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The first part of the 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 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Manchester region.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank403253
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+21
Matching contract IT job ads272919
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester3.093 %3.594 %1.581 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.444 %3.951 %1.738 %
Daily rates quoted1666
Average daily rate£413£460£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.32 %+11.44 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£340£450£375
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£438£596£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£450£450
% change year-on-year
-5.550 %-
Hourly rates quoted011
Average hourly rate-£25.62£38.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--33.45 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.18£40.00£40.00
% change year-on-year
-9.550 %-
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7847341093
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester89.81 %90.95 %90.93 %
Daily rates quoted266176216
Average daily rate£250£350£340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57 %+2.940 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£138£149£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£413£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted8186144
Average hourly rate£16.00£17.25£17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.240 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.02£10.50£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.50£32.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Architect North WestArchitect
North West

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.

Architect
Demand Trend

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

Manchester Architect Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Manchester Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SalfordNew entry-1£330-
Architect North WestArchitect
North West

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

126 (44.07 %)Finance
216 (27.12 %)Windows
313 (22.03 %)UNIX
412 (20.34 %)Banking
511 (18.64 %)Stakeholder Management
511 (18.64 %)XML
511 (18.64 %)Mainframe
610 (16.95 %)OO
610 (16.95 %)Taxonomies
79 (15.25 %)Information Architecture
79 (15.25 %)Publishing
79 (15.25 %)UML
79 (15.25 %)Middleware
88 (13.56 %)RAD
88 (13.56 %)RUP
88 (13.56 %)Retail
88 (13.56 %)Ontologies
97 (11.86 %)Retail Banking
97 (11.86 %)Migration
97 (11.86 %)Web Services
106 (10.17 %).NET
106 (10.17 %)J2EE
106 (10.17 %)Zachman Framework
106 (10.17 %)TOGAF
115 (8.475 %)Spring
115 (8.475 %)Windows Server 2003
124 (6.780 %)NHS
124 (6.780 %)IBM
124 (6.780 %)Microsoft
124 (6.780 %)Active Directory

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (18.64 %)XML
29 (15.25 %)Middleware
37 (11.86 %)Web Services
46 (10.17 %).NET
46 (10.17 %)J2EE
55 (8.475 %)Spring
64 (6.780 %)WSDL
64 (6.780 %)WebSphere
73 (5.085 %)SOAP
82 (3.390 %)XML Schema
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (6.780 %)WebSphere Message Broker
23 (5.085 %)Exchange Server 2007
23 (5.085 %)MS Exchange
32 (3.390 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (3.390 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (1.695 %)Umbraco
41 (1.695 %)Drupal
41 (1.695 %)CMS
41 (1.695 %)NetWeaver
41 (1.695 %)SharePoint
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (5.085 %)MS Excel
22 (3.390 %)MS Visio
31 (1.695 %)MS PowerPoint
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (5.085 %)Internet
21 (1.695 %)SAN
21 (1.695 %)CTI
21 (1.695 %)Firewall
21 (1.695 %)VPN
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (5.085 %)ETL
22 (3.390 %)Datawarehouse
22 (3.390 %)BusinessObjects
31 (1.695 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (1.695 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (1.695 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.695 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
31 (1.695 %)Star Schema
31 (1.695 %)SAP BI
31 (1.695 %)SQL Server
31 (1.695 %)OLAP
31 (1.695 %)Oracle 8/8i
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (3.390 %)Visual Studio
21 (1.695 %)Team Foundation Server
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
126 (44.07 %)Finance
212 (20.34 %)Banking
39 (15.25 %)Publishing
48 (13.56 %)Retail
57 (11.86 %)Retail Banking
62 (3.390 %)Financial Institution
62 (3.390 %)Education
62 (3.390 %)Government
71 (1.695 %)Health
71 (1.695 %)Construction
71 (1.695 %)Local Government
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (18.64 %)Mainframe
210 (16.95 %)Taxonomies
38 (13.56 %)Ontologies
44 (6.780 %)NHS
53 (5.085 %)Management Information System
61 (1.695 %)IVR
61 (1.695 %)LLPG
61 (1.695 %)Cryptography
61 (1.695 %)Client/Server
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
116 (27.12 %)Windows
213 (22.03 %)UNIX
35 (8.475 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (5.085 %)Windows Server 2008
52 (3.390 %)Windows XP
61 (1.695 %)Solaris
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (18.64 %)Stakeholder Management
210 (16.95 %)OO
39 (15.25 %)Information Architecture
39 (15.25 %)UML
48 (13.56 %)RAD
48 (13.56 %)RUP
57 (11.86 %)Migration
66 (10.17 %)Zachman Framework
66 (10.17 %)TOGAF
74 (6.780 %)Service Management
83 (5.085 %)Change Management
83 (5.085 %)ITIL
92 (3.390 %)Disaster Recovery
92 (3.390 %)Business Intelligence
92 (3.390 %)Workflow
92 (3.390 %)Data Migration
92 (3.390 %)Project Planning
101 (1.695 %)Technical Architecture
101 (1.695 %)Security Architecture
101 (1.695 %)Data Architecture
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (5.085 %)SQL
22 (3.390 %)C
22 (3.390 %)C#
31 (1.695 %)Java
31 (1.695 %)ABAP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (3.390 %)MCSE
12 (3.390 %)CISSP
12 (3.390 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (3.390 %)ITIL Certification
12 (3.390 %)Degree
21 (1.695 %)CISM
21 (1.695 %)Security+ Certification
21 (1.695 %)MCP
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.695 %)QA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (6.780 %)Active Directory
21 (1.695 %)VMware Infrastructure
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (6.780 %)IBM
14 (6.780 %)Microsoft
22 (3.390 %)Business Objects
22 (3.390 %)BearingPoint
22 (3.390 %)HP
22 (3.390 %)Dell
22 (3.390 %)EMC
22 (3.390 %)Accenture
31 (1.695 %)Opalis
31 (1.695 %)VMware
31 (1.695 %)Citrix
31 (1.695 %)Avaya
31 (1.695 %)Genesys
31 (1.695 %)CA
31 (1.695 %)Informatica
31 (1.695 %)Oracle
31 (1.695 %)SAP