Architect IT Contracts in Northern Ireland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 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 Northern Ireland 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
Architect
Rank 30 23 41
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +18
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 3 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 1.190% 3.191% 1.882%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.587% 3.614% 2.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 189 166 349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 75.00% 88.30% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 45 121
Average daily rate £325 £293 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -12.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 16
Average hourly rate £11.46 £12.50 £22.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.32% -43.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £12.50 £9.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.23 £22.10 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Architect
UK

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Architect Daily 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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim -7 3 - -
Architect
UK

Architect
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
1 5 (71.43%) Lync
2 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
2 4 (57.14%) PBX
3 3 (42.86%) DHCP
3 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
3 3 (42.86%) DNS
3 3 (42.86%) Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) XenServer
5 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
5 1 (14.29%) 3PAR
5 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
5 1 (14.29%) SLA
5 1 (14.29%) EMC
5 1 (14.29%) Citrix
5 1 (14.29%) VMware
5 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (14.29%) MS Office
5 1 (14.29%) Office 365
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) Lync
2 4 (57.14%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (57.14%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) PBX
2 3 (42.86%) DHCP
2 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (42.86%) DNS
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) XenServer
2 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) EMC
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) 3PAR
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