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The table below looks at the demand for the Lead Architect role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Lead Architect
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-90
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£650
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£800
UK excluding London average daily rate£673£610
% change on same period last year+10.39 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.75-
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads10891601
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.540 %1.621 %
Daily rates quoted385654
Average minimum daily rate£343£328
Average daily rate£366£348
% change on same period last year+5.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted138182
Average minimum hourly rate£25.89£24.29
Average hourly rate£27.01£25.55
% change on same period last year+5.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.14£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Lead Architect East of EnglandLead Architect
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Lead Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Lead Architect across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire Lead Architect Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Lead Architect Daily Rate Trend

Lead Architect
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title.

13 (100.00 %)Retail
22 (66.67 %)LAMP
22 (66.67 %)HTTP
22 (66.67 %)HTML
22 (66.67 %)SQL
22 (66.67 %).NET
22 (66.67 %)IIS
22 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
22 (66.67 %)WebServices
22 (66.67 %)XML
22 (66.67 %)AJAX
22 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server
31 (33.33 %)SQL Server Integration Services
31 (33.33 %)Technical Architecture
31 (33.33 %)ERP
31 (33.33 %)SOA
31 (33.33 %)B2B
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)HTML
12 (66.67 %).NET
12 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
12 (66.67 %)WebServices
12 (66.67 %)XML
12 (66.67 %)LAMP
12 (66.67 %)AJAX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)IIS
12 (66.67 %)BizTalk Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)HTTP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (100.00 %)Retail
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)ERP
11 (33.33 %)SOA
11 (33.33 %)B2B
11 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
11 (33.33 %)Technical Architecture
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft