The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 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 Wiltshire 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
Application Architect
Rank 42 56 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Architect 6 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.307% 0.159% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.402% 0.174% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £575 £600 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.16% -
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 £55.00 - -
All Job Titles
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
428 576 520
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 93.25% 91.87% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 343 275
Average daily rate £400 £356 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.28% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 45 47
Average hourly rate £13.50 £23.88 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.45% -17.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.49 £14.00 £13.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Architect
South West

Applications Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Applications Architect Daily Rate Trend

Applications Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Architect across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wiltshire Applications Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Architect within the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Swindon - 3 £575 -
Applications Architect
South West

Applications Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Retail
2 4 (44.44%) Information Management
2 4 (44.44%) Retail Banking
3 3 (33.33%) Mainframe
3 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
4 2 (22.22%) BlackBerry OS
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
4 2 (22.22%) HTML5
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Phone 8
4 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Phone
4 2 (22.22%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (22.22%) Android
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle
4 2 (22.22%) Web Services
4 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) UML
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Information Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 1 (11.11%) ArchiMate

Applications Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (22.22%) HTML5
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
2 4 (44.44%) Retail
2 4 (44.44%) Retail Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Mainframe
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (22.22%) Blackberry
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
1 2 (22.22%) BlackBerry OS
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Phone 8
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Phone
1 2 (22.22%) Android
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Information Management
2 3 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (22.22%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Information Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) ArchiMate
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft