The first table below looks at the demand for TOGAF 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 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
Rank 87 124 98
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -26
Contract jobs citing TOGAF 36 15 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.488% 0.492% 0.908%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.260% 0.787% 1.442%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 10
Average daily rate £488 £391 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.68% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £353 £386
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £550 £503
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £56.25 - £37.50
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1593 1907 1872
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.83% 62.55% 62.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 651 723 742
Average daily rate £388 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.16% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 63 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -41.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.93 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
TOGAF
South East

TOGAF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire TOGAF Daily Rate Histogram

TOGAF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire TOGAF Hourly Rate Trend

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 Berkshire 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
Reading +27 22 £475 -13.63%
Newbury +4 5 £450 -
Slough - 2 - -
Bracknell - 1 £425 -
TOGAF
South East

TOGAF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 21 (30.88%) Telecoms
2 19 (27.94%) Enterprise Architecture
2 19 (27.94%) Project Management
3 15 (22.06%) Degree
4 14 (20.59%) Technical Architecture
5 13 (19.12%) Performance Management
5 13 (19.12%) Information Security
5 13 (19.12%) CESG
5 13 (19.12%) Oracle
6 12 (17.65%) Service Management
6 12 (17.65%) Remedy
6 12 (17.65%) Netcool
6 12 (17.65%) BMC
6 12 (17.65%) Remedy ITSM
6 12 (17.65%) Security Cleared
6 12 (17.65%) Information Architecture
7 11 (16.18%) Nokia NetAct
7 11 (16.18%) Ionix
7 11 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (16.18%) Fault Management
7 11 (16.18%) ITSM
7 11 (16.18%) Nokia
7 11 (16.18%) HP
7 11 (16.18%) EMC
8 10 (14.71%) GIS
8 10 (14.71%) Service Delivery
9 9 (13.24%) Firewall
9 9 (13.24%) CA
9 9 (13.24%) Tivoli
9 9 (13.24%) ITIL

TOGAF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 3 (4.412%) .NET
2 2 (2.941%) XML
2 2 (2.941%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.471%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.471%) Middleware
3 1 (1.471%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.941%) WebSphere MQ
1 2 (2.941%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (1.471%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (1.471%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.471%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (17.65%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.471%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.18%) Nokia NetAct
2 9 (13.24%) Network Security
2 9 (13.24%) Firewall
3 5 (7.353%) BSS
4 4 (5.882%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (5.882%) Internet
5 3 (4.412%) Wireless
6 2 (2.941%) UMTS
6 2 (2.941%) CDMA
6 2 (2.941%) GPRS
7 1 (1.471%) GSM
7 1 (1.471%) LAN
7 1 (1.471%) WAN
7 1 (1.471%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.71%) GIS
2 2 (2.941%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.941%) DB2
2 2 (2.941%) TOAD
2 2 (2.941%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 2 (2.941%) ERwin
General
1 21 (30.88%) Telecoms
2 4 (5.882%) Billing
3 2 (2.941%) Finance
4 1 (1.471%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.471%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (76.47%) Architect
2 13 (19.12%) Solutions Architect
3 11 (16.18%) Enterprise Architect
4 10 (14.71%) Analyst
4 10 (14.71%) Information Architect
5 9 (13.24%) OSS Architect
6 7 (10.29%) Systems Architect
6 7 (10.29%) Technical Architect
7 5 (7.353%) Business Analyst
7 5 (7.353%) Security Architect
8 4 (5.882%) Lead Architect
8 4 (5.882%) Infrastructure Architect
8 4 (5.882%) Security Analyst
9 3 (4.412%) Technical Analyst
9 3 (4.412%) Technical Security Analyst
9 3 (4.412%) Data Steward
10 2 (2.941%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
10 2 (2.941%) Information Systems Architect
10 2 (2.941%) Data Analyst
10 2 (2.941%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.12%) CESG
2 5 (7.353%) CESG CLAS
2 5 (7.353%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.353%) Open Source
3 3 (4.412%) RMADS
4 2 (2.941%) iSeries
4 2 (2.941%) Replication
4 2 (2.941%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.471%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.471%) Life Science
5 1 (1.471%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.471%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.882%) UNIX
2 2 (2.941%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) Project Management
1 19 (27.94%) Enterprise Architecture
2 14 (20.59%) Technical Architecture
3 13 (19.12%) Information Security
3 13 (19.12%) Performance Management
4 12 (17.65%) Information Architecture
4 12 (17.65%) Service Management
5 11 (16.18%) ITSM
5 11 (16.18%) Fault Management
5 11 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (14.71%) Service Delivery
7 9 (13.24%) ITIL
7 9 (13.24%) Ethical Hacking
8 7 (10.29%) UML
8 7 (10.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.29%) Data Governance
9 6 (8.824%) MODAF
9 6 (8.824%) Information Management
9 6 (8.824%) Data Analysis
10 5 (7.353%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.941%) RPG
1 2 (2.941%) RPG IV
2 1 (1.471%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) Degree
2 12 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.353%) CISA
4 5 (7.353%) CISM
4 5 (7.353%) CISSP
5 1 (1.471%) Siebel Certification
5 1 (1.471%) PMP
5 1 (1.471%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (13.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.471%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (17.65%) Netcool
2 11 (16.18%) Ionix
3 9 (13.24%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (19.12%) Oracle
2 12 (17.65%) Remedy
2 12 (17.65%) BMC
3 11 (16.18%) Nokia
3 11 (16.18%) HP
3 11 (16.18%) EMC
4 9 (13.24%) CA
5 5 (7.353%) Citrix
6 2 (2.941%) SAP
6 2 (2.941%) Cisco
6 2 (2.941%) IBM
7 1 (1.471%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.471%) Siebel
7 1 (1.471%) Genesys
7 1 (1.471%) OPNET
7 1 (1.471%) Cramer
7 1 (1.471%) VMware
7 1 (1.471%) NetCracker
7 1 (1.471%) Greenplum