The first table below looks at the demand for TOGAF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited TOGAF 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire 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
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
Rank 14 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Contract jobs citing TOGAF 16 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 8.649% 1.418% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.88% 2.020% -
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 0
Average daily rate £500 £388 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.03% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £56.25 - £37.50
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 198 212
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 79.46% 70.21% 72.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 106 104
Average daily rate £350 £350 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 9
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
TOGAF
East of England

TOGAF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TOGAF across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire TOGAF Jobs Demand Trend

TOGAF
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire TOGAF Daily Rate Trend

TOGAF
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing TOGAF across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire TOGAF Daily Rate Histogram

TOGAF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TOGAF within the Bedfordshire 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
Luton +3 7 £450 +16.12%
Dunstable +4 4 £475 -
TOGAF
East of England

TOGAF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing TOGAF also 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 that cited TOGAF.

1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
1 7 (43.75%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (37.50%) Oracle
3 5 (31.25%) VMware
3 5 (31.25%) IVR
3 5 (31.25%) Citrix
3 5 (31.25%) MS Visio
3 5 (31.25%) IIS
3 5 (31.25%) Windows
3 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
3 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (31.25%) Data Architecture
3 5 (31.25%) XenApp
3 5 (31.25%) Retail
3 5 (31.25%) VMware Server
4 4 (25.00%) Nortel Meridian
4 4 (25.00%) XenDesktop
4 4 (25.00%) RUP
4 4 (25.00%) Nortel
4 4 (25.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 4 (25.00%) Cisco
4 4 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) N-Tier
5 2 (12.50%) Informatica
5 2 (12.50%) Internet
5 2 (12.50%) TIBCO
5 2 (12.50%) Mercator

TOGAF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing TOGAF also 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 that cited TOGAF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (12.50%) .NET
1 2 (12.50%) Web Services
1 2 (12.50%) XML
1 2 (12.50%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Visio
2 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Nortel Meridian
2 2 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (31.25%) Retail
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Architect
2 6 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (31.25%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (18.75%) Technical Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Integration Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (31.25%) IVR
3 2 (12.50%) N-Tier
4 1 (6.250%) Chip and PIN
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
1 5 (31.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Data Architecture
2 4 (25.00%) RUP
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (12.50%) TDD
3 2 (12.50%) AOP
3 2 (12.50%) SOA
3 2 (12.50%) ETL
3 2 (12.50%) Change Management
3 2 (12.50%) Refactoring
3 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.250%) E-business
4 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ISEB
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Server
1 5 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (31.25%) XenApp
2 4 (25.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Oracle
3 5 (31.25%) Citrix
3 5 (31.25%) VMware
4 4 (25.00%) Cisco
4 4 (25.00%) Nortel
5 2 (12.50%) Informatica
5 2 (12.50%) TIBCO
5 2 (12.50%) Mercator
6 1 (6.250%) Endeca
6 1 (6.250%) hybris
Luton, Bedfordshire
Demonstrable experience and understanding of delivering: Enterprise architecture... Experience and understanding of at least one of the following: Enterprise Architecture... TOGAF, Zachmann etc.) but not necessary to be...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Luton, South East
Demonstrable experience and understanding of delivering: Enterprise architecture Strategy Experience and understanding of at least one of the following: Enterprise Architecture Technology architecture Understanding of architecture methods (e...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Luton, South East
Our client, a leading consultancy, currently requires an experienced Enterprise Architect to join one of its top clients in Luton.The successful Enterprise Architect will be required to...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £550.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
We are therefore seeking an applicant who can demonstrate the following: § The ability to deliver core architectural artifacts § Experience and understanding of delivering Enterprise Application Architecture § Experience and...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £550.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013