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The table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts within the Coventry 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2532
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads53
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.358 %1.172 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£460-
Average daily rate£490-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£520-
UK excluding London average daily rate£467£455
% change on same period last year+2.71 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£44.24£42.56
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Coventry
Matching contract IT job ads212256
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.301 %0.259 %
Daily rates quoted77104
Average minimum daily rate£319£291
Average daily rate£341£307
% change on same period last year+11.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted1421
Average minimum hourly rate£13.76£25.22
Average hourly rate£15.19£26.39
% change on same period last year-42.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.62£27.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Architect West MidlandsArchitect
West Midlands

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 Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

14 (44.44 %)Microsoft
22 (22.22 %)UML
22 (22.22 %)SQL Server
22 (22.22 %)UNIX
22 (22.22 %)Mainframe
22 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (22.22 %)AS400
22 (22.22 %)IBM
22 (22.22 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (11.11 %)Web 2.0
31 (11.11 %)Enterprise Architecture
31 (11.11 %)Taxonomies
31 (11.11 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (11.11 %)QA
31 (11.11 %)Use Case
31 (11.11 %)Data Analysis
31 (11.11 %)Business Analysis
31 (11.11 %)Windows
31 (11.11 %)AIX
31 (11.11 %)HPUX
31 (11.11 %)Solaris
31 (11.11 %)Linux
31 (11.11 %)DB2
31 (11.11 %)OLAP
31 (11.11 %)MS Office
31 (11.11 %)SAP
31 (11.11 %)XML
31 (11.11 %)C#
31 (11.11 %)C++
31 (11.11 %)COBOL

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, 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.

Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)XML
11 (11.11 %).NET
11 (11.11 %)J2EE
11 (11.11 %)RSS
11 (11.11 %)Java RMI
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11 (11.11 %)SharePoint
11 (11.11 %)CICS
11 (11.11 %)BizTalk Server
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)LAN
11 (11.11 %)WAN
11 (11.11 %)Internet
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)SQL Server
12 (22.22 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (11.11 %)DB2
21 (11.11 %)OLAP
21 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
21 (11.11 %)Data Mining
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)Mainframe
12 (22.22 %)AS400
12 (22.22 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (11.11 %)Web 2.0
21 (11.11 %)Taxonomies
21 (11.11 %)NHS
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (22.22 %)UNIX
21 (11.11 %)Windows
21 (11.11 %)AIX
21 (11.11 %)HPUX
21 (11.11 %)Solaris
21 (11.11 %)Linux
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)UML
21 (11.11 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (11.11 %)Use Case
21 (11.11 %)Data Analysis
21 (11.11 %)Business Analysis
21 (11.11 %)RUP
21 (11.11 %)PRINCE
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)C#
11 (11.11 %)C++
11 (11.11 %)COBOL
11 (11.11 %)Java
11 (11.11 %)SQL
11 (11.11 %)VB
11 (11.11 %)PL/1
11 (11.11 %)JCL
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (11.11 %)QA
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Active Directory
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Microsoft
22 (22.22 %)IBM
31 (11.11 %)SAP
31 (11.11 %)Oracle
31 (11.11 %)HP
31 (11.11 %)Mercator