The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Middlesex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 17 19 26
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 8 13 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 4.000% 4.207% 3.869%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.324% 4.943% 4.248%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 5
Average daily rate £468 £469 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.26% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £412 £410
10% offered a daily rate of more than £551 £595 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
185 263 306
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 92.50% 85.11% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 130 138
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 16 23
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% +26.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £15.00 £10.18
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £39.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
South East

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 8 (34.78%) Oracle
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
3 5 (21.74%) Windows
4 4 (17.39%) Linux
4 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
4 4 (17.39%) Symantec
4 4 (17.39%) SAN
4 4 (17.39%) Informatica
4 4 (17.39%) TOGAF
4 4 (17.39%) WebSphere
4 4 (17.39%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (13.04%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (13.04%) High Availability
5 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (13.04%) Apache
5 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
5 3 (13.04%) Solaris
5 3 (13.04%) SQL
5 3 (13.04%) WebLogic
6 2 (8.696%) DB2
6 2 (8.696%) C++
6 2 (8.696%) Java
6 2 (8.696%) SAP
6 2 (8.696%) Data Modelling
6 2 (8.696%) Tomcat
6 2 (8.696%) JBoss
6 2 (8.696%) Firewall
6 2 (8.696%) Finance
6 2 (8.696%) Ab Initio

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 4 (17.39%) WebSphere
2 2 (8.696%) Middleware
2 2 (8.696%) JRules
2 2 (8.696%) Java EE
3 1 (4.348%) SAP Basis
3 1 (4.348%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (13.04%) Apache
1 3 (13.04%) MS Exchange
1 3 (13.04%) WebLogic
2 2 (8.696%) Tomcat
2 2 (8.696%) Oracle Application Server
3 1 (4.348%) Site Server
3 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.348%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) SAN
2 3 (13.04%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (8.696%) Firewall
4 1 (4.348%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) DB2
2 1 (4.348%) GIS
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (4.348%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Mathematics
1 2 (8.696%) Physics
1 2 (8.696%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.348%) Data Extraction
2 1 (4.348%) Data Integration
2 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.348%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Linux
3 3 (13.04%) Solaris
4 2 (8.696%) UNIX
4 2 (8.696%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.348%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) TOGAF
2 3 (13.04%) High Availability
2 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (8.696%) Data Modelling
3 2 (8.696%) Information Security
3 2 (8.696%) SIEM
3 2 (8.696%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
4 1 (4.348%) Information Management
4 1 (4.348%) Data Analysis
4 1 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (4.348%) Analytics
4 1 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (4.348%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.348%) Migration
4 1 (4.348%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.696%) C++
2 2 (8.696%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) CISSP
1 2 (8.696%) Degree
2 1 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.348%) MCSE
2 1 (4.348%) CCNA
2 1 (4.348%) MCSD
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Oracle
2 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (17.39%) Symantec
3 4 (17.39%) Informatica
4 2 (8.696%) SAP
4 2 (8.696%) JBoss
4 2 (8.696%) Ab Initio
4 2 (8.696%) Teradata
4 2 (8.696%) NetApp
4 2 (8.696%) EMC
4 2 (8.696%) Citrix
4 2 (8.696%) McAfee
5 1 (4.348%) Cisco
5 1 (4.348%) IBM
5 1 (4.348%) Sun
5 1 (4.348%) HP