The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
Software Architecture
Rank 76 95 87
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -8
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 24 4 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.576% 0.252% 0.852%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.332% 0.394% 1.329%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 0 1
Average daily rate £350 - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £388
% change year-on-year
-3.97% -5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-13.29% +57.27%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1029 1016 1204
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.56% 64.06% 64.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 473 541
Average daily rate £363 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £507 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 100 130
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.91 £14.60 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Architecture across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hampshire Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hampshire Software Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Software Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Software Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture 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
Basingstoke - 19 £350 -
Southampton - 1 £400 -
Software Architecture
South East

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture.

1 51 (96.23%) SQL
2 47 (88.68%) Java
3 44 (83.02%) UML
4 43 (81.13%) SQL Server
5 40 (75.47%) SOAP
5 40 (75.47%) Spring
6 39 (73.58%) JUnit
6 39 (73.58%) Mockito
6 39 (73.58%) BDD
7 38 (71.70%) REST
7 38 (71.70%) Web Services
7 38 (71.70%) MVC
7 38 (71.70%) Web Development
7 38 (71.70%) Git (software)
8 37 (69.81%) JPA
8 37 (69.81%) Java EE
8 37 (69.81%) Spring MVC
8 37 (69.81%) Spring Security
8 37 (69.81%) Spring Web Flow
8 37 (69.81%) jQuery
8 37 (69.81%) JSON
8 37 (69.81%) JTA
8 37 (69.81%) Hibernate
8 37 (69.81%) OOD
8 37 (69.81%) JMS
8 37 (69.81%) JAXB
8 37 (69.81%) EJB
8 37 (69.81%) CSS
8 37 (69.81%) JavaScript
9 36 (67.92%) HTML

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (75.47%) SOAP
1 40 (75.47%) Spring
2 38 (71.70%) REST
2 38 (71.70%) Web Services
3 37 (69.81%) JPA
3 37 (69.81%) Java EE
3 37 (69.81%) Spring MVC
3 37 (69.81%) Spring Security
3 37 (69.81%) Spring Web Flow
3 37 (69.81%) jQuery
3 37 (69.81%) JSON
3 37 (69.81%) JTA
3 37 (69.81%) Hibernate
3 37 (69.81%) JMS
3 37 (69.81%) JAXB
3 37 (69.81%) EJB
3 37 (69.81%) CSS
4 36 (67.92%) HTML
5 31 (58.49%) JSP
6 24 (45.28%) Apache CXF
Application Platforms
1 19 (35.85%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (5.660%) SAS
3 1 (1.887%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.887%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (9.434%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.887%) Doxygen
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.887%) Intranet
1 1 (1.887%) Internet
1 1 (1.887%) Extranet
1 1 (1.887%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (81.13%) SQL Server
2 36 (67.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 36 (67.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (30.19%) NoSQL
4 4 (7.547%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (5.660%) Ingres
5 3 (5.660%) Base SAS
5 3 (5.660%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (3.774%) RDBMS
6 2 (3.774%) GIS
7 1 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.887%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 39 (73.58%) JUnit
1 39 (73.58%) Mockito
2 38 (71.70%) Git (software)
3 36 (67.92%) Maven
4 18 (33.96%) Selenium
5 13 (24.53%) JBehave
6 3 (5.660%) Jenkins
6 3 (5.660%) Hudson
6 3 (5.660%) FindBugs
6 3 (5.660%) ClearCase
6 3 (5.660%) Ant
6 3 (5.660%) Eclipse
6 3 (5.660%) CruiseControl
6 3 (5.660%) NetBeans
7 2 (3.774%) NUnit
8 1 (1.887%) Visual Studio
8 1 (1.887%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (1.887%) Checkstyle
General
1 5 (9.434%) Finance
Job Titles
1 42 (79.25%) Developer
2 36 (67.92%) Java Developer
3 11 (20.75%) Technical Leader
4 6 (11.32%) Development Manager
5 4 (7.547%) Lead Developer
5 4 (7.547%) Technical Developer
6 3 (5.660%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 3 (5.660%) Team Leader
6 3 (5.660%) Development Team Leader
7 2 (3.774%) Java Team Leader
7 2 (3.774%) Lead Java Developer
7 2 (3.774%) Java Engineer
7 2 (3.774%) Java Development Manager
7 2 (3.774%) Software Developer
7 2 (3.774%) Architect
7 2 (3.774%) Software Engineer
7 2 (3.774%) Development Team Manager
8 1 (1.887%) Software Architect
8 1 (1.887%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.887%) SAS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.887%) Mobile App
1 1 (1.887%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) UNIX
2 4 (7.547%) Windows
3 3 (5.660%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (83.02%) UML
2 39 (73.58%) BDD
3 38 (71.70%) MVC
3 38 (71.70%) Web Development
4 37 (69.81%) OOD
5 33 (62.26%) Pair Programming
6 21 (39.62%) Dependency Injection
6 21 (39.62%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (33.96%) Agile Software Development
8 10 (18.87%) SOA
9 9 (16.98%) TDD
10 6 (11.32%) OO
11 5 (9.434%) Multithreading
11 5 (9.434%) Unit Testing
11 5 (9.434%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (9.434%) AOP
12 3 (5.660%) Analytics
12 3 (5.660%) Configuration Management
12 3 (5.660%) Project Management
12 3 (5.660%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 51 (96.23%) SQL
2 47 (88.68%) Java
3 37 (69.81%) JavaScript
4 10 (18.87%) PL/SQL
5 4 (7.547%) C#
6 3 (5.660%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.887%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.09%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (1.887%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 31 (58.49%) JBoss
2 13 (24.53%) Twitter
3 7 (13.21%) TIBCO
4 5 (9.434%) Oracle
5 3 (5.660%) Cognizant
6 2 (3.774%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.887%) Coverity
7 1 (1.887%) Netezza