The first table below looks at the demand for Computer Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Computer Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

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
Computer Architecture
Rank - 584 -
Contract jobs citing Computer Architecture 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.003% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.005% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £450 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33412 40209 40724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.90% 67.83% 67.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 19968 23081 23144
Average daily rate £413 £401 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 990 1304 1455
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.78 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

Computer Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Computer Architecture within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Computer Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Computer Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Computer Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Computer Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Computer Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Computer Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Computer 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 Computer Architecture.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (33.33%) Games
3 1 (33.33%) Cocoa
3 1 (33.33%) Xcode
3 1 (33.33%) Objective-C
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
3 1 (33.33%) NHibernate
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) Android
3 1 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
3 1 (33.33%) Game Development
3 1 (33.33%) iOS SDK
3 1 (33.33%) Direct3D
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) OpenGL ES
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Phone

Computer Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Computer 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 Computer Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) OpenGL
1 1 (33.33%) Cocoa
1 1 (33.33%) NHibernate
1 1 (33.33%) iOS SDK
1 1 (33.33%) Direct3D
1 1 (33.33%) OpenGL ES
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) MSMQ
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Xcode
General
1 1 (33.33%) Games
1 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
2 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior C# Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Applications Developer
2 1 (33.33%) C# Application Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior C# Application Developer
2 1 (33.33%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (33.33%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) ITSM
1 1 (33.33%) MVC
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
1 1 (33.33%) Software Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Game Development
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) OOA/OOD
1 1 (33.33%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Objective-C
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) C++
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft