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The table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Architecture
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank197168
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching contract IT job ads1123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.023 %
As % of the category below0.252 %0.647 %
Daily rates quoted49
Average minimum daily rate£500£506
Average daily rate£581£523
% change on same period last year+11.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£663£541
UK excluding London average daily rate£432£465
% change on same period last year-7.09 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£46.10£57.50
% change on same period last year-19.82 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads43623557
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.168 %3.601 %
Daily rates quoted25361498
Average minimum daily rate£419£440
Average daily rate£458£471
% change on same period last year-2.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£497£501
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted8492
Average minimum hourly rate£24.22£23.50
Average hourly rate£25.86£25.46
% change on same period last year+1.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.49£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Technical Architecture LondonTechnical Architecture
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Technical Architecture
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architecture across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London Technical Architecture Demand Trend

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Architecture across the City of London region.

City of London Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Architecture across the City of London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

City of London Technical Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architecture across the City of London region.

City of London Technical Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

113 (31.71 %)Java
113 (31.71 %)Oracle
29 (21.95 %)Finance
29 (21.95 %)Banking
37 (17.07 %)SQL
37 (17.07 %)JDBC
37 (17.07 %)UNIX
46 (14.63 %)UML
46 (14.63 %)OO
46 (14.63 %)C#
46 (14.63 %)Data Modelling
46 (14.63 %)Agile Software Development
46 (14.63 %)Investment Banking
55 (12.20 %)Java RMI
55 (12.20 %)Calypso
55 (12.20 %)C++
55 (12.20 %)Reference Data
55 (12.20 %)Continuous Integration
64 (9.756 %)MySQL
64 (9.756 %)Shell Script
64 (9.756 %)N-Tier
64 (9.756 %)Business Analysis
73 (7.317 %)Software Engineering
73 (7.317 %)Back Office
73 (7.317 %)Risk Management
73 (7.317 %)Construction
73 (7.317 %)Fixed Income
73 (7.317 %)Equities
73 (7.317 %)Client/Server
73 (7.317 %)Oracle 10g

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (17.07 %)JDBC
25 (12.20 %)Java RMI
33 (7.317 %)CORBA
33 (7.317 %)J2EE
42 (4.878 %)EJB
42 (4.878 %).NET
42 (4.878 %)JSP
42 (4.878 %)Servlets
42 (4.878 %)Struts
42 (4.878 %)WebServices
42 (4.878 %)JSTL
42 (4.878 %)Taglibs
51 (2.439 %)XHTML
51 (2.439 %)Hibernate
51 (2.439 %)Spring
51 (2.439 %)Java EE
51 (2.439 %)XML
51 (2.439 %)HTML
51 (2.439 %)CSS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.878 %)JBoss
12 (4.878 %)Apache
12 (4.878 %)ATG Dynamo
21 (2.439 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (2.439 %)WebLogic
21 (2.439 %)Tomcat
21 (2.439 %)CMS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (4.878 %)MS Office
21 (2.439 %)MS Excel
21 (2.439 %)MS Visio
21 (2.439 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.439 %)Summit
11 (2.439 %)TIBCO iProcess
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.878 %)SAN
21 (2.439 %)Intranet
21 (2.439 %)Intrusion Detection
21 (2.439 %)LDAP
21 (2.439 %)LAN
21 (2.439 %)WAN
21 (2.439 %)DHCP
21 (2.439 %)TCP/IP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (12.20 %)Reference Data
24 (9.756 %)MySQL
33 (7.317 %)Oracle 10g
42 (4.878 %)SQL Server
51 (2.439 %)OLAP
51 (2.439 %)Oracle 9i
51 (2.439 %)Datawarehouse
51 (2.439 %)ETL
51 (2.439 %)BusinessObjects
51 (2.439 %)Oracle OLAP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.439 %)Ant
11 (2.439 %)JUnit
11 (2.439 %)WinRunner
11 (2.439 %)SilkTest
11 (2.439 %)FrontPage
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (21.95 %)Finance
19 (21.95 %)Banking
26 (14.63 %)Investment Banking
33 (7.317 %)Construction
33 (7.317 %)Back Office
42 (4.878 %)Financial Institution
42 (4.878 %)Front Office
51 (2.439 %)Government
51 (2.439 %)Insurance
51 (2.439 %)Retail
51 (2.439 %)Billing
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (43.90 %)Architect
29 (21.95 %)Technical Architect
38 (19.51 %)Developer
46 (14.63 %)Analyst
55 (12.20 %)Senior Developer
55 (12.20 %)Administrator
55 (12.20 %)Calypso Developer
64 (9.756 %)DBA
64 (9.756 %)Solutions Designer
73 (7.317 %)Business Analyst
73 (7.317 %)Consultant
73 (7.317 %)Data Analyst
82 (4.878 %)Risk Analyst
82 (4.878 %)Database Architect
82 (4.878 %)Senior Database Architect
82 (4.878 %)Security Risk Analyst
82 (4.878 %)Technical Consultant
82 (4.878 %)Security Analyst
82 (4.878 %)Solutions Architect
82 (4.878 %)UNIX Administrator
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (9.756 %)N-Tier
23 (7.317 %)Equities
23 (7.317 %)Derivative
23 (7.317 %)Social Network
23 (7.317 %)Credit Risk
23 (7.317 %)Fixed Income
23 (7.317 %)Client/Server
31 (2.439 %)Clustering
31 (2.439 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31 (2.439 %)Mainframe
31 (2.439 %)Management Information System
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (17.07 %)UNIX
23 (7.317 %)Solaris
32 (4.878 %)Linux
32 (4.878 %)Red Hat Linux
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (14.63 %)UML
16 (14.63 %)OO
16 (14.63 %)Data Modelling
16 (14.63 %)Agile Software Development
25 (12.20 %)Continuous Integration
34 (9.756 %)Business Analysis
43 (7.317 %)Software Engineering
43 (7.317 %)Risk Management
52 (4.878 %)Practice Management
52 (4.878 %)Unified Process
52 (4.878 %)Information Security
52 (4.878 %)Data Management
52 (4.878 %)CTC Cleared
52 (4.878 %)Security Cleared
61 (2.439 %)Enterprise Architecture
61 (2.439 %)Web Development
61 (2.439 %)Content Management
61 (2.439 %)ITIL
61 (2.439 %)Programme Management
61 (2.439 %)Stakeholder Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (31.71 %)Java
27 (17.07 %)SQL
36 (14.63 %)C#
45 (12.20 %)C++
54 (9.756 %)Shell Script
62 (4.878 %)Korn
71 (2.439 %)JavaScript
71 (2.439 %)Perl
71 (2.439 %)PHP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (4.878 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.439 %)Basel II
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (31.71 %)Oracle
25 (12.20 %)Calypso
33 (7.317 %)Sybase
42 (4.878 %)Red Hat
42 (4.878 %)ATG
42 (4.878 %)VMware
51 (2.439 %)Telelogic
51 (2.439 %)TIBCO
51 (2.439 %)BEA
51 (2.439 %)VERITAS
51 (2.439 %)Business Objects
51 (2.439 %)Microsoft