Architect IT Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West 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
Architect
Rank 39 17 18
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 106 257 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 4.522% 8.232% 6.385%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.858% 8.973% 6.911%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 149 87
Average daily rate £425 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £350 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £578 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £40.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.55 - £38.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.25 - £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2182 2864 2865
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.09% 91.74% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1045 1414 1422
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 175 192
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +5.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.01 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
England

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West Architect Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank 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
Cheshire -11 41 £450 -
Manchester -11 36 £413 -2.94%
Lancashire -16 11 £350 -22.22%
Merseyside +3 6 £428 -6.30%
Cumbria +8 1 £625 +36.61%
Architect
England

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 42 (18.42%) Oracle
2 38 (16.67%) Windows
3 36 (15.79%) Migration
4 35 (15.35%) Finance
5 32 (14.04%) Banking
5 32 (14.04%) Security Cleared
6 30 (13.16%) Project Management
7 29 (12.72%) UNIX
8 26 (11.40%) Data Modelling
9 25 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 24 (10.53%) SQL
11 23 (10.09%) Cisco
11 23 (10.09%) Retail
12 22 (9.649%) SC Cleared
13 20 (8.772%) TOGAF
13 20 (8.772%) SAP
14 19 (8.333%) WebSphere
15 18 (7.895%) Enterprise Architecture
15 18 (7.895%) IBM
15 18 (7.895%) Middleware
16 17 (7.456%) Microsoft
16 17 (7.456%) Active Directory
16 17 (7.456%) Business Intelligence
16 17 (7.456%) Data Warehouse
16 17 (7.456%) AIX
16 17 (7.456%) Firewall
16 17 (7.456%) Management Information System
17 16 (7.018%) Mainframe
17 16 (7.018%) ETL
17 16 (7.018%) Java

