The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham 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 Nottingham 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 31 18 18
Rank change year-on-year
-13 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 7 13 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 2.456% 5.856% 4.661%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.574% 6.220% 4.889%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 2
Average daily rate £408 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.50% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £470 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £520 £710
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
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
272 209 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 95.44% 94.14% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 103 67
Average daily rate £350 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 13 23
Average hourly rate £13.75 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £10.08
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Architect
Nottinghamshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 6 (25.00%) Oracle
1 6 (25.00%) SOA
1 6 (25.00%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (20.83%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 3 (12.50%) VMware
3 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
3 3 (12.50%) BPEL
3 3 (12.50%) RUP
3 3 (12.50%) JMS
3 3 (12.50%) Java
4 2 (8.333%) .NET
4 2 (8.333%) Linux
4 2 (8.333%) UML
4 2 (8.333%) SOAP
4 2 (8.333%) Web Services
4 2 (8.333%) XML
4 2 (8.333%) ITIL
4 2 (8.333%) UNIX
4 2 (8.333%) Windows
4 2 (8.333%) AIX
4 2 (8.333%) WSDL
4 2 (8.333%) Middleware
4 2 (8.333%) IBM
4 2 (8.333%) WS-I
4 2 (8.333%) HP
4 2 (8.333%) SAN
4 2 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
4 2 (8.333%) LoadRunner

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 3 (12.50%) JMS
2 2 (8.333%) WSDL
2 2 (8.333%) WS-I
2 2 (8.333%) Middleware
2 2 (8.333%) .NET
2 2 (8.333%) SOAP
2 2 (8.333%) Web Services
2 2 (8.333%) XML
2 2 (8.333%) WPF
3 1 (4.167%) JPA
3 1 (4.167%) J2EE
3 1 (4.167%) JSP
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle ADF
3 1 (4.167%) Spring
3 1 (4.167%) JSF
3 1 (4.167%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) SAN
1 2 (8.333%) NAS
2 1 (4.167%) LDAP
2 1 (4.167%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.167%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (8.333%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Replication
2 1 (4.167%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.167%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.333%) UNIX
1 2 (8.333%) Windows
1 2 (8.333%) AIX
1 2 (8.333%) Linux
1 2 (8.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.167%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) SOA
2 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
2 3 (12.50%) BPEL
2 3 (12.50%) RUP
3 2 (8.333%) MVVM
3 2 (8.333%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (8.333%) Time Management
3 2 (8.333%) Migration
3 2 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (8.333%) ITIL
3 2 (8.333%) UML
3 2 (8.333%) Configuration Management
3 2 (8.333%) Project Management
4 1 (4.167%) Service Management
4 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.167%) ITSM
4 1 (4.167%) OO
4 1 (4.167%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Java
2 2 (8.333%) XPath
2 2 (8.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.167%) XenApp
2 1 (4.167%) XenDesktop
2 1 (4.167%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) VMware
3 2 (8.333%) Brocade
3 2 (8.333%) IBM
3 2 (8.333%) HP
3 2 (8.333%) NetApp
3 2 (8.333%) Red Hat