East Midlands Architect Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts within the East Midlands 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Clapham Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Farnborough Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Ripon Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Woking Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	38	46
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	59	48
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.083 %	0.049 %
As % of the category below	3.734 %	2.501 %
Daily rates quoted	15	13
Average minimum daily rate	£369	£462
Average daily rate	£403	£500
% change on same period last year	-19.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£437	£538
UK excluding London average daily rate	£467	£456
% change on same period last year	+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£38.00	£44.33
Average hourly rate	£42.75	£45.67
% change on same period last year	-6.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£47.50	£47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£44.24	£42.56
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Job Titles East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1580	1919
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.213 %	1.968 %
Daily rates quoted	469	349
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£329
Average daily rate	£368	£347
% change on same period last year	+6.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£365
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	205	310
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.01	£18.76
Average hourly rate	£19.24	£20.63
% change on same period last year	-6.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.46	£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.69	£25.16
% change on same period last year	-5.83 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Lincolnshire	-	14	£450	-
Northamptonshire	+14	12	£455	+7.05 %
Nottinghamshire	+10	10	£525	+31.25 %
Derbyshire	-16	8	£390	-33.61 %
Leicestershire	+2	3	£375	-25.00 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 42 (31.34 %) Finance 2 39 (29.10 %) Java 3 32 (23.88 %) Oracle 4 25 (18.66 %) SQL Server 5 24 (17.91 %) SQL 5 24 (17.91 %) WebSphere 6 23 (17.16 %) UNIX 6 23 (17.16 %) Internet 7 20 (14.93 %) Windows 7 20 (14.93 %) Banking 8 17 (12.69 %) UML 8 17 (12.69 %) SOA 9 16 (11.94 %) Datawarehouse 10 15 (11.19 %) .NET 11 13 (9.701 %) Technical Architecture

11 13 (9.701 %) C 12 12 (8.955 %) Chordiant 12 12 (8.955 %) IBM 13 11 (8.209 %) Microsoft 13 11 (8.209 %) Perl 13 11 (8.209 %) Security Cleared 13 11 (8.209 %) Spring 14 10 (7.463 %) Hibernate 14 10 (7.463 %) Network Security 14 10 (7.463 %) Struts 14 10 (7.463 %) XML 15 9 (6.716 %) SOAP 15 9 (6.716 %) C++ 15 9 (6.716 %) Government 16 8 (5.970 %) Service Delivery

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 24 (17.91 %) WebSphere 2 15 (11.19 %) .NET 3 11 (8.209 %) Spring 4 10 (7.463 %) Hibernate 4 10 (7.463 %) XML 4 10 (7.463 %) Struts 5 9 (6.716 %) SOAP 6 8 (5.970 %) J2EE 7 6 (4.478 %) EJB 7 6 (4.478 %) JDBC 7 6 (4.478 %) Servlets 7 6 (4.478 %) WebServices 7 6 (4.478 %) MVC 7 6 (4.478 %) NetBeans 8 3 (2.239 %) LAMP 8 3 (2.239 %) HTML 8 3 (2.239 %) Oracle Coherence 9 2 (1.493 %) .NET Framework 9 2 (1.493 %) Middleware 9 2 (1.493 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 6 (4.478 %) JBoss 2 5 (3.731 %) MS Exchange 3 3 (2.239 %) NetWeaver 4 2 (1.493 %) BizTalk Server 4 2 (1.493 %) SAS 4 2 (1.493 %) IIS 5 1 (0.746 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 1 (0.746 %) MQSeries 5 1 (0.746 %) CICS 5 1 (0.746 %) WebSphere MQ
