The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire 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 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 6.349% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £363 - -
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
Renfrewshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
34 25 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Renfrewshire 53.97% 96.15% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 14 3
Average daily rate £360 £400 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +45.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £280 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £418 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Architect
Scotland

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire region.

Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire 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
Erskine - 3 £370 -
Architect
Scotland

Architect
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (75.00%) Borland
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) StarTeam
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) AppSense
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (25.00%) XenServer
3 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) Fat Client

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Renfrewshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) StarTeam
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) XenApp
1 1 (25.00%) XenServer
1 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Borland
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) AppSense