Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Systems Architect role in IT contracts within the England 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 Senior Systems Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSenior System Architect
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank518621
Rank change on same period last yearUp+103
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.002 %0.005 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£400£375
Average daily rate£488£400
% change on same period last year+21.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£575£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£488£400
% change on same period last year+21.87 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5225079626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.30 %85.32 %
Daily rates quoted1686424512
Average minimum daily rate£366£390
Average daily rate£392£414
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted51377273
Average minimum hourly rate£22.14£23.57
Average hourly rate£23.59£25.15
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.04£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Senior Systems Architect UKSenior Systems Architect
UK

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.

Senior Systems Architect
Demand Trend

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

England Senior Systems Architect Demand Trend

Senior Systems Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Senior Systems Architect Daily Rate Trend

Senior Systems Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Senior Systems Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Systems Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Systems Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of EnglandNew entry-1£488-
Senior Systems Architect UKSenior Systems Architect
UK

Senior Systems Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior Systems 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 Senior Systems Architect in their job title.

13 (75.00 %)WebServices
13 (75.00 %)Java
13 (75.00 %).NET
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)EJB
22 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)UML
22 (50.00 %)OO
22 (50.00 %)OOD
22 (50.00 %)Thin Client
22 (50.00 %)Construction
22 (50.00 %)Credit Risk
22 (50.00 %)Fat Client
22 (50.00 %)JAX-WS
22 (50.00 %)EJB 3.0
22 (50.00 %)WinForms
22 (50.00 %)Middleware
31 (25.00 %)Zachman Framework
31 (25.00 %)TOGAF
31 (25.00 %)Content Management
31 (25.00 %)Spring
31 (25.00 %)WebSphere
31 (25.00 %)Java EE
31 (25.00 %)Degree
31 (25.00 %)WPF
31 (25.00 %)WF
31 (25.00 %)Migration
31 (25.00 %)Stellent
31 (25.00 %)Hibernate
31 (25.00 %)E-business

Senior Systems Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Senior Systems 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 Senior Systems Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)WebServices
13 (75.00 %).NET
22 (50.00 %)Middleware
22 (50.00 %)WinForms
22 (50.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (50.00 %)EJB
22 (50.00 %)JAX-WS
22 (50.00 %)EJB 3.0
31 (25.00 %)JDBC
31 (25.00 %)Servlets
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)Swing
31 (25.00 %)JMS
31 (25.00 %)Spring
31 (25.00 %)WebSphere
31 (25.00 %)Java EE
31 (25.00 %)WPF
31 (25.00 %)WF
31 (25.00 %)Hibernate
31 (25.00 %)J2EE
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (25.00 %)JBoss
11 (25.00 %)Tomcat
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Oracle Forms
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Construction
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)Thin Client
12 (50.00 %)Credit Risk
12 (50.00 %)Fat Client
21 (25.00 %)N-Tier
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Windows
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)OOD
12 (50.00 %)UML
12 (50.00 %)OO
21 (25.00 %)RUP
21 (25.00 %)E-business
21 (25.00 %)Workflow
21 (25.00 %)Migration
21 (25.00 %)Zachman Framework
21 (25.00 %)TOGAF
21 (25.00 %)Content Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)C#
21 (25.00 %)C++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Sun Certification
11 (25.00 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)Tivoli
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle
11 (25.00 %)Sybase
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft
11 (25.00 %)Stellent