The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills 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 Software Architecture over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 122 128 108
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -20
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 4 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.165% 0.134% 0.435%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.236% 0.211% 0.684%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 7
Average daily rate £500 £461 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.40% +207.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £410 £388
% change year-on-year
-12.80% +5.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year
-16.47% -
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1695 1892 1901
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.01% 63.36% 63.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 826 974 1013
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £485 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 85 89
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £22.51
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Architecture across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Software Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
(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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester - 3 £500 - 3
Cheshire - 1 - -
Lancashire - - - -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture.

1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) B2B
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (20.00%) MSI
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VB
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) MCSE
3 1 (20.00%) XHTML
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Content Management
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
3 1 (20.00%) WCF
3 1 (20.00%) jQuery

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) XHTML
1 1 (20.00%) WCF
1 1 (20.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) B2B
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) Content Management
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
2 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) HP
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