The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Architect
Rank 113 130 109
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 4 4 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.168% 0.132% 0.529%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.179% 0.144% 0.575%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 10
Average daily rate £538 £650 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.30% +40.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £530 £460
10% offered a daily rate of more than £548 £650 £469
UK excluding London average daily rate £488 £481 £463
% change year-on-year
+1.29% +4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2232 2786 2784
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.51% 91.71% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1055 1409 1431
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 169 209
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.42 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.88% +4.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Lead Architect
England

Lead Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Lead Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Lead Architect Daily Rate Trend

Lead Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Architect within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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Vacancies
Manchester +6 3 £550 -15.38%
Cheshire - - - - 1
Lead Architect
England

Lead Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Mainframe
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (50.00%) Middleware
2 4 (50.00%) RFID
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (37.50%) Finite Element Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Intranet
3 3 (37.50%) Internet
3 3 (37.50%) Extranet
3 3 (37.50%) Zachman Framework
3 3 (37.50%) TOGAF
3 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) Use Case
5 1 (12.50%) ISMS
5 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) Pega
5 1 (12.50%) Java
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) IVR
5 1 (12.50%) E-business
5 1 (12.50%) MS Project

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Lead 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 Lead Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) RFID
2 3 (37.50%) Intranet
2 3 (37.50%) Internet
2 3 (37.50%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Mainframe
2 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Finite Element Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Zachman Framework
2 3 (37.50%) TOGAF
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Use Case
3 1 (12.50%) ISMS
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) E-business
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) UML
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Pega
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
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