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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cambridgeshire region.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank254946
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Down-3
Matching contract IT job ads18129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire4.327 %0.196 %2.575 %
As % of the Job Titles category4.986 %0.207 %2.733 %
Daily rates quoted806
Average daily rate£395-£425
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£366-£388
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£483-£613
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£450£450
% change year-on-year
-5.550 %-
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.18£40.00£40.00
% change year-on-year
-9.550 %-
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3614831061
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire86.78 %94.52 %94.23 %
Daily rates quoted148146236
Average daily rate£275£310£351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.29 %-11.55 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£110£208£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£450£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted8684204
Average hourly rate£29.25£30.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.500 %+9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£11.35£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.50£45.00£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Architect East of EnglandArchitect
East of England

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.

Architect
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cambridgeshire Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeNew entry-13£400-
PeterboroughNew entry-2--
Architect East of EnglandArchitect
East of England

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

111 (44.00 %)Java
210 (40.00 %)Oracle
39 (36.00 %)SQL Server
48 (32.00 %).NET
48 (32.00 %)XML
48 (32.00 %)XML Schema
57 (28.00 %)WSDL
57 (28.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
66 (24.00 %)BPMN
66 (24.00 %)BPEL
66 (24.00 %)UML
66 (24.00 %)SOA
66 (24.00 %)SQL
75 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
75 (20.00 %)TOGAF
75 (20.00 %)Oracle BPM
84 (16.00 %)RUP
93 (12.00 %)Windows
93 (12.00 %)Linux
93 (12.00 %)ASP.NET
93 (12.00 %)Microsoft
93 (12.00 %)WCF
102 (8.000 %)Blackberry
102 (8.000 %)Windows Mobile
102 (8.000 %)Data Architecture
102 (8.000 %)Android
102 (8.000 %)iPhone
102 (8.000 %)GAP Analysis
102 (8.000 %)Web Services
111 (4.000 %)C#

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (32.00 %).NET
18 (32.00 %)XML
18 (32.00 %)XML Schema
27 (28.00 %)WSDL
33 (12.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (12.00 %)WCF
42 (8.000 %)Web Services
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Visio
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (20.00 %)Oracle BPM
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (4.000 %)DHCP
11 (4.000 %)Ethernet
11 (4.000 %)Internet
11 (4.000 %)UWB
11 (4.000 %)UPnP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (36.00 %)SQL Server
21 (4.000 %)ETL
21 (4.000 %)Oracle OWB
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (4.000 %)Finance
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (8.000 %)Blackberry
12 (8.000 %)iPhone
21 (4.000 %)Firmware
21 (4.000 %)STB
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (12.00 %)Windows
13 (12.00 %)Linux
22 (8.000 %)Windows Mobile
22 (8.000 %)Android
31 (4.000 %)uClinux
31 (4.000 %)Embedded Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (28.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
26 (24.00 %)BPMN
26 (24.00 %)BPEL
26 (24.00 %)UML
26 (24.00 %)SOA
35 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
35 (20.00 %)TOGAF
44 (16.00 %)RUP
52 (8.000 %)Data Architecture
52 (8.000 %)GAP Analysis
61 (4.000 %)Validation
61 (4.000 %)Information Security
61 (4.000 %)Video Processing
61 (4.000 %)Usability Testing
61 (4.000 %)Data Management
61 (4.000 %)Business Analysis
61 (4.000 %)Security Architecture
61 (4.000 %)Information Architecture
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (44.00 %)Java
26 (24.00 %)SQL
31 (4.000 %)C#
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (4.000 %)Degree
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.000 %)PCI DSS
11 (4.000 %)WAI
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (40.00 %)Oracle
23 (12.00 %)Microsoft