Technical Architecture Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 249 306 265
Rank change year-on-year
+57 -41
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 299 285 369
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.717% 0.534% 0.666%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.004% 0.782% 0.976%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 176 224
Average daily rate £500 £488 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £346 £338 £318
10% offered a daily rate of more than £649 £600 £593
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 11 0
Average hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 29770 36442 37800
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.38% 68.27% 68.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18181 21411 21871
Average daily rate £423 £410 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.04% -8.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 1189 1376
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.25 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.73% -11.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.97 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £46.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architecture across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Technical Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Architecture across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England Technical Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architecture across the England region.

England Technical Architecture Hourly 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 England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -9 144 £550 +10.00%
South East +74 98 £438 +14.37%
East of England +36 19 £425 -19.04%
East Midlands +12 17 £419 +35.08%
South West +21 7 £400 -23.07%
West Midlands +8 6 £450 +28.57%
North West +5 4 - -
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 108 (18.69%) Windows
2 107 (18.51%) Finance
3 90 (15.57%) SQL
4 86 (14.88%) Oracle
4 86 (14.88%) Microsoft
5 79 (13.67%) SQL Server
6 78 (13.49%) .NET
7 67 (11.59%) TOGAF
8 66 (11.42%) Banking
9 64 (11.07%) Project Management
9 64 (11.07%) Java
10 61 (10.55%) C#
11 60 (10.38%) Enterprise Architecture
12 51 (8.824%) Migration
13 48 (8.304%) VMware
14 46 (7.958%) SAP
14 46 (7.958%) Web Services
15 45 (7.785%) Business Intelligence
16 44 (7.612%) SOA
17 43 (7.439%) Service Delivery
18 42 (7.266%) UNIX
18 42 (7.266%) VMware Infrastructure
18 42 (7.266%) Security Cleared
19 39 (6.747%) Degree
19 39 (6.747%) OO
20 38 (6.574%) E-Commerce
21 37 (6.401%) Data Modelling
21 37 (6.401%) Linux
21 37 (6.401%) ITIL
21 37 (6.401%) Management Information System

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 78 (13.49%) .NET
2 46 (7.958%) Web Services
3 33 (5.709%) XML
4 29 (5.017%) ASP.NET
5 28 (4.844%) Middleware
6 27 (4.671%) WCF
7 24 (4.152%) .NET Framework
7 24 (4.152%) HTML
8 22 (3.806%) jQuery
9 21 (3.633%) SOAP
10 18 (3.114%) XSLT
10 18 (3.114%) Silverlight
10 18 (3.114%) WebSphere
11 17 (2.941%) REST
11 17 (2.941%) J2EE
12 14 (2.422%) CSS
12 14 (2.422%) JSON
13 13 (2.249%) WPF
13 13 (2.249%) Oracle Fusion
14 11 (1.903%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 20 (3.460%) SharePoint
2 14 (2.422%) ESB
3 12 (2.076%) Apache
4 11 (1.903%) BizTalk Server
5 10 (1.730%) NetWeaver
6 9 (1.557%) CMS
6 9 (1.557%) MS Exchange
7 8 (1.384%) SAP Portal
7 8 (1.384%) Amazon AWS
7 8 (1.384%) SharePoint 2010
8 7 (1.211%) WebLogic
8 7 (1.211%) IIS
9 5 (0.865%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (0.865%) Windows Azure
10 4 (0.692%) WebSphere Portal
10 4 (0.692%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (0.692%) WebSphere Application Server
10 4 (0.692%) MSMQ
11 3 (0.519%) Lotus Notes
11 3 (0.519%) Documentum
Applications
1 25 (4.325%) MS Excel
2 16 (2.768%) MS Office
3 8 (1.384%) MS PowerPoint
3 8 (1.384%) MS Project
4 6 (1.038%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.173%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.173%) Fireworks
5 1 (0.173%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.173%) InDesign
5 1 (0.173%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.557%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (1.211%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.692%) SAP BPC
5 3 (0.519%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.519%) Oracle Applications
5 3 (0.519%) Summit
6 2 (0.346%) CSG Singleview
6 2 (0.346%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.346%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.346%) Cognos Planning
6 2 (0.346%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 2 (0.346%) SmartPlant
