The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Swansea region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Swansea 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 7 7 10
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 3 13 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swansea 10.00% 16.67% 12.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% 18.31% 14.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 5
Average daily rate £485 £471 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.96% +16.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Swansea
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
27 71 158
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swansea 90.00% 91.03% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 21 49
Average daily rate £322 £427 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.59% +8.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £313 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £550 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £11.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
West Wales

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swansea Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Swansea Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swansea Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea region that cited 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 Architect in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Sophos
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea region that cited 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Sophos