Kent Java Architect Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Java Architect role in IT contracts within the Kent 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 Java Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java Architect
Location Berkshire City of London Docklands, London Dover East of England Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Liverpool London Maidenhead Merseyside Midlands Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Norwich Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Slough South East UK Warwickshire West Midlands York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	44	52
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching contract IT job ads	1	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.265 %	0.363 %
Daily rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum daily rate	£500	£500
Average daily rate	£550	£513
% change on same period last year	+7.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£600	£525
UK excluding London average daily rate	£422	£502
% change on same period last year	-15.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£70.00
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Kent
Matching contract IT job ads	378	551
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.499 %	0.549 %
Daily rates quoted	134	115
Average minimum daily rate	£278	£298
Average daily rate	£296	£312
% change on same period last year	-5.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£314	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	57	109
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.34	£22.15
Average hourly rate	£20.92	£24.43
% change on same period last year	-14.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.49	£26.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
Java Architect South East

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.

Java Architect
Demand Trend

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

Java Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Java Architect
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Architect within the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Dover	-	1	£550	-

Java Architect South East

Java Architect
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Java 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 Java Architect in their job title.

1 7 (100.00 %) Java 1 7 (100.00 %) J2EE 1 7 (100.00 %) Logistics 2 6 (85.71 %) BPEL 3 5 (71.43 %) Migration 3 5 (71.43 %) Swing 4 2 (28.57 %) SOA 4 2 (28.57 %) Hibernate 5 1 (14.29 %) ESB

Java Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Java 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 Java Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (100.00 %) J2EE 2 5 (71.43 %) Swing 3 2 (28.57 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 1 (14.29 %) ESB
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (100.00 %) Logistics 2 6 (85.71 %) BPEL 3 5 (71.43 %) Migration 4 2 (28.57 %) SOA	Programming Languages 1 7 (100.00 %) Java