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

The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software 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 Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Architect
Rank 537 568 596
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Software Architect 4 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.008% 0.003% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.004% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £480 £503 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.47% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £323 £530 -
% change year-on-year
-39.15% -
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		 44347 53663 57608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.47% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 25564 29628 31510
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
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 2099 2560 2964
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 £11.19 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%

Senior Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Software Architect Daily Rate Trend

Senior Software Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Software Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Senior Software Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Software Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Software Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Software Architect
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 19 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 +15 4 £480 -4.47% 3
London +27 2 £600 +26.31%
South East +27 1 £285 -46.22%
Hampshire - 1 £285 -
Middlesex - - - -
Somerset - - - -
Surrey - - - -
West Sussex - - - -
City of London - - - -
Dorset - - - - 3
Bath - - - -
Crawley - - - -
Guildford - - - -
South West - - - - 3

Senior Software Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior Software 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 Software Architect in their job title.

1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) Software Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) WPF
3 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Magento
3 1 (16.67%) Telematics
3 1 (16.67%) MVVM
3 1 (16.67%) J2EE
3 1 (16.67%) MySQL
3 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (16.67%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
3 1 (16.67%) TeamSite
3 1 (16.67%) Intranet
3 1 (16.67%) Internet
3 1 (16.67%) Automotive
3 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum

Senior Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior Software 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 Software Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (16.67%) WPF
2 1 (16.67%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Magento
1 1 (16.67%) TeamSite
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Intranet
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Software Architecture
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Unit Testing
2 1 (16.67%) MVVM
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (16.67%) OO
2 1 (16.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C++
2 1 (16.67%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) PHP
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
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