Senior Architect Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Architect
Rank 424 418 414
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Architect 117 147 177
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.252% 0.252% 0.285%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.274% 0.272% 0.308%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 77 80
Average daily rate £500 £485 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.09% -0.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £339 £375 £361
10% offered a daily rate of more than £648 £625 £593
UK excluding London average daily rate £461 £500 £475
% change year-on-year
-7.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £55.00 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £55.00 - £45.00
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £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 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Senior Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Architect Daily Rate Trend

Senior Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Senior Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Senior Architect Hourly Rate Histogram

Senior 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 Senior Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +9 101 £500 +3.09%
London +7 53 £550 +15.78%
South East +1 19 £500 -5.66%
Berkshire +18 15 £525 +38.15%
City of London +5 10 £500 +8.69%
Edinburgh +15 9 £510 +61.90%
Scotland -7 9 £510 +61.90%
Manchester +17 6 £338 -
North West +13 6 £338 -
Yorkshire -1 6 £550 +22.22%
West Yorkshire +2 5 - -
Leeds -5 5 - -
East of England +14 4 £365 -2.66%
East Midlands - 4 - -
Hertfordshire +7 3 - -
West Midlands +7 3 £425 -
Hampshire -8 3 £500 -16.66%
Northamptonshire - 3 - -
Midlands - 3 - -
Bracknell - 2 - -
Northampton - 2 - -
Canary Wharf - 2 £750 -
South West +29 1 £425 -15.00%
Bedfordshire +8 1 £365 -
Reading +7 1 £550 +44.73%
Wiltshire +2 1 £425 -15.00%
Newbury -2 1 - -
Basingstoke -14 1 £500 -
South Wales - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -

Senior Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Architect in their job title.

1 37 (19.79%) Finance
2 36 (19.25%) Banking
3 28 (14.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (14.97%) Java
4 23 (12.30%) Windows
4 23 (12.30%) Retail
5 22 (11.76%) Oracle
6 18 (9.626%) Enterprise Architecture
6 18 (9.626%) Migration
7 16 (8.556%) Telecoms
7 16 (8.556%) CRM
8 15 (8.021%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (7.487%) Data Modelling
9 14 (7.487%) C#
10 13 (6.952%) SQL
10 13 (6.952%) .NET
10 13 (6.952%) Security Cleared
11 12 (6.417%) Data Mapping
11 12 (6.417%) SQL Server
11 12 (6.417%) C
12 11 (5.882%) VMware
12 11 (5.882%) TOGAF
13 10 (5.348%) Open Source
13 10 (5.348%) J2EE
13 10 (5.348%) Linux
13 10 (5.348%) Microsoft
13 10 (5.348%) SAN
13 10 (5.348%) Middleware
14 9 (4.813%) Internet
14 9 (4.813%) B2B