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 19 (8.333%) WebSphere
2 18 (7.895%) Middleware
3 9 (3.947%) .NET
4 6 (2.632%) J2EE
5 4 (1.754%) Hibernate
5 4 (1.754%) JSP
5 4 (1.754%) JMS
5 4 (1.754%) .NET Framework
6 3 (1.316%) Web Services
6 3 (1.316%) ASP
6 3 (1.316%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.877%) EJB
7 2 (0.877%) JDBC
7 2 (0.877%) XML
7 2 (0.877%) Servlets
7 2 (0.877%) Struts
7 2 (0.877%) HTML
7 2 (0.877%) J2SE
7 2 (0.877%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 2 (0.877%) DWR
Application Platforms
1 7 (3.070%) SharePoint
1 7 (3.070%) WebSphere Process Server
2 4 (1.754%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.316%) MS Exchange
4 2 (0.877%) WebSphere MQ
4 2 (0.877%) Commerce Server
4 2 (0.877%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (0.877%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.877%) JCAPS
4 2 (0.877%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.439%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.439%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (0.439%) Lync
5 1 (0.439%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
5 1 (0.439%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.439%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.439%) SAS
5 1 (0.439%) IIS
5 1 (0.439%) CICS
5 1 (0.439%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 8 (3.509%) MS Visio
2 7 (3.070%) MS Project
3 6 (2.632%) MS Office
4 3 (1.316%) MS Excel
5 1 (0.439%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.193%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.754%) Oracle Payroll
2 4 (1.754%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.316%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.316%) Oracle Applications
3 3 (1.316%) SAP MDM
4 1 (0.439%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.439%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.439%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.456%) Firewall
2 12 (5.263%) VPN
3 11 (4.825%) WAN
3 11 (4.825%) LAN
4 10 (4.386%) Internet
5 9 (3.947%) SAN
5 9 (3.947%) Wireless
6 8 (3.509%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.509%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (2.632%) Network Security
8 5 (2.193%) RFID
9 4 (1.754%) Intranet
10 3 (1.316%) LDAP
10 3 (1.316%) DNS
10 3 (1.316%) Extranet
10 3 (1.316%) MPLS
11 2 (0.877%) VoIP
11 2 (0.877%) DHCP
11 2 (0.877%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.439%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.456%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (5.263%) Oracle 11g
3 10 (4.386%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.632%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.632%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (2.193%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.193%) DB2
5 5 (2.193%) DataStage
6 4 (1.754%) Oracle BI EE
7 3 (1.316%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (1.316%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (1.316%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.316%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (1.316%) GIS
8 2 (0.877%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.877%) QlikView
8 2 (0.877%) IBM InfoSphere
9 1 (0.439%) OLAP
9 1 (0.439%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.439%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (1.316%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.877%) NetBeans
2 2 (0.877%) ERwin
2 2 (0.877%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 35 (15.35%) Finance
2 32 (14.04%) Banking
3 23 (10.09%) Retail
4 7 (3.070%) Local Government
4 7 (3.070%) Telecoms
5 6 (2.632%) Retail Banking
6 3 (1.316%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (0.877%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.877%) Billing
8 1 (0.439%) Marketing
8 1 (0.439%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.439%) French Language
8 1 (0.439%) German Language
8 1 (0.439%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.439%) Portuguese Language
8 1 (0.439%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.439%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.456%) Management Information System
2 16 (7.018%) Mainframe
3 11 (4.825%) NHS
4 9 (3.947%) Data Integration
5 6 (2.632%) PKI
5 6 (2.632%) FMCG
6 3 (1.316%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (0.877%) Replication
7 2 (0.877%) Online Banking
7 2 (0.877%) RMADS
7 2 (0.877%) iPhone
7 2 (0.877%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.439%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.439%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (0.439%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.439%) VSAM
8 1 (0.439%) CESG
8 1 (0.439%) CESG CLAS
8 1 (0.439%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 38 (16.67%) Windows
2 29 (12.72%) UNIX
3 17 (7.456%) AIX
4 14 (6.140%) Linux
5 10 (4.386%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (3.070%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.754%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.316%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.877%) Debian
9 2 (0.877%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.877%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (0.877%) Android
9 2 (0.877%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.877%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.439%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.439%) VME
10 1 (0.439%) Solaris
10 1 (0.439%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.439%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (15.79%) Migration
2 30 (13.16%) Project Management
3 26 (11.40%) Data Modelling
4 25 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (8.772%) TOGAF
6 18 (7.895%) Enterprise Architecture
7 17 (7.456%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (7.018%) ETL
8 16 (7.018%) Business Analysis
9 13 (5.702%) ITIL
10 12 (5.263%) Data Management
11 10 (4.386%) PRINCE2
11 10 (4.386%) Technical Architecture
11 10 (4.386%) Data Migration
12 9 (3.947%) Information Security
12 9 (3.947%) Data Security
13 7 (3.070%) Master Data Management
13 7 (3.070%) Supplier Management
13 7 (3.070%) UML
14 6 (2.632%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.53%) SQL
2 16 (7.018%) Java
3 9 (3.947%) C
4 7 (3.070%) C++
4 7 (3.070%) VB
5 6 (2.632%) C#
6 5 (2.193%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.193%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.877%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.877%) VBA
8 1 (0.439%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.439%) Bash shell
8 1 (0.439%) Korn
8 1 (0.439%) JCL
8 1 (0.439%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 22 (9.649%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.140%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (4.825%) CCNP
4 11 (4.825%) CCNA
5 8 (3.509%) CCDP
6 6 (2.632%) Degree
6 6 (2.632%) BC Cleared
7 5 (2.193%) CISSP
8 4 (1.754%) CCIE
9 3 (1.316%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.316%) MCITP
10 2 (0.877%) CISA
10 2 (0.877%) GIAC
10 2 (0.877%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.439%) CRISC
11 1 (0.439%) MCTS
11 1 (0.439%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.439%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.439%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.316%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.877%) GMP
2 2 (0.877%) HL7
2 2 (0.877%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.439%) Solvency II
System Software
1 17 (7.456%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.754%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.316%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.316%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.877%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 2 (0.877%) XenApp
4 2 (0.877%) vSphere
5 1 (0.439%) XenServer
5 1 (0.439%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (0.439%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.439%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 12 (5.263%) Tivoli
2 7 (3.070%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 6 (2.632%) NetBackup
4 3 (1.316%) Oracle Identity Manager
5 2 (0.877%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (0.877%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.877%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.439%) SCCM
6 1 (0.439%) SCOM
6 1 (0.439%) WSUS
6 1 (0.439%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 42 (18.42%) Oracle
2 23 (10.09%) Cisco
3 20 (8.772%) SAP
4 18 (7.895%) IBM
5 17 (7.456%) Microsoft
6 13 (5.702%) Citrix
7 12 (5.263%) VMware
8 10 (4.386%) F5
9 6 (2.632%) EMC
10 4 (1.754%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.754%) HP
11 3 (1.316%) Siebel
11 3 (1.316%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.316%) AppSense
12 2 (0.877%) Juniper
12 2 (0.877%) Avaya
12 2 (0.877%) NetApp
12 2 (0.877%) Riverbed
13 1 (0.439%) ArcSight
13 1 (0.439%) Pega
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