Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts within the Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Architect
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5166
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads5779
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.086 %
As % of the category below2.395 %2.256 %
Daily rates quoted1721
Average minimum daily rate£473£435
Average daily rate£506£473
% change on same period last year+6.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£539£512
UK excluding London average daily rate£492£468
% change on same period last year+5.15 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£60.00-
Average hourly rate£70.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£80.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£47.89£40.31
% change on same period last year+18.80 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads23803502
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.843 %3.820 %
Daily rates quoted534816
Average minimum daily rate£336£324
Average daily rate£357£340
% change on same period last year+5.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted274309
Average minimum hourly rate£19.37£20.91
Average hourly rate£20.61£22.24
% change on same period last year-7.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.85£23.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.40 %
Architect EnglandArchitect
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire Architect Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Architect across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Yorkshire Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West YorkshireUp+1039£517+3.41 %
South YorkshireUp+1611£453+25.05 %
North YorkshireUp+92£550+41.47 %
Architect EnglandArchitect
England

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

125 (20.83 %)Oracle
218 (15.00 %).NET
218 (15.00 %)Java
218 (15.00 %)Active Directory
316 (13.33 %)Microsoft
415 (12.50 %)NHS
415 (12.50 %)SharePoint Server 2007
514 (11.67 %)Health
613 (10.83 %)J2EE
712 (10.00 %)CRM
811 (9.167 %)SharePoint
811 (9.167 %)Finance
811 (9.167 %)Government
811 (9.167 %)Technical Architecture
811 (9.167 %)Stakeholder Management
910 (8.333 %)SOA
910 (8.333 %)UML
109 (7.500 %)PRINCE2
109 (7.500 %)Retail
118 (6.667 %)SAP
118 (6.667 %)WebServices
118 (6.667 %)SQL Server
118 (6.667 %)Project Management
127 (5.833 %)Oracle EBS
127 (5.833 %)Cisco
127 (5.833 %)SQL Server 2005
127 (5.833 %)SAP IS-U
136 (5.000 %)InfoPath
136 (5.000 %)Banking
136 (5.000 %)ASP.NET

