The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry 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 23 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 Coventry 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 14 14 21
Rank change year-on-year
0 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 16 17 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 8.000% 6.615% 3.297%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.696% 7.113% 3.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 1
Average daily rate - £350 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
184 239 163
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 92.00% 93.00% 89.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 93 73
Average daily rate £325 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £100 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 6
Average hourly rate £37.80 £19.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+98.94% +4.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
West Midlands

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Coventry Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Coventry Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

1 10 (38.46%) SAP
2 8 (30.77%) Automotive
3 5 (19.23%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (15.38%) Oracle
4 4 (15.38%) IBM
4 4 (15.38%) Project Management
4 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (15.38%) WebSphere
5 3 (11.54%) ENOVIA
5 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
5 3 (11.54%) TOGAF
5 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
5 3 (11.54%) Data Integration
5 3 (11.54%) SAN
5 3 (11.54%) PLM
5 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
5 3 (11.54%) .NET
5 3 (11.54%) Windows
5 3 (11.54%) SOA
6 2 (7.692%) VPN
6 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.692%) LAN
6 2 (7.692%) WAN
6 2 (7.692%) E-Commerce
6 2 (7.692%) CRM
6 2 (7.692%) EAI
6 2 (7.692%) Data Modelling
6 2 (7.692%) Linux
6 2 (7.692%) Apache
6 2 (7.692%) Tomcat

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

Application Development
1 4 (15.38%) WebSphere
2 3 (11.54%) .NET
3 2 (7.692%) XML
3 2 (7.692%) SAML
3 2 (7.692%) Java EE
4 1 (3.846%) Middleware
4 1 (3.846%) BAPI
4 1 (3.846%) SAP Basis
4 1 (3.846%) J2EE
4 1 (3.846%) Web Services
4 1 (3.846%) XSD
4 1 (3.846%) XSLT
4 1 (3.846%) Java RMI
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) Apache
1 2 (7.692%) Tomcat
1 2 (7.692%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 2 (7.692%) ESB
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.846%) NetWeaver
2 1 (3.846%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (3.846%) MQSeries
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) ENOVIA
2 1 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.846%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (3.846%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) SAN
2 2 (7.692%) VPN
2 2 (7.692%) LAN
2 2 (7.692%) WAN
2 2 (7.692%) LDAP
2 2 (7.692%) NAS
3 1 (3.846%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (3.846%) SMTP
3 1 (3.846%) FTP
3 1 (3.846%) HTTP
3 1 (3.846%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
3 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (7.692%) Big Data
4 1 (3.846%) Hadoop
4 1 (3.846%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (3.846%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (3.846%) SAP BI
4 1 (3.846%) SAP BW
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) LSMW
General
1 8 (30.77%) Automotive
2 3 (11.54%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Integration
2 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.846%) DataPower
2 1 (3.846%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 2 (7.692%) Linux
3 1 (3.846%) Android
3 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) Project Management
1 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (11.54%) TOGAF
2 3 (11.54%) Data Analysis
2 3 (11.54%) PLM
2 3 (11.54%) SOA
3 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (7.692%) E-Commerce
3 2 (7.692%) CRM
3 2 (7.692%) EAI
3 2 (7.692%) Data Modelling
3 2 (7.692%) Migration
3 2 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (7.692%) Data Architecture
3 2 (7.692%) Zachman Framework
3 2 (7.692%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.846%) Validation
4 1 (3.846%) Logistics
4 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (3.846%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) Java
2 1 (3.846%) C#
2 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) SAP
2 4 (15.38%) Oracle
2 4 (15.38%) IBM
3 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.846%) WSO2
4 1 (3.846%) TIBCO
4 1 (3.846%) Teradata
4 1 (3.846%) Business Objects