The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 30 38 25
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -13
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 50 44 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 5.214% 3.566% 4.794%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.580% 3.908% 5.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 24 19
Average daily rate £419 £413 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.51% -10.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £270 £391
10% offered a daily rate of more than £563 £543 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
896 1126 981
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.43% 91.25% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 433 542 455
Average daily rate £333 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.83% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £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 81 75 88
Average hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 £15.05
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.94% +29.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.20 £9.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.20 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Architect
North West

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 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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Vacancies
Altrincham - - - -
Cheadle - - - -
Oldham - - - -
Rochdale - - - -
Salford - - - -
Architect
North West

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 19 (21.11%) Banking
2 17 (18.89%) Project Management
3 16 (17.78%) Retail
4 15 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 15 (16.67%) Finance
5 14 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (15.56%) Management Information System
5 14 (15.56%) Data Modelling
6 12 (13.33%) Data Management
7 11 (12.22%) Oracle
8 9 (10.00%) Data Security
8 9 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (10.00%) Data Integration
9 8 (8.889%) Migration
9 8 (8.889%) PRINCE2
9 8 (8.889%) Windows
9 8 (8.889%) B2B
10 7 (7.778%) Microsoft
10 7 (7.778%) SharePoint
10 7 (7.778%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (7.778%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (7.778%) IVR
10 7 (7.778%) WebSphere
10 7 (7.778%) Master Data Management
11 6 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (6.667%) Pega
11 6 (6.667%) Mainframe
11 6 (6.667%) Middleware
11 6 (6.667%) NHS
11 6 (6.667%) SQL

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 7 (7.778%) WebSphere
2 6 (6.667%) Middleware
3 5 (5.556%) .NET
4 3 (3.333%) J2EE
4 3 (3.333%) .NET Framework
5 2 (2.222%) Web Services
5 2 (2.222%) J2SE
6 1 (1.111%) JMS
6 1 (1.111%) HTML
6 1 (1.111%) XML
6 1 (1.111%) XSD
6 1 (1.111%) ASP
6 1 (1.111%) COM
6 1 (1.111%) JDBC
6 1 (1.111%) JSP
6 1 (1.111%) Servlets
6 1 (1.111%) Struts
6 1 (1.111%) Hibernate
6 1 (1.111%) Windows SharePoint Services
6 1 (1.111%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 7 (7.778%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.111%) CICS
2 1 (1.111%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.111%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.111%) NetWeaver
2 1 (1.111%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.111%) Lync
2 1 (1.111%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.111%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (1.111%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (1.111%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
2 1 (1.111%) JCAPS
2 1 (1.111%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (3.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.111%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.111%) MS Project
2 1 (1.111%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (4.444%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.111%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.111%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.111%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.556%) Internet
1 5 (5.556%) RFID
2 3 (3.333%) Extranet
2 3 (3.333%) Intranet
3 2 (2.222%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.111%) SAN
4 1 (1.111%) HTTPS
4 1 (1.111%) HTTP
4 1 (1.111%) LAN
4 1 (1.111%) WAN
4 1 (1.111%) VPN
4 1 (1.111%) SNA
4 1 (1.111%) Firewall
4 1 (1.111%) CTI
4 1 (1.111%) MPLS
4 1 (1.111%) VLAN
4 1 (1.111%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (1.111%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.778%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (5.556%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.556%) Oracle 11g
3 4 (4.444%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (4.444%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (3.333%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (2.222%) QlikView
5 2 (2.222%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.111%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.111%) DB2
6 1 (1.111%) OLAP
6 1 (1.111%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 1 (1.111%) WinRunner
1 1 (1.111%) TestDirector
1 1 (1.111%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (1.111%) LoadRunner
1 1 (1.111%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.111%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (1.111%) NetBeans
1 1 (1.111%) ERwin
1 1 (1.111%) Balsamiq Mockups
1 1 (1.111%) Axure RP
General
1 19 (21.11%) Banking
2 16 (17.78%) Retail
3 15 (16.67%) Finance
4 3 (3.333%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.222%) Retail Banking
5 2 (2.222%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.111%) Advertising
6 1 (1.111%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.111%) Local Government
6 1 (1.111%) Billing
6 1 (1.111%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.56%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.00%) Data Integration
3 7 (7.778%) IVR
4 6 (6.667%) Mainframe
4 6 (6.667%) NHS
5 4 (4.444%) Speech Recognition
5 4 (4.444%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.222%) Online Banking
6 2 (2.222%) iPhone
7 1 (1.111%) Replication
7 1 (1.111%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (1.111%) VSAM
7 1 (1.111%) PKI
7 1 (1.111%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.889%) Windows
2 3 (3.333%) Linux
2 3 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (2.222%) Windows Mobile
3 2 (2.222%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.222%) Android
3 2 (2.222%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (2.222%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.222%) Debian
4 1 (1.111%) AIX
4 1 (1.111%) UNIX
4 1 (1.111%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.89%) Project Management
2 15 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 14 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (15.56%) Data Modelling
4 12 (13.33%) Data Management
5 9 (10.00%) Data Security
5 9 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 8 (8.889%) Migration
6 8 (8.889%) PRINCE2
6 8 (8.889%) B2B
7 7 (7.778%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (7.778%) Master Data Management
8 6 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (5.556%) BPR
9 5 (5.556%) TOGAF
9 5 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
10 4 (4.444%) Data Protection
10 4 (4.444%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (4.444%) ETL
11 3 (3.333%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.667%) SQL
2 5 (5.556%) C#
3 4 (4.444%) Java
4 3 (3.333%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.222%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.222%) VBA
6 1 (1.111%) C
6 1 (1.111%) JCL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.222%) SC Cleared
1 2 (2.222%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.111%) Avaya Certification
2 1 (1.111%) CCIE
2 1 (1.111%) CISM
2 1 (1.111%) ISEB
2 1 (1.111%) CISSP
2 1 (1.111%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (1.111%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (1.111%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.222%) GMP
2 1 (1.111%) Solvency II
2 1 (1.111%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (4.444%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.111%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (1.111%) Terminal Services
2 1 (1.111%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.111%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.111%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.111%) Tivoli
1 1 (1.111%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (1.111%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 11 (12.22%) Oracle
2 7 (7.778%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.667%) Pega
4 4 (4.444%) Cisco
5 3 (3.333%) IBM
5 3 (3.333%) SAP
5 3 (3.333%) Citrix
6 2 (2.222%) Riverbed
6 2 (2.222%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.222%) HP
6 2 (2.222%) CheckPoint
6 2 (2.222%) VMware
6 2 (2.222%) Avaya
7 1 (1.111%) CA
7 1 (1.111%) ILOG
7 1 (1.111%) Brocade
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