The first table below looks at the demand for Information Architecture skills 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 Information Architecture over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Architecture
Rank 92 104 99
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -5
Contract jobs citing Information Architecture 5 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.307% 0.044% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.460% 0.070% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £315 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.70 £12.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+64.16% -65.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1087 1429 1208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.65% 63.54% 63.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 674 553
Average daily rate £340 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £233 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 72 76
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Information Architecture
England

Information Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Information Architecture across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Information Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Information Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Information Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Information Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Information Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Information Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Architecture within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Coventry - 2 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £315 -
Information Architecture
England

Information Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Information 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 Information Architecture.

1 4 (57.14%) Analytics
2 3 (42.86%) Web Services
2 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (28.57%) N-Tier
3 2 (28.57%) Intranet
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) UML
3 2 (28.57%) OO
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 2 (28.57%) SEO
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 2 (28.57%) Automotive
3 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (28.57%) Data Management
3 2 (28.57%) Content Management
3 2 (28.57%) Web Development
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 2
3 2 (28.57%) WebKit
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Web Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (28.57%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (14.29%) HTML5
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010

Information Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Information 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 Information Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) Web Services
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC 2
2 2 (28.57%) WebKit
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (14.29%) HTML5
3 1 (14.29%) Smarty
3 1 (14.29%) REST
3 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (14.29%) JSON
3 1 (14.29%) jQuery
3 1 (14.29%) Ajax
3 1 (14.29%) SOAP
3 1 (14.29%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (14.29%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Intranet
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Subversion
General
1 2 (28.57%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Web Developer
3 2 (28.57%) .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Web Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) N-Tier
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) OO
2 2 (28.57%) SEO
2 2 (28.57%) Workflow
2 2 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (28.57%) Data Management
2 2 (28.57%) Content Management
2 2 (28.57%) Web Development
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Web Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Web Application Development
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Zend