The first table below looks at the demand for the User Experience 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 User Experience Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Experience (UX) Architect
Rank 512 504 514
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +10
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Architect 23 45 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.053% 0.085% 0.114%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.092% 0.123%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 36 33
Average daily rate £493 £450 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.44% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £335 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £631 £608 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+18.42% +1.33%
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
40481 49067 52965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.47% 92.55% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23980 27814 29579
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £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 1993 2429 2822
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.35 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.30 £40.00 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
User Experience Architect
UK

User Experience Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England User Experience Architect Jobs Demand Trend

User Experience Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

England User Experience Architect Daily Rate Trend

User Experience Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing User Experience Architect across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England User Experience Architect Daily Rate Histogram

User Experience Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience Architect within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London 0 13 £550 +15.78% 2
South East +18 4 £450 - 2
User Experience Architect
UK

User Experience Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited User Experience 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 User Experience Architect in their job title.

1 28 (53.85%) Information Architecture
2 23 (44.23%) Axure RP
3 20 (38.46%) MS Visio
4 13 (25.00%) Photoshop
4 13 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 12 (23.08%) Finance
6 11 (21.15%) OmniGraffle
7 10 (19.23%) HTML
8 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
8 9 (17.31%) Adobe
8 9 (17.31%) Adobe Illustrator
8 9 (17.31%) InDesign
8 9 (17.31%) Banking
9 6 (11.54%) User Experience Design
9 6 (11.54%) Analytics
9 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
9 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
10 5 (9.615%) Web Accessibility
10 5 (9.615%) Telecoms
10 5 (9.615%) Investment Banking
10 5 (9.615%) Dreamweaver
10 5 (9.615%) CSS
11 4 (7.692%) Flash
11 4 (7.692%) MS Excel
11 4 (7.692%) Interactive Media
11 4 (7.692%) Fixed Income
11 4 (7.692%) Retail
11 4 (7.692%) Ajax
11 4 (7.692%) Microsoft Blend
11 4 (7.692%) Apache Flex

User Experience Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited User Experience 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 User Experience Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (19.23%) HTML
2 5 (9.615%) CSS
3 4 (7.692%) Flash
3 4 (7.692%) Ajax
3 4 (7.692%) Apache Flex
4 3 (5.769%) HTML5
5 2 (3.846%) CSS3
5 2 (3.846%) jQuery
6 1 (1.923%) WinRT
Applications
1 20 (38.46%) MS Visio
2 13 (25.00%) Photoshop
3 11 (21.15%) OmniGraffle
4 9 (17.31%) Adobe Illustrator
4 9 (17.31%) InDesign
5 4 (7.692%) MS Excel
6 3 (5.769%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.846%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.923%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (44.23%) Axure RP
2 5 (9.615%) Dreamweaver
3 4 (7.692%) Microsoft Blend
4 2 (3.846%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 12 (23.08%) Finance
2 9 (17.31%) Banking
3 5 (9.615%) Investment Banking
3 5 (9.615%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.692%) Interactive Media
4 4 (7.692%) Retail
5 3 (5.769%) Marketing
5 3 (5.769%) Front Office
6 1 (1.923%) Back Office
6 1 (1.923%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.692%) Fixed Income
2 2 (3.846%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (3.846%) Smartphone
2 2 (3.846%) Psychology
2 2 (3.846%) iPad
2 2 (3.846%) SWIFT
3 1 (1.923%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.923%) Ergonomics
3 1 (1.923%) Social Network
3 1 (1.923%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.923%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.923%) W3C
3 1 (1.923%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.769%) Windows
1 3 (5.769%) Android
1 3 (5.769%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.923%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (53.85%) Information Architecture
2 13 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 6 (11.54%) User Experience Design
3 6 (11.54%) Analytics
4 5 (9.615%) Web Accessibility
5 3 (5.769%) B2B
5 3 (5.769%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (5.769%) Web Design
5 3 (5.769%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.846%) Cash Management
6 2 (3.846%) Business Analysis
6 2 (3.846%) Migration
6 2 (3.846%) Use Case
7 1 (1.923%) Usability Testing
7 1 (1.923%) Product Marketing
7 1 (1.923%) Responsive Web Design
7 1 (1.923%) Data Analytics
7 1 (1.923%) Competitor Analysis
7 1 (1.923%) Software Testing
7 1 (1.923%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.846%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.923%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.846%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
1 9 (17.31%) Adobe
2 2 (3.846%) Siebel
3 1 (1.923%) Omniture
3 1 (1.923%) ClickTale
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Azure, Balsamiq, OmniGraffle etc and Knowledge of content and data management systems. Keywords: User Experience, UX, User Experience Architect, Interaction Design, HCI, RIA, Cognitive Psychology, Heuristics, Wire frame,...
Verticality Ltd
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013