Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below 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 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkArchitect
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank293747
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Up+10
Matching contract IT job ads198716972634
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK4.539 %3.690 %3.218 %
As % of the Job Titles category4.972 %4.065 %3.463 %
Daily rates quoted881484874
Average daily rate£450£488£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.690 %-2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£350£375
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£650£600£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£475£450
% change year-on-year
-10.52 %+5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted342052
Average hourly rate£33.00£43.75£38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.57 %+15.13 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£27.50£29.75£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£52.50£55.50£46.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£42.50£37.50
% change year-on-year
-23.52 %+13.33 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
399614174576056
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.29 %90.76 %92.92 %
Daily rates quoted178101304622755
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted245839516731
Average hourly rate£18.00£20.84£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.62 %-5.270 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£20.00£21.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-4.760 %

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010. 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+71819£450-6.97 %
LondonUp+1998£475-5.00 %
South EastUp+9315£450+1.01 %
City of LondonUp+25285£500-
South WestUp+24131£425-3.40 %
BerkshireUp+14116£425-10.52 %
ScotlandDown-390£475-2.56 %
North WestUp+1281£400-11.11 %
West MidlandsUp+1380£465-11.42 %
East of EnglandUp+3279£400-15.78 %
BristolUp+2661£430+4.24 %
EdinburghDown-159£435-17.14 %
East MidlandsUp+2250£450-
HampshireDown-1242£388+1.63 %
YorkshireDown-940£400-7.24 %
SurreyUp+638£444-3.53 %
CheshireUp+2035£375+1.35 %
HertfordshireUp+3733£313-30.55 %
West YorkshireDown-533£400-11.11 %
MiddlesexUp+1332£413+3.12 %
ReadingDown-430£450-
ManchesterDown-226£425-5.55 %
WiltshireUp+1223£463+1.09 %
LeedsUp+223£400-11.11 %
BirminghamUp+1619£390-22.00 %
WalesUp+1219£380-27.06 %
CambridgeshireUp+1418£400+14.28 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1917£438-
MidlandsDown-616£400-33.33 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1216£565+2.72 %

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

1670 (17.58 %)Finance
2613 (16.08 %)Oracle
3520 (13.64 %)Banking
4440 (11.54 %)Security Cleared
5438 (11.49 %)Java
6375 (9.837 %)SOA
7372 (9.759 %)Microsoft
8370 (9.706 %)Windows
9360 (9.444 %)Government
10330 (8.657 %).NET
11311 (8.158 %)SAP
12300 (7.870 %)SQL Server
13282 (7.398 %)XML
14272 (7.135 %)Business Intelligence
15258 (6.768 %)SC Cleared
16251 (6.584 %)Migration
17244 (6.401 %)Investment Banking
18242 (6.348 %)UNIX
19237 (6.217 %)SQL
20233 (6.112 %)UML
21232 (6.086 %)J2EE
22218 (5.719 %)Datawarehouse
22218 (5.719 %)TOGAF
23203 (5.325 %)Data Modelling
24199 (5.220 %)Enterprise Architecture
25175 (4.591 %)Technical Architecture
26174 (4.565 %)Linux
27172 (4.512 %)Cisco
28161 (4.224 %)MS Visio
29156 (4.092 %)Firewall

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1330 (8.657 %).NET
2282 (7.398 %)XML
3232 (6.086 %)J2EE
4156 (4.092 %)Web Services
5132 (3.463 %)Middleware
6131 (3.437 %)WebSphere
783 (2.177 %)HTML
879 (2.072 %)XML Schema
967 (1.758 %)Spring
1059 (1.548 %).NET Framework
1158 (1.522 %)ASP.NET
1255 (1.443 %)Hibernate
1353 (1.390 %)WSDL
1353 (1.390 %)AJAX
1445 (1.180 %)CSS
1533 (0.866 %)SOAP
1533 (0.866 %)XSLT
1630 (0.787 %)JSP
1630 (0.787 %)WCF
1728 (0.735 %)JMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1156 (4.092 %)SharePoint
289 (2.335 %)WebLogic
385 (2.230 %)SharePoint Server 2007
477 (2.020 %)ESB
558 (1.522 %)BizTalk Server
656 (1.469 %)MS Exchange
740 (1.049 %)CMS
839 (1.023 %)SAS
934 (0.892 %)Apache
1031 (0.813 %)MQSeries
1129 (0.761 %)Exchange Server 2007
1228 (0.735 %)Tomcat
1320 (0.525 %)WebLogic Portal
1419 (0.498 %)Exchange Server 2003
1419 (0.498 %)ActiveMQ
1516 (0.420 %)IIS
1615 (0.393 %)NetWeaver
1714 (0.367 %)WebSphere MQ
1813 (0.341 %)Lotus Notes
1813 (0.341 %)Documentum
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1161 (4.224 %)MS Visio
2109 (2.859 %)MS Excel
337 (0.971 %)MS Office
422 (0.577 %)Adobe Illustrator
517 (0.446 %)InDesign
612 (0.315 %)MS Project
710 (0.262 %)MS PowerPoint
88 (0.210 %)CA Clarity
97 (0.184 %)Photoshop
103 (0.079 %)Spreadsheet
112 (0.052 %)Acrobat
121 (0.026 %)InfoPath
121 (0.026 %)ArchiCAD
121 (0.026 %)MATLAB
121 (0.026 %)Simulink
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
140 (1.049 %)Oracle EBS
233 (0.866 %)Oracle EBS R12
318 (0.472 %)BusinessWorks
318 (0.472 %)SAP FI
417 (0.446 %)SAP IS-U
417 (0.446 %)SAP FI/CO
417 (0.446 %)SAP CRM
417 (0.446 %)SAP CO
516 (0.420 %)RMDS
615 (0.393 %)Oracle Applications
712 (0.315 %)TIBCO iProcess
811 (0.289 %)Oracle ERP
811 (0.289 %)SAP ERP
910 (0.262 %)SAP Oil and Gas
910 (0.262 %)SAP Retail
109 (0.236 %)SAP PM
109 (0.236 %)Oracle General Ledger
118 (0.210 %)SAP BPC
118 (0.210 %)SAP SD
127 (0.184 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1156 (4.092 %)Firewall
2150 (3.935 %)SAN
3122 (3.200 %)WAN
4110 (2.886 %)LAN
5107 (2.807 %)Internet
656 (1.469 %)DNS
748 (1.259 %)LDAP
844 (1.154 %)MPLS
844 (1.154 %)TCP/IP
940 (1.049 %)HTTP
1039 (1.023 %)Intranet
1136 (0.944 %)BGP
1232 (0.839 %)ATM
1329 (0.761 %)Network Security
1329 (0.761 %)NAS
1329 (0.761 %)VPN
1428 (0.735 %)OSPF
1527 (0.708 %)Broadband
1527 (0.708 %)VoIP
1625 (0.656 %)3G
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1300 (7.870 %)SQL Server
2218 (5.719 %)Datawarehouse
3133 (3.489 %)ETL
463 (1.653 %)BusinessObjects
557 (1.495 %)SQL Server 2005
653 (1.390 %)SQL Server 2008
748 (1.259 %)Oracle 11g
845 (1.180 %)RDBMS
942 (1.102 %)Oracle 10g
1041 (1.076 %)SAP BW
1041 (1.076 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1138 (0.997 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1237 (0.971 %)Oracle 8/8i
1333 (0.866 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1432 (0.839 %)Oracle BI EE
1529 (0.761 %)DB2
1628 (0.735 %)OLAP
1628 (0.735 %)MySQL
1726 (0.682 %)SQL Server 2000
1824 (0.630 %)SAP BI
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
126 (0.682 %)Dreamweaver
225 (0.656 %)ERwin
316 (0.420 %)Eclipse
414 (0.367 %)Subversion
513 (0.341 %)Visual Studio
69 (0.236 %)Maven
69 (0.236 %)Oracle APEX
78 (0.210 %)Team Foundation Server
78 (0.210 %)Oracle Forms
86 (0.157 %)LoadRunner
86 (0.157 %)NUnit
95 (0.131 %)JIRA
95 (0.131 %)Ant
104 (0.105 %)csUnit
104 (0.105 %)XDE
113 (0.079 %)ProC
113 (0.079 %)Rational Rose
113 (0.079 %)ClearCase
113 (0.079 %)JUnit
113 (0.079 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1670 (17.58 %)Finance
2520 (13.64 %)Banking
3360 (9.444 %)Government
4244 (6.401 %)Investment Banking
5150 (3.935 %)Retail
6149 (3.909 %)Telecoms
784 (2.204 %)Front Office
875 (1.967 %)Insurance
875 (1.967 %)Back Office
947 (1.233 %)Retail Banking
1039 (1.023 %)Pensions
1137 (0.971 %)Health
1233 (0.866 %)Pharmaceutical
1332 (0.839 %)Marketing
1431 (0.813 %)Education
1527 (0.708 %)Financial Institution
1623 (0.603 %)Billing
1722 (0.577 %)Construction
1820 (0.525 %)General Ledger
1919 (0.498 %)Local Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
179 (2.072 %)Derivative
266 (1.731 %)Mainframe
354 (1.417 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
453 (1.390 %)Equities
545 (1.180 %)Management Information System
641 (1.076 %)Replication
733 (0.866 %)Open Source
831 (0.813 %)Clustering
930 (0.787 %)PKI
930 (0.787 %)NHS
1029 (0.761 %)Data Integration
1128 (0.735 %)FMCG
1227 (0.708 %)Fat Client
1227 (0.708 %)Thin Client
1326 (0.682 %)N-Tier
1326 (0.682 %)Client/Server
1425 (0.656 %)Credit Risk
1425 (0.656 %)Equity Derivative
1524 (0.630 %)Fixed Income
1621 (0.551 %)Taxonomies
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1370 (9.706 %)Windows
2242 (6.348 %)UNIX
3174 (4.565 %)Linux
4126 (3.305 %)Solaris
598 (2.571 %)Windows Server 2003
665 (1.705 %)AIX
751 (1.338 %)Windows Server 2008
831 (0.813 %)Red Hat Linux
928 (0.735 %)HPUX
1025 (0.656 %)Windows XP
1120 (0.525 %)Windows Mobile
1218 (0.472 %)Windows 7
1315 (0.393 %)Windows 2000
1413 (0.341 %)Windows NT
157 (0.184 %)zOS
157 (0.184 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
166 (0.157 %)Windows 2000 Server
166 (0.157 %)Windows Vista
174 (0.105 %)NetWare
174 (0.105 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1375 (9.837 %)SOA
2272 (7.135 %)Business Intelligence
3251 (6.584 %)Migration
4233 (6.112 %)UML
5218 (5.719 %)TOGAF
6203 (5.325 %)Data Modelling
7199 (5.220 %)Enterprise Architecture
8175 (4.591 %)Technical Architecture
9137 (3.594 %)Agile Software Development
10136 (3.568 %)Data Architecture
11128 (3.358 %)Project Management
12125 (3.279 %)CRM
12125 (3.279 %)E-Commerce
13120 (3.148 %)Information Architecture
1497 (2.545 %)Stakeholder Management
1595 (2.492 %)OO
1694 (2.466 %)ITIL
1783 (2.177 %)Service Management
1879 (2.072 %)RUP
1975 (1.967 %)PRINCE2
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1438 (11.49 %)Java
2237 (6.217 %)SQL
3147 (3.856 %)C#
4118 (3.095 %)C
569 (1.810 %)C++
569 (1.810 %)JavaScript
642 (1.102 %)PL/SQL
739 (1.023 %)VB
739 (1.023 %)Perl
833 (0.866 %)Python
932 (0.839 %)PHP
1025 (0.656 %)T-SQL
1123 (0.603 %)ABAP
1218 (0.472 %)Shell Script
1313 (0.341 %)VB.NET
1313 (0.341 %)Delphi
1411 (0.289 %)VBA
156 (0.157 %)COBOL
165 (0.131 %)Bash shell
174 (0.105 %)XPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1440 (11.54 %)Security Cleared
2258 (6.768 %)SC Cleared
382 (2.151 %)Degree
467 (1.758 %)DV Cleared
555 (1.443 %)Microsoft Certification
648 (1.259 %)Cisco Certification
745 (1.180 %)MCSE
834 (0.892 %)CISSP
922 (0.577 %)CCIE
1021 (0.551 %)CCNA
1119 (0.498 %)CCNP
1217 (0.446 %)CTC Cleared
1217 (0.446 %)ITIL Certification
1313 (0.341 %)CISM
1313 (0.341 %)BC Cleared
1410 (0.262 %)PMI Certification
159 (0.236 %)MCITP
159 (0.236 %)CISA
168 (0.210 %)Citrix Certification
168 (0.210 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
153 (1.390 %)QA
215 (0.393 %)ISO27001
312 (0.315 %)Basel II
410 (0.262 %)SLA
53 (0.079 %)COBIT
53 (0.079 %)ISO9001
53 (0.079 %)Dublin Core
53 (0.079 %)PCI DSS
53 (0.079 %)HMG Infosec
62 (0.052 %)BS25999
62 (0.052 %)ISO17799
62 (0.052 %)BS7799
71 (0.026 %)WAI
71 (0.026 %)TickIT
71 (0.026 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
71 (0.026 %)ISO9000
71 (0.026 %)COSO
71 (0.026 %)JSP 440
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1143 (3.751 %)Active Directory
280 (2.099 %)VMware Infrastructure
335 (0.918 %)AquaLogic
431 (0.813 %)NetBackup
529 (0.761 %)MSMQ
623 (0.603 %)Oracle RAC
623 (0.603 %)XenApp
623 (0.603 %)VMware ESX
717 (0.446 %)Terminal Services
89 (0.236 %)ISA Server
96 (0.157 %)Hyper-V
104 (0.105 %)Citrix Presentation Server
104 (0.105 %)vSphere
104 (0.105 %)Terminal Server
104 (0.105 %)VMware Workstation
113 (0.079 %)Oracle RMAN
113 (0.079 %)Veritas Cluster Server
113 (0.079 %)OpenSSO
122 (0.052 %)Orbix
131 (0.026 %)MailMarshal
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
143 (1.128 %)SCCM
234 (0.892 %)SCOM
330 (0.787 %)Tivoli
417 (0.446 %)OpenView
513 (0.341 %)Netcool
610 (0.262 %)AutoSys
78 (0.210 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
87 (0.184 %)CiscoWorks
87 (0.184 %)Data Guard
96 (0.157 %)MOM
96 (0.157 %)Netcool/Proviso
105 (0.131 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
105 (0.131 %)EMC NetWorker
114 (0.105 %)Unicenter
114 (0.105 %)MSI
123 (0.079 %)OVSD
123 (0.079 %)HP Data Protector
132 (0.052 %)McAfee ePO
132 (0.052 %)ServiceCenter
132 (0.052 %)AppManager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1613 (16.08 %)Oracle
2372 (9.759 %)Microsoft
3311 (8.158 %)SAP
4172 (4.512 %)Cisco
5147 (3.856 %)VMware
6138 (3.620 %)IBM
7105 (2.754 %)Citrix
8103 (2.702 %)HP
996 (2.518 %)Siebel
1067 (1.758 %)Sun
1163 (1.653 %)Business Objects
1259 (1.548 %)EMC
1356 (1.469 %)TIBCO
1453 (1.390 %)BEA
1547 (1.233 %)Cognos
1644 (1.154 %)Red Hat
1738 (0.997 %)CheckPoint
1837 (0.971 %)Informatica
1934 (0.892 %)Hyperion
2032 (0.839 %)Adobe