The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth 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 20 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 Portsmouth 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 9 9 23
Rank change year-on-year
0 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 8 12 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 9.877% 11.43% 4.516%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.67% 11.43% 5.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
Average daily rate £338 £575 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.30% +53.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 3
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.85% +8.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.98 £24.75 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.75 £27.00 £25.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
75 105 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 92.59% 100.00% 90.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 39 47
Average daily rate £370 £355 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.22% +18.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £553 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 30 49
Average hourly rate £26.98 £21.75 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.02% -6.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £14.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
Hampshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Portsmouth Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 10 (83.33%) VMware
2 9 (75.00%) Firewall
3 8 (66.67%) SQL
3 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 8 (66.67%) Citrix
4 4 (33.33%) NHS
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (8.333%) Network Architecture
6 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (8.333%) Siebel
6 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
6 1 (8.333%) EAI
6 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
6 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
6 1 (8.333%) VPN
6 1 (8.333%) Cisco
6 1 (8.333%) .NET
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle
6 1 (8.333%) Network Design
6 1 (8.333%) VLAN
6 1 (8.333%) Requirements Management
6 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (8.333%) SCOM
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) Firewall
2 1 (8.333%) VLAN
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle BI EE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) EAI
2 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
2 1 (8.333%) Network Design
2 1 (8.333%) Requirements Management
2 1 (8.333%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) VMware
2 8 (66.67%) Citrix
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) Siebel
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco