Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Architect role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Architect
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank88-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.264 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£526£549
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.00-
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads18973133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.048 %3.365 %
Daily rates quoted429610
Average minimum daily rate£312£317
Average daily rate£335£332
% change on same period last year+0.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted166273
Average minimum hourly rate£21.72£18.41
Average hourly rate£22.91£19.62
% change on same period last year+16.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.10£20.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Applications Architect UKApplications Architect
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Applications Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Architect across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Applications Architect Demand Trend

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Architect across the Scotland region.

Scotland Applications Architect Daily Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Applications 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 Applications Architect in their job title.

15 (45.45 %)Finance
15 (45.45 %)Logistics
15 (45.45 %)SAP
24 (36.36 %)N-Tier
24 (36.36 %)Java
24 (36.36 %)J2EE
24 (36.36 %)WebSphere
33 (27.27 %)JUnit
33 (27.27 %)MS Visio
33 (27.27 %)XML
33 (27.27 %)TDD
42 (18.18 %)VB6
42 (18.18 %)DB2
42 (18.18 %)JSF
42 (18.18 %)UML
42 (18.18 %)SOA
42 (18.18 %)Project Management
42 (18.18 %)Mainframe
42 (18.18 %)WebSphere Application Server
42 (18.18 %)C#
42 (18.18 %)VB
51 (9.091 %)SQL
51 (9.091 %)Oracle
51 (9.091 %)Datawarehouse
51 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
51 (9.091 %)Data Integration
51 (9.091 %)Enterprise Architecture
51 (9.091 %)IT Governance
51 (9.091 %)Retail Banking
51 (9.091 %)Spring

Applications Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Applications 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 Applications Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (36.36 %)J2EE
14 (36.36 %)WebSphere
23 (27.27 %)XML
32 (18.18 %)JSF
41 (9.091 %)Hibernate
41 (9.091 %)Spring
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (18.18 %)WebSphere Application Server
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (27.27 %)MS Visio
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)DB2
21 (9.091 %)Datawarehouse
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (27.27 %)JUnit
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (45.45 %)Finance
21 (9.091 %)Banking
21 (9.091 %)Retail
21 (9.091 %)Retail Banking
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (36.36 %)N-Tier
22 (18.18 %)Mainframe
31 (9.091 %)Management Information System
31 (9.091 %)Data Integration
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (45.45 %)Logistics
23 (27.27 %)TDD
32 (18.18 %)UML
32 (18.18 %)SOA
32 (18.18 %)Project Management
41 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
41 (9.091 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (9.091 %)IT Governance
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (36.36 %)Java
22 (18.18 %)VB
22 (18.18 %)VB6
22 (18.18 %)C#
31 (9.091 %)SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (45.45 %)SAP
21 (9.091 %)Oracle