The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior 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 Gloucestershire 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
Senior Architect
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £500 £475
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £55.00 - £45.00
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
262 621 398
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 95.27% 92.83% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 366 159
Average daily rate £380 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £276 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 33 61
Average hourly rate £16.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £21.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £37.40 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Architect
South West

Senior Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Senior Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Senior Architect Daily Rate Trend

Senior Architect
Top 13 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) JUnit
1 4 (100.00%) EJB
1 4 (100.00%) SOAP
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) JBoss
1 4 (100.00%) JavaBeans
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) REST

Senior Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) EJB
1 4 (100.00%) SOAP
1 4 (100.00%) JavaBeans
1 4 (100.00%) REST
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JUnit
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) JBoss