East of England Technical Architecture Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Technical Architecture
Location Altrincham Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire England Essex Fife Hampshire Hertfordshire Hull Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Marlow Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Preston Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wiltshire Worcestershire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	133	137
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	14	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.019 %	0.016 %
As % of the category below	0.634 %	0.688 %
Daily rates quoted	10	11
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£332
Average daily rate	£398	£353
% change on same period last year	+12.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£431	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£436	£420
% change on same period last year	+3.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.00	-
Average hourly rate	£43.75	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£47.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.64	£36.67
% change on same period last year	+5.38 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2207	2327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.942 %	2.354 %
Daily rates quoted	810	817
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£362
Average daily rate	£399	£383
% change on same period last year	+4.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£422	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	209	236
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.47	£28.76
Average hourly rate	£30.60	£30.20
% change on same period last year	+1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.74	£31.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
Technical 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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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 of England region.

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Architecture across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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 East of England region.

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Architecture across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Technical Architecture
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architecture within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Essex	-	7	£374	-
Hertfordshire	-3	4	£397	+9.42 %
Norfolk	+3	3	£432	-

Technical Architecture England

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 7 (25.00 %) Finance 1 7 (25.00 %) SQL 1 7 (25.00 %) Oracle 2 6 (21.43 %) Java 2 6 (21.43 %) J2EE 2 6 (21.43 %) UML 2 6 (21.43 %) SOA 2 6 (21.43 %) Sun 2 6 (21.43 %) Retail 3 5 (17.86 %) Oracle 9i 3 5 (17.86 %) UNIX 4 4 (14.29 %) Firewall 4 4 (14.29 %) SAN 4 4 (14.29 %) VERITAS 4 4 (14.29 %) Brocade

4 4 (14.29 %) Solaris 4 4 (14.29 %) .NET 4 4 (14.29 %) Oracle 11i 4 4 (14.29 %) Apache 4 4 (14.29 %) Client/Server 4 4 (14.29 %) MS Visio 4 4 (14.29 %) Oracle RAC 5 3 (10.71 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 3 (10.71 %) ERP 5 3 (10.71 %) Enterprise Architecture 6 2 (7.143 %) Marketing 6 2 (7.143 %) Insurance 6 2 (7.143 %) Migration 6 2 (7.143 %) Oracle Reports 6 2 (7.143 %) Sun Certification

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development 1 6 (21.43 %) J2EE 2 4 (14.29 %) .NET 3 2 (7.143 %) WebServices 4 1 (3.571 %) XML 4 1 (3.571 %) XML Schema 4 1 (3.571 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 4 (14.29 %) Apache 2 1 (3.571 %) ESB
Applications 1 4 (14.29 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 4 (14.29 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (3.571 %) BASE24
Communications & Networking 1 4 (14.29 %) SAN 1 4 (14.29 %) Firewall 2 1 (3.571 %) Network Security 2 1 (3.571 %) Internet 2 1 (3.571 %) MPLS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (17.86 %) Oracle 9i 2 2 (7.143 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 2 (7.143 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (3.571 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (3.571 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer	General 1 7 (25.00 %) Finance 2 6 (21.43 %) Retail 3 2 (7.143 %) Insurance 3 2 (7.143 %) Marketing 4 1 (3.571 %) Education
Job Titles 1 20 (71.43 %) Architect 2 12 (42.86 %) Technical Architect 3 5 (17.86 %) Solutions Architect 4 4 (14.29 %) Technical Project Manager 4 4 (14.29 %) Project Manager 4 4 (14.29 %) Technical Manager 5 2 (7.143 %) Insurance Business Analyst 5 2 (7.143 %) Analyst 5 2 (7.143 %) Business Analyst 6 1 (3.571 %) Programme Manager 6 1 (3.571 %) Infrastructure Architect 6 1 (3.571 %) Technical Solutions Architect 6 1 (3.571 %) Lead Technical Architect 6 1 (3.571 %) Lead Architect 6 1 (3.571 %) SOA Architect	Miscellaneous 1 4 (14.29 %) Client/Server 2 1 (3.571 %) Mainframe 2 1 (3.571 %) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 5 (17.86 %) UNIX 2 4 (14.29 %) Solaris 3 1 (3.571 %) Linux 3 1 (3.571 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (21.43 %) UML 1 6 (21.43 %) SOA 2 3 (10.71 %) ERP 2 3 (10.71 %) Enterprise Architecture 2 3 (10.71 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 2 (7.143 %) Project Management 3 2 (7.143 %) Migration 3 2 (7.143 %) OO 4 1 (3.571 %) RUP 4 1 (3.571 %) E-Commerce 4 1 (3.571 %) Unified Process 4 1 (3.571 %) Zachman Framework 4 1 (3.571 %) TOGAF 4 1 (3.571 %) Data Architecture 4 1 (3.571 %) EAI
Programming Languages 1 7 (25.00 %) SQL 2 6 (21.43 %) Java 3 2 (7.143 %) PL/SQL 3 2 (7.143 %) C#	Qualifications 1 2 (7.143 %) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (3.571 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 4 (14.29 %) Oracle RAC 2 1 (3.571 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (3.571 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 7 (25.00 %) Oracle 2 6 (21.43 %) Sun 3 4 (14.29 %) VERITAS 3 4 (14.29 %) Brocade 4 1 (3.571 %) VMware 4 1 (3.571 %) HP 4 1 (3.571 %) Dell 4 1 (3.571 %) IBM 4 1 (3.571 %) Microsoft