The first table below looks at the demand for Information 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 Information Architecture over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Architecture
Rank 375 405 374
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -31
Contract jobs citing Information Architecture 158 182 218
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.341% 0.312% 0.357%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.480% 0.460% 0.528%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 106 141
Average daily rate £375 £418 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.17% +4.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £270 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £578 £625 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
Average hourly rate £27.50 £22.50 £25.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% -12.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £14.10 £18.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.75 £30.90 £33.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.70 £12.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+64.16% -65.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32941 39581 41270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.01% 67.87% 67.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19678 22705 23413
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 976 1282 1475
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%

Information Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Information Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Information Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Information Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Information Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Information Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Information Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Information Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Information Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Information Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Information Architecture Hourly Rate Histogram

Information 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 Information Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 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
England +22 152 £380 -10.58%
London +15 84 £375 -18.47%
South East +24 42 £388 -8.82%
Berkshire +7 20 £381 -15.27%
City of London +12 18 £350 -12.60%
Reading +22 12 £381 -15.27%
Surrey +25 11 £600 +41.17%
East of England +18 8 £450 +20.00%
South West +22 7 £500 +38.88%
Oxfordshire +11 6 £165 -
Hertfordshire +9 6 £473 +11.17%
West Midlands +12 5 £315 +5.00%
Henley-on-Thames - 5 £165 -
Exeter - 5 - -
Devon - 5 - -
North West +6 3 £300 +11.11%
East Midlands - 3 - -
Cambridgeshire +13 2 £138 -
Manchester +1 2 - -
Wiltshire +1 2 £500 -24.81%
Nottingham - 2 - -
Redhill - 2 £350 -
St Albans - 2 £495 -
Epsom - 2 £600 -
Bracknell - 2 £388 -
Coventry - 2 - -
Cambridge - 2 £138 -
Hampshire - 2 - -
Nottinghamshire - 2 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £315 -

Information Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Information 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 Information Architecture.

1 86 (27.04%) HTML
2 81 (25.47%) CSS
3 69 (21.70%) JavaScript
4 55 (17.30%) Photoshop
5 47 (14.78%) Microsoft
5 47 (14.78%) Finance
6 46 (14.47%) Content Management
6 46 (14.47%) E-Commerce
7 43 (13.52%) Management Information System
8 42 (13.21%) Adobe Illustrator
9 41 (12.89%) Axure RP
10 39 (12.26%) Project Management
11 35 (11.01%) Adobe
11 35 (11.01%) Data Modelling
12 34 (10.69%) HTML5
13 33 (10.38%) Analytics
13 33 (10.38%) Degree
13 33 (10.38%) Data Architecture
13 33 (10.38%) MS Visio
13 33 (10.38%) CMS
13 33 (10.38%) Banking
14 32 (10.06%) TOGAF
15 31 (9.748%) XML
16 29 (9.119%) Business Intelligence
16 29 (9.119%) Internet
16 29 (9.119%) Ajax
17 28 (8.805%) Marketing
17 28 (8.805%) SQL Server
18 26 (8.176%) Usability Testing
18 26 (8.176%) PHP

Information Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Information 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 Information Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 86 (27.04%) HTML
2 81 (25.47%) CSS
3 34 (10.69%) HTML5
4 31 (9.748%) XML
5 29 (9.119%) Ajax
6 23 (7.233%) Flash
7 22 (6.918%) .NET
8 18 (5.660%) jQuery
9 17 (5.346%) CSS3
10 16 (5.031%) DHTML
10 16 (5.031%) REST
11 15 (4.717%) SOAP
12 13 (4.088%) XHTML
13 12 (3.774%) Web Services
13 12 (3.774%) J2EE
14 10 (3.145%) JSON
14 10 (3.145%) Java EE
14 10 (3.145%) WSRP
14 10 (3.145%) JSR 168
15 9 (2.830%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 33 (10.38%) CMS
2 24 (7.547%) SharePoint
3 15 (4.717%) SharePoint 2010
4 10 (3.145%) Apache
4 10 (3.145%) Amazon AWS
4 10 (3.145%) Amazon EC2
5 7 (2.201%) Windows Azure
6 6 (1.887%) Tomcat
6 6 (1.887%) Drupal
7 5 (1.572%) WordPress
8 3 (0.943%) TeamSite
9 2 (0.629%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.314%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.314%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.314%) Escenic
10 1 (0.314%) LiveCycle
10 1 (0.314%) SAP Portal
10 1 (0.314%) LiveSite
10 1 (0.314%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.314%) IIS
Applications
1 55 (17.30%) Photoshop
2 42 (13.21%) Adobe Illustrator
3 33 (10.38%) MS Visio
4 26 (8.176%) MS Excel
5 21 (6.604%) OmniGraffle
6 19 (5.975%) Fireworks
7 12 (3.774%) InDesign
8 9 (2.830%) MS Office
9 6 (1.887%) Acrobat
9 6 (1.887%) MS Project
9 6 (1.887%) InfoPath
10 2 (0.629%) Google Apps
10 2 (0.629%) Office 365
10 2 (0.629%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (3.145%) Google Analytics
2 4 (1.258%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.943%) Summit
3 3 (0.943%) WebTrends
4 2 (0.629%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 29 (9.119%) Internet
2 26 (8.176%) Intranet
3 11 (3.459%) HTTP
4 10 (3.145%) RTP
4 10 (3.145%) SAN
4 10 (3.145%) DNS
4 10 (3.145%) SSL
4 10 (3.145%) RTSP
4 10 (3.145%) Firewall
4 10 (3.145%) NAS
4 10 (3.145%) Network Security
5 6 (1.887%) SSH
6 5 (1.572%) Extranet
7 3 (0.943%) ATM
8 1 (0.314%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.314%) Wireless
8 1 (0.314%) BSS
8 1 (0.314%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.805%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.031%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (4.717%) MySQL
4 11 (3.459%) MongoDB
4 11 (3.459%) NoSQL
5 10 (3.145%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.145%) Oracle 8/8i
5 10 (3.145%) CouchDB
5 10 (3.145%) Redis
6 7 (2.201%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (1.887%) GIS
7 6 (1.887%) Big Data
8 5 (1.572%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (1.572%) OLTP
9 4 (1.258%) OLAP
9 4 (1.258%) Data Mart
9 4 (1.258%) SQL Server 2008
9 4 (1.258%) SQL Server 2005
10 3 (0.943%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.943%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 41 (12.89%) Axure RP
2 13 (4.088%) Git (software)
3 12 (3.774%) Subversion
4 11 (3.459%) JIRA
5 10 (3.145%) Maven
5 10 (3.145%) Hudson
5 10 (3.145%) Jenkins
5 10 (3.145%) Selenium
6 8 (2.516%) Balsamiq Mockups
7 7 (2.201%) Dreamweaver
8 6 (1.887%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 5 (1.572%) Expression Blend
10 3 (0.943%) ERwin
11 2 (0.629%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.314%) Oracle APEX
12 1 (0.314%) Behat
12 1 (0.314%) Trac
12 1 (0.314%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.314%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.314%) Expression Studio
General
1 47 (14.78%) Finance
2 33 (10.38%) Banking
3 28 (8.805%) Marketing
4 21 (6.604%) Publishing
5 18 (5.660%) Retail
6 15 (4.717%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.830%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (2.830%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.516%) Front Office
8 8 (2.516%) Interactive Media
9 7 (2.201%) French Language
9 7 (2.201%) Local Government
10 6 (1.887%) Back Office
10 6 (1.887%) German Language
11 4 (1.258%) Advertising
11 4 (1.258%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.943%) Games
13 2 (0.629%) Billing
13 2 (0.629%) Automotive
13 2 (0.629%) Legal
Job Titles
1 116 (36.48%) Architect
2 62 (19.50%) Designer
3 42 (13.21%) Developer
4 37 (11.64%) User Experience Designer
5 31 (9.748%) Data Architect
6 29 (9.119%) Information Architect
7 27 (8.491%) User Experience Architect
8 25 (7.862%) Consultant
9 19 (5.975%) Project Manager
10 16 (5.031%) Analyst
11 11 (3.459%) Technical Architect
11 11 (3.459%) Business Analyst
12 10 (3.145%) User Experience Consultant
13 9 (2.830%) UI Designer
13 9 (2.830%) Lead Architect
13 9 (2.830%) Front-End Developer
14 8 (2.516%) Senior Developer
14 8 (2.516%) Web Editor
14 8 (2.516%) Enterprise Architect
14 8 (2.516%) Senior Designer
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.52%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.088%) Taxonomies
3 12 (3.774%) Graphic Design
4 10 (3.145%) Mobile App
4 10 (3.145%) Ontologies
4 10 (3.145%) Data Integration
5 9 (2.830%) RIA
5 9 (2.830%) Copywriting
6 8 (2.516%) W3C
6 8 (2.516%) Open Source
6 8 (2.516%) Digital Media
7 7 (2.201%) Social Media
8 6 (1.887%) NHS
8 6 (1.887%) Reference Data
9 5 (1.572%) Computer Science
9 5 (1.572%) CESG
10 4 (1.258%) Ergonomics
11 3 (0.943%) Online Games
11 3 (0.943%) IaaS
11 3 (0.943%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.031%) Linux
2 15 (4.717%) UNIX
3 12 (3.774%) Apple iOS
4 11 (3.459%) Android
5 9 (2.830%) Windows
6 2 (0.629%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.629%) CentOS
7 1 (0.314%) Tizen
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (14.47%) Content Management
1 46 (14.47%) E-Commerce
2 39 (12.26%) Project Management
3 35 (11.01%) Data Modelling
4 33 (10.38%) Analytics
4 33 (10.38%) Data Architecture
5 32 (10.06%) TOGAF
6 29 (9.119%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (8.176%) Usability Testing
7 26 (8.176%) Agile Software Development
8 22 (6.918%) Stakeholder Management
8 22 (6.918%) SEO
8 22 (6.918%) Information Management
9 21 (6.604%) Web Development
9 21 (6.604%) User Experience Design
10 20 (6.289%) Enterprise Architecture
10 20 (6.289%) Data Management
11 19 (5.975%) ETL
12 18 (5.660%) Migration
13 16 (5.031%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 69 (21.70%) JavaScript
2 26 (8.176%) PHP
3 23 (7.233%) SQL
4 19 (5.975%) Java
5 17 (5.346%) C#
6 10 (3.145%) Perl
7 7 (2.201%) Ruby
8 6 (1.887%) Python
9 4 (1.258%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.258%) PHP5
10 3 (0.943%) C
11 2 (0.629%) C++
11 2 (0.629%) VBA
11 2 (0.629%) XPath
12 1 (0.314%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.314%) VB
12 1 (0.314%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.314%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.314%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.314%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 33 (10.38%) Degree
2 18 (5.660%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.403%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.943%) BC Cleared
5 2 (0.629%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.629%) MCSE
5 2 (0.629%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.314%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.314%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.314%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.516%) WAI
2 6 (1.887%) WCAG
3 3 (0.943%) QA
3 3 (0.943%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.943%) ISO 14001
3 3 (0.943%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.314%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.314%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (3.145%) Samba
Systems Management
1 6 (1.887%) OpenView
1 6 (1.887%) Nagios
1 6 (1.887%) ZABBIX
1 6 (1.887%) Puppet
Vendors
1 47 (14.78%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.01%) Adobe
3 18 (5.660%) Oracle
4 14 (4.403%) Google
5 10 (3.145%) JBoss
5 10 (3.145%) Rackspace
6 6 (1.887%) IBM
6 6 (1.887%) Interwoven
6 6 (1.887%) RightScale
7 5 (1.572%) Zend
8 4 (1.258%) Teradata
8 4 (1.258%) Omniture
9 3 (0.943%) Netezza
9 3 (0.943%) Facebook
9 3 (0.943%) EMC
10 2 (0.629%) Informatica
10 2 (0.629%) Cognos
10 2 (0.629%) Siebel
10 2 (0.629%) SAP
10 2 (0.629%) Open Text
East London
We are looking for a talented web designer with good understanding of information architecture to work on redesigning various news related webpages. You must be passionate about the...
IBTimes Company LTD
Posted: 26 April 2013
London
INFORMATION ARCHITECT - SHAREPOINT - GLOBAL CLIENT - SHAREPOINT 2010 - ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT - SHAREPOINT INFORMATION ARCHITECT - TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME... The Information Architect will be working with the business to demonstrate the true value...
Montash
Rate: £800 - £1000 per day + negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
One of our large retail banking clients is looking for a UX Designer to join their team working in a multi-channel role on the digital side of...
Reed Professional Services
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
User Experience, Design, wireframes, prototypes... The successful candidate will have broad skills in product & user research, experience strategy, business consulting and a depth of experience in information architecture,...
Aston Carter
Rate: £550 - £650 per day + depending on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Data Analysis & Database Design4... Ability to work on several development and support tasks at any one time Formal Qualifications Required ESSENTIAL Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2010-...
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £200.00 - £330 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013