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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 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 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 Middlesex region.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank112623
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Down-3
Matching contract IT job ads31927
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex7.209 %3.125 %4.754 %
As % of the Job Titles category8.516 %3.273 %5.172 %
Daily rates quoted7511
Average daily rate£423£441£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.190 %-7.150 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£400£425
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£480£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£450£450
% change year-on-year
-5.550 %-
Hourly rates quoted102
Average hourly rate£51.50-£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.18£40.00£40.00
% change year-on-year
-9.550 %-
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
364275522
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex84.65 %95.49 %91.90 %
Daily rates quoted11774149
Average daily rate£393£400£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.870 %+23.07 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£225£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£512£500£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted102553
Average hourly rate£45.50£22.50£19.16
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+102.22 %+17.46 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.85£10.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£55.50£42.20£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Architect South EastArchitect
South East

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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 19 March 2010, 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.

115 (26.32 %)Microsoft
211 (19.30 %)Security Cleared
39 (15.79 %)Government
39 (15.79 %)SAP
48 (14.04 %)Windows
48 (14.04 %)SC Cleared
57 (12.28 %)Migration
57 (12.28 %)Solaris
57 (12.28 %)SQL Server
57 (12.28 %)Business Intelligence
57 (12.28 %)Data Modelling
57 (12.28 %)ETL
66 (10.53 %)SOA
66 (10.53 %)Microsoft Certification
66 (10.53 %)UNIX
66 (10.53 %)MCSE
66 (10.53 %)Service Management
75 (8.772 %)Middleware
75 (8.772 %)Network Design
75 (8.772 %)SharePoint
75 (8.772 %)Datawarehouse
75 (8.772 %)UML
75 (8.772 %)Business Objects
75 (8.772 %)MS Office
75 (8.772 %)BusinessObjects
75 (8.772 %)Lotus
75 (8.772 %)ERP
84 (7.018 %)LAN
84 (7.018 %)WAN
84 (7.018 %)Tivoli Storage Manager

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (8.772 %)Middleware
23 (5.263 %)XML
32 (3.509 %)XML Schema
32 (3.509 %)XSLT
41 (1.754 %)Web Services
41 (1.754 %).NET
41 (1.754 %)J2EE
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (8.772 %)SharePoint
24 (7.018 %)Lotus Notes
24 (7.018 %)Office Communications Server
33 (5.263 %)SharePoint Server 2007
33 (5.263 %)WebLogic
42 (3.509 %)MS Exchange
42 (3.509 %)Lotus Domino
42 (3.509 %)Apache
42 (3.509 %)Tomcat
42 (3.509 %)Exchange Server 2007
51 (1.754 %)AquaLogic
51 (1.754 %)MQSeries
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (8.772 %)MS Office
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (5.263 %)SAP ERP
22 (3.509 %)Maximo
31 (1.754 %)SAP IS-U
31 (1.754 %)SAP CRM
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (7.018 %)LAN
14 (7.018 %)WAN
14 (7.018 %)NAS
23 (5.263 %)Firewall
23 (5.263 %)SMS
32 (3.509 %)SAN
32 (3.509 %)Intranet
32 (3.509 %)Internet
41 (1.754 %)CTI
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (12.28 %)SQL Server
17 (12.28 %)ETL
25 (8.772 %)Datawarehouse
25 (8.772 %)BusinessObjects
34 (7.018 %)SQL Server 2008
42 (3.509 %)RDBMS
51 (1.754 %)BusinessObjects XI
51 (1.754 %)SAP BI
51 (1.754 %)BODI
51 (1.754 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (1.754 %)Oracle 9i
51 (1.754 %)Oracle 10g
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (15.79 %)Government
22 (3.509 %)Back Office
31 (1.754 %)Home Office
31 (1.754 %)Health
31 (1.754 %)Publishing
31 (1.754 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (1.754 %)Banking
31 (1.754 %)Investment Banking
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (5.263 %)CESG
22 (3.509 %)Replication
31 (1.754 %)CLARiiON
31 (1.754 %)Blackberry
31 (1.754 %)LIMS
31 (1.754 %)PKI
31 (1.754 %)German Language
31 (1.754 %)Client/Server
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (14.04 %)Windows
27 (12.28 %)Solaris
36 (10.53 %)UNIX
42 (3.509 %)Linux
51 (1.754 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (1.754 %)Windows Mobile
51 (1.754 %)AIX
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (12.28 %)Migration
17 (12.28 %)Business Intelligence
17 (12.28 %)Data Modelling
26 (10.53 %)SOA
26 (10.53 %)Service Management
35 (8.772 %)Network Design
35 (8.772 %)UML
35 (8.772 %)ERP
44 (7.018 %)Data Analysis
44 (7.018 %)Enterprise Architecture
44 (7.018 %)Agile Software Development
44 (7.018 %)Load Balancing
44 (7.018 %)Dimensional Modelling
53 (5.263 %)Project Management
53 (5.263 %)ITIL
62 (3.509 %)OO
62 (3.509 %)Asset Management
62 (3.509 %)Requirements Analysis
62 (3.509 %)Cost-Benefit Analysis
62 (3.509 %)Service Delivery
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (7.018 %)SQL
23 (5.263 %)Java
32 (3.509 %)XPath
41 (1.754 %)PL/SQL
41 (1.754 %)C
41 (1.754 %)T-SQL
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (19.30 %)Security Cleared
28 (14.04 %)SC Cleared
36 (10.53 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (10.53 %)MCSE
42 (3.509 %)Degree
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (3.509 %)ISA Server
12 (3.509 %)Oracle RAC
21 (1.754 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (1.754 %)Active Directory
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (7.018 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
23 (5.263 %)Tivoli
23 (5.263 %)OVSD
23 (5.263 %)OpenView
31 (1.754 %)Data Guard
31 (1.754 %)SCOM
31 (1.754 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Middlesex IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (26.32 %)Microsoft
29 (15.79 %)SAP
35 (8.772 %)Business Objects
35 (8.772 %)Lotus
44 (7.018 %)HP
44 (7.018 %)Oracle
53 (5.263 %)Sun
53 (5.263 %)Red Hat
53 (5.263 %)IBM
62 (3.509 %)Cognos
62 (3.509 %)Cisco
62 (3.509 %)EMC
62 (3.509 %)Citrix
62 (3.509 %)Juniper
71 (1.754 %)Brocade
71 (1.754 %)BEA