Architect IT Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 20 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 Lancashire 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 20 4 18
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 12 93 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 5.970% 21.58% 6.306%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.250% 23.13% 6.829%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 66 3
Average daily rate £350 £450 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +21.29%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 192 402 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 95.52% 93.27% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 223 88
Average daily rate £285 £365 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.91% +21.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £261 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 22 33
Average hourly rate £19.04 £18.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.77% -52.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £19.56
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
North West

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Skelmersdale - 4 £388 -
Blackpool -2 3 - -
Nelson - 2 - -
Preston -9 1 £300 -33.03%
Architect
North West

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 13 (36.11%) Security Cleared
2 11 (30.56%) WebSphere
3 7 (19.44%) WebSphere Process Server
3 7 (19.44%) TOGAF
4 6 (16.67%) BC Cleared
5 5 (13.89%) Firewall
5 5 (13.89%) Middleware
5 5 (13.89%) UNIX
5 5 (13.89%) Curam
5 5 (13.89%) Retail
6 4 (11.11%) PKI
6 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (11.11%) Time Management
6 4 (11.11%) ETL
6 4 (11.11%) IBM
6 4 (11.11%) Mainframe
6 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (8.333%) Management Information System
7 3 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (8.333%) Degree
7 3 (8.333%) SC Cleared
8 2 (5.556%) Information Assurance
8 2 (5.556%) DWR
8 2 (5.556%) JSP 440
8 2 (5.556%) RMADS
8 2 (5.556%) JPA
8 2 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (5.556%) JMS
8 2 (5.556%) SOA

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 11 (30.56%) WebSphere
2 5 (13.89%) Middleware
3 2 (5.556%) Hibernate
3 2 (5.556%) DWR
3 2 (5.556%) JPA
3 2 (5.556%) J2EE
3 2 (5.556%) EJB
3 2 (5.556%) JSP
3 2 (5.556%) Web Services
3 2 (5.556%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 7 (19.44%) WebSphere Process Server
2 2 (5.556%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (5.556%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (2.778%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.778%) Lync
Business Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) Firewall
2 1 (2.778%) Wireless
2 1 (2.778%) Network Security
2 1 (2.778%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.778%) FWSM
2 1 (2.778%) ATM
2 1 (2.778%) ISDN
2 1 (2.778%) VoIP
2 1 (2.778%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.778%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.556%) GIS
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (13.89%) Retail
2 1 (2.778%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Mainframe
1 4 (11.11%) PKI
2 3 (8.333%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.556%) RMADS
4 1 (2.778%) FMCG
4 1 (2.778%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.778%) CESG
4 1 (2.778%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) UNIX
2 1 (2.778%) MVS
2 1 (2.778%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (19.44%) TOGAF
2 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
2 4 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (11.11%) ETL
2 4 (11.11%) Time Management
3 2 (5.556%) Information Assurance
3 2 (5.556%) SOA
3 2 (5.556%) Service Delivery
3 2 (5.556%) Information Security
3 2 (5.556%) Workflow
3 2 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (2.778%) Performance Testing
4 1 (2.778%) Migration
4 1 (2.778%) B2C
4 1 (2.778%) UML
4 1 (2.778%) RAD
4 1 (2.778%) SSADM
4 1 (2.778%) DSDM
4 1 (2.778%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.556%) Java
2 1 (2.778%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (36.11%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.67%) BC Cleared
3 3 (8.333%) Degree
3 3 (8.333%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.556%) CISSP
5 1 (2.778%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.778%) CCSA
5 1 (2.778%) CCIE
5 1 (2.778%) CCNP
5 1 (2.778%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.556%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (2.778%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) Curam
2 4 (11.11%) IBM
3 2 (5.556%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.556%) Oracle
3 2 (5.556%) SAP
4 1 (2.778%) Cisco
4 1 (2.778%) TippingPoint
4 1 (2.778%) ArcSight
4 1 (2.778%) HP
4 1 (2.778%) Citrix
4 1 (2.778%) CheckPoint
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