London Chief Architect Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Chief Architect role in IT contracts within the London 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 Chief Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Chief Architect
Location Berkshire Croydon England London Reading South East UK	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	367	457
Rank change on same period last year	+90
Matching contract IT job ads	5	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.021 %	0.015 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£700
Average daily rate	-	£750
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£800
UK excluding London average daily rate	£600	£700
% change on same period last year	-14.28 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	24057	39555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	38.15 %	42.10 %
Daily rates quoted	9752	14901
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£424
Average daily rate	£416	£452
% change on same period last year	-7.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	1457	2056
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.18	£25.29
Average hourly rate	£24.60	£26.82
% change on same period last year	-8.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.02	£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
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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.

Chief Architect
Demand Trend

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

Chief Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 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
Croydon	-	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Chief 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 Chief Architect in their job title.

1 5 (71.43 %) MS Visio 1 5 (71.43 %) Finance 2 3 (42.86 %) Scrum 2 3 (42.86 %) Banking 2 3 (42.86 %) .NET Framework 2 3 (42.86 %) C# 2 3 (42.86 %) .NET 2 3 (42.86 %) SQL Server 2 3 (42.86 %) Sybase 2 3 (42.86 %) ASP.NET 2 3 (42.86 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (28.57 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (14.29 %) Enterprise Architecture 4 1 (14.29 %) Risk Assessment 4 1 (14.29 %) Government

4 1 (14.29 %) Telelogic 4 1 (14.29 %) Financial Modelling 4 1 (14.29 %) Lean Six Sigma 4 1 (14.29 %) TPMS 4 1 (14.29 %) SC Cleared 4 1 (14.29 %) MOM 4 1 (14.29 %) Middleware 4 1 (14.29 %) Six Sigma 4 1 (14.29 %) BPR 4 1 (14.29 %) Quality Management 4 1 (14.29 %) Risk Management 4 1 (14.29 %) Telecoms 4 1 (14.29 %) OO 4 1 (14.29 %) J2EE 4 1 (14.29 %) EAI

Chief Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Chief 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 Chief Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (42.86 %) .NET 1 3 (42.86 %) ASP.NET 1 3 (42.86 %) .NET Framework 2 1 (14.29 %) Middleware 2 1 (14.29 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 1 (14.29 %) TPMS
Applications 1 5 (71.43 %) MS Visio	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (42.86 %) SQL Server 1 3 (42.86 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (14.29 %) ETL
General 1 5 (71.43 %) Finance 2 3 (42.86 %) Banking 3 1 (14.29 %) Telecoms 3 1 (14.29 %) Government	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (42.86 %) Scrum 2 2 (28.57 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (14.29 %) Financial Modelling 3 1 (14.29 %) Risk Assessment 3 1 (14.29 %) Enterprise Architecture 3 1 (14.29 %) Lean Six Sigma 3 1 (14.29 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (14.29 %) OO 3 1 (14.29 %) EAI 3 1 (14.29 %) Six Sigma 3 1 (14.29 %) BPR 3 1 (14.29 %) Quality Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Risk Management
Programming Languages 1 3 (42.86 %) C#	Systems Management 1 1 (14.29 %) MOM
Vendors 1 3 (42.86 %) Sybase 2 1 (14.29 %) Telelogic