The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Architect
Rank 111 128 121
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 6 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.261% 0.126% 0.357%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.280% 0.138% 0.385%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
Average daily rate £338 - £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £500 £475
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £55.00 - £45.00
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2144 2900 2856
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.34% 91.57% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1014 1446 1426
Average daily rate £335 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 169 190
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.12% +14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.29 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Senior Architect
England

Senior Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Senior Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Senior Architect Daily Rate Trend

Senior Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Senior Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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 +16 6 £338 -
Senior Architect
England

Senior Architect
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Architect in their job title.

1 5 (62.50%) B2B
1 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Retail
2 4 (50.00%) BPR
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Hibernate
3 2 (25.00%) Java
3 2 (25.00%) J2EE
3 2 (25.00%) EJB
3 2 (25.00%) Web Services
3 2 (25.00%) JMS
3 2 (25.00%) SOA
3 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) JPA
4 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Process Server
4 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (12.50%) Finance

Senior Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Senior 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 Senior Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) J2EE
1 2 (25.00%) EJB
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
1 2 (25.00%) JMS
1 2 (25.00%) Hibernate
1 2 (25.00%) JPA
2 1 (12.50%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Process Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) B2B
1 5 (62.50%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) BPR
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
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Posted: 17 May 2013