Applications 1 3 (2.239 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.746 %) MS Visio 2 1 (0.746 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 5 (3.731 %) Oracle EBS 2 1 (0.746 %) BASE24 2 1 (0.746 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 2 1 (0.746 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 23 (17.16 %) Internet 2 10 (7.463 %) Network Security 3 8 (5.970 %) WAN 4 7 (5.224 %) LAN 4 7 (5.224 %) Intranet 5 5 (3.731 %) VPN 6 4 (2.985 %) SAN 6 4 (2.985 %) Firewall 7 2 (1.493 %) Symposium 7 2 (1.493 %) MPLS 7 2 (1.493 %) X.509 7 2 (1.493 %) CTI 7 2 (1.493 %) SSL 7 2 (1.493 %) HTTP 8 1 (0.746 %) SMS 8 1 (0.746 %) Nortel Meridian 8 1 (0.746 %) VLAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 25 (18.66 %) SQL Server 2 16 (11.94 %) Datawarehouse 3 7 (5.224 %) ETL 3 7 (5.224 %) DB2 3 7 (5.224 %) Data Cleansing 4 5 (3.731 %) BusinessObjects 4 5 (3.731 %) BODI 4 5 (3.731 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (2.239 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.746 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 1 (0.746 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 1 (0.746 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 6 1 (0.746 %) OLAP 6 1 (0.746 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 7 (5.224 %) Eclipse 2 6 (4.478 %) JDeveloper 2 6 (4.478 %) JBuilder 2 6 (4.478 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 3 4 (2.985 %) Oracle Forms 4 1 (0.746 %) Rational Rose 4 1 (0.746 %) MSI	General 1 42 (31.34 %) Finance 2 20 (14.93 %) Banking 3 9 (6.716 %) Government 4 8 (5.970 %) Financial Institution 5 5 (3.731 %) Manufacturing 5 5 (3.731 %) Retail 5 5 (3.731 %) Local Government 6 4 (2.985 %) Marketing 7 3 (2.239 %) Retail Banking 8 2 (1.493 %) Billing 9 1 (0.746 %) Police 9 1 (0.746 %) Games 9 1 (0.746 %) Law 9 1 (0.746 %) Legal 9 1 (0.746 %) Telecoms 9 1 (0.746 %) Aerospace 9 1 (0.746 %) Electric
Miscellaneous 1 7 (5.224 %) Web 2.0 1 7 (5.224 %) Taxonomies 2 5 (3.731 %) Mainframe 3 3 (2.239 %) Fat Client 3 3 (2.239 %) Thin Client 4 2 (1.493 %) IVR 4 2 (1.493 %) PKI 5 1 (0.746 %) Blackberry 5 1 (0.746 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.746 %) W3C 5 1 (0.746 %) French Language 5 1 (0.746 %) Social Network	Operating Systems 1 23 (17.16 %) UNIX 2 20 (14.93 %) Windows 3 7 (5.224 %) Linux 4 5 (3.731 %) Solaris 4 5 (3.731 %) Windows Server 2003 5 3 (2.239 %) AIX 6 2 (1.493 %) HPUX 7 1 (0.746 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 17 (12.69 %) UML 1 17 (12.69 %) SOA 2 13 (9.701 %) Technical Architecture 3 11 (8.209 %) Security Cleared 4 8 (5.970 %) Service Delivery 4 8 (5.970 %) Data Modelling 5 7 (5.224 %) PRINCE2 5 7 (5.224 %) SC Cleared 5 7 (5.224 %) Content Management 5 7 (5.224 %) Business Analysis 6 6 (4.478 %) Information Management 6 6 (4.478 %) Data Management 7 5 (3.731 %) Migration 7 5 (3.731 %) CRM 8 4 (2.985 %) ERP 8 4 (2.985 %) Stakeholder Management 8 4 (2.985 %) Web Design 8 4 (2.985 %) Network Design 9 3 (2.239 %) BC Cleared 9 3 (2.239 %) Logistics	Programming Languages 1 39 (29.10 %) Java 2 24 (17.91 %) SQL 3 13 (9.701 %) C 4 11 (8.209 %) Perl 5 9 (6.716 %) C++ 6 7 (5.224 %) C# 6 7 (5.224 %) PHP 7 4 (2.985 %) VB 8 2 (1.493 %) Python 8 2 (1.493 %) Shell Script 8 2 (1.493 %) PL/SQL 8 2 (1.493 %) JavaScript 9 1 (0.746 %) COBOL
Qualifications 1 6 (4.478 %) SSCP 1 6 (4.478 %) CISSP 1 6 (4.478 %) Cisco Certification 2 5 (3.731 %) CCSP 3 1 (0.746 %) ITIL Certification 3 1 (0.746 %) CISA 3 1 (0.746 %) CISM 3 1 (0.746 %) GIAC 3 1 (0.746 %) GSEC	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.493 %) QA 2 1 (0.746 %) ISO17799 2 1 (0.746 %) COBIT
System Software 1 5 (3.731 %) Active Directory 1 5 (3.731 %) MailMarshal 2 2 (1.493 %) Oracle RAC	Systems Management 1 5 (3.731 %) CiscoWorks 2 1 (0.746 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.746 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 32 (23.88 %) Oracle 2 12 (8.955 %) IBM 2 12 (8.955 %) Chordiant 3 11 (8.209 %) Microsoft 4 7 (5.224 %) Cisco 5 5 (3.731 %) Sophos 5 5 (3.731 %) Websense 5 5 (3.731 %) Teradata 5 5 (3.731 %) Sun 5 5 (3.731 %) Business Objects 6 4 (2.985 %) Ab Initio 7 3 (2.239 %) SAP 8 1 (0.746 %) Cognos 8 1 (0.746 %) HP 8 1 (0.746 %) Nortel 8 1 (0.746 %) Citrix 8 1 (0.746 %) Genesys