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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 North East 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 North East region.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank263733
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Down-4
Matching contract IT job ads7725
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East2.229 %1.480 %3.023 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.583 %1.699 %3.444 %
Daily rates quoted3213
Average daily rate£450£401£435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.14 %-7.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£262£362£365
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£470£440£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£450£450
% change year-on-year
-5.550 %-
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.18£40.00£40.00
% change year-on-year
-9.550 %-
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
271412726
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East86.31 %87.10 %87.79 %
Daily rates quoted86124137
Average daily rate£325£320£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.560 %-14.66 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£105£165£245
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£405£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted5463138
Average hourly rate£13.00£15.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33 %-31.81 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.50£9.00£10.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£30.00£36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Architect EnglandArchitect
England

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the North East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

North East Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the North East region.

North East Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the North East region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and WearUp+106£450+12.14 %
Architect EnglandArchitect
England

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

14 (36.36 %)Security Cleared
23 (27.27 %)SC Cleared
23 (27.27 %)Oracle
23 (27.27 %)UML
32 (18.18 %)Cisco
32 (18.18 %)WebLogic
32 (18.18 %)Telecoms
32 (18.18 %)Red Hat
32 (18.18 %)Middleware
32 (18.18 %)Oracle 11g
32 (18.18 %)Finance
32 (18.18 %)Government
32 (18.18 %)Auditing
32 (18.18 %)Oracle Fusion
41 (9.091 %)Oracle BPM
41 (9.091 %)WebSphere
41 (9.091 %)Degree
41 (9.091 %)ESB
41 (9.091 %)Oracle Workflow
41 (9.091 %)Information Security
41 (9.091 %)PCI DSS
41 (9.091 %)BC Cleared
41 (9.091 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (9.091 %)Workflow
41 (9.091 %)Process Management
41 (9.091 %)CESG
41 (9.091 %)Banking
41 (9.091 %)Retail
41 (9.091 %)WebSphere Process Server
41 (9.091 %)TOGAF

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (18.18 %)Middleware
12 (18.18 %)Oracle Fusion
21 (9.091 %)WebSphere
21 (9.091 %)Web Services
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (18.18 %)WebLogic
21 (9.091 %)ESB
21 (9.091 %)Oracle Workflow
21 (9.091 %)WebSphere Process Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (9.091 %)MS Visio
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (9.091 %)Oracle BPM
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)LAN
11 (9.091 %)WAN
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)Oracle 11g
21 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
North East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (18.18 %)Telecoms
12 (18.18 %)Finance
12 (18.18 %)Government
12 (18.18 %)Auditing
21 (9.091 %)Banking
21 (9.091 %)Retail
21 (9.091 %)Local Government
21 (9.091 %)Pensions
21 (9.091 %)Retail Banking
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)CESG
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (9.091 %)Red Hat Linux
11 (9.091 %)UNIX
11 (9.091 %)Linux
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)UML
21 (9.091 %)Information Security
21 (9.091 %)Workflow
21 (9.091 %)Process Management
21 (9.091 %)TOGAF
21 (9.091 %)BPEL
21 (9.091 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (9.091 %)ITIL
21 (9.091 %)RUP
21 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
21 (9.091 %)SOA
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (9.091 %)C
11 (9.091 %)Java
11 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
11 (9.091 %)SQL
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (36.36 %)Security Cleared
23 (27.27 %)SC Cleared
31 (9.091 %)Degree
31 (9.091 %)BC Cleared
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (9.091 %)PCI DSS
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (27.27 %)Oracle
22 (18.18 %)Cisco
22 (18.18 %)Red Hat
31 (9.091 %)IBM
31 (9.091 %)HP