The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 23 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 Hampshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 25 22 24
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 109 94 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 7.157% 5.927% 5.964%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.687% 6.339% 6.375%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 47 41
Average daily rate £450 £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £400 £357
10% offered a daily rate of more than £579 £670 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 4
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £25.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.85% +6.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.98 £24.75 £23.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.75 £27.00 £51.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1418 1483 1757
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.11% 93.51% 93.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 785 683 729
Average daily rate £340 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 164 216 251
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -19.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
South East

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Hampshire Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Southampton +8 22 £475 +5.55%
Basingstoke -10 11 £448 +19.33%
Portsmouth -3 7 £450 -21.73%
Andover - 5 £550 -
Havant +2 2 £563 +20.64%
Farnborough 0 1 £448 +6.54%
Gosport -2 1 - -
Fareham -4 1 £375 -35.48%
Aldershot - 1 - -
Winchester - 1 £525 -
Architect
South East

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 38 (21.84%) Oracle
1 38 (21.84%) ITIL
2 34 (19.54%) Security Cleared
3 33 (18.97%) Telecoms
4 31 (17.82%) VMware
5 29 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 29 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 25 (14.37%) SC Cleared
7 23 (13.22%) eTOM
7 23 (13.22%) SQL
8 22 (12.64%) Firewall
9 21 (12.07%) SQL Server
10 20 (11.49%) Windows
10 20 (11.49%) CRM
10 20 (11.49%) Microsoft
11 18 (10.34%) SAN
11 18 (10.34%) Java
12 17 (9.770%) UNIX
13 16 (9.195%) Active Directory
13 16 (9.195%) Finance
13 16 (9.195%) BSS
14 15 (8.621%) Migration
14 15 (8.621%) Cisco
14 15 (8.621%) LAN
14 15 (8.621%) WAN
15 13 (7.471%) Citrix
15 13 (7.471%) Oracle BI EE
15 13 (7.471%) VMware Infrastructure
16 12 (6.897%) SQL Server 2008
16 12 (6.897%) Oracle 11g

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 12 (6.897%) JSP
2 11 (6.322%) .NET
3 9 (5.172%) Web Services
3 9 (5.172%) Hibernate
3 9 (5.172%) Spring
4 8 (4.598%) SOAP
4 8 (4.598%) WCF
4 8 (4.598%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 8 (4.598%) REST
5 7 (4.023%) Spring Security
5 7 (4.023%) Spring Web Flow
5 7 (4.023%) JSON
5 7 (4.023%) Spring MVC
5 7 (4.023%) JPA
5 7 (4.023%) Apache CXF
5 7 (4.023%) Middleware
5 7 (4.023%) JAXB
5 7 (4.023%) EJB
5 7 (4.023%) JMS
5 7 (4.023%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 8 (4.598%) BizTalk Server
2 7 (4.023%) ESB
3 5 (2.874%) GlassFish
3 5 (2.874%) Apache
3 5 (2.874%) Tomcat
4 4 (2.299%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (1.724%) MS Exchange
6 2 (1.149%) ActiveMQ
6 2 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.149%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.575%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.575%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.575%) Magento
7 1 (0.575%) TeamSite
7 1 (0.575%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.575%) ATG Dynamo
7 1 (0.575%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (6.897%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.149%) MS Office
2 2 (1.149%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.724%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (1.724%) Siebel Analytics
1 3 (1.724%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.724%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.575%) TIBCO iProcess
2 1 (0.575%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.575%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.575%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.575%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.575%) Staffware
Communications & Networking
1 22 (12.64%) Firewall
2 18 (10.34%) SAN
3 16 (9.195%) BSS
4 15 (8.621%) LAN
4 15 (8.621%) WAN
5 7 (4.023%) Network Security
5 7 (4.023%) VPN
6 6 (3.448%) Wireless
7 5 (2.874%) SSL
7 5 (2.874%) DNS
7 5 (2.874%) Broadband
7 5 (2.874%) LDAP
7 5 (2.874%) IPsec
8 4 (2.299%) GPRS
8 4 (2.299%) ATM
8 4 (2.299%) PSTN
8 4 (2.299%) VoIP
8 4 (2.299%) Internet
8 4 (2.299%) 3G
8 4 (2.299%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.07%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.471%) Oracle BI EE
3 12 (6.897%) SQL Server 2008
3 12 (6.897%) Oracle 11g
4 11 (6.322%) Oracle 8/8i
5 5 (2.874%) MySQL
5 5 (2.874%) DB2
5 5 (2.874%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (2.299%) OLTP
6 4 (2.299%) SAP BW
7 3 (1.724%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.149%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.149%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.149%) SAP BI
9 1 (0.575%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.575%) Oracle Discoverer
9 1 (0.575%) Ingres
9 1 (0.575%) GIS
9 1 (0.575%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.575%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.149%) Visual Studio
1 2 (1.149%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.575%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.575%) StarTeam
General
1 33 (18.97%) Telecoms
2 16 (9.195%) Finance
3 11 (6.322%) Billing
4 6 (3.448%) Retail
4 6 (3.448%) Marketing
5 4 (2.299%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.149%) Banking
6 2 (1.149%) Legal
7 1 (0.575%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.575%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.598%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.874%) Replication
3 4 (2.299%) NHS
4 3 (1.724%) Digital Media
4 3 (1.724%) Open Source
4 3 (1.724%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (1.724%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.724%) CESG
5 2 (1.149%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.149%) RMADS
6 1 (0.575%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.575%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.575%) Social Media
6 1 (0.575%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.575%) Remote Sensing
6 1 (0.575%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.575%) Life Science
6 1 (0.575%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.575%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.575%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.49%) Windows
2 17 (9.770%) UNIX
3 11 (6.322%) Linux
4 7 (4.023%) Oracle Linux
5 6 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (1.724%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.724%) AIX
7 2 (1.149%) Windows XP
7 2 (1.149%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.149%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.575%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (21.84%) ITIL
2 29 (16.67%) TOGAF
2 29 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 23 (13.22%) eTOM
4 20 (11.49%) CRM
5 15 (8.621%) Migration
6 12 (6.897%) Data Modelling
7 11 (6.322%) SOA
7 11 (6.322%) Technical Architecture
8 10 (5.747%) Service Delivery
8 10 (5.747%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (5.172%) PRINCE2
10 8 (4.598%) Web Development
10 8 (4.598%) Scrum
10 8 (4.598%) Risk Management
10 8 (4.598%) MVC
10 8 (4.598%) Project Management
11 7 (4.023%) BDD
11 7 (4.023%) Information Security
11 7 (4.023%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.22%) SQL
2 18 (10.34%) Java
3 11 (6.322%) C#
4 6 (3.448%) PHP
5 5 (2.874%) C
5 5 (2.874%) Perl
6 2 (1.149%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.149%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.575%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.575%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.575%) Python
7 1 (0.575%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.575%) VBScript
7 1 (0.575%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 34 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 25 (14.37%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.747%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.023%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.023%) CCNA
5 6 (3.448%) MCSE
5 6 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (2.874%) Degree
7 3 (1.724%) CCNP
8 2 (1.149%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.149%) MBCS
8 2 (1.149%) CCA
8 2 (1.149%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (1.149%) CISSP
8 2 (1.149%) CCIE
8 2 (1.149%) CITP
8 2 (1.149%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.575%) PMP
9 1 (0.575%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.575%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.448%) JSP 440
2 2 (1.149%) QA
System Software
1 16 (9.195%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.471%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.874%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.299%) Xen
4 4 (2.299%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (2.299%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.724%) XenApp
6 2 (1.149%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.575%) vSphere
7 1 (0.575%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.575%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (3.448%) Data Guard
2 4 (2.299%) SCCM
3 3 (1.724%) SCOM
3 3 (1.724%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.149%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (1.149%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.575%) Nagios
Vendors
1 38 (21.84%) Oracle
2 31 (17.82%) VMware
3 20 (11.49%) Microsoft
4 15 (8.621%) Cisco
5 13 (7.471%) Citrix
6 11 (6.322%) Siebel
7 10 (5.747%) Red Hat
8 7 (4.023%) HP
9 6 (3.448%) Huawei
9 6 (3.448%) 3PAR
10 5 (2.874%) SAP
10 5 (2.874%) JBoss
11 4 (2.299%) IBM
12 3 (1.724%) ATG
13 2 (1.149%) Blue Coat
13 2 (1.149%) Brocade
13 2 (1.149%) Intel
13 2 (1.149%) McAfee
13 2 (1.149%) Lumension
14 1 (0.575%) ArcSight