The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 17 22 14
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -8
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 9 5 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 5.921% 2.778% 8.242%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.250% 2.924% 8.721%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
Average daily rate £425 £356 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.29% -9.81%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
144 171 172
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 94.74% 95.00% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 88 64
Average daily rate £363 £320 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% +2.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £213 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 12
Average hourly rate £15.75 £16.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.54% -41.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £12.50 £14.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £19.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
Yorkshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
York - 6 £425 -
Architect
Yorkshire

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 12 (75.00%) SaaS
1 12 (75.00%) PaaS
1 12 (75.00%) IaaS
2 11 (68.75%) SCOM
2 11 (68.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (68.75%) Hyper-V
2 11 (68.75%) Xen
2 11 (68.75%) VMware
2 11 (68.75%) Citrix
3 9 (56.25%) Open Source
4 8 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (50.00%) OpenStack
4 8 (50.00%) CloudStack
4 8 (50.00%) Google
4 8 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
4 8 (50.00%) Windows Azure
4 8 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (43.75%) UAG
6 4 (25.00%) MCTS
6 4 (25.00%) MCITP
6 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
8 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (12.50%) Oracle
8 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
8 2 (12.50%) Finance
8 2 (12.50%) Informatica
9 1 (6.250%) PowerCenter

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) .NET
1 1 (6.250%) .NET Remoting
1 1 (6.250%) .NET Framework
1 1 (6.250%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 8 (50.00%) OpenStack
1 8 (50.00%) CloudStack
1 8 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
1 8 (50.00%) Windows Azure
2 4 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Internet
1 1 (6.250%) LAN
1 1 (6.250%) WAN
1 1 (6.250%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) PowerCenter
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.250%) Data Mart
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) SaaS
1 12 (75.00%) PaaS
1 12 (75.00%) IaaS
2 9 (56.25%) Open Source
3 8 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (6.250%) N-Tier
4 1 (6.250%) Web 2.0
4 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.250%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
2 1 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (6.250%) Scrum
2 1 (6.250%) OOD
2 1 (6.250%) SOA
2 1 (6.250%) ETL
2 1 (6.250%) OO
2 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
2 1 (6.250%) AOP
2 1 (6.250%) Competitor Analysis
2 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (6.250%) Usability Testing
2 1 (6.250%) Information Architecture
2 1 (6.250%) Data Architecture
2 1 (6.250%) Data Governance
2 1 (6.250%) Kimball Methodology
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) MCTS
1 4 (25.00%) MCITP
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (68.75%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (68.75%) Hyper-V
1 11 (68.75%) Xen
2 7 (43.75%) UAG
Systems Management
1 11 (68.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (68.75%) VMware
2 11 (68.75%) Citrix
3 8 (50.00%) Google
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle
4 2 (12.50%) Informatica