Senior Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (6.952%) .NET
2 10 (5.348%) J2EE
2 10 (5.348%) Middleware
3 9 (4.813%) Web Services
4 8 (4.278%) SOAP
4 8 (4.278%) HTML
5 6 (3.209%) WebSphere
5 6 (3.209%) Spring
5 6 (3.209%) Hibernate
5 6 (3.209%) EJB
6 5 (2.674%) CSS
6 5 (2.674%) REST
6 5 (2.674%) WCF
7 4 (2.139%) Ruby on Rails
7 4 (2.139%) JavaBeans
8 3 (1.604%) XSD
8 3 (1.604%) WSDL
8 3 (1.604%) SAML
8 3 (1.604%) OpenID
8 3 (1.604%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 5 (2.674%) SharePoint
1 5 (2.674%) CMS
2 4 (2.139%) Drupal
2 4 (2.139%) OpenStack
2 4 (2.139%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (1.604%) Apache
4 2 (1.070%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (1.070%) Liferay
4 2 (1.070%) Lync
4 2 (1.070%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.070%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.070%) WebSphere Process Server
4 2 (1.070%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (1.070%) TeamSite
4 2 (1.070%) IIS
4 2 (1.070%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.535%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.535%) MSMQ
5 1 (0.535%) Documentum
5 1 (0.535%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 3 (1.604%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.535%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.535%) MS Office
2 1 (0.535%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (2.139%) FLEXCUBE
2 3 (1.604%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.070%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (1.070%) Temenos T24
3 2 (1.070%) SmartPlant
4 1 (0.535%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.535%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.535%) Maximo
4 1 (0.535%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.535%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.535%) Oracle Manufacturing
4 1 (0.535%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.535%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.535%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.535%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.348%) SAN
2 9 (4.813%) Internet
3 7 (3.743%) BSS
4 5 (2.674%) Firewall
5 4 (2.139%) LDAP
6 3 (1.604%) WAN
6 3 (1.604%) HTTP
6 3 (1.604%) Wireless
7 2 (1.070%) NAS
7 2 (1.070%) Network Security
7 2 (1.070%) 3G
7 2 (1.070%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.070%) ATM
7 2 (1.070%) LAN
8 1 (0.535%) VoIP
8 1 (0.535%) Broadband
8 1 (0.535%) VPN
8 1 (0.535%) SMTP
8 1 (0.535%) Intranet
8 1 (0.535%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.417%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.209%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.674%) MySQL
3 5 (2.674%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.674%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (2.139%) Data Mining
5 3 (1.604%) DB2
5 3 (1.604%) GIS
5 3 (1.604%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (1.604%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.070%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (1.070%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.070%) Oracle Exadata
6 2 (1.070%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.535%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.535%) Oracle 9i
7 1 (0.535%) TOAD
7 1 (0.535%) SQLPlus
7 1 (0.535%) IDOL
7 1 (0.535%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (2.139%) JUnit
2 3 (1.604%) ERwin
2 3 (1.604%) Subversion
2 3 (1.604%) Axure RP
2 3 (1.604%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.070%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.535%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.535%) Rational Rose
4 1 (0.535%) JDeveloper
4 1 (0.535%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.535%) Selenium
General
1 37 (19.79%) Finance
2 36 (19.25%) Banking
3 23 (12.30%) Retail
4 16 (8.556%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.813%) Investment Banking
6 7 (3.743%) Marketing
6 7 (3.743%) Retail Banking
7 5 (2.674%) Wholesale Banking
8 4 (2.139%) Billing
9 3 (1.604%) German Language
10 2 (1.070%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.070%) Automotive
10 2 (1.070%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.070%) Back Office
11 1 (0.535%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.348%) Open Source
2 5 (2.674%) Blackberry
2 5 (2.674%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.139%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.604%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.604%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (1.604%) Reference Data
4 3 (1.604%) Data Integration
5 2 (1.070%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.070%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.070%) Data Extraction
5 2 (1.070%) iPad
5 2 (1.070%) Eucalyptus
5 2 (1.070%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.070%) SaaS
5 2 (1.070%) Social Media
5 2 (1.070%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.070%) Replication
5 2 (1.070%) Clustering
5 2 (1.070%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.30%) Windows
2 10 (5.348%) Linux
3 6 (3.209%) UNIX
4 4 (2.139%) Android
4 4 (2.139%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (2.139%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.070%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.070%) Solaris
6 1 (0.535%) AIX
6 1 (0.535%) Windows Phone 8
6 1 (0.535%) Windows Phone
6 1 (0.535%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.535%) BlackBerry OS
6 1 (0.535%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (14.97%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (9.626%) Enterprise Architecture
2 18 (9.626%) Migration
3 16 (8.556%) CRM
4 15 (8.021%) Agile Software Development
5 14 (7.487%) Data Modelling
6 12 (6.417%) Data Mapping
7 11 (5.882%) TOGAF
8 9 (4.813%) B2B
8 9 (4.813%) SOA
8 9 (4.813%) E-Commerce
8 9 (4.813%) Project Management
8 9 (4.813%) Data Migration
9 8 (4.278%) TDD
9 8 (4.278%) OO
10 7 (3.743%) Data Management
10 7 (3.743%) Data Architecture
10 7 (3.743%) Zachman Framework
10 7 (3.743%) Business Analysis
11 6 (3.209%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.97%) Java
2 14 (7.487%) C#
3 13 (6.952%) SQL
4 12 (6.417%) C
5 9 (4.813%) C++
6 7 (3.743%) Python
7 6 (3.209%) Ruby
7 6 (3.209%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.604%) PHP
9 2 (1.070%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.070%) Scala
9 2 (1.070%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.070%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.070%) VB
9 2 (1.070%) Perl
10 1 (0.535%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.535%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.535%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 13 (6.952%) Security Cleared
2 7 (3.743%) SC Cleared
2 7 (3.743%) Degree
3 5 (2.674%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.070%) BC Cleared
4 2 (1.070%) CCEE
4 2 (1.070%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (1.070%) CCA
4 2 (1.070%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.535%) CISSP
5 1 (0.535%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.535%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.535%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.535%) CCIE
5 1 (0.535%) CISM
5 1 (0.535%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.674%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.535%) SLA
2 1 (0.535%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (3.743%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.139%) XenApp
3 3 (1.604%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.604%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.070%) Xen
4 2 (1.070%) vSphere
5 1 (0.535%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.535%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 3 (1.604%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.070%) BladeLogic
2 2 (1.070%) Ionix
2 2 (1.070%) HP Operations Orchestration
2 2 (1.070%) OpenView
3 1 (0.535%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 1 (0.535%) Netcool
3 1 (0.535%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 1 (0.535%) SCCM
3 1 (0.535%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 22 (11.76%) Oracle
2 11 (5.882%) VMware
3 10 (5.348%) Microsoft
4 8 (4.278%) Cisco
4 8 (4.278%) Citrix
5 7 (3.743%) SAP
6 6 (3.209%) Pega
7 5 (2.674%) HP
8 4 (2.139%) Juniper
8 4 (2.139%) JBoss
9 3 (1.604%) Salesforce.com
9 3 (1.604%) BMC
10 2 (1.070%) Opsware
10 2 (1.070%) F5
10 2 (1.070%) CA
10 2 (1.070%) NetApp
10 2 (1.070%) Symantec
10 2 (1.070%) Temenos
10 2 (1.070%) Adobe
10 2 (1.070%) IBM
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