The first table below looks at the demand for the Integration 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 Integration Architect 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
Integration Architect
Rank 486 530 504
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -26
Contract jobs requiring an Integration Architect 28 40 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.066% 0.074% 0.108%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.080% 0.117%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 34 34
Average daily rate £563 £500 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £400 £415
10% offered a daily rate of more than £613 £600 £568
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £500 £475
% change year-on-year
+10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £127.50
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%
Integration Architect
UK

Integration Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Integration Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Integration Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Integration Architect Daily Rate Trend

Integration Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Integration Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Integration Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Integration Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Integration Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Architect 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 +16 12 £575 +15.00%
South East +19 6 £500 +8.10%
East of England - 4 £575 -
East Midlands -1 3 £600 +20.00%
South West - 2 £420 -
West Midlands +9 1 - -
Integration Architect
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Integration Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (25.40%) WebSphere
2 14 (22.22%) Web Services
3 12 (19.05%) TOGAF
4 10 (15.87%) Business Analysis
4 10 (15.87%) BizTalk Server
5 9 (14.29%) TIBCO
5 9 (14.29%) SOA
6 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
6 8 (12.70%) Oracle
6 8 (12.70%) Data Integration
6 8 (12.70%) Retail
7 7 (11.11%) Finance
7 7 (11.11%) Java
8 6 (9.524%) SAP
8 6 (9.524%) EAI
8 6 (9.524%) Data Modelling
8 6 (9.524%) BusinessWorks
8 6 (9.524%) Project Management
8 6 (9.524%) Technical Architecture
8 6 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (7.937%) Master Data Management
9 5 (7.937%) Java EE
9 5 (7.937%) TIBCO EMS
9 5 (7.937%) Logistics
9 5 (7.937%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 5 (7.937%) Data Management
9 5 (7.937%) JRules
9 5 (7.937%) Data Security
9 5 (7.937%) Management Information System
9 5 (7.937%) IBM

Integration Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 16 (25.40%) WebSphere
2 14 (22.22%) Web Services
3 5 (7.937%) Java EE
3 5 (7.937%) JRules
3 5 (7.937%) Middleware
3 5 (7.937%) XML
4 4 (6.349%) .NET
5 3 (4.762%) SAP PI
5 3 (4.762%) J2EE
6 2 (3.175%) EDI
6 2 (3.175%) SAP XI
6 2 (3.175%) SAP Basis
6 2 (3.175%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (1.587%) Visualforce
7 1 (1.587%) SAP ALE
7 1 (1.587%) BAPI
7 1 (1.587%) JDBC
7 1 (1.587%) JSP
7 1 (1.587%) SOAP
7 1 (1.587%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 10 (15.87%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (7.937%) TIBCO EMS
2 5 (7.937%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 4 (6.349%) ESB
4 3 (4.762%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (4.762%) SharePoint
5 2 (3.175%) MQSeries
5 2 (3.175%) Apache
5 2 (3.175%) IIS
5 2 (3.175%) Commerce Server
5 2 (3.175%) CMS
5 2 (3.175%) Drupal
5 2 (3.175%) Joomla!
6 1 (1.587%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (1.587%) Lync
6 1 (1.587%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (1.587%) NetWeaver
6 1 (1.587%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (1.587%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.587%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (9.524%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (1.587%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.587%) TIBCO iProcess
2 1 (1.587%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.587%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.587%) Staffware
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.762%) BSS
2 1 (1.587%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.587%) FTP
2 1 (1.587%) HTTP
2 1 (1.587%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.349%) DB2
2 3 (4.762%) DataStage
3 2 (3.175%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.175%) MySQL
3 2 (3.175%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.175%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (1.587%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (1.587%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 8 (12.70%) Retail
2 7 (11.11%) Finance
3 4 (6.349%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.762%) Banking
5 1 (1.587%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.587%) Local Government
5 1 (1.587%) Billing
5 1 (1.587%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Data Integration
2 6 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (7.937%) Management Information System
4 4 (6.349%) SaaS
4 4 (6.349%) PaaS
5 3 (4.762%) DataPower
6 2 (3.175%) NHS
6 2 (3.175%) Open Source
6 2 (3.175%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.175%) Windows
2 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.05%) TOGAF
2 10 (15.87%) Business Analysis
3 9 (14.29%) SOA
4 6 (9.524%) EAI
4 6 (9.524%) Data Modelling
4 6 (9.524%) Project Management
4 6 (9.524%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (7.937%) Master Data Management
5 5 (7.937%) Logistics
5 5 (7.937%) Data Management
5 5 (7.937%) Data Security
6 4 (6.349%) PRINCE2
6 4 (6.349%) ETL
6 4 (6.349%) Zachman Framework
6 4 (6.349%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (6.349%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (4.762%) RUP
8 2 (3.175%) ITIL
8 2 (3.175%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.11%) Java
2 4 (6.349%) C++
3 2 (3.175%) PHP
3 2 (3.175%) PL/SQL
3 2 (3.175%) SQL
4 1 (1.587%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.587%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (3.175%) Degree
2 1 (1.587%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.175%) GMP
System Software
1 1 (1.587%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.587%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.175%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 9 (14.29%) TIBCO
2 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) Oracle
3 6 (9.524%) SAP
4 5 (7.937%) IBM
5 4 (6.349%) Ab Initio
5 4 (6.349%) RedPrairie
6 3 (4.762%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (3.175%) Informatica
7 2 (3.175%) Epicor
7 2 (3.175%) Zend
7 2 (3.175%) Facebook
7 2 (3.175%) Twitter
7 2 (3.175%) Guidewire
8 1 (1.587%) Talend
8 1 (1.587%) Tandberg
8 1 (1.587%) VMware
8 1 (1.587%) ILOG
8 1 (1.587%) CODA
8 1 (1.587%) HP