The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Architect
Rank 454 462 492
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +30
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 59 97 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.142% 0.182% 0.141%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.154% 0.197% 0.152%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 65 47
Average daily rate £550 £450 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% -18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £365 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £621 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £505 £450 £550
% change year-on-year
+12.22% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £54.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Architect
UK

Applications Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Applications Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Applications Architect Daily Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Applications Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Architect across the England region.

England Applications Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +29 35 £550 +22.22%
South East +9 10 £485 -0.51%
South West +35 8 £575 -4.16%
Yorkshire - 4 - -
East of England +16 1 - -
North West -15 1 £438 +5.10%
Applications Architect
UK

Applications Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 33 (28.21%) Java
2 31 (26.50%) .NET
3 27 (23.08%) SQL
4 26 (22.22%) Oracle
5 24 (20.51%) UML
6 21 (17.95%) Web Services
6 21 (17.95%) Finance
7 17 (14.53%) TOGAF
7 17 (14.53%) Security Cleared
8 16 (13.68%) OO
9 14 (11.97%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (11.11%) Windows
10 13 (11.11%) RUP
10 13 (11.11%) Microsoft
10 13 (11.11%) Migration
11 12 (10.26%) C#
12 11 (9.402%) SOA
12 11 (9.402%) E-Commerce
12 11 (9.402%) Banking
13 10 (8.547%) SC Cleared
13 10 (8.547%) CISSP
13 10 (8.547%) REST
14 9 (7.692%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 9 (7.692%) SQL Server
14 9 (7.692%) XML
14 9 (7.692%) SOAP
14 9 (7.692%) Silverlight
14 9 (7.692%) Security Architecture
14 9 (7.692%) Retail
15 8 (6.838%) TDD

Applications Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development
1 31 (26.50%) .NET
2 21 (17.95%) Web Services
3 10 (8.547%) REST
4 9 (7.692%) XML
4 9 (7.692%) SOAP
4 9 (7.692%) Silverlight
5 8 (6.838%) WCF
5 8 (6.838%) Middleware
6 7 (5.983%) Apache Flex
7 6 (5.128%) .NET Framework
7 6 (5.128%) J2EE
8 4 (3.419%) Spring
8 4 (3.419%) NHibernate
8 4 (3.419%) WebSphere
9 3 (2.564%) Hibernate
9 3 (2.564%) ASP.NET
9 3 (2.564%) XSLT
9 3 (2.564%) HTML
9 3 (2.564%) HTML5
9 3 (2.564%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.274%) CMS
1 5 (4.274%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.419%) IIS
3 3 (2.564%) Documentum
3 3 (2.564%) Oracle Service Bus
3 3 (2.564%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (1.709%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (1.709%) SAP Portal
4 2 (1.709%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.709%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.855%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.855%) Apache
5 1 (0.855%) MSMQ
5 1 (0.855%) Tuxedo
5 1 (0.855%) WebSphere Portal
5 1 (0.855%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 3 (2.564%) MS Visio
1 3 (2.564%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.709%) MS Office
3 1 (0.855%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.709%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (1.709%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.855%) Staffware
2 1 (0.855%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.855%) Endur
2 1 (0.855%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.855%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.855%) TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.838%) Internet
2 7 (5.983%) Intranet
3 5 (4.274%) Extranet
4 3 (2.564%) Firewall
5 1 (0.855%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.128%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (4.274%) Big Data
4 4 (3.419%) MySQL
5 3 (2.564%) DB2
5 3 (2.564%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.564%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (2.564%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.709%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (1.709%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.855%) GIS
7 1 (0.855%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.855%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.855%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.855%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.855%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.855%) Sqoop
7 1 (0.855%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 4 (3.419%) NUnit
2 3 (2.564%) MSTest
2 3 (2.564%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.709%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (1.709%) ERwin
4 1 (0.855%) PVCS
4 1 (0.855%) Moq
4 1 (0.855%) Talend Open Studio
4 1 (0.855%) Maven
4 1 (0.855%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 21 (17.95%) Finance
2 11 (9.402%) Banking
3 9 (7.692%) Retail
4 4 (3.419%) Investment Banking
4 4 (3.419%) Retail Banking
4 4 (3.419%) Back Office
5 2 (1.709%) Billing
5 2 (1.709%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.855%) Automotive
6 1 (0.855%) Front Office
6 1 (0.855%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.855%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.855%) Local Government
6 1 (0.855%) Wholesale Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.97%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (7.692%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (5.983%) Mobile App
4 5 (4.274%) Social Media
5 4 (3.419%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.709%) Web 2.0
6 2 (1.709%) Computer Science
6 2 (1.709%) Open Source
6 2 (1.709%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.855%) Clustering
7 1 (0.855%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.855%) NHS
7 1 (0.855%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.855%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.855%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.855%) Blog
7 1 (0.855%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.855%) RIA
7 1 (0.855%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.855%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.11%) Windows
2 6 (5.128%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (2.564%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (2.564%) UNIX
3 3 (2.564%) Android
3 3 (2.564%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.709%) Windows Phone
4 2 (1.709%) Windows Phone 8
4 2 (1.709%) BlackBerry OS
5 1 (0.855%) HPUX
5 1 (0.855%) Solaris
5 1 (0.855%) Linux
5 1 (0.855%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.51%) UML
2 17 (14.53%) TOGAF
3 16 (13.68%) OO
4 13 (11.11%) RUP
4 13 (11.11%) Migration
5 11 (9.402%) SOA
5 11 (9.402%) E-Commerce
6 9 (7.692%) Security Architecture
7 8 (6.838%) TDD
7 8 (6.838%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (6.838%) MVVM
7 8 (6.838%) Project Management
8 7 (5.983%) Multithreading
9 6 (5.128%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (5.128%) ITIL
10 5 (4.274%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (4.274%) Data Modelling
10 5 (4.274%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (4.274%) Information Management
10 5 (4.274%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (28.21%) Java
2 27 (23.08%) SQL
3 12 (10.26%) C#
4 7 (5.983%) PL/SQL
5 5 (4.274%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.564%) C++
7 2 (1.709%) XPath
7 2 (1.709%) COBOL
7 2 (1.709%) VB
7 2 (1.709%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.855%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.855%) C
8 1 (0.855%) XQuery
8 1 (0.855%) Python
8 1 (0.855%) Bash shell
8 1 (0.855%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (14.53%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.547%) SC Cleared
2 10 (8.547%) CISSP
3 4 (3.419%) Degree
4 2 (1.709%) BC Cleared
4 2 (1.709%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.709%) CSSLP
5 1 (0.855%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.709%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.855%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.855%) QA
2 1 (0.855%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (4.274%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.709%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.709%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.855%) vSphere
3 1 (0.855%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.855%) Apache Flume
Vendors
1 26 (22.22%) Oracle
2 13 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.128%) VMware
4 4 (3.419%) Citrix
5 3 (2.564%) HP
5 3 (2.564%) IBM
6 2 (1.709%) Tableau
6 2 (1.709%) SAP
6 2 (1.709%) Ab Initio
7 1 (0.855%) EMC
7 1 (0.855%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.855%) Apple
7 1 (0.855%) BEA
7 1 (0.855%) Informatica
7 1 (0.855%) NetApp
7 1 (0.855%) ILOG
7 1 (0.855%) Business Objects
7 1 (0.855%) Fujitsu
7 1 (0.855%) Netezza
7 1 (0.855%) 3PAR
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Posted: 30 April 2013