The first table below looks at the demand for the Information 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 Information 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
Information Architect
Rank 117 123 126
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Information Architect 1 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.043% 0.192% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.209% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £292 £270 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.96% -28.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £413 £375
% change year-on-year
+14.91% +10.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £62.00
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%
Information Architect
England

Information Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Information Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Information Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Information Architect Daily Rate Trend

Information Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Information Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Information Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information 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
Manchester +8 1 £292 +7.96%
Information Architect
England

Information Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Information 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 Information Architect in their job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Data Management
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Data Modelling
2 5 (55.56%) Data Security
2 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 5 (55.56%) Business Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Data Integration
2 5 (55.56%) Master Data Management
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Local Government
3 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
4 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 3 (33.33%) Cisco
4 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 3 (33.33%) Citrix
4 3 (33.33%) SAN
4 3 (33.33%) Security Management
4 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 3 (33.33%) VMware
4 3 (33.33%) Information Security
4 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (33.33%) Firewall
4 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 1 (11.11%) UML
6 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle
6 1 (11.11%) MS Project
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL

Information 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 Information 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 Information Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
General
1 4 (44.44%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
1 5 (55.56%) Data Integration
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
2 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Data Management
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 5 (55.56%) Data Modelling
2 5 (55.56%) Data Security
2 5 (55.56%) Business Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Master Data Management
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
4 3 (33.33%) Security Management
4 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 3 (33.33%) Information Security
4 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) UML
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) ISMS
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) E-business
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) GMP
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Citrix
1 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle