The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 24 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 Northamptonshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 9 20 24
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 25 26 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 9.921% 6.250% 2.920%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.50% 6.616% 3.162%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 8
Average daily rate £500 £475 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +18.75%
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
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
238 393 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.44% 94.47% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 261 141
Average daily rate £407 £338 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.44% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £152 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 18 26
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £8.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
East Midlands

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Architect Daily Rate Histogram

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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Northampton +4 13 £475 -
Kettering - 3 £608 -
Architect
East Midlands

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Java
3 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (19.23%) WebSphere
4 4 (15.38%) Banking
4 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
4 4 (15.38%) Spring
4 4 (15.38%) Ajax
5 3 (11.54%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (11.54%) Ruby
5 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (11.54%) ETL
5 3 (11.54%) J2EE
5 3 (11.54%) Web Services
6 2 (7.692%) UML
6 2 (7.692%) JBoss
6 2 (7.692%) CRM
6 2 (7.692%) MySQL
6 2 (7.692%) Oracle
6 2 (7.692%) SAP
6 2 (7.692%) Project Management
6 2 (7.692%) IBM
6 2 (7.692%) Financial Institution
6 2 (7.692%) GlassFish
6 2 (7.692%) Android
6 2 (7.692%) Retail
7 1 (3.846%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.846%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (3.846%) Data Management

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 5 (19.23%) WebSphere
2 4 (15.38%) Spring
2 4 (15.38%) Ajax
3 3 (11.54%) Ruby on Rails
3 3 (11.54%) J2EE
3 3 (11.54%) Web Services
4 1 (3.846%) HTML5
4 1 (3.846%) Middleware
4 1 (3.846%) JSP
4 1 (3.846%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) GlassFish
2 1 (3.846%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (3.846%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (3.846%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (3.846%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (3.846%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) SAN
1 1 (3.846%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) MySQL
2 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
General
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (7.692%) Financial Institution
3 2 (7.692%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Open Source
1 1 (3.846%) iPad
1 1 (3.846%) IaaS
1 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Android
2 1 (3.846%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
3 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (11.54%) ETL
4 2 (7.692%) UML
4 2 (7.692%) CRM
4 2 (7.692%) Project Management
5 1 (3.846%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (3.846%) Data Management
5 1 (3.846%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (3.846%) Information Management
5 1 (3.846%) Information Architecture
5 1 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.846%) Data Governance
5 1 (3.846%) Analytics
5 1 (3.846%) Master Data Management
5 1 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Java
2 3 (11.54%) Ruby
3 1 (3.846%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.846%) Xen
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) JBoss
1 2 (7.692%) Oracle
1 2 (7.692%) SAP
1 2 (7.692%) IBM
2 1 (3.846%) HP
2 1 (3.846%) Avaya
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Solution Architect. Essential Skills & Experience: Java JSP Spring Web technologies HTML5 AJAX Desirable: Single sign on Financial services - card issuing Please forward CV's in the first instance...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 20 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Experience with one or more of: Ruby on Rails, Mobile, or Web Channel, is highly desirable. Exposure to technologies such as Java, J2EE, Websphere, MQ, SQL etc are...
Experis IT
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Responsible for creating technology solutions to meet business requirements, in line with Cluster and Group IT Strategies and Architectures. Working with the relevant Project Manager, Lead Solutions Architect,...
Experis IT
Posted: 20 May 2013