Scotland IT Architect Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the IT 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 IT Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IT Architect
Location Berkshire Blackpool Bristol Cheshire Chester Edinburgh England Lancashire London Newbury Newport North West Scotland South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire UK Wales West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	96	120
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	1	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.052 %	0.032 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£515	£416
% change on same period last year	+23.85 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1926	3156
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.054 %	3.359 %
Daily rates quoted	433	599
Average minimum daily rate	£312	£313
Average daily rate	£335	£328
% change on same period last year	+2.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£344
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	171	279
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.84	£18.55
Average hourly rate	£23.03	£19.77
% change on same period last year	+16.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.21	£20.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
IT 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.

IT Architect
Demand Trend

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

IT Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

IT Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Architect within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Edinburgh	+22	1	-	-

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IT Architect
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited IT 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 IT Architect in their job title.

1 2 (66.67 %) UNIX 2 1 (33.33 %) Finance

IT Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited IT 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 IT Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (33.33 %) Finance

Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) UNIX