The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 21 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 Cambridgeshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 6 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.101% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.210% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £413 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+1.85% +8.00%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
496 651 485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 91.01% 95.45% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 309 231
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 77 85
Average hourly rate £25.00 £33.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.81% +146.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Architect
East of England

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridge - 6 £413 -
Technical Architect
East of England

Technical Architect
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 5 (83.33%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (16.67%) Lync
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3
4 1 (16.67%) NetScaler
4 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (16.67%) XenDesktop
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
4 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
4 1 (16.67%) VBScript
4 1 (16.67%) VB
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Windows
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
4 1 (16.67%) AppSense
4 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (16.67%) Degree

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (16.67%) Lync
2 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
1 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) XenDesktop
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) AppSense