The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Software 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 Java Software Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Software Architect
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Architect 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
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
1548 2117 1704
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.31% 92.65% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 702 962 776
Average daily rate £325 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £218 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £457 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 165 145
Average hourly rate £19.50 £15.56 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.32% -14.73%
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%
Java Software Architect
England

Java Software Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Java Software Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Java Software Architect
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java 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 Java Software Architect in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 2 (100.00%) ClearQuest
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall

Java Software Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java 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 Java Software Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 2 (100.00%) ClearQuest
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle