The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Architecture skills 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 Computer Architecture over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Computer Architecture
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Computer Architecture 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1451 1895 1688
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.56% 64.52% 65.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 818 925 768
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 133 155 185
Average hourly rate £35.03 £31.25 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.08% -3.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.39 £12.37 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Computer Architecture
England

Computer Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Computer Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Architecture
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Computer 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 Computer Architecture.

1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Cocoa
1 1 (100.00%) Xcode
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
1 1 (100.00%) iOS SDK
1 1 (100.00%) Direct3D
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Phone

Computer Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Computer 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 Computer Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 1 (100.00%) Cocoa
1 1 (100.00%) iOS SDK
1 1 (100.00%) Direct3D
1 1 (100.00%) OpenGL ES
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Xcode
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Game Development
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree