The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London 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 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 Docklands, London 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
Architect
Rank 26 20 43
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +23
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 3 13 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.796% 5.882% 3.512%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.887% 6.500% 3.784%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 8
Average daily rate £480 £560 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% -13.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
159 200 555
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 95.21% 90.50% 92.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 129 268
Average daily rate £475 £488 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -11.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £350 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Average hourly rate £45.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.63% +44.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Architect
London

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 8 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 7 (58.33%) Data Architecture
3 5 (41.67%) Data Analysis
3 5 (41.67%) UML
4 4 (33.33%) RUP
4 4 (33.33%) J2EE
4 4 (33.33%) HTML
4 4 (33.33%) Java
4 4 (33.33%) MS Office
4 4 (33.33%) CSS
4 4 (33.33%) Finance
4 4 (33.33%) Publishing
4 4 (33.33%) Unified Process
4 4 (33.33%) IBM
4 4 (33.33%) EMC
4 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 4 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (33.33%) HTML5
4 4 (33.33%) CSS3
4 4 (33.33%) Content Management
4 4 (33.33%) Information Governance
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
5 3 (25.00%) Intranet
5 3 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (16.67%) Windows
6 2 (16.67%) Linux
6 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (16.67%) Documentum
6 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 17799
6 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 (33.33%) J2EE
1 4 (33.33%) CSS
1 4 (33.33%) HTML5
1 4 (33.33%) CSS3
1 4 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Documentum
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (8.333%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Intranet
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (8.333%) Sybase IQ
2 1 (8.333%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) ERwin
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
1 4 (33.33%) Publishing
2 3 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Telematics
3 1 (8.333%) Credit Risk
3 1 (8.333%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 7 (58.33%) Data Architecture
3 5 (41.67%) UML
3 5 (41.67%) Data Analysis
4 4 (33.33%) Information Governance
4 4 (33.33%) RUP
4 4 (33.33%) Unified Process
4 4 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (33.33%) Content Management
5 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
6 2 (16.67%) OWASP
6 2 (16.67%) Information Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) SIEM
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security
6 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (8.333%) Software Engineering
7 1 (8.333%) Data Management
7 1 (8.333%) SOA
7 1 (8.333%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) CISSP
1 1 (8.333%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 17799
2 1 (8.333%) QA
2 1 (8.333%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) IBM
1 4 (33.33%) EMC
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) Sybase