The first table below looks at the demand for the Database Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Database Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 City of London 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Database Architect
Rank 205 219 242
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Database Architect 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.029% 0.013% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.014% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £430 £400 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -17.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £300 £500
% change year-on-year
+83.33% -40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6359 7069 9062
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.33% 91.52% 91.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4701 5126 6596
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 174 213
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.50 £43.95 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Database Architect
London

Database Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Database Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Database Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Database Architect across the City of London region.

City of London Database Architect Daily Rate Trend

Database Architect
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Database 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 Database Architect in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) TOAD
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Clustering

Database Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Database 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 Database Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint 2013
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11i
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (25.00%) TOAD
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ETL
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) VMware