The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Architecture
Rank 506 555 555
Rank change year-on-year
+49 0
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 8 15 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.019% 0.028% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.030% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 6
Average daily rate £700 £738 £850
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.08% -13.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £506 £750
10% offered a daily rate of more than £900 £878 £1,000
UK excluding London average daily rate £700 £625 £850
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -26.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39040 50214 51349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.49% 92.56% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22971 28392 28508
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £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 2022 2460 2732
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 £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Head of Architecture
UK

Head of Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Head of Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Head of Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Head of Architecture across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Head of Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Head of Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Architecture within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +27 4 £750 -3.22%
North West - 3 £581 -
South East +17 1 £900 +100.00%
Head of Architecture
UK

Head of Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (41.67%) Data Architecture
2 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 3 (25.00%) Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 2 (16.67%) Local Government
5 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (8.333%) Degree
5 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (8.333%) SCOM
5 1 (8.333%) Kanban
5 1 (8.333%) Process Architecture
5 1 (8.333%) Cisco
5 1 (8.333%) IBM
5 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
5 1 (8.333%) HP
5 1 (8.333%) NetApp
5 1 (8.333%) Middleware
5 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma
5 1 (8.333%) Service Management
5 1 (8.333%) Law
5 1 (8.333%) Legal
5 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.333%) VMware
5 1 (8.333%) Zachman Framework

Head of Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
1 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
General
1 2 (16.67%) Retail
1 2 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (8.333%) Law
2 1 (8.333%) Legal
2 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (41.67%) Data Architecture
2 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 3 (25.00%) Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (8.333%) Kanban
5 1 (8.333%) Process Architecture
5 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma
5 1 (8.333%) Service Management
5 1 (8.333%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (8.333%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Cisco
1 1 (8.333%) IBM
1 1 (8.333%) HP
1 1 (8.333%) NetApp
1 1 (8.333%) VMware