The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 advertised for the West Midlands region.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Architect
Rank - 100 95
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 0 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.134% 0.370%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.145% 0.400%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
Average daily rate - £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £505 £450 £550
% change year-on-year
+12.22% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1508 2071 1748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.35% 92.37% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 946 791
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £215 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 167 154
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.10 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.22% -11.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Architect
England

Applications Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Architect across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Applications Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Architect across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Applications Architect Daily Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Architect across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Applications Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications 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 Applications Architect in their job title.

1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) COBOL
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) VB
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) J2EE
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
1 2 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) OO
1 2 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Web Services
2 1 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management

Applications Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications 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 Applications Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) J2EE
1 2 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (25.00%) Web Services
2 1 (25.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (50.00%) UML
1 2 (50.00%) OO
1 2 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) COBOL
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) VB
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft