The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 24 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 Bristol 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank - 55 -
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 0 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol - 1.077% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.585% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 0
Average daily rate - £300 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £374 £388
% change year-on-year
-6.41% -3.48%
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
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
305 568 435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 59.11% 67.94% 67.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 379 249
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £230 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 22
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.70 £16.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.25 £37.50 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Software Architecture
South West

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Software Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (85.71%) UML
1 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 4 (57.14%) Hibernate
2 4 (57.14%) OOD
2 4 (57.14%) Eclipse
2 4 (57.14%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) J2EE
2 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 4 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (57.14%) Spring
2 4 (57.14%) Apache Flex
2 4 (57.14%) Spring Roo
3 2 (28.57%) Reactive Extensions
3 2 (28.57%) NuGet
3 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Inversion of Control
3 2 (28.57%) Castle Windsor
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) ISEB
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
4 1 (14.29%) System Testing

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 4 (57.14%) Hibernate
1 4 (57.14%) J2EE
1 4 (57.14%) Spring
1 4 (57.14%) Apache Flex
2 2 (28.57%) Reactive Extensions
2 2 (28.57%) Castle Windsor
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Eclipse
1 4 (57.14%) Spring Roo
2 2 (28.57%) NuGet
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Java Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) C# Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) J2EE Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Tester
3 1 (14.29%) Software Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Inversion of Control
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) UML
1 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 4 (57.14%) OOD
2 4 (57.14%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
4 1 (14.29%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle