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The table looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank2939
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads14362550
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK4.180 %3.312 %
As % of the Job Titles category4.706 %3.656 %
Daily rates quoted556853
Average daily rate£475£500
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£350
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£450
Hourly rates quoted4143
Average hourly rate£40.00£45.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-11.11 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.00£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.50£60.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£45.00
% change on same period last year-11.11 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3051169739
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK88.82 %90.58 %
Daily rates quoted1179222223
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted23755970
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.25£11.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
% change on same period last year-2.500 %

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.

Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Architect within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Architect Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Architect within the UK.

Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Architect within the UK.

Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Architect Hourly Rate Histogram

Architect
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+61346£475-5.00 %
LondonUp+14719£500-1.96 %
South EastUp+5261£450-5.26 %
City of LondonUp+34220£550-4.34 %
HampshireUp+34110£446+11.50 %
BerkshireDown-383£450-5.26 %
YorkshireUp+3763£425+9.67 %
North WestUp+2963£475+5.55 %
East of EnglandUp+163£375-20.00 %
West MidlandsUp+2060£383-16.84 %
South WestNo change059£438+4.47 %
West YorkshireUp+2952£371-7.18 %
LeedsUp+3245£348-10.32 %
ScotlandUp+3934£388-3.12 %
ReadingDown-1032£450-3.22 %
EdinburghUp+2529£388-3.12 %
HertfordshireDown-324£375-31.81 %
ManchesterUp+3821£538+22.15 %
PortsmouthUp+2118--
SurreyUp+1018£475-5.00 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2917£500-16.66 %
CheshireUp+2817£431-4.27 %
BirminghamUp+1616£395-14.13 %
East MidlandsDown-116£313-30.55 %
WarwickshireUp+2315£388+16.10 %
GloucestershireUp+1215£450-14.77 %
LancashireUp+1215£450+5.88 %
North EastUp+615£531+51.78 %
WiltshireUp+513£500+19.76 %
BlackpoolUp+113£450-10.00 %

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1581 (18.59 %)Oracle
2502 (16.06 %)Finance
3416 (13.31 %)Security Cleared
4354 (11.33 %)Windows
5342 (10.94 %)Java
5342 (10.94 %)Banking
6311 (9.952 %)Government
7310 (9.920 %)SOA
7310 (9.920 %)Microsoft
8266 (8.512 %)SC Cleared
9265 (8.480 %)SAP
10259 (8.288 %).NET
11239 (7.648 %)SQL
12225 (7.200 %)J2EE
13212 (6.784 %)UML
14205 (6.560 %)TOGAF
15199 (6.368 %)XML
16198 (6.336 %)UNIX
17196 (6.272 %)SQL Server
18189 (6.048 %)Migration
19181 (5.792 %)Business Intelligence
20167 (5.344 %)Middleware
21165 (5.280 %)Enterprise Architecture
22159 (5.088 %)Datawarehouse
23157 (5.024 %)WebServices
23157 (5.024 %)IBM
24156 (4.992 %)Retail
25152 (4.864 %)Telecoms
26150 (4.800 %)Linux
27148 (4.736 %)SharePoint

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1259 (8.288 %).NET
2225 (7.200 %)J2EE
3199 (6.368 %)XML
4167 (5.344 %)Middleware
5157 (5.024 %)WebServices
6140 (4.480 %)WebSphere
761 (1.952 %)JMS
761 (1.952 %)ASP.NET
850 (1.600 %)Java EE
949 (1.568 %)SOAP
1048 (1.536 %)Spring
1142 (1.344 %)HTML
1239 (1.248 %)AJAX
1336 (1.152 %)CSS
1429 (0.928 %)JSP
1429 (0.928 %)Motif
1429 (0.928 %).NET Framework
1528 (0.896 %)WSDL
1528 (0.896 %)Hibernate
1528 (0.896 %)SAP XI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1148 (4.736 %)SharePoint
277 (2.464 %)WebLogic
369 (2.208 %)ESB
464 (2.048 %)Apache
562 (1.984 %)SharePoint Server 2007
649 (1.568 %)MS Exchange
739 (1.248 %)CMS
832 (1.024 %)Documentum
832 (1.024 %)SAS
926 (0.832 %)TIBCO EMS
1025 (0.800 %)BizTalk Server
1124 (0.768 %)NetWeaver
1124 (0.768 %)LiveLink
1223 (0.736 %)IIS
1322 (0.704 %)WebLogic Portal
1421 (0.672 %)Exchange Server 2007
1520 (0.640 %)WebSphere MQ
1520 (0.640 %)WebSphere Application Server
1619 (0.608 %)Rendezvous
1718 (0.576 %)CICS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1101 (3.232 %)MS Visio
269 (2.208 %)MS Excel
348 (1.536 %)MS Office
416 (0.512 %)MS Project
515 (0.480 %)MS PowerPoint
515 (0.480 %)InfoPath
65 (0.160 %)CA Clarity
65 (0.160 %)MATLAB
73 (0.096 %)Photoshop
82 (0.064 %)Acrobat
82 (0.064 %)AutoCAD
91 (0.032 %)DOC1
91 (0.032 %)Casewise Corporate Modeler Suite
91 (0.032 %)Spreadsheet
91 (0.032 %)Revit
91 (0.032 %)SketchUp
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
140 (1.280 %)Oracle EBS
229 (0.928 %)SAP FI
229 (0.928 %)SAP CO
327 (0.864 %)SAP FI/CO
425 (0.800 %)Endur
520 (0.640 %)BusinessWorks
616 (0.512 %)MAXIMO
714 (0.448 %)SAP HR
714 (0.448 %)TIBCO iProcess
813 (0.416 %)SAP R/3
813 (0.416 %)Oracle Applications
911 (0.352 %)Oracle Financials
1010 (0.320 %)Oracle ERP
1010 (0.320 %)SAP Oil and Gas
119 (0.288 %)TIBCO BusinessEvents
119 (0.288 %)Oracle BRM
119 (0.288 %)SAP CRM
127 (0.224 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
127 (0.224 %)SAP IS-U
136 (0.192 %)SAP Retail
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1140 (4.480 %)SAN
2112 (3.584 %)WAN
3110 (3.520 %)Firewall
4106 (3.392 %)LAN
564 (2.048 %)Internet
656 (1.792 %)TCP/IP
737 (1.184 %)NAS
836 (1.152 %)DNS
931 (0.992 %)GPRS
1030 (0.960 %)LDAP
1030 (0.960 %)Intranet
1127 (0.864 %)Network Security
1225 (0.800 %)VoIP
1322 (0.704 %)3G
1322 (0.704 %)MPLS
1421 (0.672 %)Wireless
1520 (0.640 %)HTTP
1619 (0.608 %)Ethernet
1718 (0.576 %)GGSN
1817 (0.544 %)VPN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1196 (6.272 %)SQL Server
2159 (5.088 %)Datawarehouse
3100 (3.200 %)ETL
474 (2.368 %)DB2
571 (2.272 %)RDBMS
661 (1.952 %)BusinessObjects
759 (1.888 %)SQL Server 2005
852 (1.664 %)Oracle 10g
937 (1.184 %)EDRMS
937 (1.184 %)Oracle 8/8i
1036 (1.152 %)SAP BW
1127 (0.864 %)GIS
1225 (0.800 %)SAP BI
1324 (0.768 %)SQL Server 2000
1324 (0.768 %)DataStage
1423 (0.736 %)SQL Server 2008
1522 (0.704 %)Data Mining
1522 (0.704 %)OLAP
1621 (0.672 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1719 (0.608 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
148 (1.536 %)ClearCase
214 (0.448 %)Eclipse
313 (0.416 %)Visual Studio
411 (0.352 %)ERwin
411 (0.352 %)ClearQuest
510 (0.320 %)Telelogic DOORS
68 (0.256 %)CruiseControl
77 (0.224 %)LoadRunner
77 (0.224 %)Ant
77 (0.224 %)JUnit
77 (0.224 %)JDeveloper
86 (0.192 %)JCAPS
94 (0.128 %)XMLSpy
103 (0.096 %)MSI
103 (0.096 %)AllFusion
103 (0.096 %)Oracle Forms
103 (0.096 %)WebLogic Workshop
112 (0.064 %)Team Foundation Server
112 (0.064 %)StarTeam
112 (0.064 %)Log4j
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1502 (16.06 %)Finance
2342 (10.94 %)Banking
3311 (9.952 %)Government
4156 (4.992 %)Retail
5152 (4.864 %)Telecoms
6139 (4.448 %)Investment Banking
757 (1.824 %)Insurance
846 (1.472 %)Health
945 (1.440 %)Front Office
1043 (1.376 %)Back Office
1137 (1.184 %)Billing
1137 (1.184 %)Retail Banking
1232 (1.024 %)Manufacturing
1331 (0.992 %)Education
1331 (0.992 %)Pharmaceutical
1427 (0.864 %)Pensions
1525 (0.800 %)Police
1624 (0.768 %)Financial Institution
1718 (0.576 %)Electric
1718 (0.576 %)Military
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
166 (2.112 %)Mainframe
257 (1.824 %)NHS
342 (1.344 %)Derivative
430 (0.960 %)Management Information System
529 (0.928 %)Thin Client
529 (0.928 %)Fat Client
529 (0.928 %)Data Integration
628 (0.896 %)Clustering
725 (0.800 %)Replication
725 (0.800 %)Credit Risk
823 (0.736 %)N-Tier
918 (0.576 %)Taxonomies
1017 (0.544 %)CLARiiON
1017 (0.544 %)Equities
1017 (0.544 %)CESG
1116 (0.512 %)PKI
1213 (0.416 %)DataPower
1312 (0.384 %)Informatics
1312 (0.384 %)EMC Centera
1312 (0.384 %)Grid Computing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1354 (11.33 %)Windows
2198 (6.336 %)UNIX
3150 (4.800 %)Linux
4124 (3.968 %)Windows Server 2003
590 (2.880 %)Solaris
670 (2.240 %)AIX
741 (1.312 %)Windows XP
826 (0.832 %)Windows Server 2008
920 (0.640 %)Windows 2000 Server
920 (0.640 %)Windows 2000
1017 (0.544 %)Red Hat Linux
1115 (0.480 %)HPUX
129 (0.288 %)Windows Vista
137 (0.224 %)zOS
146 (0.192 %)Windows Mobile
155 (0.160 %)SUSE
164 (0.128 %)Android
164 (0.128 %)Mac OS X
172 (0.064 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
181 (0.032 %)Embedded Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1310 (9.920 %)SOA
2212 (6.784 %)UML
3205 (6.560 %)TOGAF
4189 (6.048 %)Migration
5181 (5.792 %)Business Intelligence
6165 (5.280 %)Enterprise Architecture
7147 (4.704 %)Data Modelling
8138 (4.416 %)Technical Architecture
9121 (3.872 %)RUP
10109 (3.488 %)ITIL
10109 (3.488 %)CRM
11108 (3.456 %)Service Management
1297 (3.104 %)Project Management
1392 (2.944 %)OO
1392 (2.944 %)Stakeholder Management
1485 (2.720 %)ERP
1583 (2.656 %)Content Management
1681 (2.592 %)Data Architecture
1681 (2.592 %)Workflow
1778 (2.496 %)Disaster Recovery
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1342 (10.94 %)Java
2239 (7.648 %)SQL
3146 (4.672 %)C#
487 (2.784 %)C++
582 (2.624 %)C
641 (1.312 %)JavaScript
737 (1.184 %)PL/SQL
830 (0.960 %)VB.NET
923 (0.736 %)ABAP
1022 (0.704 %)VB
1022 (0.704 %)Perl
1120 (0.640 %)PHP
1219 (0.608 %)Python
1316 (0.512 %)COBOL
1412 (0.384 %)Shell Script
1510 (0.320 %)XPath
164 (0.128 %)PowerShell
164 (0.128 %)Assembly Language
164 (0.128 %)Ruby
164 (0.128 %)T-SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1416 (13.31 %)Security Cleared
2266 (8.512 %)SC Cleared
375 (2.400 %)Degree
466 (2.112 %)DV Cleared
532 (1.024 %)Cisco Certification
626 (0.832 %)Microsoft Certification
724 (0.768 %)MCSE
819 (0.608 %)CCIE
915 (0.480 %)CCNA
915 (0.480 %)BC Cleared
1013 (0.416 %)CTC Cleared
1112 (0.384 %)CCNP
127 (0.224 %)OCP
127 (0.224 %)Oracle Certification
127 (0.224 %)CISSP
127 (0.224 %)ITIL Certification
127 (0.224 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
136 (0.192 %)HP ASE
136 (0.192 %)MBA
145 (0.160 %)Sun Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
195 (3.040 %)QA
211 (0.352 %)ISO27001
38 (0.256 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
47 (0.224 %)SLA
47 (0.224 %)PCI DSS
55 (0.160 %)HL7
55 (0.160 %)HMG Infosec
63 (0.096 %)BS25999
63 (0.096 %)ISO9001
72 (0.064 %)ISO17799
72 (0.064 %)Basel II
72 (0.064 %)RosettaNet
81 (0.032 %)WAI
81 (0.032 %)COBIT
81 (0.032 %)ISO9002
81 (0.032 %)JSP 440
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1128 (4.096 %)Active Directory
254 (1.728 %)VMware Infrastructure
329 (0.928 %)VMware ESX
428 (0.896 %)AquaLogic
523 (0.736 %)Oracle RAC
614 (0.448 %)NetBackup
79 (0.288 %)Hyper-V
88 (0.256 %)Terminal Services
96 (0.192 %)RACF
105 (0.160 %)ISA Server
113 (0.096 %)Citrix Presentation Server
113 (0.096 %)MetaFrame
122 (0.064 %)NDS
122 (0.064 %)PowerConvert
122 (0.064 %)Veritas Cluster Server
122 (0.064 %)SRDF
122 (0.064 %)qmail
122 (0.064 %)Sendmail
131 (0.032 %)XenApp
131 (0.032 %)Sun xVM
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
152 (1.664 %)Tivoli
228 (0.896 %)Netcool
317 (0.544 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
415 (0.480 %)Netcool/Webtop
415 (0.480 %)SCCM
514 (0.448 %)ServiceCenter
613 (0.416 %)Data Guard
711 (0.352 %)SCOM
810 (0.320 %)Tivoli Monitoring
99 (0.288 %)MOM
99 (0.288 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
108 (0.256 %)ZENworks
108 (0.256 %)Netcool/Proviso
108 (0.256 %)HP Operations Orchestration
117 (0.224 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
125 (0.160 %)Sun Identity Manager
125 (0.160 %)CA SiteMinder
134 (0.128 %)Unicenter
134 (0.128 %)AutoSys
143 (0.096 %)OpenView
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1581 (18.59 %)Oracle
2310 (9.920 %)Microsoft
3265 (8.480 %)SAP
4157 (5.024 %)IBM
5113 (3.616 %)VMware
6102 (3.264 %)TIBCO
798 (3.136 %)Cisco
798 (3.136 %)Sun
886 (2.752 %)BEA
983 (2.656 %)HP
1061 (1.952 %)Business Objects
1160 (1.920 %)Siebel
1257 (1.824 %)EMC
1356 (1.792 %)Citrix
1445 (1.440 %)Pega
1542 (1.344 %)OpenLink
1641 (1.312 %)Informatica
1740 (1.280 %)Cognos
1839 (1.248 %)Sybase
1933 (1.056 %)Vignette