The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Architecture role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Head of Architecture 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 Yorkshire 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
Head of Architecture
Rank - 110 100
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Architecture 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - 0.087% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.092% 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £640 £900
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -28.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £700 £625 £850
% change year-on-year
+12.00% -26.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1792 2173 1705
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 94.42% 94.81% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1162 788
Average daily rate £320 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 104 127
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -16.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.30 £10.30 £7.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.30 £30.50 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Head of Architecture
England

Head of Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Head of Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Head of Architecture across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Head of Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Head of Architecture
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management

Head of Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Head of Architecture 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 Head of Architecture in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management