The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Architecture over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridgeshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Architecture
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Architecture 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
306 405 333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 55.84% 57.86% 64.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 200 171
Average daily rate £375 £390 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 35 40
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +54.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.75 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Computer Architecture
East of England

Computer Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Computer Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Architecture
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Computer 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 Computer Architecture.

1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Cocoa
1 1 (100.00%) Xcode
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
1 1 (100.00%) iOS SDK
1 1 (100.00%) Direct3D
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Phone

Computer Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Computer 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 Computer Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) Cocoa
1 1 (100.00%) iOS SDK
1 1 (100.00%) Direct3D
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Xcode
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree