The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical 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
Technical Architect
Rank 58 57 60
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 4 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.441% 0.657% 0.901%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.467% 0.692% 0.964%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
Average daily rate £335 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% -22.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £453
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £25.25
% change year-on-year
+1.85% +6.93%
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%
Technical Architect
Scotland

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Technical Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Edinburgh Technical Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) MCSE
2 2 (25.00%) VoIP
2 2 (25.00%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (25.00%) LINQ
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) JSR 286
3 1 (12.50%) Git (software)
3 1 (12.50%) LiveCycle
3 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Portal
3 1 (12.50%) HTML5
3 1 (12.50%) soapUI
3 1 (12.50%) REST
3 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (12.50%) Worklight
3 1 (12.50%) jQuery
3 1 (12.50%) JAX-WS
3 1 (12.50%) GIS
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Java EE
3 1 (12.50%) JSON
3 1 (12.50%) SAN

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) WebSphere
1 2 (25.00%) LINQ
2 1 (12.50%) JSR 286
2 1 (12.50%) HTML5
2 1 (12.50%) soapUI
2 1 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) Worklight
2 1 (12.50%) jQuery
2 1 (12.50%) JAX-WS
2 1 (12.50%) Java EE
2 1 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) JSF
2 1 (12.50%) J2EE
2 1 (12.50%) SOAP
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) LiveCycle
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Portal
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Process Server
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) VoIP
1 2 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (12.50%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git (software)
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (12.50%) Maven
1 1 (12.50%) Ant
1 1 (12.50%) JUnit
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Migration
1 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
1 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
1 1 (12.50%) SOA
1 1 (12.50%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) MCSE
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Veritas
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) JBoss
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