The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 19 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 Job Titles advertised for the Oxford 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 26 28 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 7 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 3.271% 2.581% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.365% 2.623% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 0
Average daily rate £475 £575 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+44.44% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
208 305 172
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 97.20% 98.39% 97.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 169 92
Average daily rate £350 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 42 24
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -24.32%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Architect
Oxfordshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Programme Management
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
2 3 (27.27%) Zachman Framework
2 3 (27.27%) TOGAF
3 2 (18.18%) JSON
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (18.18%) Apache Flex
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 2 (18.18%) DTV
3 2 (18.18%) C#
3 2 (18.18%) Java
3 2 (18.18%) PHP
3 2 (18.18%) .NET
3 2 (18.18%) MySQL
3 2 (18.18%) SAP
3 2 (18.18%) Windows
4 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 2 (18.18%) JSON
1 2 (18.18%) Apache Flex
1 2 (18.18%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
1 1 (9.091%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) MySQL
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 4 (36.36%) Telecoms
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
3 2 (18.18%) Marketing
3 2 (18.18%) Electronics
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) DTV
2 1 (9.091%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Programme Management
2 3 (27.27%) Zachman Framework
2 3 (27.27%) TOGAF
3 2 (18.18%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 1 (9.091%) ETL
4 1 (9.091%) B2B
4 1 (9.091%) B2C
4 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C#
1 2 (18.18%) Java
1 2 (18.18%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) VMware
1 2 (18.18%) Citrix
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Facebook