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (15.00 %).NET
213 (10.83 %)J2EE
38 (6.667 %)WebServices
46 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
55 (4.167 %)XML
64 (3.333 %)Middleware
73 (2.500 %)Spring
73 (2.500 %)ebXML
73 (2.500 %)JSP
73 (2.500 %)SOAP
73 (2.500 %).NET Framework
82 (1.667 %)JSTL
82 (1.667 %)SiteMesh
82 (1.667 %)Struts
82 (1.667 %)XHTML
91 (0.833 %)HTML
91 (0.833 %)WebSphere
91 (0.833 %)MVC
91 (0.833 %)Hibernate
91 (0.833 %)CSS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (12.50 %)SharePoint Server 2007
211 (9.167 %)SharePoint
33 (2.500 %)JBoss
33 (2.500 %)Tomcat
41 (0.833 %)Office Communications Server
41 (0.833 %)CMS
41 (0.833 %)ATG Dynamo
41 (0.833 %)Oracle Workflow
41 (0.833 %)Oracle BPEL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (5.000 %)InfoPath
24 (3.333 %)MS Visio
32 (1.667 %)MS Office
41 (0.833 %)MS Excel
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (5.833 %)Oracle EBS
17 (5.833 %)SAP IS-U
22 (1.667 %)Oracle ERP
31 (0.833 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.833 %)Siebel Analytics
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (5.000 %)Internet
23 (2.500 %)LDAP
32 (1.667 %)Intranet
32 (1.667 %)X.500
32 (1.667 %)Firewall
32 (1.667 %)PBX
32 (1.667 %)WAN
32 (1.667 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.833 %)SSL
41 (0.833 %)SAN
41 (0.833 %)Cisco PIX
41 (0.833 %)LAN
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (6.667 %)SQL Server
27 (5.833 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (2.500 %)MySQL
33 (2.500 %)SAP BW
42 (1.667 %)DB2
42 (1.667 %)DTS
42 (1.667 %)RDBMS
51 (0.833 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.833 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.833 %)ETL
51 (0.833 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.833 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.833 %)Oracle OWB
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (3.333 %)Visual Studio
22 (1.667 %)Log4j
22 (1.667 %)JUnit
31 (0.833 %)NUnit
31 (0.833 %)CruiseControl
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (11.67 %)Health
211 (9.167 %)Finance
211 (9.167 %)Government
39 (7.500 %)Retail
46 (5.000 %)Banking
54 (3.333 %)Manufacturing
63 (2.500 %)Legal
63 (2.500 %)Auditing
72 (1.667 %)Law
72 (1.667 %)Back Office
72 (1.667 %)Pensions
72 (1.667 %)Multimedia
72 (1.667 %)Billing
81 (0.833 %)Local Government
81 (0.833 %)Publishing
81 (0.833 %)Telecoms
81 (0.833 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.833 %)FMCG
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (12.50 %)NHS
23 (2.500 %)Web 2.0
23 (2.500 %)E-Learning
32 (1.667 %)PKI
32 (1.667 %)Smartcard
32 (1.667 %)Mainframe
32 (1.667 %)NPfIT
41 (0.833 %)Taxonomies
41 (0.833 %)Computer Science
41 (0.833 %)Social Network
41 (0.833 %)Client/Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (5.000 %)UNIX
23 (2.500 %)Windows
23 (2.500 %)Solaris
23 (2.500 %)Linux
31 (0.833 %)VMS
31 (0.833 %)Windows Server 2008
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (10.00 %)CRM
211 (9.167 %)Stakeholder Management
211 (9.167 %)Technical Architecture
310 (8.333 %)UML
310 (8.333 %)SOA
49 (7.500 %)PRINCE2
58 (6.667 %)Project Management
66 (5.000 %)OO
75 (4.167 %)E-Commerce
75 (4.167 %)Workflow
84 (3.333 %)Service Management
84 (3.333 %)Quality Management
84 (3.333 %)ITIL
84 (3.333 %)RUP
84 (3.333 %)Six Sigma
84 (3.333 %)Enterprise Architecture
84 (3.333 %)TOGAF
93 (2.500 %)Zachman Framework
93 (2.500 %)Business Analysis
93 (2.500 %)Use Case
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (15.00 %)Java
25 (4.167 %)C#
34 (3.333 %)SQL
42 (1.667 %)C
51 (0.833 %)C++
51 (0.833 %)JavaScript
51 (0.833 %)Perl
51 (0.833 %)PL/SQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (4.167 %)Cisco Certification
15 (4.167 %)Degree
24 (3.333 %)CCNP
32 (1.667 %)CCIE
32 (1.667 %)CCVP
32 (1.667 %)CCDA
32 (1.667 %)CCDP
32 (1.667 %)Citrix Certification
41 (0.833 %)MCSE
41 (0.833 %)CCNA
41 (0.833 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.833 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.833 %)Sun Certification
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.333 %)QA
23 (2.500 %)HL7
32 (1.667 %)ISO27001
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (15.00 %)Active Directory
21 (0.833 %)Oracle RAC
21 (0.833 %)VMware Infrastructure
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.667 %)Tivoli
12 (1.667 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.833 %)SCCM
21 (0.833 %)SCOM
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (20.83 %)Oracle
216 (13.33 %)Microsoft
38 (6.667 %)SAP
47 (5.833 %)Cisco
53 (2.500 %)Mercator
62 (1.667 %)Lucent
62 (1.667 %)Alcatel
62 (1.667 %)Ericsson
62 (1.667 %)IBM
62 (1.667 %)Nortel
62 (1.667 %)CheckPoint
71 (0.833 %)Citrix
71 (0.833 %)Sun
71 (0.833 %)HP
71 (0.833 %)Siebel
71 (0.833 %)Business Objects
71 (0.833 %)Novell
71 (0.833 %)Metastorm
71 (0.833 %)ATG
71 (0.833 %)VMware