The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 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 Milton Keynes 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
Architect
Rank 24 31 37
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 32 31 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 6.107% 4.318% 3.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.491% 4.566% 3.197%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 3
Average daily rate £475 £400 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -23.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £300 £485
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £475 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £48.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
493 679 563
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 94.08% 94.57% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 286 219
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 54 69
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £35.00 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
Buckinghamshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 18 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.92%) Oracle
3 15 (20.55%) SC Cleared
4 13 (17.81%) Technical Architecture
4 13 (17.81%) Firewall
5 12 (16.44%) SQL Server
6 11 (15.07%) Microsoft
6 11 (15.07%) Citrix
6 11 (15.07%) Cryptography
6 11 (15.07%) DV Cleared
7 10 (13.70%) WebSphere
7 10 (13.70%) IBM
7 10 (13.70%) Windows
7 10 (13.70%) ITIL
8 9 (12.33%) Retail
8 9 (12.33%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (10.96%) Web Services
9 8 (10.96%) SQL
9 8 (10.96%) E-Commerce
9 8 (10.96%) HP
9 8 (10.96%) Sun
10 7 (9.589%) OpenView
10 7 (9.589%) MS Exchange
10 7 (9.589%) SOA
10 7 (9.589%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (9.589%) VMware
10 7 (9.589%) SAN
10 7 (9.589%) VMware Infrastructure
11 6 (8.219%) QA
11 6 (8.219%) TOGAF

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 10 (13.70%) WebSphere
2 8 (10.96%) Web Services
3 6 (8.219%) Middleware
3 6 (8.219%) JMS
3 6 (8.219%) .NET
3 6 (8.219%) XML
4 4 (5.479%) SOAP
5 3 (4.110%) J2EE
5 3 (4.110%) Ajax
6 2 (2.740%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (2.740%) WSDL
6 2 (2.740%) XML Schema
7 1 (1.370%) CSS
7 1 (1.370%) JDBC
7 1 (1.370%) HTML
7 1 (1.370%) XSLT
7 1 (1.370%) SAP XI
7 1 (1.370%) LAMP
7 1 (1.370%) BAPI
7 1 (1.370%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.589%) MS Exchange
2 3 (4.110%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (4.110%) IIS
2 3 (4.110%) Lync
2 3 (4.110%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (4.110%) Drupal
3 2 (2.740%) Joomla!
3 2 (2.740%) WebSphere Portal
3 2 (2.740%) CMS
3 2 (2.740%) Apache
4 1 (1.370%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (1.370%) NetWeaver
4 1 (1.370%) Commerce Server
4 1 (1.370%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.370%) ESB
4 1 (1.370%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (4.110%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.370%) MS Project
2 1 (1.370%) MS Office
2 1 (1.370%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.370%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.81%) Firewall
2 7 (9.589%) SAN
3 6 (8.219%) NAS
4 3 (4.110%) SMTP
4 3 (4.110%) Internet
4 3 (4.110%) iSCSI
5 2 (2.740%) Network Security
6 1 (1.370%) LDAP
6 1 (1.370%) HTTP
6 1 (1.370%) LAN
6 1 (1.370%) WLAN
6 1 (1.370%) WAN
6 1 (1.370%) Wireless
6 1 (1.370%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.44%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.110%) MySQL
3 2 (2.740%) IBM InfoSphere
3 2 (2.740%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.370%) OLTP
4 1 (1.370%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.370%) GIS
4 1 (1.370%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.370%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (1.370%) Rational Rose
1 1 (1.370%) Git (software)
General
1 9 (12.33%) Retail
2 3 (4.110%) Marketing
3 1 (1.370%) Banking
3 1 (1.370%) Front Office
3 1 (1.370%) Finance
3 1 (1.370%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Cryptography
2 4 (5.479%) Open Source
2 4 (5.479%) Clustering
3 3 (4.110%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.740%) PKI
4 2 (2.740%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.740%) Social Media
4 2 (2.740%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.740%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.740%) CESG
5 1 (1.370%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.370%) Replication
5 1 (1.370%) SaaS
5 1 (1.370%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.70%) Windows
2 5 (6.849%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (5.479%) UNIX
4 3 (4.110%) Windows NT
4 3 (4.110%) Linux
4 3 (4.110%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.740%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.370%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.370%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.81%) Technical Architecture
2 10 (13.70%) ITIL
3 9 (12.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (10.96%) E-Commerce
5 7 (9.589%) SOA
5 7 (9.589%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (8.219%) TOGAF
6 6 (8.219%) Migration
6 6 (8.219%) Service Management
6 6 (8.219%) Project Management
7 4 (5.479%) Scrum
7 4 (5.479%) UML
8 3 (4.110%) CRM
8 3 (4.110%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (4.110%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (4.110%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.110%) Load Balancing
8 3 (4.110%) Content Management
8 3 (4.110%) Information Management
9 2 (2.740%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) SQL
2 4 (5.479%) Java
3 3 (4.110%) PHP
4 2 (2.740%) ActionScript 2.0
4 2 (2.740%) PL/SQL
4 2 (2.740%) ActionScript
5 1 (1.370%) C#
5 1 (1.370%) C++
5 1 (1.370%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 18 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 15 (20.55%) SC Cleared
3 11 (15.07%) DV Cleared
4 6 (8.219%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (6.849%) CCSP
6 3 (4.110%) MCP
6 3 (4.110%) MCSE
6 3 (4.110%) CCNA
6 3 (4.110%) ISEB
6 3 (4.110%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (4.110%) MCTS
7 2 (2.740%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.740%) CISSP
8 1 (1.370%) CCNP
8 1 (1.370%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.219%) QA
2 3 (4.110%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.370%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (9.589%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.849%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.479%) XenApp
4 3 (4.110%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.370%) Varnish
5 1 (1.370%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.370%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (9.589%) OpenView
2 6 (8.219%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (2.740%) CA SiteMinder
4 1 (1.370%) OVSD
4 1 (1.370%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (1.370%) SCCM
4 1 (1.370%) SCOM
4 1 (1.370%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 16 (21.92%) Oracle
2 11 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.07%) Citrix
3 10 (13.70%) IBM
4 8 (10.96%) HP
4 8 (10.96%) Sun
5 7 (9.589%) VMware
6 6 (8.219%) StorageTek
7 3 (4.110%) SAP
7 3 (4.110%) Cisco
8 2 (2.740%) Zend
8 2 (2.740%) Facebook
8 2 (2.740%) Twitter
8 2 (2.740%) ATG
9 1 (1.370%) Intel
9 1 (1.370%) AppSense
9 1 (1.370%) Open Text
9 1 (1.370%) Symantec
9 1 (1.370%) Remedy
9 1 (1.370%) CheckPoint