The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Architecture over the 3 months to 20 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 East Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 82 76 78
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +2
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 1 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.079% 0.366% 0.074%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.118% 0.567% 0.114%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £355 £388
% change year-on-year
-1.40% -8.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £41.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-9.63% +50.90%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
846 882 874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 67.25% 64.62% 64.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 449 369
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £228 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 50 62
Average hourly rate £27.50 £34.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.11% +30.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.90 £13.73
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Software Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Nottinghamshire -4 1 £450 -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (70.00%) UML
2 5 (50.00%) Ada
2 5 (50.00%) OOD
2 5 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 5 (50.00%) DO-178B
3 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) Java
5 2 (20.00%) SQL
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) C
5 2 (20.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) C++
5 2 (20.00%) OOP
5 2 (20.00%) OO
5 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (20.00%) Code Coverage
5 2 (20.00%) Data Mining
5 2 (20.00%) Eclipse
5 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
5 2 (20.00%) Java EE
5 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) Games
5 2 (20.00%) Hibernate
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (20.00%) QA
5 2 (20.00%) GlassFish
5 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (20.00%) Test Automation

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 2 (20.00%) Hibernate
1 2 (20.00%) Spring
1 2 (20.00%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (20.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Development Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Development Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Software Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Software Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) UML
2 5 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 5 (50.00%) OOD
3 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Process Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Game Development
4 2 (20.00%) Code Coverage
4 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (20.00%) OOP
4 2 (20.00%) OO
5 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Ada
2 3 (30.00%) Java
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) C
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) DO-178B
2 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft