firewall
8 16 (18.39%) Intrusion Detection
8 16 (18.39%) McAfee
8 16 (18.39%) Juniper
8 16 (18.39%) SMTP
9 15 (17.24%) Radware
9 15 (17.24%) Network Load Balancing
9 15 (17.24%) Security Cleared
10 14 (16.09%) Migration
10 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
11 13 (14.94%) NAS
11 13 (14.94%) SAN
12 12 (13.79%) Ericsson
12 12 (13.79%) LTE
13 11 (12.64%) TOGAF
14 9 (10.34%) SAP CRM
15 8 (9.195%) Scrum
15 8 (9.195%) Billing
15 8 (9.195%) SAP IS-U
15 8 (9.195%) SQL

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 8 (9.195%) .NET
2 7 (8.046%) ASP.NET
3 5 (5.747%) WCF
3 5 (5.747%) WF
3 5 (5.747%) LAMP
4 2 (2.299%) Middleware
4 2 (2.299%) Web Services
5 1 (1.149%) J2EE
5 1 (1.149%) XML
5 1 (1.149%) EJB
5 1 (1.149%) ASP
5 1 (1.149%) Spring
5 1 (1.149%) Java EE
5 1 (1.149%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.149%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (1.149%) MSMQ
1 1 (1.149%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (1.149%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (1.149%) ESB
1 1 (1.149%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 5 (5.747%) MS Office
2 1 (1.149%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 9 (10.34%) SAP CRM
2 8 (9.195%) SAP IS-U
3 5 (5.747%) SAP SRM
4 1 (1.149%) SAP MII
4 1 (1.149%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.149%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.14%) Radio Access Network
2 17 (19.54%) Internet
2 17 (19.54%) 3G
2 17 (19.54%) 2G
3 16 (18.39%) Firewall
3 16 (18.39%) Intrusion Detection
3 16 (18.39%) SMTP
4 13 (14.94%) NAS
4 13 (14.94%) SAN
5 12 (13.79%) LTE
6 6 (6.897%) RNC
7 5 (5.747%) 4G
8 3 (3.448%) GSM
8 3 (3.448%) WCDMA
9 2 (2.299%) Network Security
10 1 (1.149%) HTTP
10 1 (1.149%) DNS
10 1 (1.149%) MPLS
10 1 (1.149%) IPv4
10 1 (1.149%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.598%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.299%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (2.299%) Big Data
3 1 (1.149%) Adabas
3 1 (1.149%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.149%) Ant
1 1 (1.149%) ClearCase
1 1 (1.149%) RequisitePro
General
1 29 (33.33%) Finance
2 25 (28.74%) Telecoms
3 8 (9.195%) Billing
4 2 (2.299%) Marketing
4 2 (2.299%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.299%) Banking
5 1 (1.149%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.747%) Smart Meter
1 5 (5.747%) SaaS
1 5 (5.747%) Computer Science
2 4 (4.598%) Data Integration
3 3 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.448%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.149%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.149%) CLARiiON
4 1 (1.149%) FMCG
4 1 (1.149%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 19 (21.84%) Solaris
2 2 (2.299%) UNIX
2 2 (2.299%) Windows
3 1 (1.149%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (25.29%) CRM
2 15 (17.24%) Network Load Balancing
3 14 (16.09%) Migration
4 11 (12.64%) TOGAF
5 8 (9.195%) Scrum
5 8 (9.195%) Customer Engagement
6 7 (8.046%) Enterprise Architecture
6 7 (8.046%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (6.897%) Information Management
7 6 (6.897%) Six Sigma
7 6 (6.897%) Analytics
8 5 (5.747%) Service Delivery
9 4 (4.598%) Resource Management
9 4 (4.598%) Incident Management
9 4 (4.598%) Data Modelling
9 4 (4.598%) ITIL
10 2 (2.299%) Project Planning
10 2 (2.299%) Data Management
10 2 (2.299%) Project Management
10 2 (2.299%) UML
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.195%) SQL
2 7 (8.046%) C#
3 3 (3.448%) Apex Code
4 2 (2.299%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.149%) VB
5 1 (1.149%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.149%) NATURAL
5 1 (1.149%) VB6
Qualifications
1 15 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.046%) ISEB
4 6 (6.897%) Degree
5 1 (1.149%) Sun Certification
5 1 (1.149%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.149%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.149%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.149%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.149%) MOM
1 1 (1.149%) SCCM
1 1 (1.149%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (22.99%) Cisco
2 19 (21.84%) SAP
3 16 (18.39%) McAfee
3 16 (18.39%) Juniper
4 15 (17.24%) Radware
5 12 (13.79%) Ericsson
6 6 (6.897%) Microsoft
7 5 (5.747%) Siebel
8 3 (3.448%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (2.299%) Teradata
9 2 (2.299%) Sun
9 2 (2.299%) Citrix
10 1 (1.149%) Oracle
10 1 (1.149%) Avaya
10 1 (1.149%) HP
10 1 (1.149%) EMC
10 1 (1.149%) Wonderware
10 1 (1.149%) Brocade
10 1 (1.149%) VMware
10 1 (1.149%) BT
Surrey
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Fusion People
Rate: £500 per day + market rates
Posted: 21 May 2013
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