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This section looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Solutions Architect in their job title over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Solution Architect
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank222276
Rank change on same period last yearUp+54
Matching contract IT job ads529440
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.679 %0.494 %
As % of the category below0.746 %0.541 %
Daily rates quoted144165
Average minimum daily rate£497£476
Average daily rate£540£512
% change on same period last year+5.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£583£548
UK excluding London average daily rate£509£467
% change on same period last year+8.98 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£65.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£72.50£30.00
% change on same period last year+141.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£80.00£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Job Titles UKJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads7092481306
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled90.99 %91.34 %
Daily rates quoted2228922890
Average minimum daily rate£383£392
Average daily rate£410£418
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£353
% change on same period last year+2.70 %
Hourly rates quoted60836544
Average minimum hourly rate£22.19£23.65
Average hourly rate£23.90£25.10
% change on same period last year-4.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.61£26.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.10
% change on same period last year-6.32 %

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.

Solutions Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Solutions Architect across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Solutions Architect Demand Trend

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Solutions Architect across the UK.

Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the UK over the past 3 months.

Solutions Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Solutions Architect across the UK.

Solutions Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Solutions Architect across the UK over the past 3 months.

Solutions Architect Hourly Rate Histogram

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandUp+67472£547+5.59 %
2LondonUp+91245£569-3.72 %
3South EastUp+672£613+30.39 %
4East of EnglandDown-2232£495+8.27 %
5City of LondonDown-1930£676+12.89 %
6North WestUp+429£583-
7WalesUp+528£502+26.47 %
7HertfordshireUp+428£506+11.12 %
8YorkshireUp+522£563+25.59 %
9East MidlandsDown-421£438-
10West MidlandsDown-119£473+4.02 %
10South WalesUp+919£515+14.45 %
11South WestUp+1916£650+9.85 %
11HampshireUp+2316£713+72.30 %
11BerkshireDown-1816£900+92.20 %
12MidlandsNo change015£408-10.60 %
13ScotlandUp+1813£388+13.97 %
14South YorkshireUp+112£563-6.11 %
15SurreyUp+2811£467-3.78 %
15NewportNew entry-11£604-
16GatwickNew entry-10--
16West SussexUp+610--
16CheshireNew entry-10--
16SheffieldDown-510£563-6.11 %
17BirminghamUp+99£478-
18ChesterNew entry-8--
18West YorkshireNo change08£560+44.70 %
19DerbyshireUp+117--
19ReadingDown-107£900+97.26 %
19West WalesDown-107£458+17.73 %

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Solutions Architect also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Solutions Architect.

1256 (24.13 %)Oracle
2239 (22.53 %)Finance
3165 (15.55 %)Java
4155 (14.61 %)J2EE
5126 (11.88 %)Unix
6123 (11.59 %)Banking
7119 (11.22 %)SAP
8115 (10.84 %)Government
997 (9.142 %)SOA
1094 (8.860 %)Microsoft
1192 (8.671 %)WebLogic
1286 (8.106 %).NET
1384 (7.917 %)Enterprise Architecture
1482 (7.729 %)WebServices
1482 (7.729 %)UML
1577 (7.257 %)Windows
1674 (6.975 %)SAN
1674 (6.975 %)Retail
1674 (6.975 %)TOGAF
1771 (6.692 %)RUP
1869 (6.503 %)Solaris
1959 (5.561 %)Telecoms
2058 (5.467 %)WebSphere
2058 (5.467 %)BEA
2156 (5.278 %)XML
2255 (5.184 %)IBM
2354 (5.090 %)CRM
2354 (5.090 %)SQL Server
2453 (4.995 %)Business Intelligence
2552 (4.901 %)SQL

