The first table below looks at the demand for the User Experience 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 User Experience 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
User Experience (UX) Architect
Rank 218 237 226
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -11
Contract jobs requiring a User Experience Architect 7 10 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.090% 0.099% 0.175%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.107% 0.189%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £410 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+37.93% -3.33%
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
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%
User Experience Architect
England

User Experience Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East User Experience Architect Jobs Demand Trend

User Experience Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East User Experience Architect Daily Rate Trend

User Experience Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East User Experience Architect Daily Rate Histogram

User Experience Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience 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
Berkshire +17 6 £320 -
Hampshire - 1 £500 -
User Experience Architect
England

User Experience Architect
Top 26 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (81.82%) Information Architecture
2 7 (63.64%) Axure RP
2 7 (63.64%) HTML
2 7 (63.64%) MS Visio
3 5 (45.45%) Dreamweaver
3 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 5 (45.45%) Adobe
3 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
3 5 (45.45%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (45.45%) InDesign
4 4 (36.36%) E-Commerce
4 4 (36.36%) Photoshop
4 4 (36.36%) OmniGraffle
4 4 (36.36%) Interactive Media
5 3 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (18.18%) Graphic Design
6 2 (18.18%) CSS
7 1 (9.091%) Analytics
7 1 (9.091%) HTML5
7 1 (9.091%) Ergonomics
7 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
7 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
7 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
7 1 (9.091%) Internet
7 1 (9.091%) C#
7 1 (9.091%) HOOD

User Experience 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 User Experience 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 User Experience Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (63.64%) HTML
2 2 (18.18%) CSS
3 1 (9.091%) HTML5
Applications
1 7 (63.64%) MS Visio
2 5 (45.45%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (45.45%) InDesign
3 4 (36.36%) OmniGraffle
3 4 (36.36%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (63.64%) Axure RP
2 5 (45.45%) Dreamweaver
General
1 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 4 (36.36%) Interactive Media
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Graphic Design
2 1 (9.091%) Ergonomics
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Information Architecture
2 4 (36.36%) E-Commerce
3 3 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (9.091%) HOOD
4 1 (9.091%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 5 (45.45%) Adobe