Software Architecture 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 Software 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 Software Architecture over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Architecture
Rank 413 444 508
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +64
Contract jobs citing Software Architecture 117 134 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.252% 0.230% 0.131%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.356% 0.339% 0.193%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 74 26
Average daily rate £400 £400 £431
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £324 £288 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £355 £394
% change year-on-year
-1.40% -9.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 3
Average hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.29% +57.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £41.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-9.63% +50.90%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 32885 39492 41512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19655 22706 23594
Average daily rate £413 £400 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 974 1268 1474
Average hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%

Software Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Software Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Software Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Software Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Software Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Software Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Software Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Software Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Software Architecture Hourly Rate Histogram

Software 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 Software Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +23 108 £400 -
London +20 52 £475 -2.56%
South East +53 42 £350 -22.22%
Hampshire +22 31 £350 -
Basingstoke - 25 £350 -
City of London +8 9 £475 -10.58%
Surrey +28 6 - -
Guildford -8 6 - -
Berkshire +19 4 £525 +16.66%
East of England +14 3 £350 -
Milton Keynes +10 3 - -
Buckinghamshire +8 3 - -
South West -9 3 £240 -36.00%
Yorkshire -11 3 £290 -12.12%
Cambridge - 3 £350 -
Cambridgeshire - 3 £350 -
Sheffield - 2 - -
Reading - 2 - -
South Yorkshire - 2 - -
Chiswick - 2 £375 -
North West +15 1 - -
West Midlands +2 1 - -
Nottinghamshire -1 1 £450 -
East Midlands -3 1 £450 -
Canary Wharf -8 1 £425 -
West Yorkshire -9 1 £290 -12.12%
Leeds -20 1 £290 -12.12%
Wiltshire - 1 £240 -
Somerset - 1 - -
Dorset - 1 - -

Software Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Software 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 Software Architecture.

1 110 (47.83%) Java
2 103 (44.78%) SQL
3 82 (35.65%) SQL Server
3 82 (35.65%) UML
4 74 (32.17%) Spring
5 69 (30.00%) Web Services
6 67 (29.13%) JavaScript
7 63 (27.39%) C#
7 63 (27.39%) Hibernate
8 61 (26.52%) JMS
9 57 (24.78%) CSS
10 54 (23.48%) XML
11 53 (23.04%) JSON
12 52 (22.61%) JUnit
13 51 (22.17%) REST
14 50 (21.74%) OOD
15 49 (21.30%) MVC
16 48 (20.87%) HTML
16 48 (20.87%) OO
17 47 (20.43%) SOAP
18 46 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
18 46 (20.00%) BDD
18 46 (20.00%) Java EE
18 46 (20.00%) jQuery
19 45 (19.57%) EJB
20 44 (19.13%) SOA
20 44 (19.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
21 43 (18.70%) Maven
22 42 (18.26%) Mockito
22 42 (18.26%) JSP

