Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Lead Architect role in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Architect
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£697£539
% change on same period last year+29.30 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads445814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.892 %1.018 %
Daily rates quoted144189
Average minimum daily rate£335£347
Average daily rate£357£375
% change on same period last year-4.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted52166
Average minimum hourly rate£19.18£17.52
Average hourly rate£21.47£18.73
% change on same period last year+14.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.75£19.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Lead Architect West MidlandsLead Architect
West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Lead Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Lead Architect across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Lead Architect Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lead Architect across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Lead Architect Daily Rate Trend

Lead Architect
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)ETL
11 (100.00 %)BizTalk Server
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)Data Analysis
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
11 (100.00 %)WCF

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (100.00 %)WCF
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)BizTalk Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server
11 (100.00 %)ETL
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (100.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)UML
11 (100.00 %)Data Analysis
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (100.00 %)SQL