The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Senior 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 West 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
Senior Architect
Rank 110 139 124
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 1 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.050% 0.062% 0.104%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.066% 0.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £425 £500 £493
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +1.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £461 £500 £475
% change year-on-year
-7.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £55.00 - £45.00
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1891 3019 2707
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.08% 93.04% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1135 1811 1344
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
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 136 187 244
Average hourly rate £15.30 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.00% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.80 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £38.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Architect
England

Senior Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Senior Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Senior Architect Daily Rate Trend

Senior Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Senior Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the South West 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
Wiltshire +2 1 £425 -15.00%
Senior Architect
England

Senior Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (44.44%) TDD
2 4 (44.44%) C
2 4 (44.44%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) JUnit
2 4 (44.44%) EJB
2 4 (44.44%) SOAP
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) JBoss
2 4 (44.44%) JavaBeans
2 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) REST
3 2 (22.22%) MVC
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) .NET
3 2 (22.22%) C#
3 2 (22.22%) WCF
4 1 (11.11%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) BlackBerry OS
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Phone 8
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Phone
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (11.11%) HTML5
4 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 1 (11.11%) F5

Senior Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) EJB
1 4 (44.44%) SOAP
1 4 (44.44%) JavaBeans
1 4 (44.44%) REST
2 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) WCF
3 1 (11.11%) HTML5
3 1 (11.11%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JUnit
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mobile App
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) BlackBerry OS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Phone 8
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Phone
2 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 1 (11.11%) Android
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (44.44%) TDD
3 2 (22.22%) MVC
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C
1 4 (44.44%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) JBoss
2 1 (11.11%) F5
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Juniper
2 1 (11.11%) McAfee