Software Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Software 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 Software Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 74 (32.17%) Spring
2 69 (30.00%) Web Services
3 63 (27.39%) Hibernate
4 61 (26.52%) JMS
5 57 (24.78%) CSS
6 54 (23.48%) XML
7 53 (23.04%) JSON
8 51 (22.17%) REST
9 48 (20.87%) HTML
10 47 (20.43%) SOAP
11 46 (20.00%) jQuery
11 46 (20.00%) Java EE
12 45 (19.57%) EJB
13 42 (18.26%) JSP
14 40 (17.39%) JAXB
14 40 (17.39%) JPA
15 37 (16.09%) Spring Security
15 37 (16.09%) Spring Web Flow
15 37 (16.09%) JTA
15 37 (16.09%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 21 (9.130%) WebLogic
2 19 (8.261%) BizTalk Server
3 15 (6.522%) SharePoint
4 13 (5.652%) WebSphere Application Server
5 12 (5.217%) Apache
5 12 (5.217%) Tomcat
5 12 (5.217%) SharePoint 2010
6 10 (4.348%) ESB
7 6 (2.609%) IIS
8 5 (2.174%) SAS
8 5 (2.174%) GlassFish
9 4 (1.739%) CMS
9 4 (1.739%) Oracle Workflow
9 4 (1.739%) TIBCO EMS
9 4 (1.739%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.870%) Confluence
10 2 (0.870%) WebSphere Process Server
10 2 (0.870%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (0.870%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.435%) MSMQ
Applications
1 25 (10.87%) MS Excel
2 17 (7.391%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.435%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.435%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.739%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (0.870%) AWD
2 2 (0.870%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.435%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.435%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.435%) FLEXCUBE
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.783%) TCP/IP
2 9 (3.913%) HTTP
3 6 (2.609%) LDAP
4 4 (1.739%) 3GPP
5 3 (1.304%) Wireless
5 3 (1.304%) LTE
6 2 (0.870%) 4G
6 2 (0.870%) OFDM
6 2 (0.870%) MIMO
6 2 (0.870%) Internet
6 2 (0.870%) GSM
6 2 (0.870%) DHCP
6 2 (0.870%) DNS
7 1 (0.435%) Intranet
7 1 (0.435%) LAN
7 1 (0.435%) VoIP
7 1 (0.435%) Extranet
7 1 (0.435%) 3G
7 1 (0.435%) DSL
7 1 (0.435%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (35.65%) SQL Server
2 44 (19.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 39 (16.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 20 (8.696%) NoSQL
5 17 (7.391%) Data Mining
6 12 (5.217%) SQL Server 2008
7 10 (4.348%) MongoDB
7 10 (4.348%) MySQL
8 8 (3.478%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (3.043%) DB2
10 4 (1.739%) Essbase
10 4 (1.739%) Ingres
10 4 (1.739%) Oracle 11g
10 4 (1.739%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.739%) Base SAS
11 3 (1.304%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.304%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (1.304%) RDBMS
11 3 (1.304%) Oracle 10g
12 2 (0.870%) GIS
Development Applications
1 52 (22.61%) JUnit
2 43 (18.70%) Maven
3 42 (18.26%) Mockito
4 38 (16.52%) Git (software)
5 19 (8.261%) Selenium
6 17 (7.391%) Eclipse
7 14 (6.087%) Visual Studio
8 13 (5.652%) JBehave
9 12 (5.217%) Ant
10 11 (4.783%) Jenkins
11 10 (4.348%) NUnit
12 9 (3.913%) ClearCase
13 7 (3.043%) Subversion
14 6 (2.609%) JIRA
14 6 (2.609%) Hudson
14 6 (2.609%) NetBeans
15 5 (2.174%) Team Foundation Server
16 4 (1.739%) TeamCity
16 4 (1.739%) Spring Roo
16 4 (1.739%) FindBugs
General
1 38 (16.52%) Finance
2 33 (14.35%) Banking
3 21 (9.130%) Investment Banking
4 17 (7.391%) Games
5 8 (3.478%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.609%) Front Office
6 6 (2.609%) Retail
7 4 (1.739%) Music
8 3 (1.304%) Automotive
9 1 (0.435%) Law
9 1 (0.435%) Publishing
9 1 (0.435%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.435%) Electronics
9 1 (0.435%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.435%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.435%) Marketing
9 1 (0.435%) Billing
Job Titles
1 132 (57.39%) Developer
2 62 (26.96%) Java Developer
3 51 (22.17%) Architect
4 27 (11.74%) Software Engineer
5 21 (9.130%) Senior Developer
6 14 (6.087%) Programmer
7 13 (5.652%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (5.217%) Analyst
8 12 (5.217%) SharePoint Developer
