The first table below looks at the demand for Software 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 Software 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
Software Architecture
Rank 117 128 122
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -6
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 3 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.138% 0.102% 0.155%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.207% 0.158% 0.237%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £350 - £506
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £374 £388
% change year-on-year
-6.41% -3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 £41.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.61% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £41.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-9.63% +50.90%
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%
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridgeshire - 3 £350 -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 4 (40.00%) C++
1 4 (40.00%) SOA
2 3 (30.00%) Java
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) C
3 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (20.00%) TDD
3 2 (20.00%) OFDM
3 2 (20.00%) MIMO
3 2 (20.00%) Android
3 2 (20.00%) Spring
3 2 (20.00%) LTE
3 2 (20.00%) Open Source
3 2 (20.00%) 4G
3 2 (20.00%) REST
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) J2EE
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) SOAP
3 2 (20.00%) Web Services
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded C++
3 2 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 2 (20.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (20.00%) 3GPP
3 2 (20.00%) Wireless
3 2 (20.00%) Hibernate
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum
3 2 (20.00%) Ruby
4 1 (10.00%) Software Testing

Software 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 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%) Spring
1 2 (20.00%) REST
1 2 (20.00%) J2EE
1 2 (20.00%) SOAP
1 2 (20.00%) Web Services
1 2 (20.00%) Hibernate
2 1 (10.00%) JSON
2 1 (10.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (10.00%) GWT
2 1 (10.00%) JPA
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) POSIX
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
2 1 (10.00%) JDBC
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) Swing
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) OFDM
1 2 (20.00%) MIMO
1 2 (20.00%) LTE
1 2 (20.00%) 4G
1 2 (20.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (10.00%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
1 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (10.00%) JUnit
1 1 (10.00%) ClearCase
1 1 (10.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (10.00%) Maven
General
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) DSP Engineer
1 2 (20.00%) Developer
1 2 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Principal Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Tester
2 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Principal Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Open Source
2 1 (10.00%) DTV
2 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) SOA
2 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (20.00%) TDD
2 2 (20.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) UML
3 1 (10.00%) OO
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (10.00%) V-Model
3 1 (10.00%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C++
2 3 (30.00%) Java
2 3 (30.00%) C
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 2 (20.00%) Embedded C++
3 2 (20.00%) Assembly Language
3 2 (20.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (20.00%) Ruby
4 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Dell
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) JBoss