The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 24 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 Leeds 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank - 66 53
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 0 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds - 0.115% 0.157%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.162% 0.233%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £449 £405
% change year-on-year
-5.29% +10.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
540 617 429
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.07% 71.00% 67.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 367 208
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £243 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 23
Average hourly rate £34.00 £13.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+151.85% -22.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Technical Architecture
West Yorkshire

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Internet
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) Content Management
2 3 (60.00%) PHP
2 3 (60.00%) MySQL
2 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Apache
2 3 (60.00%) Network Load Balancing
2 3 (60.00%) QA
2 3 (60.00%) Online Betting
2 3 (60.00%) Games
2 3 (60.00%) Clustering
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Migration

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MySQL
General
1 3 (60.00%) Online Betting
1 3 (60.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
2 4 (80.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Data Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Data Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Migration Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Clustering
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) Content Management
2 3 (60.00%) Network Load Balancing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) High Availability
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle