The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 West Sussex 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 33 40 34
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 7 19 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.892% 2.888% 4.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.017% 3.016% 4.423%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 15
Average daily rate £450 £500 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £488 £475
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £504 £515
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
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
347 630 407
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 93.78% 95.74% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 372 198
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 25 46
Average hourly rate £24.00 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £32.70 £35.00
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 West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Solutions Architect Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Solutions Architect across the West Sussex region.

West Sussex Solutions Architect Hourly Rate Trend

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 West Sussex 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
Crawley +5 2 £475 -3.79%
Gatwick - 2 £500 -
Solutions Architect
South East

Solutions Architect
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 5 (38.46%) SOA
1 5 (38.46%) PCI DSS
2 4 (30.77%) SAP
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (15.38%) Business Objects
3 2 (15.38%) webMethods
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) Cognos
3 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (15.38%) Adobe
3 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) SAP PSCD
3 2 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.692%) .NET
4 1 (7.692%) Revenue Management
4 1 (7.692%) QlikView
4 1 (7.692%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (7.692%) SAP CO
4 1 (7.692%) Data Architecture
4 1 (7.692%) NetWeaver
4 1 (7.692%) Middleware
4 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.692%) SAP FI
4 1 (7.692%) Management Information System

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 1 (7.692%) .NET
1 1 (7.692%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (7.692%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (7.692%) SAP CO
2 1 (7.692%) SAP FI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (7.692%) QlikView
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) SOA
2 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
2 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (7.692%) Revenue Management
3 1 (7.692%) Data Architecture
3 1 (7.692%) Data Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 2 (15.38%) Business Objects
2 2 (15.38%) webMethods
2 2 (15.38%) Cognos
2 2 (15.38%) Adobe