The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Guildford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 25 18 19
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 7 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 3.211% 3.306% 1.504%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.431% 3.738% 1.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
Average daily rate £513 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.58% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
204 107 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 93.58% 88.43% 90.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 48 51
Average daily rate £323 £350 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.85% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £247 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 9
Average hourly rate £37.50 £17.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+120.58% -47.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £16.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £56.50 £47.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
Surrey

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Guildford Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region that cited 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 Architect in their job title.

1 20 (68.97%) Radio Access Network
2 16 (55.17%) 3G
2 16 (55.17%) 2G
3 15 (51.72%) Telecoms
4 13 (44.83%) Migration
5 12 (41.38%) Ericsson
6 11 (37.93%) LTE
7 5 (17.24%) 4G
7 5 (17.24%) RNC
8 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
8 4 (13.79%) Finance
8 4 (13.79%) Resource Management
9 3 (10.34%) SAP FI/CO
9 3 (10.34%) SAP CO
9 3 (10.34%) SAP FI
9 3 (10.34%) GSM
9 3 (10.34%) WCDMA
9 3 (10.34%) SAP
10 2 (6.897%) Web Services
10 2 (6.897%) J2EE
10 2 (6.897%) SMTP
10 2 (6.897%) Cisco
10 2 (6.897%) Solaris
10 2 (6.897%) Juniper
10 2 (6.897%) SAN
10 2 (6.897%) Sun
10 2 (6.897%) Firewall
10 2 (6.897%) McAfee
10 2 (6.897%) Radware
10 2 (6.897%) SAP SD

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford region that cited 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.897%) Web Services
1 2 (6.897%) J2EE
1 2 (6.897%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.448%) REST
2 1 (3.448%) jQuery
2 1 (3.448%) Spring
2 1 (3.448%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.448%) Java EE
2 1 (3.448%) Middleware
2 1 (3.448%) HTML
2 1 (3.448%) XML
2 1 (3.448%) ASP
2 1 (3.448%) EJB
2 1 (3.448%) CSS
2 1 (3.448%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) Adobe CQ
1 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 1 (3.448%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (10.34%) SAP CO
1 3 (10.34%) SAP FI
2 2 (6.897%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 20 (68.97%) Radio Access Network
2 16 (55.17%) 3G
2 16 (55.17%) 2G
3 11 (37.93%) LTE
4 5 (17.24%) 4G
4 5 (17.24%) RNC
5 3 (10.34%) GSM
5 3 (10.34%) WCDMA
6 2 (6.897%) SMTP
6 2 (6.897%) SAN
6 2 (6.897%) Firewall
6 2 (6.897%) Internet
6 2 (6.897%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (6.897%) NAS
7 1 (3.448%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) RequisitePro
1 1 (3.448%) ClearCase
1 1 (3.448%) Ant
General
1 15 (51.72%) Telecoms
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 1 (3.448%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.897%) Solaris
2 1 (3.448%) UNIX
2 1 (3.448%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Migration
2 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
2 4 (13.79%) Resource Management
3 2 (6.897%) Business Analysis
3 2 (6.897%) Network Load Balancing
3 2 (6.897%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (3.448%) Waterfall
4 1 (3.448%) Change Control
4 1 (3.448%) Business Transformation
4 1 (3.448%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (3.448%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.448%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.448%) UML
4 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.448%) VB6
1 1 (3.448%) NATURAL
1 1 (3.448%) Java
1 1 (3.448%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.448%) PL/SQL
1 1 (3.448%) SQL
1 1 (3.448%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (6.897%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) SCJP
2 1 (3.448%) ACCA
2 1 (3.448%) CIMA
2 1 (3.448%) ISEB
2 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.448%) Sun Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Ericsson
2 3 (10.34%) SAP
3 2 (6.897%) Cisco
3 2 (6.897%) Juniper
3 2 (6.897%) Sun
3 2 (6.897%) McAfee
3 2 (6.897%) Radware
4 1 (3.448%) HP
4 1 (3.448%) Citrix
4 1 (3.448%) Adobe
4 1 (3.448%) Oracle