The first table below looks at the demand for Software Architecture skills 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 Software Architecture over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 105 100 113
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +13
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 3 36 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.149% 1.113% 0.318%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.223% 1.633% 0.488%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 21 3
Average daily rate £240 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £374 £388
% change year-on-year
-6.41% -3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-13.29% +57.27%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1344 2204 1843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.63% 68.13% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1360 953
Average daily rate £375 £390 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 110 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Dorset - 1 - -
Somerset - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £240 -
Software Architecture
England

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 7 (70.00%) UML
1 7 (70.00%) Validation
2 5 (50.00%) OOD
2 5 (50.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) J2EE
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 5 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (40.00%) Spring
3 4 (40.00%) Apache Flex
3 4 (40.00%) Spring Roo
3 4 (40.00%) Eclipse
3 4 (40.00%) Hibernate
4 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Reactive Extensions
5 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Inversion of Control
5 2 (20.00%) Castle Windsor
5 2 (20.00%) NuGet
5 2 (20.00%) .NET
5 2 (20.00%) C#
6 1 (10.00%) HTML
6 1 (10.00%) SQL
6 1 (10.00%) OOA/OOD
6 1 (10.00%) Informix
6 1 (10.00%) DSDM
6 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
6 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
6 1 (10.00%) Sybase

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 5 (50.00%) J2EE
2 4 (40.00%) Spring
2 4 (40.00%) Apache Flex
2 4 (40.00%) Hibernate
3 2 (20.00%) Reactive Extensions
3 2 (20.00%) Castle Windsor
3 2 (20.00%) .NET
4 1 (10.00%) HTML
4 1 (10.00%) EJB
4 1 (10.00%) JSP
4 1 (10.00%) XML
4 1 (10.00%) XSD
4 1 (10.00%) WSDL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Informix
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Spring Roo
1 4 (40.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (20.00%) NuGet
General
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
1 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Java Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Author
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Author
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Software Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Software Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 1 (10.00%) J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Inversion of Control
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) UML
1 7 (70.00%) Validation
2 5 (50.00%) OOD
2 5 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
5 1 (10.00%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (10.00%) DSDM
5 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) SOA
5 1 (10.00%) Scrum
5 1 (10.00%) System Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Usability Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Sybase
2 1 (10.00%) ATG
2 1 (10.00%) Fredhopper