The first table below looks at the demand for Information Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Berkshire 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
Information Architecture
Rank 97 108 110
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +2
Contract jobs citing Information Architecture 25 28 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.019% 0.873% 0.684%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.545% 1.377% 1.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 2
Average daily rate £406 £450 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.72% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £398 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £555 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+8.92% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.70 £12.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+64.16% -65.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1618 2033 1833
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.96% 63.37% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 771 731
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 61 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.40 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Information Architecture
South East

Information Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Information Architecture across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Information Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Information Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Information Architecture across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Information Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Information Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Architecture across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Information Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Information Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Information Architecture across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Information Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Information Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Architecture within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Reading +22 16 £388 -13.88%
Bracknell - 2 £388 -
Information Architecture
South East

Information Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Information Architecture also 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 that cited Information Architecture.

1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 16 (36.36%) HTML
2 13 (29.55%) JavaScript
2 13 (29.55%) CSS
3 12 (27.27%) Photoshop
3 12 (27.27%) TOGAF
4 11 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 9 (20.45%) C#
6 7 (15.91%) Pharmaceutical
6 7 (15.91%) Telecoms
6 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (15.91%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (15.91%) SQL
6 7 (15.91%) .NET
6 7 (15.91%) MS Excel
6 7 (15.91%) Technical Architecture
6 7 (15.91%) .NET Framework
6 7 (15.91%) LINQ
6 7 (15.91%) Windows Azure
6 7 (15.91%) HTML5
6 7 (15.91%) Axure RP
6 7 (15.91%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 6 (13.64%) OmniGraffle
7 6 (13.64%) Time Management
7 6 (13.64%) Dreamweaver
7 6 (13.64%) Adobe
7 6 (13.64%) MS Visio
7 6 (13.64%) InDesign
7 6 (13.64%) MVC
7 6 (13.64%) GIS

Information Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Information Architecture also 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 that cited Information Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (36.36%) HTML
2 13 (29.55%) CSS
3 7 (15.91%) .NET
3 7 (15.91%) .NET Framework
3 7 (15.91%) LINQ
3 7 (15.91%) HTML5
3 7 (15.91%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 5 (11.36%) Flash
4 5 (11.36%) XHTML
5 1 (2.273%) Ajax
5 1 (2.273%) jQuery
5 1 (2.273%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 1 (2.273%) Razor View Engine
5 1 (2.273%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 7 (15.91%) Windows Azure
2 2 (4.545%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.545%) CMS
3 1 (2.273%) ArcGIS
3 1 (2.273%) ColdFusion
3 1 (2.273%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (27.27%) Photoshop
2 7 (15.91%) Adobe Illustrator
2 7 (15.91%) MS Excel
3 6 (13.64%) OmniGraffle
3 6 (13.64%) MS Visio
3 6 (13.64%) InDesign
4 5 (11.36%) Fireworks
5 2 (4.545%) Office 365
5 2 (4.545%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.273%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.545%) Internet
2 1 (2.273%) Wireless
2 1 (2.273%) BSS
2 1 (2.273%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) GIS
2 3 (6.818%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.273%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Axure RP
2 6 (13.64%) Dreamweaver
General
1 7 (15.91%) Pharmaceutical
1 7 (15.91%) Telecoms
2 5 (11.36%) Marketing
2 5 (11.36%) Interactive Media
3 2 (4.545%) Publishing
4 1 (2.273%) Billing
Job Titles
1 23 (52.27%) Architect
2 9 (20.45%) Information Architect
3 8 (18.18%) Developer
4 7 (15.91%) User Experience Architect
5 6 (13.64%) Technical Architect
6 5 (11.36%) Project Manager
6 5 (11.36%) User Experience Manager
7 4 (9.091%) Lead Architect
8 3 (6.818%) Consultant
8 3 (6.818%) User Experience Designer
8 3 (6.818%) Designer
9 2 (4.545%) Senior Designer
9 2 (4.545%) Content Editor
10 1 (2.273%) Data Architect
10 1 (2.273%) Analyst
10 1 (2.273%) Developer Analyst
10 1 (2.273%) SharePoint Consultant
10 1 (2.273%) .NET Developer
10 1 (2.273%) SharePoint Developer
10 1 (2.273%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.36%) Management Information System
1 5 (11.36%) CESG
2 4 (9.091%) Ergonomics
3 3 (6.818%) Replication
4 2 (4.545%) Copywriting
5 1 (2.273%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.273%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.273%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (2.273%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.273%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.273%) Android
1 1 (2.273%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.27%) TOGAF
2 11 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (15.91%) Technical Architecture
4 6 (13.64%) Time Management
4 6 (13.64%) MVC
5 5 (11.36%) Information Security
5 5 (11.36%) Migration
5 5 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (11.36%) Project Management
5 5 (11.36%) Enterprise Architecture
5 5 (11.36%) Online Marketing
6 4 (9.091%) Information Governance
6 4 (9.091%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.545%) Information Management
7 2 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (2.273%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (2.273%) HOOD
8 1 (2.273%) TDD
8 1 (2.273%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (29.55%) JavaScript
2 9 (20.45%) C#
3 7 (15.91%) SQL
4 1 (2.273%) PHP
4 1 (2.273%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (2.273%) Degree
1 1 (2.273%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.64%) Adobe
3 2 (4.545%) Oracle
4 1 (2.273%) ESRI
4 1 (2.273%) Cisco
4 1 (2.273%) Genesys
4 1 (2.273%) Mapinfo
4 1 (2.273%) Google
4 1 (2.273%) Facebook