The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Shropshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Architect
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £475 £550
% change year-on-year
-5.26% -13.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
99 122 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 83.90% 93.85% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 70 33
Average daily rate £288 £325 £348
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.53% -6.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £257 £284
10% offered a daily rate of more than £532 £500 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £25.59 £10.00 £10.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+155.90% -2.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Applications Architect
West Midlands

Applications Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire Applications Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Shropshire Applications Architect Daily Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) COBOL
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services

Applications Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) COBOL
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VB
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft