Software Architecture 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 Software Architecture skills 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 Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
Software Architecture
Rank 181 234 230
Rank change year-on-year
+53 -4
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 42 13 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.537% 0.128% 0.211%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.790% 0.198% 0.324%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 4 4
Average daily rate £350 £450 £406
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% +10.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £380 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £474
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £355 £394
% change year-on-year
-1.40% -9.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £41.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-9.63% +50.90%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 5315 6567 6781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.02% 64.65% 64.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2757 3151 3072
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 363
Average hourly rate £26.98 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Architecture across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Software Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Software Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Software Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Architecture 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
Hampshire +22 31 £350 -
Surrey +28 6 - -
Berkshire +19 4 £525 +16.66%
Buckinghamshire +8 3 - -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture.

1 62 (79.49%) SQL
2 56 (71.79%) Java
3 52 (66.67%) SQL Server
4 51 (65.38%) UML
5 48 (61.54%) JavaScript
6 47 (60.26%) Spring
7 46 (58.97%) Web Services
8 44 (56.41%) CSS
9 43 (55.13%) JMS
9 43 (55.13%) Hibernate
9 43 (55.13%) BDD
10 42 (53.85%) JSON
10 42 (53.85%) MVC
11 41 (52.56%) SOAP
11 41 (52.56%) jQuery
12 40 (51.28%) REST
12 40 (51.28%) JUnit
13 39 (50.00%) Mockito
13 39 (50.00%) Web Development
14 38 (48.72%) Maven
14 38 (48.72%) JPA
14 38 (48.72%) Git (software)
14 38 (48.72%) EJB
15 37 (47.44%) OOD
15 37 (47.44%) HTML
15 37 (47.44%) JSP
15 37 (47.44%) JAXB
15 37 (47.44%) Spring Security
15 37 (47.44%) Spring Web Flow
15 37 (47.44%) Spring MVC

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Software Architecture also 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 that cited Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 47 (60.26%) Spring
2 46 (58.97%) Web Services
3 44 (56.41%) CSS
4 43 (55.13%) JMS
4 43 (55.13%) Hibernate
5 42 (53.85%) JSON
6 41 (52.56%) SOAP
6 41 (52.56%) jQuery
7 40 (51.28%) REST
8 38 (48.72%) JPA
8 38 (48.72%) EJB
9 37 (47.44%) JAXB
9 37 (47.44%) Java EE
9 37 (47.44%) JTA
9 37 (47.44%) JSP
9 37 (47.44%) HTML
9 37 (47.44%) Spring MVC
9 37 (47.44%) Spring Security
9 37 (47.44%) Spring Web Flow
10 24 (30.77%) Apache CXF
Application Platforms
1 19 (24.36%) BizTalk Server
2 7 (8.974%) ESB
3 4 (5.128%) IIS
4 3 (3.846%) Tomcat
4 3 (3.846%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.846%) SAS
5 2 (2.564%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (2.564%) MQSeries
5 2 (2.564%) Apache
6 1 (1.282%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (14.10%) MS Excel
2 6 (7.692%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.282%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 2 (2.564%) AWD
1 2 (2.564%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.692%) HTTP
1 6 (7.692%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.564%) LDAP
3 1 (1.282%) 3GPP
3 1 (1.282%) Intranet
3 1 (1.282%) Internet
3 1 (1.282%) Extranet
3 1 (1.282%) 3G
3 1 (1.282%) NFC
3 1 (1.282%) Network Security
3 1 (1.282%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 36 (46.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 36 (46.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (20.51%) NoSQL
4 6 (7.692%) Data Mining
5 4 (5.128%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (3.846%) Base SAS
6 3 (3.846%) Ingres
