The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 65 57 77
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 11 17 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.185% 1.818% 0.183%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.284% 1.938% 0.194%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 0
Average daily rate £375 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £459
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year
+1.85% +6.93%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
857 877 1031
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 92.35% 93.80% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 443 389 392
Average daily rate £325 £325 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £175 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 67 133
Average hourly rate £13.50 £15.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.25 £11.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £32.50 £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Architect
South East

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Technical Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Architect across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Buckinghamshire Technical Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Technical Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Milton Keynes -11 6 £400 - 1
Aylesbury - - - -
Technical Architect
South East

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Architect in their job title.

1 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (48.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (40.00%) Oracle
4 9 (36.00%) Windows
4 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
5 8 (32.00%) SQL Server
6 7 (28.00%) HP
6 7 (28.00%) Firewall
6 7 (28.00%) Cryptography
7 6 (24.00%) Clustering
7 6 (24.00%) SAN
7 6 (24.00%) StorageTek
7 6 (24.00%) Citrix
7 6 (24.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (24.00%) OpenView
7 6 (24.00%) JMS
7 6 (24.00%) Sun
7 6 (24.00%) QA
7 6 (24.00%) Hyper-V
7 6 (24.00%) NAS
7 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (20.00%) Lync
8 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 5 (20.00%) SOA
8 5 (20.00%) .NET
8 5 (20.00%) SQL
9 4 (16.00%) MS Exchange
9 4 (16.00%) Migration
9 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (16.00%) Technical Architecture

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (24.00%) JMS
2 5 (20.00%) .NET
3 3 (12.00%) SOAP
3 3 (12.00%) Web Services
3 3 (12.00%) XML
4 1 (4.000%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.00%) Lync
2 4 (16.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (12.00%) ESB
4 1 (4.000%) IIS
4 1 (4.000%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) Firewall
2 6 (24.00%) SAN
2 6 (24.00%) NAS
3 3 (12.00%) Internet
3 3 (12.00%) SMTP
3 3 (12.00%) iSCSI
4 1 (4.000%) BIG-IP
4 1 (4.000%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.000%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 3 (12.00%) Investment Banking
1 3 (12.00%) Banking
2 1 (4.000%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Cryptography
2 6 (24.00%) Clustering
3 3 (12.00%) Client/Server
3 3 (12.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (8.000%) Fat Client
4 2 (8.000%) Thin Client
5 1 (4.000%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (12.00%) Windows NT
3 3 (12.00%) UNIX
3 3 (12.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) SOA
2 4 (16.00%) Migration
2 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (16.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (12.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (12.00%) ETL
3 3 (12.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (4.000%) Project Management
4 1 (4.000%) Logistics
4 1 (4.000%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (4.000%) Network Design
4 1 (4.000%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.000%) EAI
4 1 (4.000%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.000%) UML
4 1 (4.000%) OO
4 1 (4.000%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.00%) ActionScript
2 3 (12.00%) ActionScript 2.0
3 2 (8.000%) Java
4 1 (4.000%) C#
4 1 (4.000%) C++
4 1 (4.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (52.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (48.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (12.00%) ISEB
4 3 (12.00%) MCSE
4 3 (12.00%) CCSP
4 3 (12.00%) CCNA
4 3 (12.00%) MCP
4 3 (12.00%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (12.00%) XenApp
2 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.000%) Active Directory
3 1 (4.000%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 6 (24.00%) OpenView
2 1 (4.000%) SCCM
2 1 (4.000%) SCOM
2 1 (4.000%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Oracle
2 7 (28.00%) HP
3 6 (24.00%) StorageTek
3 6 (24.00%) Citrix
3 6 (24.00%) Sun
4 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (12.00%) VMware
5 3 (12.00%) Talend
6 1 (4.000%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.000%) Lotus
6 1 (4.000%) Juniper
6 1 (4.000%) Cisco
6 1 (4.000%) ProCurve