The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Sussex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 18 20 27
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 23 44 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 5.959% 6.951% 5.618%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.425% 7.273% 6.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 32 18
Average daily rate £450 £500 £478
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +4.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £433 £396
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £529 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
358 605 411
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 92.75% 95.58% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 362 192
Average daily rate £380 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 24 46
Average hourly rate £25.38 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.34% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.25 £33.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Architect
South East

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region 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
Crawley -2 6 £463 -5.12%
Gatwick +11 3 £513 +32.25%
Horsham +1 3 - -
Architect
South East

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 20 (34.48%) Data Architecture
2 18 (31.03%) SAP
2 18 (31.03%) Microsoft
3 17 (29.31%) SOA
4 14 (24.14%) Data Modelling
5 11 (18.97%) Oracle
6 10 (17.24%) Business Objects
6 10 (17.24%) SQL
6 10 (17.24%) Finance
7 9 (15.52%) PCI DSS
7 9 (15.52%) SQL Server
7 9 (15.52%) ITIL
7 9 (15.52%) ERP
8 8 (13.79%) SharePoint
8 8 (13.79%) .NET
8 8 (13.79%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (12.07%) TOGAF
9 7 (12.07%) Information Architecture
9 7 (12.07%) ETL
9 7 (12.07%) Linux
9 7 (12.07%) Capacity Planning
10 6 (10.34%) Windows
10 6 (10.34%) webMethods
10 6 (10.34%) Technical Architecture
11 5 (8.621%) Data Security
11 5 (8.621%) Management Information System
11 5 (8.621%) Novell
11 5 (8.621%) Adobe
11 5 (8.621%) UNIX
11 5 (8.621%) MS Excel

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Application Development
1 8 (13.79%) .NET
2 2 (3.448%) XML
2 2 (3.448%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.724%) soapUI
3 1 (1.724%) XSD
3 1 (1.724%) WSDL
3 1 (1.724%) Middleware
3 1 (1.724%) LAMP
3 1 (1.724%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.724%) WCF
3 1 (1.724%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.724%) SOAP
3 1 (1.724%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.897%) NetWeaver
3 3 (5.172%) SAP Portal
4 2 (3.448%) ESB
5 1 (1.724%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (1.724%) FileNet
5 1 (1.724%) IIS
5 1 (1.724%) Apache
5 1 (1.724%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.724%) MQSeries
Applications
1 5 (8.621%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.897%) MS Visio
2 4 (6.897%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (6.897%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.448%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (1.724%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.724%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.724%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.724%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.724%) AWD
2 1 (1.724%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.897%) Network Security
2 1 (1.724%) LDAP
2 1 (1.724%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.52%) SQL Server
2 8 (13.79%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (3.448%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.448%) QlikView
4 1 (1.724%) DB2
4 1 (1.724%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.724%) SAP BI
4 1 (1.724%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.724%) WinRunner
1 1 (1.724%) TestDirector
General
1 10 (17.24%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.621%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.172%) Smart Meter
3 2 (3.448%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.448%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.724%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.724%) CESG
4 1 (1.724%) DataPower
4 1 (1.724%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) Linux
2 6 (10.34%) Windows
3 5 (8.621%) UNIX
4 1 (1.724%) OS/400
4 1 (1.724%) zOS
4 1 (1.724%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (34.48%) Data Architecture
2 17 (29.31%) SOA
3 14 (24.14%) Data Modelling
4 9 (15.52%) ERP
4 9 (15.52%) ITIL
5 7 (12.07%) ETL
5 7 (12.07%) TOGAF
5 7 (12.07%) Information Architecture
5 7 (12.07%) Capacity Planning
6 6 (10.34%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (8.621%) Data Security
8 4 (6.897%) Data Management
8 4 (6.897%) Data Protection
8 4 (6.897%) Master Data Management
8 4 (6.897%) Database Security
8 4 (6.897%) Security Architecture
9 3 (5.172%) Service Delivery
9 3 (5.172%) Migration
9 3 (5.172%) Scrum
9 3 (5.172%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.24%) SQL
2 1 (1.724%) VB
2 1 (1.724%) ABAP
2 1 (1.724%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (6.897%) CISSP
1 4 (6.897%) CISM
1 4 (6.897%) ISSAP
2 1 (1.724%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.724%) MCP
2 1 (1.724%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.52%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.724%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.172%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.448%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.724%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.724%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.724%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.724%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (1.724%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (31.03%) SAP
1 18 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.97%) Oracle
3 10 (17.24%) Business Objects
4 6 (10.34%) webMethods
5 5 (8.621%) Novell
5 5 (8.621%) Adobe
6 4 (6.897%) Cisco
7 3 (5.172%) VMware
8 2 (3.448%) BMC
8 2 (3.448%) IBM
8 2 (3.448%) Cognos
9 1 (1.724%) Citrix
9 1 (1.724%) NetApp
9 1 (1.724%) Remedy
9 1 (1.724%) Ab Initio
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