The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 June 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 London 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Architect
Rank 312 333 360
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +27
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 78 83 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.339% 0.311% 0.261%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.368% 0.336% 0.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 57 45
Average daily rate £550 £465 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.27% -11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £356 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £690 £600 £630
UK excluding London average daily rate £460 £460 £500
% change year-on-year
- -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year
-15.38% -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21175 24680 28661
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 91.93% 92.57% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 14297 15937 18476
Average daily rate £450 £435 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -8.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 463 612 661
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.64 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Architect
England

Senior Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Senior Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Senior Architect Daily Rate Trend

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Architect across the London region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

London Senior Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Senior Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
City of London +3 17 £520 +12.43% 11
Docklands, London - - - -
Paddington - - - -
Bromley - - - -
Harrow - - - -
Wembley - - - -
Senior Architect
England

Senior Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Architect in their job title.

1 25 (20.66%) Finance
1 25 (20.66%) Banking
2 16 (13.22%) Java
2 16 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (12.40%) Oracle
4 13 (10.74%) Enterprise Architecture
5 11 (9.091%) SQL
5 11 (9.091%) JavaScript
5 11 (9.091%) Windows
5 11 (9.091%) Android
6 10 (8.264%) Data Mapping
6 10 (8.264%) User Experience Design
6 10 (8.264%) HTML5
6 10 (8.264%) Apple iOS
6 10 (8.264%) Citrix
6 10 (8.264%) Retail
6 10 (8.264%) Investment Banking
7 9 (7.438%) Microsoft
7 9 (7.438%) Middleware
7 9 (7.438%) SOA
7 9 (7.438%) Data Modelling
7 9 (7.438%) HTML
7 9 (7.438%) CSS
7 9 (7.438%) Pega
7 9 (7.438%) Mobile App
8 8 (6.612%) Technical Architecture
8 8 (6.612%) C#
8 8 (6.612%) SQL Server
8 8 (6.612%) SharePoint
8 8 (6.612%) Migration

Senior Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Senior 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 Senior Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (8.264%) HTML5
2 9 (7.438%) HTML
2 9 (7.438%) CSS
2 9 (7.438%) Middleware
3 7 (5.785%) .NET
3 7 (5.785%) WebSphere
4 6 (4.959%) J2EE
4 6 (4.959%) Web Services
5 5 (4.132%) XML
6 4 (3.306%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.306%) JSON
6 4 (3.306%) WCF
7 3 (2.479%) Application Packaging
7 3 (2.479%) XSD
7 3 (2.479%) WSDL
7 3 (2.479%) SOAP
8 2 (1.653%) JSP
8 2 (1.653%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.653%) CGI
8 2 (1.653%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.612%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.959%) WebSphere Application Server
3 5 (4.132%) Apache
4 4 (3.306%) TIBCO EMS
5 3 (2.479%) Drupal
6 2 (1.653%) Lync
6 2 (1.653%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.653%) OpenStack
6 2 (1.653%) IIS
6 2 (1.653%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (1.653%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.653%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (1.653%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (1.653%) CMS
6 2 (1.653%) MS Exchange
6 2 (1.653%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.826%) TeamSite
7 1 (0.826%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.826%) Documentum
7 1 (0.826%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (2.479%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.653%) MS Office
3 1 (0.826%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.826%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (3.306%) FLEXCUBE
2 2 (1.653%) Temenos T24
2 2 (1.653%) SmartPlant
3 1 (0.826%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.826%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.826%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.826%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.826%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.826%) Oracle Manufacturing
3 1 (0.826%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.826%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.826%) Summit
3 1 (0.826%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.785%) SAN
2 6 (4.959%) WAN
2 6 (4.959%) Firewall
3 5 (4.132%) SSL
3 5 (4.132%) Unified Communications
3 5 (4.132%) HTTP
3 5 (4.132%) Internet
4 4 (3.306%) VPN
5 2 (1.653%) Wireless
5 2 (1.653%) BSS
5 2 (1.653%) NAS
6 1 (0.826%) OmniPeek
6 1 (0.826%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.826%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.826%) Network Security
6 1 (0.826%) MPLS
6 1 (0.826%) OSPF
6 1 (0.826%) BGP
6 1 (0.826%) SMTP
6 1 (0.826%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.612%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.132%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (4.132%) Big Data
3 4 (3.306%) DB2
4 3 (2.479%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.479%) MySQL
4 3 (2.479%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.653%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.653%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.653%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (1.653%) GIS
5 2 (1.653%) IDOL
5 2 (1.653%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.826%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.826%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (0.826%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.826%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.826%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.826%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.826%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.479%) ERwin
1 3 (2.479%) Subversion
1 3 (2.479%) Axure RP
2 2 (1.653%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.653%) Maven
3 1 (0.826%) Selenium
3 1 (0.826%) jMock
3 1 (0.826%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.826%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.826%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.826%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.826%) Rational Rose
3 1 (0.826%) JDeveloper
General
1 25 (20.66%) Banking
1 25 (20.66%) Finance
2 10 (8.264%) Retail
2 10 (8.264%) Investment Banking
3 4 (3.306%) Wholesale Banking
3 4 (3.306%) Back Office
3 4 (3.306%) Marketing
4 3 (2.479%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.653%) German Language
6 1 (0.826%) Automotive
6 1 (0.826%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.826%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.826%) Front Office
6 1 (0.826%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.438%) Mobile App
2 5 (4.132%) Open Source
2 5 (4.132%) Social Media
3 4 (3.306%) Thin Client
3 4 (3.306%) Fat Client
3 4 (3.306%) Data Integration
4 3 (2.479%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.479%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.479%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.479%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.479%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.653%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.653%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.653%) Replication
5 2 (1.653%) Fixed Income
5 2 (1.653%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.826%) NHS
6 1 (0.826%) W3C
6 1 (0.826%) Clustering
6 1 (0.826%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.091%) Windows
1 11 (9.091%) Android
2 10 (8.264%) Apple iOS
3 5 (4.132%) Linux
4 4 (3.306%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (3.306%) UNIX
4 4 (3.306%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.653%) AIX
6 1 (0.826%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (10.74%) Enterprise Architecture
3 10 (8.264%) Data Mapping
3 10 (8.264%) User Experience Design
4 9 (7.438%) SOA
4 9 (7.438%) Data Modelling
5 8 (6.612%) Migration
5 8 (6.612%) Technical Architecture
6 7 (5.785%) TOGAF
6 7 (5.785%) Business Analysis
6 7 (5.785%) OO
7 6 (4.959%) UML
7 6 (4.959%) E-Commerce
7 6 (4.959%) Identity Management
7 6 (4.959%) Data Architecture
7 6 (4.959%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (4.959%) Data Management
8 5 (4.132%) Zachman Framework
8 5 (4.132%) Software Engineering
8 5 (4.132%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.22%) Java
2 11 (9.091%) JavaScript
2 11 (9.091%) SQL
3 8 (6.612%) C#
4 7 (5.785%) C
5 6 (4.959%) C++
6 3 (2.479%) Python
7 2 (1.653%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.653%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.653%) VB
7 2 (1.653%) Perl
7 2 (1.653%) PHP
7 2 (1.653%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.826%) Scala
8 1 (0.826%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 4 (3.306%) SC Cleared
1 4 (3.306%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.479%) Degree
3 2 (1.653%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (1.653%) CCA
3 2 (1.653%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (1.653%) CCEE
4 1 (0.826%) CISSP
4 1 (0.826%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.826%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.826%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.826%) CISM
4 1 (0.826%) CCIE
4 1 (0.826%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.306%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.826%) QA
2 1 (0.826%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.306%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.653%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.653%) XenApp
2 2 (1.653%) vSphere
2 2 (1.653%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.653%) Xen
3 1 (0.826%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 3 (2.479%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.653%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 2 (1.653%) BladeLogic
2 2 (1.653%) HP Operations Orchestration
2 2 (1.653%) Ionix
3 1 (0.826%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 1 (0.826%) OpenView
Vendors
1 15 (12.40%) Oracle
2 10 (8.264%) Citrix
3 9 (7.438%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.438%) Pega
4 6 (4.959%) TIBCO
4 6 (4.959%) Cisco
5 5 (4.132%) HP
5 5 (4.132%) VMware
5 5 (4.132%) Google
6 4 (3.306%) SAP
7 3 (2.479%) IBM
7 3 (2.479%) Apple
7 3 (2.479%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.653%) Temenos
8 2 (1.653%) Juniper
8 2 (1.653%) BMC
8 2 (1.653%) CA
8 2 (1.653%) NetApp
8 2 (1.653%) Adobe
8 2 (1.653%) Sybase
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