9 11 (4.783%) Consultant
9 11 (4.783%) Technical Leader
10 10 (4.348%) Software Architect
10 10 (4.348%) Android Developer
11 9 (3.913%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.913%) .NET Developer
11 9 (3.913%) Senior Java Developer
11 9 (3.913%) Developer Analyst
12 8 (3.478%) Software Developer
13 7 (3.043%) C# Software Engineer
13 7 (3.043%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.48%) Computer Science
2 14 (6.087%) Open Source
3 7 (3.043%) Derivative
4 6 (2.609%) NHS
4 6 (2.609%) Kinect
5 5 (2.174%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.739%) N-Tier
6 4 (1.739%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (1.739%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.739%) Streaming Video
6 4 (1.739%) Visualisation
7 3 (1.304%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.304%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.304%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.304%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.304%) Streaming Music
8 2 (0.870%) Inversion of Control
8 2 (0.870%) iPhone
8 2 (0.870%) DataPower
8 2 (0.870%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 22 (9.565%) Linux
2 19 (8.261%) UNIX
3 18 (7.826%) Windows
4 14 (6.087%) Android
5 4 (1.739%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.304%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.870%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.870%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.870%) OS/400
7 2 (0.870%) zOS
7 2 (0.870%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.435%) AIX
8 1 (0.435%) Solaris
8 1 (0.435%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (35.65%) UML
2 50 (21.74%) OOD
3 49 (21.30%) MVC
4 48 (20.87%) OO
5 46 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 46 (20.00%) BDD
6 44 (19.13%) SOA
7 41 (17.83%) Web Development
8 35 (15.22%) TDD
8 35 (15.22%) Pair Programming
9 34 (14.78%) Scrum
10 30 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
10 30 (13.04%) Multithreading
11 28 (12.17%) Unit Testing
12 23 (10.00%) Test Strategy
13 22 (9.565%) Dependency Injection
14 21 (9.130%) Code Coverage
15 20 (8.696%) Test Automation
16 19 (8.261%) OOP
17 18 (7.826%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 110 (47.83%) Java
2 103 (44.78%) SQL
3 67 (29.13%) JavaScript
4 63 (27.39%) C#
5 34 (14.78%) C++
6 31 (13.48%) C
7 17 (7.391%) PL/SQL
8 10 (4.348%) T-SQL
8 10 (4.348%) Python
9 7 (3.043%) Ruby
10 5 (2.174%) Ada
11 4 (1.739%) Objective-C
11 4 (1.739%) XPath
11 4 (1.739%) Scala
12 3 (1.304%) VB.NET
12 3 (1.304%) Embedded C
12 3 (1.304%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.870%) Assembly Language
13 2 (0.870%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.870%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (11.30%) Degree
2 21 (9.130%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.652%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.870%) ISEB
4 2 (0.870%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.435%) MCSE
5 1 (0.435%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.435%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.435%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.348%) QA
2 5 (2.174%) DO-178B
3 4 (1.739%) SLA
4 2 (0.870%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (2.174%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.870%) VMware ESX
2 2 (0.870%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.870%) vSphere
3 1 (0.435%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (1.304%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 3 (1.304%) SCCM
2 2 (0.870%) Sun Identity Manager
Vendors
1 35 (15.22%) JBoss
2 34 (14.78%) Microsoft
3 31 (13.48%) Oracle
4 13 (5.652%) Twitter
5 12 (5.217%) Pega
6 11 (4.783%) TIBCO
7 6 (2.609%) IBM
8 4 (1.739%) ION Trading
9 3 (1.304%) ATG
9 3 (1.304%) Cognizant
10 2 (0.870%) NetApp
10 2 (0.870%) BMC
10 2 (0.870%) Remedy
10 2 (0.870%) Sybase
10 2 (0.870%) Business Objects
10 2 (0.870%) Sun
10 2 (0.870%) Ab Initio
10 2 (0.870%) VMware
10 2 (0.870%) Netezza
10 2 (0.870%) Coverity
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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