Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4562
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads9090
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.097 %
As % of the category below2.967 %2.218 %
Daily rates quoted4227
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 quoted11
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 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching contract IT job ads30334058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.873 %4.358 %
Daily rates quoted676805
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 quoted437479
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 EnglandArchitect
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.

Architect
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.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

North West 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 West region.

North West 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 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.

LocationRank 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
ManchesterDown-425£560+29.70 %
CheshireNo change018£274-56.22 %
MerseysideDown-17£201-57.63 %
LancashireUp+36£450+6.50 %
CumbriaNew entry-2£500-
Architect EnglandArchitect
England

Architect
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.

138 (23.46 %)Finance
230 (18.52 %)Oracle
326 (16.05 %)Windows
419 (11.73 %)Zachman Framework
517 (10.49 %)Banking
517 (10.49 %)Microsoft
616 (9.877 %)MOM
616 (9.877 %)Configuration Management
616 (9.877 %)Release Management
714 (8.642 %)Enterprise Architecture
714 (8.642 %)TOGAF
714 (8.642 %)Financial Institution
714 (8.642 %)SOA
813 (8.025 %)AIX
912 (7.407 %)WebLogic
912 (7.407 %)SAP
912 (7.407 %)C#
912 (7.407 %)EAI
912 (7.407 %)Information Management
1011 (6.790 %)UNIX
1011 (6.790 %)Datawarehouse
1011 (6.790 %)Java
1011 (6.790 %).NET
1011 (6.790 %)Security Management
1110 (6.173 %)Pharmaceutical
1110 (6.173 %)Internet
1110 (6.173 %)SQL Server
129 (5.556 %)Government
129 (5.556 %)Migration
129 (5.556 %)CRM