6 3 (3.846%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.564%) RDBMS
7 2 (2.564%) GIS
7 2 (2.564%) DB2
8 1 (1.282%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 40 (51.28%) JUnit
2 39 (50.00%) Mockito
3 38 (48.72%) Git (software)
3 38 (48.72%) Maven
4 18 (23.08%) Selenium
5 13 (16.67%) JBehave
6 7 (8.974%) Jenkins
7 5 (6.410%) Eclipse
7 5 (6.410%) Ant
8 4 (5.128%) JIRA
8 4 (5.128%) SpecFlow
9 3 (3.846%) Hudson
9 3 (3.846%) FindBugs
9 3 (3.846%) CruiseControl
9 3 (3.846%) NetBeans
9 3 (3.846%) Visual Studio
9 3 (3.846%) ClearCase
10 2 (2.564%) WinRunner
10 2 (2.564%) TestDirector
10 2 (2.564%) NUnit
General
1 14 (17.95%) Finance
2 6 (7.692%) Games
3 5 (6.410%) Banking
3 5 (6.410%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (70.51%) Developer
2 40 (51.28%) Java Developer
3 11 (14.10%) Technical Leader
4 8 (10.26%) Architect
5 7 (8.974%) Senior Developer
6 6 (7.692%) Development Manager
6 6 (7.692%) Lead Developer
6 6 (7.692%) Development Engineer
7 5 (6.410%) JavaScript Developer
7 5 (6.410%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 4 (5.128%) Senior Programmer
8 4 (5.128%) Technical Developer
8 4 (5.128%) Team Leader
8 4 (5.128%) Programmer
8 4 (5.128%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.846%) Development Team Leader
9 3 (3.846%) Senior Java Developer
9 3 (3.846%) Lead Java Developer
9 3 (3.846%) Java Team Leader
10 2 (2.564%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.692%) Computer Science
1 6 (7.692%) Kinect
2 5 (6.410%) Open Source
3 4 (5.128%) Streaming Video
3 4 (5.128%) Visualisation
4 2 (2.564%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.564%) DataPower
4 2 (2.564%) iSeries
4 2 (2.564%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.564%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.564%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.282%) Firmware
5 1 (1.282%) Handset
5 1 (1.282%) iPhone
5 1 (1.282%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.282%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.82%) Windows
2 9 (11.54%) UNIX
3 7 (8.974%) Linux
4 4 (5.128%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.564%) OS/400
5 2 (2.564%) zOS
6 1 (1.282%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (1.282%) Android
6 1 (1.282%) AIX
6 1 (1.282%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (65.38%) UML
2 43 (55.13%) BDD
3 42 (53.85%) MVC
4 39 (50.00%) Web Development
5 37 (47.44%) OOD
6 33 (42.31%) Pair Programming
7 25 (32.05%) Continuous Integration
8 22 (28.21%) Agile Software Development
9 21 (26.92%) Dependency Injection
10 16 (20.51%) SOA
11 13 (16.67%) OO
11 13 (16.67%) TDD
12 12 (15.38%) Scrum
13 9 (11.54%) Code Coverage
14 8 (10.26%) Use Case
15 7 (8.974%) Software Engineering
15 7 (8.974%) OOA/OOD
15 7 (8.974%) Analytics
16 6 (7.692%) Test Automation
16 6 (7.692%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 62 (79.49%) SQL
2 56 (71.79%) Java
3 48 (61.54%) JavaScript
4 14 (17.95%) C#
5 11 (14.10%) PL/SQL
6 7 (8.974%) C++
7 6 (7.692%) C
8 5 (6.410%) Python
9 4 (5.128%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.282%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.692%) Degree
4 2 (2.564%) ISTQB
System Software
1 2 (2.564%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.564%) VMware ESX
1 2 (2.564%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.564%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.282%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 32 (41.03%) JBoss
2 13 (16.67%) Twitter
3 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
4 8 (10.26%) Oracle
5 7 (8.974%) TIBCO
6 3 (3.846%) Cognizant
7 2 (2.564%) NetApp
7 2 (2.564%) BMC
7 2 (2.564%) Business Objects
7 2 (2.564%) IBM
7 2 (2.564%) Remedy
7 2 (2.564%) Ab Initio
7 2 (2.564%) VMware
8 1 (1.282%) Netezza
8 1 (1.282%) Coverity
8 1 (1.282%) Broadcom
8 1 (1.282%) Renesas
Software Architect (.Net) - Surrey
Surrey
Technical skills, must have: .Net 4, C#, Silverlight, some SOA, MQ, webservices, Scrum and multi-tier architecture... Ideally you will come from a .Net development background with experience...
Careerwise UK Limited
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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