Birmingham Systems Architect Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

System Architect
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham City of London Colchester Docklands, London East of England England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Lancashire Lancaster London Manchester Newport North West Preston Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Stockport Surbiton Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£421	£428
% change on same period last year	-1.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£42.50
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	640	997
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.867 %	0.987 %
Daily rates quoted	165	256
Average minimum daily rate	£317	£356
Average daily rate	£343	£386
% change on same period last year	-11.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£370	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£356
% change on same period last year	-0.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	68	146
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.08	£15.58
Average hourly rate	£23.49	£16.60
% change on same period last year	+41.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.90	£17.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.78	£25.65
% change on same period last year	-7.28 %
Systems 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.

Systems Architect
Demand Trend

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