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The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead 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 Lead Architect 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
Lead Architect
Rank 385 467 498
Rank change year-on-year
+82 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Architect 169 123 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.347% 0.212% 0.143%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.377% 0.229% 0.155%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 81 37
Average daily rate £600 £500 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £415
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £699 £710
UK excluding London average daily rate £525 £488 £463
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +5.40%
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%

Lead Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lead Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lead Architect Daily Rate Trend

Lead Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Lead Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Lead Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lead Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Lead 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 Lead Architect 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 +48 154 £600 +20.00% 32
London +46 99 £615 +19.12% 19
South East +24 29 £475 +2.70% 3
City of London +2 18 £600 +20.00% 3
Berkshire +24 9 £419 -16.25%
Oxfordshire +9 7 £475 - 1
West Midlands +13 6 £565 +25.55% 1
Yorkshire +3 5 £475 +14.45% 3
West Yorkshire - 5 £475 - 3
South West +28 4 £575 -22.03%
North West +12 4 £538 -17.30% 1
Milton Keynes +3 4 £675 +92.85%
Buckinghamshire 0 4 £675 +92.85%
Bracknell -6 4 £525 -
Hampshire -9 4 £438 -5.40% 2
Manchester +14 3 £550 -15.38%
East Midlands -4 3 £450 -22.21%
Canary Wharf - 3 £750 -
Halifax - 3 £475 - 1
North East +19 2 £750 +22.44% 2
Reading +11 2 - -
Southampton -6 2 £425 -8.10%
Surrey - 2 £575 -
Hertfordshire +16 1 - - 1
Northamptonshire +10 1 £575 -0.60%
East of England +7 1 - - 3
Birmingham +7 1 £750 +66.66%
Northampton +4 1 £575 -0.60%
Slough - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 - - 2

Lead Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 81 (30.00%) Banking
2 66 (24.44%) TOGAF
3 53 (19.63%) Finance
4 43 (15.93%) Enterprise Architecture
5 42 (15.56%) Zachman Framework
6 37 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 35 (12.96%) Oracle
8 32 (11.85%) Windows
8 32 (11.85%) Retail
9 31 (11.48%) Java
10 24 (8.889%) SOA
11 23 (8.519%) Technical Architecture
11 23 (8.519%) Degree
12 22 (8.148%) Retail Banking
12 22 (8.148%) Credit Risk
12 22 (8.148%) Microsoft
13 21 (7.778%) JavaScript
13 21 (7.778%) SQL
13 21 (7.778%) Pega
14 20 (7.407%) Infrastructure Management
14 20 (7.407%) Middleware
15 19 (7.037%) SQL Server
15 19 (7.037%) .NET
16 18 (6.667%) Web Services
17 17 (6.296%) HTML
17 17 (6.296%) CRM
17 17 (6.296%) Security Cleared
17 17 (6.296%) Data Architecture
17 17 (6.296%) WebSphere
18 16 (5.926%) Migration

Lead Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (7.407%) Middleware
2 19 (7.037%) .NET
3 18 (6.667%) Web Services
4 17 (6.296%) HTML
4 17 (6.296%) WebSphere
5 15 (5.556%) XML
6 12 (4.444%) CSS
6 12 (4.444%) jQuery
7 8 (2.963%) ASP.NET
7 8 (2.963%) WCF
8 7 (2.593%) WPF
8 7 (2.593%) Silverlight
8 7 (2.593%) XSLT
8 7 (2.593%) REST
9 6 (2.222%) JSON
9 6 (2.222%) HTML5
9 6 (2.222%) WSDL
9 6 (2.222%) J2EE
9 6 (2.222%) XSD
9 6 (2.222%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 10 (3.704%) Apache
2 8 (2.963%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.593%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (2.593%) IIS
3 7 (2.593%) ESB
4 5 (1.852%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.481%) MS Exchange
5 4 (1.481%) TeamSite
5 4 (1.481%) WebSphere Process Server
5 4 (1.481%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (1.111%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (1.111%) Drupal
6 3 (1.111%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (1.111%) CMS
6 3 (1.111%) SAS
7 2 (0.741%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.741%) Joomla!