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Solutions Architect also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Solutions Architect. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1155 (14.61 %)J2EE
286 (8.106 %).NET
382 (7.729 %)WebServices
458 (5.467 %)WebSphere
556 (5.278 %)XML
646 (4.336 %)Middleware
736 (3.393 %)Hibernate
834 (3.205 %)Spring
933 (3.110 %)Java EE
1023 (2.168 %)SOAP
1121 (1.979 %)AJAX
1220 (1.885 %)ASP.NET
1319 (1.791 %)SAP XI
1416 (1.508 %)WSDL
1416 (1.508 %)EJB
1515 (1.414 %)Struts
1614 (1.320 %).NET Framework
1712 (1.131 %)JMS
189 (0.848 %)WF
189 (0.848 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
192 (8.671 %)WebLogic
235 (3.299 %)WebLogic Portal
325 (2.356 %)SharePoint
421 (1.979 %)BizTalk Server
421 (1.979 %)MQSeries
518 (1.697 %)SharePoint Server 2007
614 (1.320 %)Oracle Workflow
614 (1.320 %)IIS
614 (1.320 %)MS Exchange
710 (0.943 %)WebSphere Application Server
710 (0.943 %)ESB
89 (0.848 %)NetWeaver
89 (0.848 %)Tomcat
98 (0.754 %)JBoss
98 (0.754 %)SAS
106 (0.566 %)Apache
115 (0.471 %)CICS
115 (0.471 %)Oracle Spatial
115 (0.471 %)ATG Dynamo
123 (0.283 %)Oracle Application Server
Applications
131 (2.922 %)MS Visio
28 (0.754 %)MS Excel
37 (0.660 %)MS Project
46 (0.566 %)InfoPath
53 (0.283 %)MS Office
62 (0.189 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.094 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
114 (1.320 %)Oracle EBS
29 (0.848 %)Microsoft CRM
38 (0.754 %)Oracle Applications
47 (0.660 %)SAP HR
47 (0.660 %)AWD
55 (0.471 %)Oracle 11i
55 (0.471 %)SAP ERP
55 (0.471 %)Dynamics CRM
64 (0.377 %)Oracle iRecruitment
64 (0.377 %)SAP Retail
64 (0.377 %)SAP HCM
73 (0.283 %)Siebel Analytics
73 (0.283 %)SAP CRM
82 (0.189 %)SAP R/3
82 (0.189 %)Great Plains
91 (0.094 %)Axapta
91 (0.094 %)SAP FI
91 (0.094 %)Staffware
91 (0.094 %)Oracle HRMS
91 (0.094 %)Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
174 (6.975 %)SAN
241 (3.864 %)Internet
324 (2.262 %)MPLS
422 (2.074 %)TCP/IP
422 (2.074 %)VoIP
519 (1.791 %)HTTP
519 (1.791 %)GPRS
618 (1.697 %)WAN
618 (1.697 %)Firewall
618 (1.697 %)BSS
717 (1.602 %)LAN
815 (1.414 %)LDAP
914 (1.320 %)ADSL
914 (1.320 %)BGP
1013 (1.225 %)OSPF
1112 (1.131 %)DNS
1112 (1.131 %)UMTS
1211 (1.037 %)RSVP
1310 (0.943 %)Network Security
148 (0.754 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
154 (5.090 %)SQL Server
230 (2.828 %)SQL Server 2005
323 (2.168 %)Oracle 8/8i
420 (1.885 %)Datawarehouse
517 (1.602 %)ETL
517 (1.602 %)Oracle Discoverer
616 (1.508 %)DB2
616 (1.508 %)Oracle 10g
616 (1.508 %)SQL Server 2000
715 (1.414 %)GIS
811 (1.037 %)MySQL
910 (0.943 %)RDBMS
109 (0.848 %)SQL Server Integration Services
117 (0.660 %)Oracle 9i
126 (0.566 %)Oracle Reports
135 (0.471 %)BusinessObjects
144 (0.377 %)DTS
144 (0.377 %)Crystal Reports
153 (0.283 %)OLAP
153 (0.283 %)Data Mining
Development Applications
14 (0.377 %)Ant
23 (0.283 %)Visual Studio
32 (0.189 %)Oracle Forms
32 (0.189 %)JUnit
32 (0.189 %)Rational Rose
32 (0.189 %)ProC
41 (0.094 %)Borland Together
41 (0.094 %)MorphX
41 (0.094 %)Eclipse
41 (0.094 %)XDE
41 (0.094 %)ERwin
41 (0.094 %)ClearCase
General
1239 (22.53 %)Finance
2123 (11.59 %)Banking
3115 (10.84 %)Government
474 (6.975 %)Retail
559 (5.561 %)Telecoms
628 (2.639 %)Financial Institution
724 (2.262 %)Investment Banking
724 (2.262 %)Retail Banking
820 (1.885 %)Insurance
916 (1.508 %)Multimedia
916 (1.508 %)Billing
1011 (1.037 %)Marketing
1011 (1.037 %)Construction
1011 (1.037 %)Education
1110 (0.943 %)Local Government
128 (0.754 %)Back Office
137 (0.660 %)General Ledger
146 (0.566 %)Automotive
154 (0.377 %)Advertising
163 (0.283 %)Publishing
Miscellaneous
133 (3.110 %)N-Tier
230 (2.828 %)Mainframe
319 (1.791 %)Derivative
414 (1.320 %)Web 2.0
414 (1.320 %)Equities
513 (1.225 %)Fixed Income
612 (1.131 %)Replication
710 (0.943 %)Data Integration
89 (0.848 %)E-Learning
98 (0.754 %)Clustering
106 (0.566 %)SCORM
115 (0.471 %)CLARiiON
115 (0.471 %)Management Information System
115 (0.471 %)Handset
115 (0.471 %)W3C
124 (0.377 %)Client/Server
124 (0.377 %)Credit Risk
124 (0.377 %)IPTV
133 (0.283 %)Computer Science
133 (0.283 %)IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1126 (11.88 %)Unix
277 (7.257 %)Windows
369 (6.503 %)Solaris
432 (3.016 %)Linux
517 (1.602 %)Windows NT
614 (1.320 %)AIX
614 (1.320 %)HPUX
713 (1.225 %)Windows Vista
87 (0.660 %)Windows 2000
93 (0.283 %)Windows Server 2003
101 (0.094 %)VMS
101 (0.094 %)MVS
Processes & Methodologies
197 (9.142 %)SOA
284 (7.917 %)Enterprise Architecture
382 (7.729 %)UML
474 (6.975 %)TOGAF
571 (6.692 %)RUP
654 (5.090 %)CRM
753 (4.995 %)Business Intelligence
849 (4.618 %)OO
944 (4.147 %)Migration
1038 (3.582 %)Workflow
1137 (3.487 %)Data Modelling
1232 (3.016 %)ERP
1331 (2.922 %)Project Management
1429 (2.733 %)Stakeholder Management
1528 (2.639 %)Business Analysis
1624 (2.262 %)Zachman Framework
1624 (2.262 %)Data Migration
1723 (2.168 %)BPM
1723 (2.168 %)Service Management
1822 (2.074 %)Content Management
Programming Languages
1165 (15.55 %)Java
252 (4.901 %)SQL
333 (3.110 %)C#
426 (2.451 %)PL/SQL
510 (0.943 %)C
510 (0.943 %)C++
66 (0.566 %)JavaScript
75 (0.471 %)VB.NET
83 (0.283 %)VBScript
83 (0.283 %)VB
83 (0.283 %)Ada
83 (0.283 %)XAML
83 (0.283 %)VB6
92 (0.189 %)MapBasic
101 (0.094 %)Smalltalk
101 (0.094 %)ABAP
101 (0.094 %)COBOL
101 (0.094 %)Transact-SQL
101 (0.094 %)X++
101 (0.094 %)Caml Language
Qualifications
121 (1.979 %)Degree
217 (1.602 %)Cisco Certification
313 (1.225 %)CCIE
411 (1.037 %)Microsoft Certification
57 (0.660 %)JNCIE
66 (0.566 %)ITIL Certification
75 (0.471 %)MCDBA
75 (0.471 %)MCITP
84 (0.377 %)MCSE
93 (0.283 %)CCNP
102 (0.189 %)MCSD
102 (0.189 %)MOS
102 (0.189 %)Siebel Certification
111 (0.094 %)PMP
111 (0.094 %)PMI Certification
111 (0.094 %)ACCA
111 (0.094 %)CIMA
111 (0.094 %)CCSP
111 (0.094 %)CCNA
111 (0.094 %)CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.225 %)QA
24 (0.377 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
33 (0.283 %)SLA
33 (0.283 %)JSP 440
41 (0.094 %)ISO9000
41 (0.094 %)Basel II
41 (0.094 %)COBIT
System Software
131 (2.922 %)Active Directory
230 (2.828 %)AquaLogic
36 (0.566 %)Oracle RAC
45 (0.471 %)VMware ESX
53 (0.283 %)NetBackup
61 (0.094 %)Terminal Services
61 (0.094 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
123 (2.168 %)EMC TimeFinder
27 (0.660 %)Tivoli
35 (0.471 %)Unicenter
35 (0.471 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
43 (0.283 %)BMC PATROL
43 (0.283 %)Legato
43 (0.283 %)OpenView
52 (0.189 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
61 (0.094 %)MIIS
61 (0.094 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1256 (24.13 %)Oracle
2119 (11.22 %)SAP
394 (8.860 %)Microsoft
458 (5.467 %)BEA
555 (5.184 %)IBM
647 (4.430 %)EMC
744 (4.147 %)Cisco
841 (3.864 %)Sun
931 (2.922 %)HP
1029 (2.733 %)Siebel
1125 (2.356 %)Citrix
1215 (1.414 %)VERITAS
1314 (1.320 %)VMware
1413 (1.225 %)PeopleSoft
1510 (0.943 %)Novell
169 (0.848 %)Juniper
169 (0.848 %)CA
178 (0.754 %)Ericsson
187 (0.660 %)Intel
187 (0.660 %)ATG
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