The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Architect
Rank 55 - 68
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an IT Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.123% - 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.131% - 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £510 £488 £425
% change year-on-year
+4.61% +14.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.50
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
761 1040 1269
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 93.95% 94.03% 94.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 520 626
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 26 35
Average hourly rate £15.50 £24.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.41% +56.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.41 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
IT Architect
Scotland

IT Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh IT Architect Jobs Demand Trend

IT Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IT Architect across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh IT Architect Daily Rate Trend

IT Architect
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Web Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL

IT Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics