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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Architect
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-86
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads09
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.563 %
Daily rates quoted05
Average minimum daily rate-£312
Average daily rate-£324
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£447
% change on same period last year-2.13 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.88£47.23
% change on same period last year-17.69 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Technical Architect East of EnglandTechnical Architect
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 Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architect across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire Technical Architect Demand Trend

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architect across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Technical Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

13 (50.00 %)Retail
13 (50.00 %)Nortel
22 (33.33 %)Oracle
22 (33.33 %)EAI
22 (33.33 %)Logistics
22 (33.33 %)BT
31 (16.67 %)Telecoms
31 (16.67 %)Technical Architecture
31 (16.67 %)SOA
31 (16.67 %)LAN
31 (16.67 %)WAN
31 (16.67 %)ERP
31 (16.67 %)Siemens

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)LAN
11 (16.67 %)WAN
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Retail
21 (16.67 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)EAI
12 (33.33 %)Logistics
21 (16.67 %)Technical Architecture
21 (16.67 %)SOA
21 (16.67 %)ERP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Nortel
22 (33.33 %)Oracle
22 (33.33 %)BT
31 (16.67 %)Siemens