The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 19 June 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 East of England 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 34 31 34
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 102 150 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 4.613% 4.967% 4.357%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.911% 5.297% 4.632%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 68 69
Average daily rate £450 £438 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £397 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -32.50%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2077 2832 2612
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.94% 93.77% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1064 1329 1164
Average daily rate £338 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £188 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 323 328
Average hourly rate £26.00 £22.88 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.66% +30.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.00 £37.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Architect
England

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

East of England Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
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 of England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hertfordshire 0 35 £500 +14.28% 18
Bedfordshire +5 21 £450 -10.04% 5
Cambridgeshire 0 20 £463 +8.82% 14
Essex +6 13 £525 +356.52% 2
Suffolk +10 4 £425 +3.03% 4
Norfolk -11 3 £440 -2.22% 3
Architect
England

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 60 (28.44%) .NET
2 49 (23.22%) SOA
3 44 (20.85%) Windows
4 42 (19.91%) Retail
5 41 (19.43%) SQL Server
6 36 (17.06%) Oracle
6 36 (17.06%) Finance
7 34 (16.11%) TDD
7 34 (16.11%) Microsoft
8 33 (15.64%) C#
9 28 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
10 27 (12.80%) Java
10 27 (12.80%) SharePoint
11 26 (12.32%) TOGAF
12 25 (11.85%) SAP
13 22 (10.43%) Agile Software Development
14 21 (9.953%) Citrix
15 20 (9.479%) BizTalk Server
15 20 (9.479%) XML
16 19 (9.005%) OO
17 18 (8.531%) Stakeholder Management
17 18 (8.531%) N-Tier
18 16 (7.583%) Enterprise Software
18 16 (7.583%) VMware
19 15 (7.109%) Data Warehouse
19 15 (7.109%) Technical Architecture
20 14 (6.635%) E-Commerce
20 14 (6.635%) Web Services
20 14 (6.635%) Scrum
20 14 (6.635%) Change Management

