The first table below looks at the demand for the Java 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 Java Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Architect
Rank 220 241 246
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Java Architect 3 1 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.039% 0.010% 0.123%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.011% 0.133%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
Average daily rate £525 £488 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +2.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £488 £463 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.40% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7204 9391 9776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.56% 92.35% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4218 4213
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
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 572 721 839
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Java Architect
England

Java Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Java Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Java Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Java Architect Daily Rate Trend

Java Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Java Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Java Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Architect within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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 +19 3 £525 +7.69%
Java Architect
England

Java Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Java 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 Java Architect in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) Spring
2 7 (87.50%) Spring MVC
2 7 (87.50%) Hibernate
2 7 (87.50%) MVC
3 6 (75.00%) SOA
4 5 (62.50%) Web Services
4 5 (62.50%) JMS
5 4 (50.00%) J2EE
5 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (50.00%) EJB
5 4 (50.00%) JSP
5 4 (50.00%) SOAP
5 4 (50.00%) JAXB
5 4 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (50.00%) TDD
5 4 (50.00%) Scrum
5 4 (50.00%) Web Development
5 4 (50.00%) Java EE
5 4 (50.00%) JSON
5 4 (50.00%) JTA
5 4 (50.00%) WCF
5 4 (50.00%) Spring Security
5 4 (50.00%) Spring Web Flow
5 4 (50.00%) Apache CXF
5 4 (50.00%) BDD
5 4 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 4 (50.00%) REST
5 4 (50.00%) JPA
5 4 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008

Java Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Java 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 Java Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) Spring
2 7 (87.50%) Spring MVC
2 7 (87.50%) Hibernate
3 5 (62.50%) Web Services
3 5 (62.50%) JMS
4 4 (50.00%) J2EE
4 4 (50.00%) EJB
4 4 (50.00%) JSP
4 4 (50.00%) SOAP
4 4 (50.00%) JAXB
4 4 (50.00%) Java EE
4 4 (50.00%) JSON
4 4 (50.00%) JTA
4 4 (50.00%) WCF
4 4 (50.00%) Spring Security
4 4 (50.00%) Spring Web Flow
4 4 (50.00%) Apache CXF
4 4 (50.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (50.00%) REST
4 4 (50.00%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) CruiseControl
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Semantic Web
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) MVC
2 6 (75.00%) SOA
3 4 (50.00%) TDD
3 4 (50.00%) Scrum
3 4 (50.00%) Web Development
3 4 (50.00%) BDD
4 3 (37.50%) UML
5 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (50.00%) C#
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) JBoss
2 1 (12.50%) Google
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Posted: 10 May 2013