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The table below looks at the demand for the Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Architect
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8599
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.249 %0.103 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£563
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£659£612
% change on same period last year+7.66 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£38.00-
Average hourly rate£42.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£47.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.75-
% change on same period last year-
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads16041935
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.241 %1.944 %
Daily rates quoted481355
Average minimum daily rate£350£330
Average daily rate£371£348
% change on same period last year+6.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£392£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted203308
Average minimum hourly rate£18.14£18.60
Average hourly rate£19.40£20.45
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.65£22.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.74£25.24
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Lead Architect EnglandLead Architect
England

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.

Lead Architect
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Lead Architect Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Lead Architect Daily Rate Trend

Lead Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Lead Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Lead Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 6 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.

LocationRank 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
DerbyshireDown-24--
Lead Architect EnglandLead Architect
England

Lead Architect
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title.

15 (83.33 %)Java
24 (66.67 %)C
24 (66.67 %)Oracle
24 (66.67 %)Manufacturing
24 (66.67 %)UNIX
24 (66.67 %)Microsoft
33 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
33 (50.00 %)BC Cleared
33 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
33 (50.00 %)MS Excel
41 (16.67 %)MS Visio
41 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
41 (16.67 %)SOA
41 (16.67 %)Rational Rose
41 (16.67 %)Eclipse
41 (16.67 %)RDBMS
41 (16.67 %)IBM
41 (16.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (16.67 %)C++
41 (16.67 %)Perl
41 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (16.67 %)J2EE
41 (16.67 %)WebSphere
41 (16.67 %)Software Packaging
41 (16.67 %)Blackberry
41 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
41 (16.67 %)Windows
41 (16.67 %)UML
41 (16.67 %)Migration

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)J2EE
11 (16.67 %)WebSphere
11 (16.67 %)Software Packaging
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (16.67 %)MS Exchange
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (50.00 %)MS Excel
21 (16.67 %)MS Visio
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)RDBMS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)Rational Rose
11 (16.67 %)Eclipse
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Manufacturing
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Blackberry
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (66.67 %)UNIX
21 (16.67 %)Windows
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
13 (50.00 %)BC Cleared
13 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (16.67 %)UML
21 (16.67 %)SOA
21 (16.67 %)Configuration Management
21 (16.67 %)Migration
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)Java
24 (66.67 %)C
31 (16.67 %)C++
31 (16.67 %)Perl
31 (16.67 %)SQL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)Oracle
14 (66.67 %)Microsoft
21 (16.67 %)IBM