Architect
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.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (6.790 %).NET
28 (4.938 %)WebServices
37 (4.321 %)WebSphere
37 (4.321 %)Oracle Fusion
45 (3.086 %)J2EE
45 (3.086 %)ASP.NET
53 (1.852 %)ASP
53 (1.852 %).NET Framework
62 (1.235 %)Spring MVC
62 (1.235 %)WCF
62 (1.235 %)ASP.NET 2.0
62 (1.235 %)WF
62 (1.235 %)SOAP
62 (1.235 %)XML
62 (1.235 %)Middleware
62 (1.235 %)MVC
62 (1.235 %)Spring
71 (0.617 %)Silverlight
71 (0.617 %)WPF
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (7.407 %)WebLogic
27 (4.321 %)Apache
35 (3.086 %)Morello
44 (2.469 %)BizTalk Server
52 (1.235 %)WebSphere Application Server
52 (1.235 %)WebLogic Portal
61 (0.617 %)CMS
61 (0.617 %)Oracle Workflow
61 (0.617 %)ESB
61 (0.617 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.617 %)SharePoint
61 (0.617 %)MS Exchange
61 (0.617 %)CICS
61 (0.617 %)WebSphere MQ
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (3.086 %)MS Visio
21 (0.617 %)InfoPath
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (5.556 %)Oracle EBS
26 (3.704 %)Oracle 11i
34 (2.469 %)WebTrends
42 (1.235 %)SAP IS-U
51 (0.617 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.617 %)Oracle CRM
51 (0.617 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.617 %)HFM
51 (0.617 %)Dynamics CRM
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (6.173 %)Internet
27 (4.321 %)BIG-IP
36 (3.704 %)VPN
45 (3.086 %)SAN
54 (2.469 %)LAN
54 (2.469 %)WAN
63 (1.852 %)Firewall
72 (1.235 %)Network Security
81 (0.617 %)BSS
81 (0.617 %)Extranet
81 (0.617 %)DMZ
81 (0.617 %)Intranet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (6.790 %)Datawarehouse
210 (6.173 %)SQL Server
39 (5.556 %)ETL
43 (1.852 %)RDBMS
43 (1.852 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (1.235 %)SQL Server Integration Services
52 (1.235 %)BusinessObjects
52 (1.235 %)SQLPlus
52 (1.235 %)EDRMS
52 (1.235 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.617 %)Data Mart
61 (0.617 %)BusinessObjects XI
61 (0.617 %)DB2
61 (0.617 %)Oracle Reports
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.235 %)Oracle Forms
12 (1.235 %)Log4j
21 (0.617 %)JDeveloper
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (23.46 %)Finance
217 (10.49 %)Banking
314 (8.642 %)Financial Institution
410 (6.173 %)Pharmaceutical
59 (5.556 %)Government
67 (4.321 %)Health
75 (3.086 %)Back Office
75 (3.086 %)Marketing
84 (2.469 %)Insurance
93 (1.852 %)Telecoms
93 (1.852 %)Retail
93 (1.852 %)Billing
102 (1.235 %)Manufacturing
102 (1.235 %)Local Government
111 (0.617 %)Pensions
111 (0.617 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.617 %)Online Banking
111 (0.617 %)FMCG
111 (0.617 %)Education
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (4.321 %)Client/Server
25 (3.086 %)Taxonomies
34 (2.469 %)NHS
34 (2.469 %)NPfIT
43 (1.852 %)Smartcard
43 (1.852 %)Mainframe
43 (1.852 %)Blog
52 (1.235 %)SCADA
52 (1.235 %)CCTV
52 (1.235 %)N-Tier
61 (0.617 %)Management Information System
61 (0.617 %)Device Driver
61 (0.617 %)Replication
61 (0.617 %)Fixed Income
61 (0.617 %)Grid Computing
61 (0.617 %)French Language
61 (0.617 %)Video Conferencing
61 (0.617 %)Data Conversion
61 (0.617 %)Data Integration
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (16.05 %)Windows
213 (8.025 %)AIX
311 (6.790 %)UNIX
47 (4.321 %)Solaris
52 (1.235 %)Windows CE
52 (1.235 %)MVS
52 (1.235 %)VME
61 (0.617 %)Windows Server 2003
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (11.73 %)Zachman Framework
216 (9.877 %)Release Management
216 (9.877 %)Configuration Management
314 (8.642 %)SOA
314 (8.642 %)TOGAF
314 (8.642 %)Enterprise Architecture
412 (7.407 %)EAI
412 (7.407 %)Information Management
511 (6.790 %)Security Management
69 (5.556 %)Migration
69 (5.556 %)CRM
77 (4.321 %)Project Management
86 (3.704 %)Business Intelligence
86 (3.704 %)Content Management
86 (3.704 %)Technical Architecture
95 (3.086 %)ITIL
95 (3.086 %)UML
95 (3.086 %)E-business
104 (2.469 %)Business Continuity
104 (2.469 %)Data Modelling
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (7.407 %)C#
211 (6.790 %)Java
35 (3.086 %)SQL
43 (1.852 %)PL/SQL
52 (1.235 %)C++
61 (0.617 %)COBOL
61 (0.617 %)JCL
61 (0.617 %)C
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (2.469 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (1.852 %)Cisco Certification
32 (1.235 %)Degree
41 (0.617 %)MCP
41 (0.617 %)MCSE
41 (0.617 %)CCNA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (2.469 %)SLA
23 (1.852 %)HL7
32 (1.235 %)QA
41 (0.617 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.617 %)GAMP
41 (0.617 %)GxP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (3.086 %)ClearTrust
24 (2.469 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.617 %)Terminal Services
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (9.877 %)MOM
22 (1.235 %)WSUS
22 (1.235 %)SCOM
31 (0.617 %)Netcool
31 (0.617 %)OpenView
31 (0.617 %)Unicenter
31 (0.617 %)Tivoli
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (18.52 %)Oracle
217 (10.49 %)Microsoft
312 (7.407 %)SAP
45 (3.086 %)Cisco
45 (3.086 %)Hyperion
54 (2.469 %)VMware
63 (1.852 %)IBM
63 (1.852 %)Citrix
72 (1.235 %)Business Objects
72 (1.235 %)Wonderware
72 (1.235 %)CA
72 (1.235 %)Anite
72 (1.235 %)TIBCO
72 (1.235 %)BEA
81 (0.617 %)BMC
81 (0.617 %)BT
81 (0.617 %)Juniper
81 (0.617 %)HP
81 (0.617 %)EMC