North West Architect Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Benfleet Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Clapham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hove Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Osterley Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Ripon Rochdale Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stafford Staffordshire Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wirral Woking Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	45	62
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	90	90
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.145 %	0.097 %
As % of the category below	2.967 %	2.218 %
Daily rates quoted	42	27
Average minimum daily rate	£422	£424
Average daily rate	£441	£466
% change on same period last year	-5.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£461	£509
UK excluding London average daily rate	£491	£467
% change on same period last year	+5.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£12.00
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£13.50
% change on same period last year	+159.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£47.89	£40.31
% change on same period last year	+18.80 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3033	4058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.873 %	4.358 %
Daily rates quoted	676	805
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£326
Average daily rate	£339	£342
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	437	479
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.06	£19.41
Average hourly rate	£21.74	£21.18
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.43	£22.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Architect England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Architect across the North West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-4	25	£560	+29.70 %
Cheshire	0	18	£274	-56.22 %
Merseyside	-1	7	£201	-57.63 %
Lancashire	+3	6	£450	+6.50 %
Cumbria	-	2	£500	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 38 (23.46 %) Finance 2 30 (18.52 %) Oracle 3 26 (16.05 %) Windows 4 19 (11.73 %) Zachman Framework 5 17 (10.49 %) Banking 5 17 (10.49 %) Microsoft 6 16 (9.877 %) MOM 6 16 (9.877 %) Configuration Management 6 16 (9.877 %) Release Management 7 14 (8.642 %) Enterprise Architecture 7 14 (8.642 %) TOGAF 7 14 (8.642 %) Financial Institution 7 14 (8.642 %) SOA 8 13 (8.025 %) AIX 9 12 (7.407 %) WebLogic

9 12 (7.407 %) SAP 9 12 (7.407 %) C# 9 12 (7.407 %) EAI 9 12 (7.407 %) Information Management 10 11 (6.790 %) UNIX 10 11 (6.790 %) Datawarehouse 10 11 (6.790 %) Java 10 11 (6.790 %) .NET 10 11 (6.790 %) Security Management 11 10 (6.173 %) Pharmaceutical 11 10 (6.173 %) Internet 11 10 (6.173 %) SQL Server 12 9 (5.556 %) Government 12 9 (5.556 %) Migration 12 9 (5.556 %) CRM

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, 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 11 (6.790 %) .NET 2 8 (4.938 %) WebServices 3 7 (4.321 %) WebSphere 3 7 (4.321 %) Oracle Fusion 4 5 (3.086 %) J2EE 4 5 (3.086 %) ASP.NET 5 3 (1.852 %) ASP 5 3 (1.852 %) .NET Framework 6 2 (1.235 %) Spring MVC 6 2 (1.235 %) WCF 6 2 (1.235 %) ASP.NET 2.0 6 2 (1.235 %) WF 6 2 (1.235 %) SOAP 6 2 (1.235 %) XML 6 2 (1.235 %) Middleware 6 2 (1.235 %) MVC 6 2 (1.235 %) Spring 7 1 (0.617 %) Silverlight 7 1 (0.617 %) WPF	Application Platforms 1 12 (7.407 %) WebLogic 2 7 (4.321 %) Apache 3 5 (3.086 %) Morello 4 4 (2.469 %) BizTalk Server 5 2 (1.235 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 2 (1.235 %) WebLogic Portal 6 1 (0.617 %) CMS 6 1 (0.617 %) Oracle Workflow 6 1 (0.617 %) ESB 6 1 (0.617 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (0.617 %) SharePoint 6 1 (0.617 %) MS Exchange 6 1 (0.617 %) CICS 6 1 (0.617 %) WebSphere MQ
Applications 1 5 (3.086 %) MS Visio 2 1 (0.617 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 9 (5.556 %) Oracle EBS 2 6 (3.704 %) Oracle 11i 3 4 (2.469 %) WebTrends 4 2 (1.235 %) SAP IS-U 5 1 (0.617 %) Microsoft CRM 5 1 (0.617 %) Oracle CRM 5 1 (0.617 %) Oracle Applications 5 1 (0.617 %) HFM 5 1 (0.617 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 10 (6.173 %) Internet 2 7 (4.321 %) BIG-IP 3 6 (3.704 %) VPN 4 5 (3.086 %) SAN 5 4 (2.469 %) LAN 5 4 (2.469 %) WAN 6 3 (1.852 %) Firewall 7 2 (1.235 %) Network Security 8 1 (0.617 %) BSS 8 1 (0.617 %) Extranet 8 1 (0.617 %) DMZ 8 1 (0.617 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (6.790 %) Datawarehouse 2 10 (6.173 %) SQL Server 3 9 (5.556 %) ETL 4 3 (1.852 %) RDBMS 4 3 (1.852 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (1.235 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 2 (1.235 %) BusinessObjects 5 2 (1.235 %) SQLPlus 5 2 (1.235 %) EDRMS 5 2 (1.235 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 1 (0.617 %) Data Mart 6 1 (0.617 %) BusinessObjects XI 6 1 (0.617 %) DB2 6 1 (0.617 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 2 (1.235 %) Oracle Forms 1 2 (1.235 %) Log4j 2 1 (0.617 %) JDeveloper	General 1 38 (23.46 %) Finance 2 17 (10.49 %) Banking 3 14 (8.642 %) Financial Institution 4 10 (6.173 %) Pharmaceutical 5 9 (5.556 %) Government 6 7 (4.321 %) Health 7 5 (3.086 %) Back Office 7 5 (3.086 %) Marketing 8 4 (2.469 %) Insurance 9 3 (1.852 %) Telecoms 9 3 (1.852 %) Retail 9 3 (1.852 %) Billing 10 2 (1.235 %) Manufacturing 10 2 (1.235 %) Local Government 11 1 (0.617 %) Pensions 11 1 (0.617 %) Retail Banking 11 1 (0.617 %) Online Banking 11 1 (0.617 %) FMCG 11 1 (0.617 %) Education
Miscellaneous 1 7 (4.321 %) Client/Server 2 5 (3.086 %) Taxonomies 3 4 (2.469 %) NHS 3 4 (2.469 %) NPfIT 4 3 (1.852 %) Smartcard 4 3 (1.852 %) Mainframe 4 3 (1.852 %) Blog 5 2 (1.235 %) SCADA 5 2 (1.235 %) CCTV 5 2 (1.235 %) N-Tier 6 1 (0.617 %) Management Information System 6 1 (0.617 %) Device Driver 6 1 (0.617 %) Replication 6 1 (0.617 %) Fixed Income 6 1 (0.617 %) Grid Computing 6 1 (0.617 %) French Language 6 1 (0.617 %) Video Conferencing 6 1 (0.617 %) Data Conversion 6 1 (0.617 %) Data Integration	Operating Systems 1 26 (16.05 %) Windows 2 13 (8.025 %) AIX 3 11 (6.790 %) UNIX 4 7 (4.321 %) Solaris 5 2 (1.235 %) Windows CE 5 2 (1.235 %) MVS 5 2 (1.235 %) VME 6 1 (0.617 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 19 (11.73 %) Zachman Framework 2 16 (9.877 %) Release Management 2 16 (9.877 %) Configuration Management 3 14 (8.642 %) SOA 3 14 (8.642 %) TOGAF 3 14 (8.642 %) Enterprise Architecture 4 12 (7.407 %) EAI 4 12 (7.407 %) Information Management 5 11 (6.790 %) Security Management 6 9 (5.556 %) Migration 6 9 (5.556 %) CRM 7 7 (4.321 %) Project Management 8 6 (3.704 %) Business Intelligence 8 6 (3.704 %) Content Management 8 6 (3.704 %) Technical Architecture 9 5 (3.086 %) ITIL 9 5 (3.086 %) UML 9 5 (3.086 %) E-business 10 4 (2.469 %) Business Continuity 10 4 (2.469 %) Data Modelling	Programming Languages 1 12 (7.407 %) C# 2 11 (6.790 %) Java 3 5 (3.086 %) SQL 4 3 (1.852 %) PL/SQL 5 2 (1.235 %) C++ 6 1 (0.617 %) COBOL 6 1 (0.617 %) JCL 6 1 (0.617 %) C
Qualifications 1 4 (2.469 %) Microsoft Certification 2 3 (1.852 %) Cisco Certification 3 2 (1.235 %) Degree 4 1 (0.617 %) MCP 4 1 (0.617 %) MCSE 4 1 (0.617 %) CCNA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (2.469 %) SLA 2 3 (1.852 %) HL7 3 2 (1.235 %) QA 4 1 (0.617 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 1 (0.617 %) GAMP 4 1 (0.617 %) GxP
System Software 1 5 (3.086 %) ClearTrust 2 4 (2.469 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (0.617 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 16 (9.877 %) MOM 2 2 (1.235 %) WSUS 2 2 (1.235 %) SCOM 3 1 (0.617 %) Netcool 3 1 (0.617 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.617 %) Unicenter 3 1 (0.617 %) Tivoli
Vendors 1 30 (18.52 %) Oracle 2 17 (10.49 %) Microsoft 3 12 (7.407 %) SAP 4 5 (3.086 %) Cisco 4 5 (3.086 %) Hyperion 5 4 (2.469 %) VMware 6 3 (1.852 %) IBM 6 3 (1.852 %) Citrix 7 2 (1.235 %) Business Objects 7 2 (1.235 %) Wonderware 7 2 (1.235 %) CA 7 2 (1.235 %) Anite 7 2 (1.235 %) TIBCO 7 2 (1.235 %) BEA 8 1 (0.617 %) BMC 8 1 (0.617 %) BT 8 1 (0.617 %) Juniper 8 1 (0.617 %) HP 8 1 (0.617 %) EMC