The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lead Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Architect
Rank 24 28 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.170% 1.103% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.325% 1.261% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £650 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £558 £525 £463
% change year-on-year
+6.19% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
151 238 316
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 88.30% 87.50% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 75 66
Average daily rate £450 £400 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -8.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £277 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £575 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 72
Average hourly rate £32.00 £32.50 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +41.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.80 £21.00 £18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Lead Architect
England

Lead Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Lead Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lead Architect across the Midlands region.

Midlands Lead Architect Daily Rate Trend

Lead Architect
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) IBM
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) HP
1 3 (50.00%) NetApp
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (50.00%) SCOM
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) SAP CRM
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP CRM
General
1 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) IBM
1 3 (50.00%) HP
1 3 (50.00%) NetApp
2 2 (33.33%) SAP