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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 16 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Warwickshire region.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
16 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank91827
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+9
Matching contract IT job ads1515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire7.426 %0.769 %1.773 %
As % of the Job Titles category7.813 %0.813 %1.887 %
Daily rates quoted401
Average daily rate£373-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£453£450
% change year-on-year
-6.070 %+0.550 %
Hourly rates quoted400
Average hourly rate£30.25--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.00£40.00£40.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
192123265
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire95.05 %94.62 %93.97 %
Daily rates quoted522952
Average daily rate£275£301£315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.630 %-4.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£225£125
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£500£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted473047
Average hourly rate£15.25£15.00£16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.660 %-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£7.50£11.00£9.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.85£36.00£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00 %-9.090 %
Architect West MidlandsArchitect
West Midlands

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.

Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Warwickshire Architect Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Architect across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010.

Warwickshire Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 16 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
AtherstoneNew entry-1--
WarwickNew entry-1--
Architect West MidlandsArchitect
West Midlands

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region that cited 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 Architect in their job title.

16 (30.00 %)FTP
24 (20.00 %)HTTP
24 (20.00 %)DNS
24 (20.00 %)J2EE
24 (20.00 %)OOA/OOD
24 (20.00 %)Firewall
33 (15.00 %)Automotive
33 (15.00 %)Java
33 (15.00 %)Hibernate
33 (15.00 %)Spring
42 (10.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
42 (10.00 %)Java EE
42 (10.00 %)BSS
42 (10.00 %)Use Case
42 (10.00 %)Performance Testing
42 (10.00 %)Technical Architecture
42 (10.00 %)RUP
42 (10.00 %)Education
42 (10.00 %)WAN
42 (10.00 %)Migration
42 (10.00 %)CICS
42 (10.00 %)zOS
42 (10.00 %)MVS
42 (10.00 %)AutoSys
42 (10.00 %)Configuration Management
42 (10.00 %)Project Management
42 (10.00 %)Mainframe
51 (5.000 %)CMS
51 (5.000 %)ISO9001
51 (5.000 %)Publishing

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region that cited 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (20.00 %)J2EE
23 (15.00 %)Hibernate
23 (15.00 %)Spring
32 (10.00 %)Java EE
41 (5.000 %).NET
41 (5.000 %).NET Framework
41 (5.000 %)WCF
41 (5.000 %)WPF
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (10.00 %)CICS
21 (5.000 %)CMS
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (30.00 %)FTP
24 (20.00 %)HTTP
24 (20.00 %)DNS
24 (20.00 %)Firewall
32 (10.00 %)BSS
32 (10.00 %)WAN
41 (5.000 %)SAN
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.000 %)Datawarehouse
11 (5.000 %)ETL
11 (5.000 %)SQL Server
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (15.00 %)Automotive
22 (10.00 %)Education
31 (5.000 %)Publishing
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (10.00 %)Mainframe
21 (5.000 %)N-Tier
21 (5.000 %)HP Superdome
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (10.00 %)zOS
12 (10.00 %)MVS
21 (5.000 %)HPUX
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (20.00 %)OOA/OOD
22 (10.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
22 (10.00 %)Use Case
22 (10.00 %)Performance Testing
22 (10.00 %)Technical Architecture
22 (10.00 %)RUP
22 (10.00 %)Migration
22 (10.00 %)Configuration Management
22 (10.00 %)Project Management
31 (5.000 %)Data Modelling
31 (5.000 %)Business Intelligence
31 (5.000 %)OO
31 (5.000 %)UML
31 (5.000 %)Data Architecture
31 (5.000 %)Software Architecture
31 (5.000 %)Content Management
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (15.00 %)Java
21 (5.000 %)SQL
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.000 %)ISO9001
11 (5.000 %)ISO27001
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (10.00 %)AutoSys
Warwickshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (5.000 %)HP
11 (5.000 %)Oracle
11 (5.000 %)SAP