The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Sussex 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Architect
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Architect 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £488 £425
% change year-on-year
+12.82% +14.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.50
All Job Titles
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
273 349 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 94.79% 96.94% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 174 142
Average daily rate £363 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.02% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £475 £472
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 37 14
Average hourly rate £17.00 £21.75 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.83% +55.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.91 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £175.00 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Architect
South East

IT Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex IT Architect Jobs Demand Trend

IT Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex region that cited IT 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 IT Architect in their job title.

1 5 (71.43%) NetScreen
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (71.43%) MCTS
1 5 (71.43%) MCITP
1 5 (71.43%) EMC NetWorker
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
1 5 (71.43%) IIS
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) SharePoint
1 5 (71.43%) LAN
1 5 (71.43%) WAN
1 5 (71.43%) CCNA
1 5 (71.43%) EMC
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
1 5 (71.43%) SAN
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
1 5 (71.43%) vSphere
1 5 (71.43%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
2 4 (57.14%) VMware ESX
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) BC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) ArchiMate
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 7

IT Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex region that cited IT 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 IT Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) IIS
1 5 (71.43%) SharePoint
1 5 (71.43%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) LAN
1 5 (71.43%) WAN
1 5 (71.43%) SAN
1 5 (71.43%) NetScreen
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (28.57%) ArchiMate
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (71.43%) MCTS
1 5 (71.43%) MCITP
1 5 (71.43%) CCNA
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) BC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) vSphere
2 4 (57.14%) VMware ESX
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Cisco
1 5 (71.43%) EMC
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft