The first table below looks at the demand for the Data Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Edinburgh 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Architect
Rank 50 63 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 12 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.322% 0.094% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.402% 0.099% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £469 £509 £550
% change year-on-year
-7.86% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £72.50 - £127.50
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
856 1011 1245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.27% 94.84% 93.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 378 475 609
Average daily rate £391 £365 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.19% -2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 14 30
Average hourly rate £13.93 £20.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.35% +30.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £9.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £32.00 £31.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Data Architect
Scotland

Data Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Data Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Architect across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Data Architect Daily Rate Trend

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Architect across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh Data Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Data Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Data 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 Data Architect in their job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Banking
2 8 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (58.33%) Finance
4 5 (41.67%) Teradata
5 4 (33.33%) Data Management
5 4 (33.33%) ETL
5 4 (33.33%) Oracle
5 4 (33.33%) DB2
6 3 (25.00%) Migration
6 3 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
6 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
6 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
7 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
7 2 (16.67%) QA
7 2 (16.67%) Data Architecture
7 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
7 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (16.67%) CRM
8 1 (8.333%) C
8 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
8 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
8 1 (8.333%) XSD
8 1 (8.333%) UML
8 1 (8.333%) SAS
8 1 (8.333%) Star Schema
8 1 (8.333%) IBM
8 1 (8.333%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (8.333%) ERwin
8 1 (8.333%) Content Management
8 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis

Data Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Data 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 Data Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (33.33%) DB2
3 1 (8.333%) Star Schema
3 1 (8.333%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) ERwin
General
1 10 (83.33%) Banking
2 7 (58.33%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Data Management
1 4 (33.33%) ETL
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
2 3 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
2 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Data Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
4 1 (8.333%) UML
4 1 (8.333%) Content Management
4 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.333%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (8.333%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (8.333%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Teradata
2 4 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) Business Objects
3 1 (8.333%) IBM
3 1 (8.333%) Salesforce.com
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Data Architect (Reporting, DWH) -Edinburgh -6 Month Initial Contract -ASAP Start -Good Day Rates I have an opportunity for the right candidate to join and exciting an high...
Sanderson
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
A global information technology company seek an experienced Oracle / Teradata /DB2 - Data Architect / Information Architect - Banking, ideally with banking industry experience... Banking, is as follows: Oracle / Teradata /DB2 -...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £300 to £375 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
A global information technology company seek an experienced Oracle / Teradata /DB2 - Data Architect / Information Architect - Banking, ideally with banking industry experience... They will be experienced information or data...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £300 to £375 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Reporting / Data Architect / MI / Design Assurance / Data Warehouse / Reporting Transformation / Retail Banking... Our client is using Teradata as a DW and a number of different reporting tools such...
Sanderson
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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