7 1 (0.173%) Oracle BPM
7 1 (0.173%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.173%) SAP FI-GL
7 1 (0.173%) SAP SEM
7 1 (0.173%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.173%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.173%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.055%) LAN
2 32 (5.536%) SAN
3 26 (4.498%) Firewall
4 24 (4.152%) WAN
5 20 (3.460%) Internet
6 19 (3.287%) Network Security
7 11 (1.903%) NAS
8 10 (1.730%) Wireless
9 9 (1.557%) Intranet
10 8 (1.384%) DNS
11 7 (1.211%) HTTP
11 7 (1.211%) LDAP
11 7 (1.211%) DMZ
11 7 (1.211%) Wireless Security
12 6 (1.038%) VoIP
13 5 (0.865%) FTP
13 5 (0.865%) VPN
13 5 (0.865%) PABX
14 4 (0.692%) TCP/IP
14 4 (0.692%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (13.67%) SQL Server
2 26 (4.498%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (4.325%) SQL Server 2008
4 24 (4.152%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 20 (3.460%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 19 (3.287%) SQL Server 2005
7 14 (2.422%) SAP BW
8 12 (2.076%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 11 (1.903%) GIS
9 11 (1.903%) MySQL
10 8 (1.384%) DTS
10 8 (1.384%) SQL Server 2000
10 8 (1.384%) Oracle BI EE
11 7 (1.211%) RDBMS
11 7 (1.211%) Big Data
12 6 (1.038%) SAP HANA
12 6 (1.038%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.038%) MS Access
13 5 (0.865%) OLTP
14 4 (0.692%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (1.384%) Selenium
2 6 (1.038%) Maven
2 6 (1.038%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (1.038%) ClearQuest
2 6 (1.038%) MSI
3 5 (0.865%) Subversion
3 5 (0.865%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.865%) Ant
4 4 (0.692%) CruiseControl
4 4 (0.692%) SpecFlow
4 4 (0.692%) ReSharper
4 4 (0.692%) Git (software)
5 3 (0.519%) StarTeam
5 3 (0.519%) Moq
5 3 (0.519%) NUnit
6 2 (0.346%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.346%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.346%) PeopleTools
6 2 (0.346%) ClearCase
6 2 (0.346%) JBehave
General
1 107 (18.51%) Finance
2 66 (11.42%) Banking
3 36 (6.228%) Telecoms
4 34 (5.882%) Retail
5 23 (3.979%) Investment Banking
6 11 (1.903%) Manufacturing
6 11 (1.903%) Front Office
7 10 (1.730%) Marketing
8 8 (1.384%) Billing
9 7 (1.211%) Legal
10 6 (1.038%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.038%) Games
10 6 (1.038%) Military
11 5 (0.865%) Back Office
11 5 (0.865%) Publishing
11 5 (0.865%) Online Betting
11 5 (0.865%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.519%) Electronics
12 3 (0.519%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.519%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 296 (51.21%) Architect
2 95 (16.44%) Technical Architect
3 85 (14.71%) Solutions Architect
4 70 (12.11%) Developer
5 52 (8.997%) Analyst
6 39 (6.747%) Consultant
7 32 (5.536%) Project Manager
8 22 (3.806%) Infrastructure Architect
8 22 (3.806%) Designer
9 21 (3.633%) Business Analyst
9 21 (3.633%) Data Architect
10 20 (3.460%) Lead Architect
11 18 (3.114%) C# Developer
12 17 (2.941%) .NET Developer
12 17 (2.941%) Technical Manager
12 17 (2.941%) Enterprise Architect
13 16 (2.768%) SAP Architect
14 13 (2.249%) SAP Consultant
14 13 (2.249%) Technical Analyst
14 13 (2.249%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.401%) Management Information System
2 15 (2.595%) Derivative
3 13 (2.249%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (2.076%) N-Tier
4 12 (2.076%) NHS
4 12 (2.076%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (1.903%) Clustering
5 11 (1.903%) SaaS
6 10 (1.730%) Computer Science
7 9 (1.557%) iPhone
7 9 (1.557%) iPad
8 8 (1.384%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.384%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (1.384%) CESG
9 7 (1.211%) Market Risk
9 7 (1.211%) Data Integration
10 6 (1.038%) Open Source
11 5 (0.865%) Freedom of Information Act
11 5 (0.865%) Freedom of Information
12 4 (0.692%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 108 (18.69%) Windows
2 42 (7.266%) UNIX
3 37 (6.401%) Linux
4 21 (3.633%) Windows 7
5 19 (3.287%) Windows Server 2008
6 14 (2.422%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (2.249%) Android
8 11 (1.903%) Windows XP
8 11 (1.903%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (1.557%) Apple iOS
10 8 (1.384%) Solaris
11 5 (0.865%) Windows 2000 Server
12 4 (0.692%) AIX
12 4 (0.692%) SUSE
13 3 (0.519%) Windows Mobile
14 1 (0.173%) zOS
14 1 (0.173%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.173%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (11.59%) TOGAF
2 64 (11.07%) Project Management
3 60 (10.38%) Enterprise Architecture
4 51 (8.824%) Migration
5 45 (7.785%) Business Intelligence
6 44 (7.612%) SOA
7 43 (7.439%) Service Delivery
8 39 (6.747%) OO
9 38 (6.574%) E-Commerce
10 37 (6.401%) Data Modelling
10 37 (6.401%) ITIL
11 33 (5.709%) CRM
11 33 (5.709%) Agile Software Development
12 32 (5.536%) Scrum
13 28 (4.844%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (4.325%) Data Architecture
15 24 (4.152%) Information Management
15 24 (4.152%) PRINCE2
16 22 (3.806%) ERP
16 22 (3.806%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 90 (15.57%) SQL
2 64 (11.07%) Java
3 61 (10.55%) C#
4 30 (5.190%) JavaScript
5 22 (3.806%) VBA
6 21 (3.633%) C++
7 14 (2.422%) Python
8 11 (1.903%) Shell Script
9 10 (1.730%) C
10 9 (1.557%) ABAP
10 9 (1.557%) PHP
11 7 (1.211%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.038%) VB
12 6 (1.038%) VB.NET
13 4 (0.692%) XQuery
13 4 (0.692%) XPath
13 4 (0.692%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.519%) Groovy
14 3 (0.519%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.519%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 42 (7.266%) Security Cleared
2 39 (6.747%) Degree
3 25 (4.325%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.076%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (1.557%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (1.557%) MCSE
6 8 (1.384%) CCNA
6 8 (1.384%) ISEB
7 7 (1.211%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (1.211%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.038%) MCSA
9 5 (0.865%) CISSP
10 4 (0.692%) CCIE
10 4 (0.692%) CISA
10 4 (0.692%) CISM
10 4 (0.692%) MBA
11 3 (0.519%) CCNP
12 2 (0.346%) CCSE
12 2 (0.346%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.173%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.249%) QA
2 12 (2.076%) PCI DSS
2 12 (2.076%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.903%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.692%) SLA
5 3 (0.519%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.346%) GxP
6 2 (0.346%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.346%) COBIT
7 1 (0.173%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 42 (7.266%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (5.363%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.557%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.211%) NLBS
5 6 (1.038%) OpenSSO
5 6 (1.038%) XenApp
6 5 (0.865%) vSphere
7 4 (0.692%) VMware ESX
8 3 (0.519%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.346%) Forefront TMG
9 2 (0.346%) UAG
9 2 (0.346%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.173%) Xen
Systems Management
1 9 (1.557%) SCCM
2 7 (1.211%) Tivoli
3 3 (0.519%) SCOM
3 3 (0.519%) Puppet
4 2 (0.346%) Splunk
4 2 (0.346%) Nagios
4 2 (0.346%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (0.173%) HP NNM
5 1 (0.173%) Business Desktop Deployment
5 1 (0.173%) HP Data Protector
5 1 (0.173%) Control-M
5 1 (0.173%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 86 (14.88%) Oracle
1 86 (14.88%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.304%) VMware
3 46 (7.958%) SAP
4 29 (5.017%) Citrix
5 21 (3.633%) Cisco
6 19 (3.287%) IBM
7 10 (1.730%) Informatica
7 10 (1.730%) Red Hat
8 9 (1.557%) HP
8 9 (1.557%) Facebook
9 8 (1.384%) CA
9 8 (1.384%) F5
10 7 (1.211%) NetApp
11 6 (1.038%) Cognos
11 6 (1.038%) Sybase
11 6 (1.038%) Business Objects
12 5 (0.865%) EMC
12 5 (0.865%) Salesforce.com
12 5 (0.865%) Pega
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London
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Posted: 16 May 2013
Enterprise Architect
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
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Lead Enterprise Architect (IT Architecture)
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SAP Technical Architect/SAP Solution Architect
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VB.Net / ASP.Net Developer
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Solution Architect / Technical Architect
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Rate: £350 - 400 per day
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Lead & Solutions Architects (Pega / PRPC) - Contract
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Rate: Market rate
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Data Migration Architect GIS
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Rate: £450.00 - £550.00 per day
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Rate: £500 - £550 per day
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Information Security Manager/Architect
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ASP.NET/Silverlight Developer
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Infrastructure and Virtualization Design Engineer
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