Software Architect Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architect
Rank 206 235 237
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Software Architect 19 12 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.243% 0.119% 0.068%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.262% 0.128% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 1
Average daily rate £450 £513 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.19% +36.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £40.00
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 7249 9360 9532
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.54% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3589 4188 4102
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £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 578 719 799
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 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.75 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Architect
England

Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Software Architect Daily Rate Trend

Software Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Architect across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East Software Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Software Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Software Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Software Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architect within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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
West Sussex +18 9 £450 -14.69%
Hampshire +1 5 £285 -
Berkshire +19 2 £525 -
Surrey +19 1 £575 -
Buckinghamshire +6 1 £260 -35.00%
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Software Architect
England

Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Software 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 Software Architect in their job title.

1 18 (75.00%) SOA
2 10 (41.67%) C#
3 9 (37.50%) Java
3 9 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 9 (37.50%) Web Services
3 9 (37.50%) Scrum
3 9 (37.50%) WCF
4 8 (33.33%) JSON
4 8 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
4 8 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (29.17%) Apache CXF
5 7 (29.17%) Spring Security
5 7 (29.17%) Spring Web Flow
5 7 (29.17%) PCI DSS
5 7 (29.17%) JPA
5 7 (29.17%) BDD
5 7 (29.17%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 7 (29.17%) REST
5 7 (29.17%) MVC
5 7 (29.17%) Hibernate
5 7 (29.17%) Spring MVC
5 7 (29.17%) TDD
5 7 (29.17%) Web Development
5 7 (29.17%) Java EE
5 7 (29.17%) Spring
5 7 (29.17%) JTA
5 7 (29.17%) JSP
5 7 (29.17%) SOAP
5 7 (29.17%) JAXB
5 7 (29.17%) JMS

Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (37.50%) Web Services
1 9 (37.50%) WCF
2 8 (33.33%) JSON
3 7 (29.17%) Spring MVC
3 7 (29.17%) JMS
3 7 (29.17%) JAXB
3 7 (29.17%) Hibernate
3 7 (29.17%) Spring
3 7 (29.17%) JTA
3 7 (29.17%) .NET
3 7 (29.17%) EJB
3 7 (29.17%) JSP
3 7 (29.17%) SOAP
3 7 (29.17%) Spring Security
3 7 (29.17%) Spring Web Flow
3 7 (29.17%) JPA
3 7 (29.17%) Apache CXF
3 7 (29.17%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 7 (29.17%) REST
3 7 (29.17%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 8 (33.33%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (4.167%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (4.167%) Magento
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Azure
2 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.167%) TeamSite
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
1 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) LDAP
1 1 (4.167%) Intranet
1 1 (4.167%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 8 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (8.333%) MySQL
4 1 (4.167%) OLAP
4 1 (4.167%) DTS
4 1 (4.167%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (4.167%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.167%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (4.167%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) SOA
2 9 (37.50%) Scrum
3 7 (29.17%) TDD
3 7 (29.17%) MVC
3 7 (29.17%) Web Development
3 7 (29.17%) BDD
4 6 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (12.50%) Software Architecture
6 2 (8.333%) OO
6 2 (8.333%) UML
7 1 (4.167%) OOA/OOD
7 1 (4.167%) Data Security
7 1 (4.167%) TOGAF
7 1 (4.167%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (4.167%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (4.167%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (4.167%) Unit Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) C#
2 9 (37.50%) Java
3 4 (16.67%) SQL
4 2 (8.333%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.333%) PHP
5 1 (4.167%) T-SQL
5 1 (4.167%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.167%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.167%) Teradata
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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