The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 0.498% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.649% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £374 £388
% change year-on-year
-6.41% -3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £28.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-13.29% +57.27%
All Processes & Methodologies
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
154 184 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 76.62% 71.04% 72.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 79 55
Average daily rate £375 £340 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £250 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 18 5
Average hourly rate £37.80 £30.00 £33.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -9.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Software Architecture
West Midlands

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Coventry Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Software 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 Software Architecture.

1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing Software 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 Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++