The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Manchester 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Architect
Rank 62 81 -
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 7 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.718% 0.162% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.767% 0.178% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £363 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £470 £550
% change year-on-year
-1.67% -14.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
913 1121 991
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.64% 90.92% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 548 459
Average daily rate £330 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 78 86
Average hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 £15.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.94% +29.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.30 £9.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.05 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Architect
North West

Applications Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Applications Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Applications Architect Daily Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Architect across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Manchester Applications Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Architect
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Applications 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 Applications Architect in their job title.

1 6 (85.71%) IVR
1 6 (85.71%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) Speech Recognition
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Finance

Applications Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Applications 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 Applications Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 6 (85.71%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) IVR
2 4 (57.14%) Speech Recognition
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
Manchester, Lancashire
A global information technology company seek an experienced Interactive Voice Recognition / IVR Application Architect to work on client facing projects, implementing applications and technology such as IVR, speech...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £350 to £375 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013