The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire 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 19 June 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 Yorkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Architect
Rank 87 87 89
Rank change year-on-year
0 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect 30 35 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.540% 1.444% 0.891%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.630% 1.524% 0.950%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 3
Average daily rate £475 £468 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.60% -6.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £411 £408
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £535 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £460 £488
% change year-on-year
+3.26% -5.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £36.00
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1840 2296 1790
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.46% 94.72% 93.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 956 1218 884
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £183 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £450 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 136 123
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.13 £10.30 £8.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.60 £31.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
West Yorkshire +6 27 £475 -5.00% 6
South Yorkshire 0 1 £500 +21.21% 2
East Yorkshire - 1 £325 -
North Yorkshire - - - - 1
Solutions Architect
England

Solutions Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (39.19%) Retail
2 26 (35.14%) E-Commerce
3 22 (29.73%) Enterprise Architecture
4 19 (25.68%) Oracle
5 17 (22.97%) Content Management
6 14 (18.92%) Endeca
7 11 (14.86%) TOGAF
8 10 (13.51%) WebSphere
8 10 (13.51%) SOA
9 9 (12.16%) .NET
9 9 (12.16%) QA
9 9 (12.16%) RedPrairie
10 8 (10.81%) Banking
11 7 (9.459%) Finance
11 7 (9.459%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (9.459%) PHP
11 7 (9.459%) Oracle EBS R12
12 6 (8.108%) LAMP
12 6 (8.108%) Java
12 6 (8.108%) XML
12 6 (8.108%) Linux
12 6 (8.108%) IBM
12 6 (8.108%) Manufacturing
12 6 (8.108%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (6.757%) REST
13 5 (6.757%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (6.757%) HTTP
13 5 (6.757%) Windows
13 5 (6.757%) SOAP
13 5 (6.757%) MySQL

Solutions Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 10 (13.51%) WebSphere
2 9 (12.16%) .NET
3 6 (8.108%) LAMP
3 6 (8.108%) XML
4 5 (6.757%) REST
4 5 (6.757%) SOAP
4 5 (6.757%) Java EE
5 2 (2.703%) RESTful
5 2 (2.703%) ActiveMQ
5 2 (2.703%) JMS
6 1 (1.351%) Middleware
6 1 (1.351%) HTML
6 1 (1.351%) CSS
6 1 (1.351%) .NET Remoting
6 1 (1.351%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.351%) Ajax
6 1 (1.351%) jQuery
6 1 (1.351%) WCF
6 1 (1.351%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.757%) ESB
2 4 (5.405%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (4.054%) Commerce Server
3 3 (4.054%) Apache
4 1 (1.351%) CMS
4 1 (1.351%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.351%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.351%) Drupal
4 1 (1.351%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.703%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (9.459%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (4.054%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (4.054%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.351%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.757%) HTTP
2 3 (4.054%) Internet
3 2 (2.703%) CTI
4 1 (1.351%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.757%) MySQL
2 4 (5.405%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (5.405%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.405%) Oracle 8/8i
2 4 (5.405%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.405%) Oracle ODI
3 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (4.054%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (4.054%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.703%) Oracle OWB
4 2 (2.703%) Oracle 9i
4 2 (2.703%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.351%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.351%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 29 (39.19%) Retail
2 8 (10.81%) Banking
3 7 (9.459%) Finance
4 6 (8.108%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.054%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.054%) Billing
5 3 (4.054%) Games
5 3 (4.054%) Online Betting
6 2 (2.703%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.108%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.054%) Clustering
2 3 (4.054%) IVR
3 2 (2.703%) Data Integration
3 2 (2.703%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.703%) NHS
4 1 (1.351%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.351%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.351%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.351%) Web 2.0
4 1 (1.351%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.351%) Open Source
4 1 (1.351%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.108%) Linux
2 5 (6.757%) Windows
3 3 (4.054%) UNIX
4 1 (1.351%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.351%) AIX
4 1 (1.351%) Solaris
4 1 (1.351%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.351%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.351%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (35.14%) E-Commerce
2 22 (29.73%) Enterprise Architecture
3 17 (22.97%) Content Management
4 11 (14.86%) TOGAF
5 10 (13.51%) SOA
6 7 (9.459%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (6.757%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (6.757%) Unified Process
7 5 (6.757%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (5.405%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (5.405%) ETL
9 3 (4.054%) Analytics
9 3 (4.054%) Project Management
9 3 (4.054%) ERP
9 3 (4.054%) UML
9 3 (4.054%) Zachman Framework
9 3 (4.054%) Network Load Balancing
9 3 (4.054%) Time Management
10 2 (2.703%) Business Analysis
10 2 (2.703%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.459%) PHP
2 6 (8.108%) Java
3 3 (4.054%) C#
4 2 (2.703%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.054%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) QA
2 1 (1.351%) WAI
System Software
1 2 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.703%) VMware Server
1 2 (2.703%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.703%) CA Wily
1 2 (2.703%) OpenView
2 1 (1.351%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (25.68%) Oracle
2 14 (18.92%) Endeca
3 9 (12.16%) RedPrairie
4 6 (8.108%) IBM
5 4 (5.405%) VMware
5 4 (5.405%) Citrix
5 4 (5.405%) Informatica
6 3 (4.054%) Microsoft
6 3 (4.054%) Hyperion
7 2 (2.703%) HP
8 1 (1.351%) Cisco
8 1 (1.351%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.351%) Avaya
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Roc Search
Posted: 14 June 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
Lead Solutions Architect - Edinburgh - Bank - Up to £500/day! Our Client, a Major Bank, are currently looking for a Lead Solutions Architect to work in their Halifax Office,...
Orgtel
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
North Yorkshire
Hands-on development using Oracle ETL tools and establish standard and templates - Oracle business suite experience including OBIEE - Define and implement ETL development standards and procedures - Define and...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £320.00 - £380.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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