The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Slough 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 21 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 Slough 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 33 13 32
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +19
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 8 16 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 3.213% 7.882% 2.597%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.419% 8.649% 2.749%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 3
Average daily rate £675 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £390 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £800 £450 £555
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
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
234 185 291
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 93.98% 91.13% 94.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 93 144
Average daily rate £315 £425 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.88% +37.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £262 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 8 41
Average hourly rate £35.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+141.37% -65.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
Berkshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the Slough region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Slough Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the Slough region.

Slough Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 13 (54.17%) Migration
2 11 (45.83%) Radio Access Network
2 11 (45.83%) 2G
2 11 (45.83%) 3G
3 10 (41.67%) Ericsson
4 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
4 9 (37.50%) RNC
5 6 (25.00%) Windows
6 5 (20.83%) Windows 7
7 4 (16.67%) Business Analysis
7 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
8 3 (12.50%) SCCM
8 3 (12.50%) LTE
9 2 (8.333%) Process Architecture
9 2 (8.333%) 4G
9 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (8.333%) Mason
9 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
9 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
9 2 (8.333%) VMware
9 2 (8.333%) Process Management
9 2 (8.333%) Six Sigma
9 2 (8.333%) Project Management
9 2 (8.333%) CRM
9 2 (8.333%) MPLS
9 2 (8.333%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (8.333%) SQL Server
9 2 (8.333%) SAP

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Application Development
1 2 (8.333%) Mason
2 1 (4.167%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) Site Server
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) Radio Access Network
1 11 (45.83%) 2G
1 11 (45.83%) 3G
2 9 (37.50%) RNC
3 3 (12.50%) LTE
4 2 (8.333%) 4G
4 2 (8.333%) MPLS
5 1 (4.167%) LAN
5 1 (4.167%) SDH
5 1 (4.167%) WAN
5 1 (4.167%) SMTP
5 1 (4.167%) Ethernet
5 1 (4.167%) HTTP
5 1 (4.167%) VPN
5 1 (4.167%) DNS
5 1 (4.167%) SAN
5 1 (4.167%) Internet
5 1 (4.167%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.167%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Automotive
2 1 (4.167%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows 7
3 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
4 1 (4.167%) VMS
4 1 (4.167%) Windows 8
4 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Migration
2 4 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 2 (8.333%) Process Architecture
3 2 (8.333%) Process Management
3 2 (8.333%) Six Sigma
3 2 (8.333%) Project Management
3 2 (8.333%) CRM
4 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.167%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (4.167%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.167%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.167%) vSphere
2 1 (4.167%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Ericsson
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.333%) VMware
3 2 (8.333%) Salesforce.com
3 2 (8.333%) SAP
4 1 (4.167%) Cisco
4 1 (4.167%) HP
4 1 (4.167%) Citrix
4 1 (4.167%) CheckPoint
4 1 (4.167%) Blue Coat
4 1 (4.167%) Brocade