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This section looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts within the Cambridge 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 Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Architect
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4251
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.481 %0.361 %
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£465£457
% change on same period last year+1.89 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00-
Average hourly rate£50.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£60.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.81£45.82
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads416554
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.554 %0.560 %
Daily rates quoted66124
Average minimum daily rate£305£302
Average daily rate£332£316
% change on same period last year+5.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted8178
Average minimum hourly rate£21.70£25.30
Average hourly rate£23.90£26.80
% change on same period last year-10.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.09£28.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Architect CambridgeshireArchitect
Cambridgeshire

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.

Architect
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Architect Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited 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 Architect in their job title.

16 (54.55 %).NET
24 (36.36 %)XML
33 (27.27 %)Oracle
33 (27.27 %)Linux
33 (27.27 %)BizTalk Server
42 (18.18 %)Project Management
42 (18.18 %)MS Visio
42 (18.18 %)XML Schema
42 (18.18 %)IBM
42 (18.18 %)SQL Server
42 (18.18 %)Windows
42 (18.18 %)VB
42 (18.18 %)C++
42 (18.18 %)Delphi
42 (18.18 %)Retail
42 (18.18 %)VB6
51 (9.091 %)Zachman Framework
51 (9.091 %)TOGAF
51 (9.091 %)Logistics
51 (9.091 %)Brocade
51 (9.091 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (9.091 %).NET Framework
51 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
51 (9.091 %)Data Architecture
51 (9.091 %)Tandem
51 (9.091 %)HTML
51 (9.091 %)Java
51 (9.091 %)JavaScript
51 (9.091 %)Perl
51 (9.091 %)C#

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region that cited 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (54.55 %).NET
24 (36.36 %)XML
32 (18.18 %)XML Schema
41 (9.091 %).NET Framework
41 (9.091 %)XSLT
41 (9.091 %)J2EE
41 (9.091 %)ASP
41 (9.091 %)CSS
41 (9.091 %)HTML
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (27.27 %)BizTalk Server
21 (9.091 %)Apache
21 (9.091 %)Tomcat
21 (9.091 %)SharePoint
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (18.18 %)MS Visio
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)DNS
11 (9.091 %)SAN
11 (9.091 %)Firewall
11 (9.091 %)Wireless
11 (9.091 %)TETRA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)SQL Server
21 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (18.18 %)Retail
21 (9.091 %)Government
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)Tandem
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (27.27 %)Linux
22 (18.18 %)Windows
31 (9.091 %)AIX
31 (9.091 %)Solaris
31 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
31 (9.091 %)UNIX
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (18.18 %)Project Management
21 (9.091 %)Zachman Framework
21 (9.091 %)TOGAF
21 (9.091 %)Logistics
21 (9.091 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
21 (9.091 %)Data Architecture
21 (9.091 %)RUP
21 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (18.18 %)C++
12 (18.18 %)Delphi
12 (18.18 %)VB
12 (18.18 %)VB6
21 (9.091 %)C#
21 (9.091 %)Java
21 (9.091 %)JavaScript
21 (9.091 %)Perl
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (27.27 %)Oracle
22 (18.18 %)IBM
31 (9.091 %)Microsoft
31 (9.091 %)Brocade
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