The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Architect
Rank 213 226 242
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Systems Architect 12 16 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.148% 0.159% 0.114%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.160% 0.173% 0.123%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 6
Average daily rate £450 £517 £950
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.95% -45.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £509 £750
% change year-on-year
-13.47% -32.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 - -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7501 9248 9778
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.81% 92.06% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3805 4146 4237
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 590 702 848
Average hourly rate £18.00 £18.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Systems Architect
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Systems Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Systems Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Systems Architect Daily Rate Trend

Systems Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Systems Architect across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East Systems Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Systems Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Systems Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Systems Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Architect within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Hampshire -1 7 £475 - 2
Middlesex - 2 £450 -
Berkshire - 2 - -
Surrey - - - -
West Sussex - - - -
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Systems Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title.

1 9 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 8 (26.67%) SOA
2 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (23.33%) Business Objects
3 7 (23.33%) TOGAF
3 7 (23.33%) Data Architecture
4 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (20.00%) SQL
4 6 (20.00%) SAP
4 6 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (16.67%) HP
5 5 (16.67%) EMC
5 5 (16.67%) BMC
5 5 (16.67%) Nokia
5 5 (16.67%) Netcool
5 5 (16.67%) MS Office
5 5 (16.67%) ITSM
5 5 (16.67%) Service Management
5 5 (16.67%) Remedy
5 5 (16.67%) Project Management
5 5 (16.67%) Performance Management
5 5 (16.67%) Nokia NetAct
5 5 (16.67%) Degree
5 5 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
5 5 (16.67%) Fault Management
5 5 (16.67%) Ionix
5 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.33%) 4G
6 4 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint

Systems Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Systems 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 Systems Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.667%) Hibernate
1 2 (6.667%) Spring
2 1 (3.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.667%) CMS
3 1 (3.333%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) MS Office
2 4 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 4 (13.33%) MS Visio
2 4 (13.33%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.333%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) Nokia NetAct
2 4 (13.33%) 4G
3 3 (10.00%) LTE
4 2 (6.667%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (6.667%) 3GPP
4 2 (6.667%) 3G
4 2 (6.667%) Wireless
5 1 (3.333%) BSS
5 1 (3.333%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.333%) WAN
5 1 (3.333%) GPRS
5 1 (3.333%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.667%) GIS
4 1 (3.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.333%) MS Access
General
1 9 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (6.667%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Billing
3 1 (3.333%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.333%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Smart Meter
2 2 (6.667%) Open Source
2 2 (6.667%) CESG
3 1 (3.333%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.333%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) SOA
2 7 (23.33%) TOGAF
2 7 (23.33%) Data Architecture
3 5 (16.67%) Fault Management
3 5 (16.67%) Performance Management
3 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (16.67%) ITSM
3 5 (16.67%) Project Management
3 5 (16.67%) Service Management
4 4 (13.33%) UML
5 3 (10.00%) CRM
6 2 (6.667%) ITIL
6 2 (6.667%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.667%) MODAF
6 2 (6.667%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (6.667%) ArchiMate
6 2 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.667%) Network Management
7 1 (3.333%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (3.333%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (6.667%) VB
2 2 (6.667%) Java
3 1 (3.333%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (16.67%) Degree
3 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.333%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Netcool
1 5 (16.67%) Ionix
2 1 (3.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Business Objects
3 6 (20.00%) SAP
4 5 (16.67%) BMC
4 5 (16.67%) Nokia
4 5 (16.67%) Remedy
4 5 (16.67%) HP
4 5 (16.67%) EMC
5 2 (6.667%) Citrix
6 1 (3.333%) Oracle
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