The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the York 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 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 York 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
Architect
Rank 13 - 9
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in York 7.059% - 2.941%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.595% - 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £425 - -
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
York
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
79 57 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in York 92.94% 91.94% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 33 6
Average daily rate £413 £325 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.92% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £120 £150 £108
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £350 £296
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 5
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.86 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.78% +15.22%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
North Yorkshire

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the York 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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (80.00%) Citrix
1 8 (80.00%) Xen
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
1 8 (80.00%) SCOM
1 8 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (80.00%) SaaS
1 8 (80.00%) PaaS
1 8 (80.00%) Hyper-V
1 8 (80.00%) IaaS
2 7 (70.00%) UAG
3 6 (60.00%) Open Source
4 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (50.00%) OpenStack
4 5 (50.00%) CloudStack
4 5 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
4 5 (50.00%) Windows Azure
4 5 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (50.00%) Google
5 4 (40.00%) MCTS
5 4 (40.00%) MCITP
5 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
6 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
7 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
7 1 (10.00%) N-Tier
7 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
7 1 (10.00%) OOD
7 1 (10.00%) SOA
7 1 (10.00%) .NET
7 1 (10.00%) OO

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the York 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 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) .NET Remoting
1 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (10.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) OpenStack
1 5 (50.00%) CloudStack
1 5 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
1 5 (50.00%) Windows Azure
2 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) SaaS
1 8 (80.00%) PaaS
1 8 (80.00%) IaaS
2 6 (60.00%) Open Source
3 5 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (10.00%) N-Tier
4 1 (10.00%) Web 2.0
4 1 (10.00%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (10.00%) OOD
1 1 (10.00%) SOA
1 1 (10.00%) OO
1 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (10.00%) AOP
1 1 (10.00%) Competitor Analysis
1 1 (10.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) MCTS
1 4 (40.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Xen
1 8 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 8 (80.00%) Hyper-V
2 7 (70.00%) UAG
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (80.00%) Citrix
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) Google