The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Canary Wharf 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architect
Rank - - 56
Contract jobs requiring a Software Architect 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf - - 0.200%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.213%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £40.00
All Job Titles
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
354 339 470
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 91.95% 91.62% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 212 366
Average daily rate £550 £550 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £375 £450
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £35.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -13.58%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Software Architect
London

Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Architect across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Canary Wharf Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Architect across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf Software Architect Daily Rate Trend

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited Software 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 Software Architect in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) EJB
1 1 (100.00%) Struts
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) RUP
1 1 (100.00%) XHTML
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) JSF
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) EJB 3.0
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region that cited Software 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 Software Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) EJB
1 1 (100.00%) Struts
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) XSLT
1 1 (100.00%) XHTML
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) JSF
1 1 (100.00%) Ajax
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) EJB 3.0
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 10g
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) RUP
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle