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The table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills within the Essex 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Architecture
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5459
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads55
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.302 %1.220 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£369-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£413-
UK excluding London average daily rate£428£462
% change on same period last year-7.32 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£50.00-
Average hourly rate£50.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£46.10£57.50
% change on same period last year-19.82 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads384410
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.536 %0.412 %
Daily rates quoted134133
Average minimum daily rate£379£363
Average daily rate£400£380
% change on same period last year+5.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£421£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted3968
Average minimum hourly rate£28.29£30.45
Average hourly rate£30.58£31.29
% change on same period last year-2.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.87£32.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Technical Architecture East of EnglandTechnical Architecture
East of 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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

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 Essex region.

Essex Technical Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

17 (53.85 %)J2EE
26 (46.15 %)Firewall
26 (46.15 %)Enterprise Architecture
35 (38.46 %)SQL
44 (30.77 %)Java
44 (30.77 %)Oracle
44 (30.77 %)UML
44 (30.77 %)Sun
44 (30.77 %)Finance
52 (15.38 %)Sun Certification
52 (15.38 %)Education
52 (15.38 %)Linux
52 (15.38 %)IBM
52 (15.38 %)UNIX
52 (15.38 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
52 (15.38 %)OO
52 (15.38 %)WebSphere
52 (15.38 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
61 (7.692 %)Mainframe
61 (7.692 %)Degree
61 (7.692 %)Fujitsu
61 (7.692 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (7.692 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (7.692 %)Network Security
61 (7.692 %)RAD
61 (7.692 %)RUP
61 (7.692 %)Oracle 9i
61 (7.692 %)SOA
61 (7.692 %)XML
61 (7.692 %)XML Schema

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (53.85 %)J2EE
22 (15.38 %)WebSphere
31 (7.692 %)XML
31 (7.692 %)XML Schema
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (7.692 %)BASE24
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (46.15 %)Firewall
21 (7.692 %)Network Security
21 (7.692 %)MPLS
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.692 %)Oracle 9i
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (15.38 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (30.77 %)Finance
22 (15.38 %)Education
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (92.31 %)Architect
29 (69.23 %)Technical Architect
34 (30.77 %)Solutions Architect
41 (7.692 %)Administrator
41 (7.692 %)UNIX Administrator
41 (7.692 %)Infrastructure Architect
41 (7.692 %)Linux Administrator
41 (7.692 %)Technical Solutions Architect
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)Mainframe
11 (7.692 %)IBM Mainframe
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (15.38 %)UNIX
12 (15.38 %)Linux
21 (7.692 %)AIX
21 (7.692 %)Solaris
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (46.15 %)Enterprise Architecture
24 (30.77 %)UML
32 (15.38 %)OO
41 (7.692 %)RAD
41 (7.692 %)RUP
41 (7.692 %)SOA
41 (7.692 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (7.692 %)Unified Process
41 (7.692 %)User Acceptance Testing
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (38.46 %)SQL
24 (30.77 %)Java
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (15.38 %)Sun Certification
21 (7.692 %)Degree
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (15.38 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (30.77 %)Sun
14 (30.77 %)Oracle
22 (15.38 %)IBM
31 (7.692 %)HP
31 (7.692 %)Dell
31 (7.692 %)NetApp
31 (7.692 %)VERITAS
31 (7.692 %)VMware
31 (7.692 %)Fujitsu