7 2 (0.741%) Oracle Spatial
7 2 (0.741%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (0.370%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
Applications
1 2 (0.741%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.370%) MS Project
2 1 (0.370%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.963%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.852%) RMDS
3 4 (1.481%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.111%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.741%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.741%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.370%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.370%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.370%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.370%) Endur
6 1 (0.370%) SAP SCM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.815%) Internet
2 8 (2.963%) SAN
3 7 (2.593%) NAS
4 4 (1.481%) RFID
4 4 (1.481%) DNS
4 4 (1.481%) Intranet
5 3 (1.111%) Extranet
5 3 (1.111%) VPN
5 3 (1.111%) BSS
5 3 (1.111%) AMQP
6 2 (0.741%) iSCSI
6 2 (0.741%) Firewall
6 2 (0.741%) HTTP
6 2 (0.741%) LAN
6 2 (0.741%) WAN
6 2 (0.741%) MPLS
7 1 (0.370%) 3G
7 1 (0.370%) IPv4
7 1 (0.370%) IPv6
7 1 (0.370%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.037%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.963%) MySQL
3 7 (2.593%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (2.593%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (2.222%) DB2
4 6 (2.222%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (1.481%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (1.111%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.741%) OLAP
7 2 (0.741%) GIS
7 2 (0.741%) Oracle BI EE
7 2 (0.741%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.370%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.370%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.370%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.370%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.370%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.370%) Big Data
8 1 (0.370%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 2 (0.741%) Selenium
1 2 (0.741%) Maven
2 1 (0.370%) JIRA
2 1 (0.370%) Talend Open Studio
2 1 (0.370%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.370%) PHPUnit
2 1 (0.370%) PhoneGap
2 1 (0.370%) GitHub
2 1 (0.370%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.370%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.370%) LSMW
2 1 (0.370%) Subversion
General
1 81 (30.00%) Banking
2 53 (19.63%) Finance
3 32 (11.85%) Retail
4 22 (8.148%) Retail Banking
5 12 (4.444%) Investment Banking
6 8 (2.963%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.593%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.593%) Private Banking
8 5 (1.852%) Billing
8 5 (1.852%) International Banking
9 4 (1.481%) Publishing
9 4 (1.481%) Marketing
10 3 (1.111%) Back Office
11 2 (0.741%) Automotive
11 2 (0.741%) Legal
11 2 (0.741%) Wholesale Banking
11 2 (0.741%) Swedish Language
12 1 (0.370%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.370%) Law
12 1 (0.370%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.148%) Credit Risk
2 14 (5.185%) Computer Science
3 13 (4.815%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.333%) Mainframe
5 7 (2.593%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (2.222%) Online Banking
6 6 (2.222%) Equities
6 6 (2.222%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.852%) Open Source
8 4 (1.481%) DataPower
8 4 (1.481%) IVR
8 4 (1.481%) Life Science
9 3 (1.111%) CESG
9 3 (1.111%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.111%) Data Integration
9 3 (1.111%) SWIFT
9 3 (1.111%) Derivative
10 2 (0.741%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.741%) Mobile Banking
10 2 (0.741%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.85%) Windows
2 13 (4.815%) Linux
3 10 (3.704%) Solaris
4 9 (3.333%) Windows 7
5 7 (2.593%) Windows 8
5 7 (2.593%) UNIX
6 3 (1.111%) Android
7 2 (0.741%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.741%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.741%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.741%) AIX
7 2 (0.741%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.741%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.370%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.370%) VMS
8 1 (0.370%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.370%) Windows Phone 8
8 1 (0.370%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (24.44%) TOGAF
2 43 (15.93%) Enterprise Architecture
3 42 (15.56%) Zachman Framework
4 37 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (8.889%) SOA
6 23 (8.519%) Technical Architecture
7 20 (7.407%) Infrastructure Management
8 17 (6.296%) Data Architecture
8 17 (6.296%) CRM
9 16 (5.926%) Migration
10 10 (3.704%) Data Modelling
10 10 (3.704%) Information Architecture
11 9 (3.333%) UML
11 9 (3.333%) OO
11 9 (3.333%) Web Development
12 8 (2.963%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (2.963%) Complex Event Processing
13 7 (2.593%) Information Management
13 7 (2.593%) ITIL
13 7 (2.593%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.48%) Java
2 21 (7.778%) JavaScript
2 21 (7.778%) SQL
3 11 (4.074%) C#
4 9 (3.333%) PL/SQL
5 6 (2.222%) PHP
5 6 (2.222%) Ada
5 6 (2.222%) C
6 2 (0.741%) Perl
6 2 (0.741%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.370%) Bash shell
7 1 (0.370%) XQuery
7 1 (0.370%) Ruby
7 1 (0.370%) XPath
7 1 (0.370%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.370%) ABAP
7 1 (0.370%) VBA
7 1 (0.370%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (8.519%) Degree
2 17 (6.296%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.815%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.741%) MBA
5 1 (0.370%) GIAC
5 1 (0.370%) CEH
5 1 (0.370%) CISSP
5 1 (0.370%) CISM
5 1 (0.370%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.370%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.593%) QA
2 5 (1.852%) SLA
3 1 (0.370%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.370%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.370%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (4.074%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.852%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.852%) XenDesktop
3 2 (0.741%) NFS
3 2 (0.741%) XenApp
3 2 (0.741%) VMware ESX
3 2 (0.741%) Xen
4 1 (0.370%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (0.370%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.370%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (0.370%) XenServer
4 1 (0.370%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.370%) OpenSSO
4 1 (0.370%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 4 (1.481%) Tivoli
1 4 (1.481%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 4 (1.481%) SCCM
2 3 (1.111%) SCOM
3 2 (0.741%) Puppet
3 2 (0.741%) CA SiteMinder
4 1 (0.370%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.370%) MIIS
Vendors
1 35 (12.96%) Oracle
2 22 (8.148%) Microsoft
3 21 (7.778%) Pega
4 15 (5.556%) SAP
5 12 (4.444%) Cisco
6 9 (3.333%) IBM
6 9 (3.333%) HP
6 9 (3.333%) Citrix
6 9 (3.333%) NetApp
6 9 (3.333%) VMware
7 8 (2.963%) Sybase
8 5 (1.852%) EMC
8 5 (1.852%) DataSynapse
8 5 (1.852%) 29West
9 4 (1.481%) LogLogic
9 4 (1.481%) Business Objects
10 3 (1.111%) Adobe
10 3 (1.111%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.111%) TIBCO
10 3 (1.111%) Mantas
Lead Solution Architect - Banking
London
As Lead Solution Architect , you will have excellent proficiency in architectural development methods such as TOGAF or Zachman and have a sound understanding of the b anking domain.
Coal IT Services
Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Lead Solutions Architect-Yorkshire-Up to £500/day!
Halifax, Yorkshire
Lead Solutions Architect - Edinburgh - Bank - Up to £500/day! Our Client, a Major Bank, are currently looking for a Lead Solutions Architect to work in their Halifax Office,...
Orgtel
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Lead Solution Architect - BSS - Hampshire
Hook, Hampshire
A BSS Solution Architect is required by my client a leading telecommunications company for a large BSS implementation... The Solution Architect - BSS will manage multiple workstreams throughout the...
TEKsystems
Posted: 12 June 2013
Lead PEGA Solutions Architect - Banking EXP
London
Build/Test of connectors: Import WSDL and XSD... Co-ordination with relevant stakeholders - SOA SME, BPA SME, DSMs, Solution Architects, BPA and SOA Developmeant teams, Pega System team,...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £700 to £900 per day £700 - £900 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Lead PEGA Solutions Architect - Banking EXP
London
Build/Test of connectors: Import WSDL and XSD... Co-ordination with relevant stakeholders - SOA SME, BPA SME, DSMs, Solution Architects, BPA and SOA Developmeant teams, Pega System team,...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £700 to £900 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Pega Lead Systems Architect - Banking, Pega, PRPC
London
Orgtel
Rate: £600 - £1000 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
Lead Data Architect
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Lead Data Architect - Portals
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Verticality Ltd
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013
Lead Risk Enterprise Architect - Retail Banking / Wholesale Risk
London
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £700 to £725 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Lead Architect
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 13 June 2013
Lead Architect
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Posted: 13 June 2013
MS Dynamics CRM Lead Architect
London
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Lead C# / .net / developer / architect / engineer / Market Risk
City, London
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £550 - £700 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Technical Lead/Architect - HTML/CSS/JavaScript/PHP/Mobile
North West London
Futureheads Recruitment Ltd
Rate: From £400 to £420 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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