The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Java 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 Java Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Java Architect
Rank 537 574 554
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Java Architect 3 7 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.012% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.013% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 16
Average daily rate £625 £438 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £388 £391
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £488 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate - £375 £500
% change year-on-year
- -25.00%
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
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
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 2174 2589 2882
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 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Senior Java Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Java Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Java Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Java Architect Daily Rate Trend

Senior Java Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Java Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Senior Java Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Java Architect
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Java Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +40 2 £625 +42.85%
London +13 2 £625 +25.00%
City of London - 1 £500 -

Senior Java Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior Java 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 Java Architect in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) J2EE
3 4 (57.14%) SOA
3 4 (57.14%) Hibernate
4 3 (42.86%) JMS
4 3 (42.86%) Web Services
4 3 (42.86%) EJB
5 2 (28.57%) UML
5 2 (28.57%) Open Source
5 2 (28.57%) BC Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) JPA
5 2 (28.57%) WebSphere
5 2 (28.57%) OO
5 2 (28.57%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) Spring
6 1 (14.29%) JSF
6 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
6 1 (14.29%) Retail
6 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (14.29%) XPath
6 1 (14.29%) Blog
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
6 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (14.29%) Scala
6 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (14.29%) TDD
6 1 (14.29%) OOD
6 1 (14.29%) Firewall

Senior Java Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior Java 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 Java Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) J2EE
2 4 (57.14%) Hibernate
3 3 (42.86%) JMS
3 3 (42.86%) Web Services
3 3 (42.86%) EJB
4 2 (28.57%) JPA
4 2 (28.57%) WebSphere
4 2 (28.57%) Spring
5 1 (14.29%) JSF
5 1 (14.29%) XML
5 1 (14.29%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Process Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Rational Rose
1 1 (14.29%) JUnit
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Open Source
2 1 (14.29%) Blog
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) SOA
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) OOD
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) XPath
2 1 (14.29%) Scala
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) BC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
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