Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Architect role in IT contracts within the Edinburgh region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank51-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.478 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£535£530
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads6281115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.981 %1.213 %
Daily rates quoted183183
Average minimum daily rate£312£315
Average daily rate£340£329
% change on same period last year+3.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£350
% change on same period last year+0.95 %
Hourly rates quoted2253
Average minimum hourly rate£18.25£24.56
Average hourly rate£20.04£26.78
% change on same period last year-25.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.83£28.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.35£24.43
% change on same period last year-4.45 %
Applications Architect ScotlandApplications Architect
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Applications Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Architect across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Applications Architect Demand Trend

Applications Architect
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Applications 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 Applications Architect in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)J2EE
14 (100.00 %)N-Tier
14 (100.00 %)Finance
23 (75.00 %)WebSphere
23 (75.00 %)TDD
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)JUnit
23 (75.00 %)Java
32 (50.00 %)C#
32 (50.00 %)VB
32 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (50.00 %)DB2
32 (50.00 %)UML
32 (50.00 %)SOA
32 (50.00 %)Project Management
32 (50.00 %)Mainframe
32 (50.00 %)VB6
32 (50.00 %)JSF
41 (25.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (25.00 %)IT Governance
41 (25.00 %)Management Information System
41 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
41 (25.00 %)MS Visio
41 (25.00 %)SQL

Applications Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Applications 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 Applications Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)J2EE
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)WebSphere
32 (50.00 %)JSF
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Visio
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)DB2
21 (25.00 %)Datawarehouse
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (75.00 %)JUnit
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (100.00 %)Finance
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (100.00 %)N-Tier
22 (50.00 %)Mainframe
31 (25.00 %)Management Information System
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)TDD
22 (50.00 %)UML
22 (50.00 %)SOA
22 (50.00 %)Project Management
31 (25.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
31 (25.00 %)IT Governance
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)VB
22 (50.00 %)VB6
22 (50.00 %)C#
31 (25.00 %)SQL