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The table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills within the East Midlands 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Architecture
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8279
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads813
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.883 %1.377 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£475
Average daily rate-£525
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£435£461
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
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 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads906944
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.288 %0.953 %
Daily rates quoted305191
Average minimum daily rate£378£352
Average daily rate£401£375
% change on same period last year+7.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted69120
Average minimum hourly rate£28.83£24.39
Average hourly rate£31.36£26.52
% change on same period last year+18.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.88£28.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Technical Architecture EnglandTechnical Architecture
England

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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architecture within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NorthamptonshireUp+94--
Technical Architecture EnglandTechnical Architecture
England

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (76.47 %)Finance
212 (70.59 %)Banking
212 (70.59 %)Internet
212 (70.59 %)Java
212 (70.59 %)UML
212 (70.59 %)SOA
212 (70.59 %)Chordiant
212 (70.59 %)WebSphere
310 (58.82 %)Spring
310 (58.82 %)Struts
310 (58.82 %)Hibernate
48 (47.06 %)Financial Institution
54 (23.53 %)VMware
54 (23.53 %)Microsoft
63 (17.65 %)MOM
63 (17.65 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
63 (17.65 %)Disaster Recovery
63 (17.65 %)Active Directory
63 (17.65 %)Citrix
63 (17.65 %)Microsoft Certification
63 (17.65 %)Thin Client
63 (17.65 %)MCSA
63 (17.65 %)MS Excel
63 (17.65 %)Operations Management
63 (17.65 %)Fat Client
63 (17.65 %)Windows
63 (17.65 %)VMware Infrastructure
71 (5.882 %)System Testing
71 (5.882 %)JSP 440
71 (5.882 %)QA

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (70.59 %)WebSphere
210 (58.82 %)Struts
210 (58.82 %)Hibernate
210 (58.82 %)Spring
31 (5.882 %).NET
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (17.65 %)MS Excel
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (70.59 %)Internet
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (76.47 %)Finance
212 (70.59 %)Banking
38 (47.06 %)Financial Institution
41 (5.882 %)Military
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (76.47 %)Architect
113 (76.47 %)Technical Architect
21 (5.882 %)Consultant
21 (5.882 %)Solutions Architect
21 (5.882 %)Technical Consultant
21 (5.882 %)Technical Solutions Architect
21 (5.882 %)Data Consultant
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (17.65 %)Thin Client
13 (17.65 %)Fat Client
21 (5.882 %)N-Tier
21 (5.882 %)Replication
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (17.65 %)Windows
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (70.59 %)UML
112 (70.59 %)SOA
23 (17.65 %)Disaster Recovery
23 (17.65 %)Operations Management
31 (5.882 %)System Testing
31 (5.882 %)PRINCE2
31 (5.882 %)Information Management
31 (5.882 %)Data Analysis
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (70.59 %)Java
21 (5.882 %)SQL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (17.65 %)MCSA
13 (17.65 %)Microsoft Certification
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)QA
11 (5.882 %)JSP 440
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (17.65 %)Active Directory
13 (17.65 %)VMware Infrastructure
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (17.65 %)MOM
13 (17.65 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (70.59 %)Chordiant
24 (23.53 %)Microsoft
24 (23.53 %)VMware
33 (17.65 %)Citrix
41 (5.882 %)Oracle
41 (5.882 %)Sun
41 (5.882 %)IBM