The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 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 South East 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
Application Architect
Rank 212 231 237
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 11 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.141% 0.158% 0.144%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.152% 0.170% 0.155%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 11
Average daily rate £505 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.31% -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £435 £370
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £513 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £450 £550
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £55.00 - -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7243 9396 9678
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.50% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3591 4212 4167
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 721 805
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Applications Architect
England

Applications Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Applications Architect Daily Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Architect across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Applications Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Applications Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the South East 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
Berkshire +18 4 £475 +4.39%
Hampshire -5 4 £575 +21.05%
Surrey +24 2 £505 -1.46%
Buckinghamshire +6 1 £58 -87.22%
Applications Architect
England

Applications Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 9 (42.86%) Java
1 9 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) WebSphere
2 6 (28.57%) Oracle
3 5 (23.81%) .NET
3 5 (23.81%) DB2
3 5 (23.81%) Windows
3 5 (23.81%) JRules
3 5 (23.81%) Java EE
4 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (19.05%) Migration
4 4 (19.05%) Ab Initio
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
4 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
4 4 (19.05%) SQL
4 4 (19.05%) C++
5 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
5 3 (14.29%) Citrix
5 3 (14.29%) Web Services
5 3 (14.29%) XML
6 2 (9.524%) Hibernate
6 2 (9.524%) C#
6 2 (9.524%) Project Management
6 2 (9.524%) SOA
6 2 (9.524%) VMware
6 2 (9.524%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (9.524%) Spring
6 2 (9.524%) WinForms

Applications Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 6 (28.57%) WebSphere
2 5 (23.81%) Java EE
2 5 (23.81%) JRules
2 5 (23.81%) .NET
3 3 (14.29%) Web Services
3 3 (14.29%) XML
4 2 (9.524%) Hibernate
4 2 (9.524%) WinForms
4 2 (9.524%) ASP.NET
4 2 (9.524%) CSS
4 2 (9.524%) Spring
4 2 (9.524%) HTML
5 1 (4.762%) Ajax
5 1 (4.762%) REST
5 1 (4.762%) JSP
5 1 (4.762%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.524%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (4.762%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Portal
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (4.762%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) BusinessWorks
1 1 (4.762%) Endur
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (4.762%) Staffware
1 1 (4.762%) TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Intranet
1 1 (4.762%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) DB2
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 2 (9.524%) MySQL
4 1 (4.762%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.762%) EDRMS
4 1 (4.762%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (4.762%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 2 (9.524%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (9.524%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (4.762%) Finance
1 1 (4.762%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.762%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.762%) Thin Client
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Clustering
2 1 (4.762%) CESG
2 1 (4.762%) Fat Client
2 1 (4.762%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.762%) UNIX
3 1 (4.762%) HPUX
3 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (19.05%) Migration
1 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (9.524%) Data Migration
2 2 (9.524%) SOA
2 2 (9.524%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (9.524%) Project Management
3 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.762%) E-business
3 1 (4.762%) Workflow
3 1 (4.762%) ITIL
3 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.762%) UML
3 1 (4.762%) E-Commerce
3 1 (4.762%) Business Development
3 1 (4.762%) ETL
3 1 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.762%) Business Continuity
3 1 (4.762%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.762%) Data Management
3 1 (4.762%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) Java
2 4 (19.05%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) C++
3 2 (9.524%) C#
3 2 (9.524%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Oracle
2 4 (19.05%) Ab Initio
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 3 (14.29%) Citrix
4 2 (9.524%) VMware
5 1 (4.762%) IBM
5 1 (4.762%) NetApp
5 1 (4.762%) ILOG
5 1 (4.762%) TIBCO