The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software Architecture over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 117 137 -
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.167% 0.032% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.253% 0.050% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £525 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £388
% change year-on-year
-3.97% -5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-13.29% +57.27%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1584 1998 1900
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.97% 63.41% 62.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 766 757
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 £275 £250 £225
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 37 61 78
Average hourly rate £17.33 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.37% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.40 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Software Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 - 2 - -
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Software 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 Software Architecture.

1 6 (75.00%) C#
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (75.00%) Web Services
1 6 (75.00%) WCF
2 5 (62.50%) Banking
2 5 (62.50%) UML
2 5 (62.50%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) MVC
3 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 4 (50.00%) Middleware
3 4 (50.00%) SOA
3 4 (50.00%) XML
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 4 (50.00%) .NET
3 4 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (50.00%) TDD
3 4 (50.00%) jQuery
3 4 (50.00%) ESB
3 4 (50.00%) JIRA
3 4 (50.00%) BDD
3 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 4 (50.00%) SpecFlow
3 4 (50.00%) Jenkins
4 2 (25.00%) Process Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) Game Development
4 2 (25.00%) Kinect
4 2 (25.00%) REST
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Software 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 Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (75.00%) Web Services
1 6 (75.00%) WCF
2 4 (50.00%) Middleware
2 4 (50.00%) XML
2 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (50.00%) .NET
2 4 (50.00%) jQuery
2 4 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (25.00%) REST
4 1 (12.50%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) ESB
2 2 (25.00%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
1 4 (50.00%) SpecFlow
1 4 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (62.50%) Banking
2 4 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Programmer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior Programmer
3 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Software Development Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Development Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Java Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Software Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
4 1 (12.50%) J2EE Team Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Kinect
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) UML
1 5 (62.50%) Scrum
2 4 (50.00%) MVC
2 4 (50.00%) SOA
2 4 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (50.00%) TDD
2 4 (50.00%) BDD
3 2 (25.00%) Process Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Game Development
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Load Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Code Coverage
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (12.50%) OO
4 1 (12.50%) RUP
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) C
3 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft