The first table below looks at the demand for Information Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Information Architecture over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Architecture
Rank 73 77 55
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -22
Contract jobs citing Information Architecture 2 11 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.212% 0.838% 1.367%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.299% 1.316% 2.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 10
Average daily rate - £270 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.74%
UK excluding London average daily rate £381 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+8.92% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.90 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.70 £12.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+64.16% -65.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
668 836 669
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.91% 63.67% 65.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 421 308
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £230 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 40 38
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.05 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Information Architecture
North West

Information Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Information Architecture across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester Information Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Information Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Information Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Information Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Information Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Information Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Architecture within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Rochdale - 1 - -
Information Architecture
North West

Information Architecture
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Information Architecture also 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 that cited Information Architecture.

1 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 4 (66.67%) Internet
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Agile Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Matrix Management

Information Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Information Architecture also 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 that cited Information Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Internet
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Web Editor
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Agile Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Matrix Management