The first table below looks at the demand for the .NET Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited .NET Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Bedfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
.NET Architect
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a .NET Architect 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
182 259 270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 95.29% 92.83% 92.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 126 129
Average daily rate £350 £363 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +11.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 12
Average hourly rate £20.70 £29.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.63% +114.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.96 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
.NET Architect
East of England

.NET Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire .NET Architect Jobs Demand Trend

.NET Architect
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited .NET 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 .NET Architect in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore

.NET Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited .NET 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 .NET Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore CMS
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore