The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Architecture role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Head of Architecture in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 currently tracked.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Architecture
Rank 545 571 579
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 9 18 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.018% 0.031% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.034% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 5
Average daily rate £750 £695 £800
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.91% -13.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £556 £440 £750
10% offered a daily rate of more than £900 £878 £1,000
UK excluding London average daily rate £681 £475 £800
% change year-on-year
+43.42% -40.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2132 2587 2980
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Head of Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Head of Architecture within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Head of Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Head of Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Head of Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Head of Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Head of Architecture
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 Head of Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +9 9 £750 - 21
London +17 5 £750 -6.25% 12
North West - 3 £463 - 2
Manchester - 2 £463 -
Berkshire +26 1 £900 +100.00% 2
South East +17 1 £900 +100.00% 5
South West - - - -
West Midlands - - - -
Birmingham - - - -
Bristol - - - -
Leeds - - - -
Lichfield - - - -
Liverpool - - - - 1
Scotland - - - -
East of England - - - - 1
Hampshire - - - - 1
Hertfordshire - - - - 1
Nottinghamshire - - - -
South Yorkshire - - - -
Staffordshire - - - -
Surrey - - - - 2
West Yorkshire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
City of London - - - - 6
Docklands, London - - - -
East Midlands - - - -
Merseyside - - - - 1
Nottingham - - - -
Oldham - - - -
Portsmouth - - - -

Head of Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
3 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Zachman Framework
4 2 (15.38%) Local Government
4 2 (15.38%) Retail
4 2 (15.38%) Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) Service Management
4 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Contact Management
5 1 (7.692%) Finance
5 1 (7.692%) Law
5 1 (7.692%) Legal
5 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.692%) VMware
5 1 (7.692%) Broadband
5 1 (7.692%) Cisco
5 1 (7.692%) IBM
5 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
5 1 (7.692%) HP
5 1 (7.692%) NetApp
5 1 (7.692%) Middleware
5 1 (7.692%) Six Sigma
5 1 (7.692%) Degree
5 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (7.692%) SCOM

Head of Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Broadband
General
1 2 (15.38%) Retail
1 2 (15.38%) Local Government
1 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Law
2 1 (7.692%) Legal
2 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
3 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
3 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Service Management
4 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Contact Management
4 2 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 2 (15.38%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (7.692%) ITIL
5 1 (7.692%) Six Sigma
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
5 1 (7.692%) Kanban
5 1 (7.692%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (7.692%) Analytics
5 1 (7.692%) Process Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
1 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.692%) BC Cleared
1 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco
1 1 (7.692%) IBM
1 1 (7.692%) HP
1 1 (7.692%) NetApp
1 1 (7.692%) VMware
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