The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills 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 Software Architecture over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 53 56 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 2 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.377% 0.707% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.522% 1.075% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £388
% change year-on-year
-3.97% -5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-13.29% +57.27%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
383 465 343
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.26% 65.77% 56.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 212 153
Average daily rate £350 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £405 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 31
Average hourly rate £16.50 £14.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.86% -1.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £17.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Software Architecture
Buckinghamshire

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Software 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 Software Architecture.

1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) Ajax
1 6 (100.00%) Dojo
1 6 (100.00%) Use Case
2 5 (83.33%) JSON
2 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) HTTP
2 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (83.33%) Spring
2 5 (83.33%) OOA/OOD
2 5 (83.33%) OO
2 5 (83.33%) DHTML
2 5 (83.33%) JMS
2 5 (83.33%) JDBC
2 5 (83.33%) JSP
2 5 (83.33%) Servlets
2 5 (83.33%) Struts
2 5 (83.33%) XML
3 4 (66.67%) Hibernate
3 4 (66.67%) Open Source
4 1 (16.67%) Refactoring
4 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
4 1 (16.67%) Maven
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) JBoss

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Software 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 Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) Ajax
1 6 (100.00%) Dojo
2 5 (83.33%) JSON
2 5 (83.33%) Spring
2 5 (83.33%) DHTML
2 5 (83.33%) JMS
2 5 (83.33%) JDBC
2 5 (83.33%) JSP
2 5 (83.33%) Servlets
2 5 (83.33%) Struts
2 5 (83.33%) XML
3 4 (66.67%) Hibernate
4 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) DOM
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
1 1 (16.67%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) HTTP
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Maven
1 1 (16.67%) Eclipse
1 1 (16.67%) Ant
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
1 1 (16.67%) AIX
1 1 (16.67%) Solaris
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Use Case
2 5 (83.33%) OOA/OOD
2 5 (83.33%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) Refactoring
3 1 (16.67%) UML
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) JBoss
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle