The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Berkshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 87 121 109
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -12
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 34 17 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.452% 0.536% 0.696%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.170% 0.829% 1.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 9
Average daily rate £488 £275 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+77.27% -35.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £228 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £415 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1567 2051 1926
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 66.94% 64.70% 63.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 803 788
Average daily rate £400 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 49 73
Average hourly rate £28.75 £27.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.48% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.30 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Technical Architecture
South East

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Architecture across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Technical Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architecture across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Technical Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architecture within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Reading +22 26 £488 +77.27% 3
Slough - 1 - -
Ascot - - - -
Bracknell - - - -
Newbury - - - -
Technical Architecture
South East

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Technical Architecture 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 Technical Architecture.

1 13 (32.50%) TOGAF
2 12 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 9 (22.50%) GIS
4 9 (22.50%) Information Security
4 9 (22.50%) Data Modelling
4 9 (22.50%) Oracle
5 8 (20.00%) CESG
5 8 (20.00%) Network Security
6 7 (17.50%) Time Management
6 7 (17.50%) PCI DSS
6 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
6 7 (17.50%) Ethical Hacking
6 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (17.50%) Firewall
6 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
6 7 (17.50%) CA
6 7 (17.50%) Tivoli
7 6 (15.00%) .NET
7 6 (15.00%) Windows
7 6 (15.00%) Unit Testing
7 6 (15.00%) Information Architecture
7 6 (15.00%) Process Architecture
8 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
8 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
9 4 (10.00%) CISSP
9 4 (10.00%) OO
9 4 (10.00%) UNIX
9 4 (10.00%) CRM
9 4 (10.00%) SQL Server

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Technical Architecture 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 Technical Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (15.00%) .NET
2 3 (7.500%) WebSphere
3 2 (5.000%) Web Services
3 2 (5.000%) J2EE
4 1 (2.500%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.500%) COM
4 1 (2.500%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.000%) Commerce Server
1 2 (5.000%) SharePoint
1 2 (5.000%) ArcGIS
1 2 (5.000%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (2.500%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.500%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (5.000%) CSG Singleview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) Network Security
2 7 (17.50%) Firewall
3 4 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (7.500%) Internet
5 2 (5.000%) 3G
5 2 (5.000%) GSM
5 2 (5.000%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) GIS
2 4 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.500%) MS Access
4 2 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (5.000%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.500%) OLAP
5 1 (2.500%) DTS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.000%) Visual Studio
1 2 (5.000%) StarTeam
2 1 (2.500%) Subversion
General
1 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.500%) Finance
3 2 (5.000%) Billing
4 1 (2.500%) Retail
4 1 (2.500%) Military
Job Titles
1 26 (65.00%) Architect
2 7 (17.50%) Security Architect
3 6 (15.00%) Technical Architect
4 5 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (10.00%) Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Technical Security Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Security Analyst
6 3 (7.500%) Information Architect
7 2 (5.000%) Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Data Architect
7 2 (5.000%) Solutions Designer
7 2 (5.000%) Software Architect
7 2 (5.000%) WebSphere Architect
7 2 (5.000%) Designer
8 1 (2.500%) Senior Architect
8 1 (2.500%) Information Security Architect
8 1 (2.500%) Information Manager
8 1 (2.500%) Applications Manager
8 1 (2.500%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) CESG
2 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.00%) CESG CLAS
3 4 (10.00%) RMADS
4 3 (7.500%) Replication
5 2 (5.000%) Open Source
6 1 (2.500%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.500%) iSeries
6 1 (2.500%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.00%) Windows
2 4 (10.00%) UNIX
3 2 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (5.000%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) TOGAF
2 12 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 9 (22.50%) Information Security
3 9 (22.50%) Data Modelling
4 7 (17.50%) Time Management
4 7 (17.50%) Ethical Hacking
5 6 (15.00%) Unit Testing
5 6 (15.00%) Information Architecture
5 6 (15.00%) Process Architecture
6 4 (10.00%) OO
6 4 (10.00%) CRM
6 4 (10.00%) Migration
6 4 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 4 (10.00%) Change Control
7 3 (7.500%) Security Architecture
7 3 (7.500%) Security Testing
7 3 (7.500%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (7.500%) Data Migration
7 3 (7.500%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (7.500%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.500%) VBA
2 2 (5.000%) SQL
2 2 (5.000%) C
3 1 (2.500%) C#
3 1 (2.500%) Java
3 1 (2.500%) RPG
3 1 (2.500%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.500%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.00%) CISSP
3 4 (10.00%) CISA
3 4 (10.00%) CISM
4 1 (2.500%) MCSD
4 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.500%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) PCI DSS
1 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.500%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) Xen
1 1 (2.500%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) Tivoli
2 1 (2.500%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (22.50%) Oracle
2 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) CA
3 2 (5.000%) Mapinfo
3 2 (5.000%) ESRI
3 2 (5.000%) Cramer
4 1 (2.500%) VMware
4 1 (2.500%) IBM