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 60 (28.44%) .NET
2 20 (9.479%) XML
3 14 (6.635%) Web Services
4 11 (5.213%) XML Schema
4 11 (5.213%) SAP PI
5 9 (4.265%) WSDL
5 9 (4.265%) Silverlight
6 8 (3.791%) ASP.NET
6 8 (3.791%) J2EE
7 7 (3.318%) Middleware
8 5 (2.370%) WCF
8 5 (2.370%) WPF
9 4 (1.896%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.896%) HTML
10 3 (1.422%) JSP
10 3 (1.422%) Flash
10 3 (1.422%) HTML5
10 3 (1.422%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (1.422%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.948%) Mason
Application Platforms
1 27 (12.80%) SharePoint
2 20 (9.479%) BizTalk Server
3 12 (5.687%) SharePoint 2010
4 11 (5.213%) Windows Azure
4 11 (5.213%) ESB
5 7 (3.318%) WebLogic
5 7 (3.318%) IIS
6 4 (1.896%) Lync
6 4 (1.896%) Apache
7 3 (1.422%) SAS
7 3 (1.422%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.948%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.948%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.948%) MS Exchange
8 2 (0.948%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.474%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.474%) Tuxedo
9 1 (0.474%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.474%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.474%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 10 (4.739%) MS Visio
2 9 (4.265%) MS Excel
3 5 (2.370%) InfoPath
4 4 (1.896%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (0.474%) MS Office
5 1 (0.474%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.896%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.896%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.422%) SAP MII
3 2 (0.948%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.474%) Maximo
4 1 (0.474%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.474%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.474%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.474%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.265%) DNS
2 8 (3.791%) Internet
3 7 (3.318%) HTTP
4 6 (2.844%) DHCP
4 6 (2.844%) LDAP
5 5 (2.370%) SAN
6 4 (1.896%) VoIP
6 4 (1.896%) WAN
6 4 (1.896%) Nortel Meridian
7 3 (1.422%) MPLS
7 3 (1.422%) Broadband
7 3 (1.422%) Ethernet
7 3 (1.422%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.422%) Unified Communications
7 3 (1.422%) xDSL
8 2 (0.948%) IP Telephony
8 2 (0.948%) DPNSS
8 2 (0.948%) Q.931
8 2 (0.948%) H.323
9 1 (0.474%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (19.43%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.109%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (4.265%) VLDB
3 9 (4.265%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (3.791%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 7 (3.318%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (2.844%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 6 (2.844%) SAP BW
6 6 (2.844%) SAP BI
7 5 (2.370%) SQL Server 2008
7 5 (2.370%) SQL Server 2005
7 5 (2.370%) BusinessObjects XI
8 2 (0.948%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.948%) MySQL
8 2 (0.948%) GIS
9 1 (0.474%) Oracle OWB
9 1 (0.474%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.474%) IDOL
9 1 (0.474%) DB2
9 1 (0.474%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 6 (2.844%) Axure RP
2 4 (1.896%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (1.422%) ERwin
3 3 (1.422%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.422%) Balsamiq Mockups
3 3 (1.422%) Talend Open Studio
4 1 (0.474%) Maven
4 1 (0.474%) Ant
4 1 (0.474%) PVCS
4 1 (0.474%) PowerBuilder
General
1 42 (19.91%) Retail
2 36 (17.06%) Finance
3 12 (5.687%) Telecoms
4 9 (4.265%) Manufacturing
5 8 (3.791%) Publishing
6 4 (1.896%) Marketing
6 4 (1.896%) Billing
7 3 (1.422%) Banking
8 1 (0.474%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.474%) Local Government
8 1 (0.474%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.531%) N-Tier
2 16 (7.583%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (4.265%) Contract for Difference
4 7 (3.318%) NHS
5 5 (2.370%) IVR
6 3 (1.422%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.422%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.422%) Streaming Media
7 2 (0.948%) Computer Science
7 2 (0.948%) Blackberry
7 2 (0.948%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.474%) EMC Centera
8 1 (0.474%) Chip and PIN
8 1 (0.474%) IaaS
8 1 (0.474%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.474%) iPad
8 1 (0.474%) SaaS
8 1 (0.474%) IIBA
8 1 (0.474%) Open Source
8 1 (0.474%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 44 (20.85%) Windows
2 10 (4.739%) Windows 7
3 7 (3.318%) Linux
4 6 (2.844%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (2.844%) UNIX
5 5 (2.370%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (1.896%) Solaris
7 3 (1.422%) AIX
8 1 (0.474%) zOS
8 1 (0.474%) Android
8 1 (0.474%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (23.22%) SOA
2 34 (16.11%) TDD
3 28 (13.27%) Business Intelligence
4 26 (12.32%) TOGAF
5 22 (10.43%) Agile Software Development
6 19 (9.005%) OO
7 18 (8.531%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (7.109%) Technical Architecture
9 14 (6.635%) E-Commerce
9 14 (6.635%) Scrum
9 14 (6.635%) Change Management
10 13 (6.161%) ETL
11 12 (5.687%) CRM
12 11 (5.213%) ITIL
12 11 (5.213%) Data Architecture
12 11 (5.213%) Enterprise Architecture
13 10 (4.739%) Information Architecture
13 10 (4.739%) Data Modelling
13 10 (4.739%) Workflow
14 9 (4.265%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.64%) C#
2 27 (12.80%) Java
3 13 (6.161%) SQL
4 6 (2.844%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.896%) Python
5 4 (1.896%) T-SQL
5 4 (1.896%) VB
6 3 (1.422%) C++
7 2 (0.948%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.948%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.948%) C
7 2 (0.948%) Perl
7 2 (0.948%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.474%) VBScript
8 1 (0.474%) PHP
8 1 (0.474%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.474%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (2.844%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.896%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (1.896%) CCNA
3 3 (1.422%) ISEB
4 2 (0.948%) Degree
4 2 (0.948%) CCNP
4 2 (0.948%) CCIP
4 2 (0.948%) CCDP
5 1 (0.474%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.474%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.474%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.474%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.896%) QA
2 1 (0.474%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.474%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.474%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (5.687%) XenApp
2 8 (3.791%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (3.791%) Active Directory
3 7 (3.318%) VMware ESX
4 6 (2.844%) XenServer
4 6 (2.844%) XenDesktop
4 6 (2.844%) Microsoft App-V
5 5 (2.370%) VMware Server
6 2 (0.948%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.474%) Tivoli Directory Server
7 1 (0.474%) vSphere
7 1 (0.474%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (1.896%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (1.422%) MOM
3 2 (0.948%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.474%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (0.474%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (17.06%) Oracle
2 34 (16.11%) Microsoft
3 25 (11.85%) SAP
4 21 (9.953%) Citrix
5 16 (7.583%) VMware
6 10 (4.739%) Cisco
7 7 (3.318%) AppSense
7 7 (3.318%) Business Objects
8 5 (2.370%) Informatica
8 5 (2.370%) IBM
9 4 (1.896%) Nortel
9 4 (1.896%) Teradata
9 4 (1.896%) TIBCO
10 3 (1.422%) Adobe
10 3 (1.422%) Talend
10 3 (1.422%) Wonderware
11 2 (0.948%) ClickTale
11 2 (0.948%) HP
11 2 (0.948%) EMC
11 2 (0.948%) Salesforce.com
Hertfordshire
You will have strong knowledge of the Java or .Net stacks, Oracle and SOA... If you are a solutions architect with strong all round technical knowledge (including Java, ...
Initi8 Recruitment
Rate: Great Rates
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Keywords - Solution Architect, business requirements, architecture, COTS, business change, ecommerce, Business Intelligence, Oracle, SAS, Informatica, Application development, Java, .Net, Oracle, Weblogic, SOA, Oracle SOA Suite, Mainframe solutions, TOGAF,...
Circle Recruitment
Rate: £500 - £730 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
One of the countries leading insurance firms are seeking an immediate contractor for 12 months to work within their life and pensions business particularly focusing on retirement solutions...
The People Network
Rate: £450 - £650 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Hertfordshire
Business Intelligence (e.g, tools from Microsoft, Oracle, SAS, Informatica) Application development (e.g, Java, .NET, Oracle RDBMS, Weblogic) Systems integration (including authentication and security with 3rd parties)...
Sanderson
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The Lead Data Architect will be responsible for developing a comprehensive data architecture for the portal estate. The data architecture will include both existing and new data models,...
Verticality Ltd
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hertfordshire
Roc Search
Posted: 13 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Essex
Logic Engagements Ltd
Posted: 12 June 2013
East of England
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 1 June 2013
East of England
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 1 June 2013
Cambridgeshire
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: 6 months contract
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Rate: Market Rates
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Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013
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