The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Reading 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
Software Architecture
Rank 68 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.240% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.362% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £374 £388
% change year-on-year
-6.41% -3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-13.29% +57.27%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 702 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.11% 62.96% 66.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 270 310
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Software Architecture
Berkshire

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Architecture across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Reading Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Architecture across the Reading region.

Reading Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture.

1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) IIS
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Code Coverage
1 2 (66.67%) Games
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) WCF
1 2 (66.67%) Load Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Process Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Game Development
1 2 (66.67%) Kinect
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
1 2 (66.67%) WCF
1 2 (66.67%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Development Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Development Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
2 1 (33.33%) J2EE Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Java Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (66.67%) Kinect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Code Coverage
1 2 (66.67%) Automated Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Load Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Process Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Game Development
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) C++
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft