The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architect
Rank 228 192 250
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +58
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 164 249 190
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.744% 0.923% 0.619%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.807% 0.998% 0.669%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 169 114
Average daily rate £500 £500 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £398 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £41.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -3.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+1.85% +8.00%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20317 24960 28380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.22% 92.51% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13701 16102 18232
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 621 671
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Architect
England

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Technical Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Technical Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London +6 36 £538 +13.15%
Lewisham - 3 £298 -
Uxbridge -1 1 £575 +9.52%
Paddington - 1 - -
Greenwich - 1 £425 -
Brentford - 1 £425 -
Hounslow - 1 £450 -
Technical Architect
England

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 66 (23.57%) Java
2 62 (22.14%) Windows
3 48 (17.14%) Microsoft
4 42 (15.00%) Finance
5 41 (14.64%) Technical Architecture
6 39 (13.93%) Web Services
6 39 (13.93%) .NET
7 36 (12.86%) Oracle
8 35 (12.50%) Banking
9 33 (11.79%) TOGAF
10 31 (11.07%) SQL
11 29 (10.36%) Linux
12 27 (9.643%) SQL Server
13 26 (9.286%) SAN
14 24 (8.571%) Active Directory
14 24 (8.571%) Migration
14 24 (8.571%) VMware
15 23 (8.214%) Project Management
15 23 (8.214%) Citrix
15 23 (8.214%) WebSphere
16 22 (7.857%) Security Cleared
16 22 (7.857%) J2EE
17 21 (7.500%) UNIX
17 21 (7.500%) MS Excel
17 21 (7.500%) Cisco
17 21 (7.500%) E-Commerce
17 21 (7.500%) Agile Software Development
18 20 (7.143%) Retail
18 20 (7.143%) SOA
18 20 (7.143%) XML

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 39 (13.93%) Web Services
1 39 (13.93%) .NET
2 23 (8.214%) WebSphere
3 22 (7.857%) J2EE
4 20 (7.143%) XML
5 17 (6.071%) Spring
6 15 (5.357%) RESTful
7 14 (5.000%) REST
8 13 (4.643%) ASP.NET
8 13 (4.643%) SOAP
8 13 (4.643%) Middleware
9 11 (3.929%) CSS
10 10 (3.571%) .NET Framework
10 10 (3.571%) XML Schema
11 9 (3.214%) Hibernate
12 8 (2.857%) Ajax
12 8 (2.857%) WCF
12 8 (2.857%) Mason
12 8 (2.857%) SAP Basis
12 8 (2.857%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 17 (6.071%) Apache
1 17 (6.071%) CMS
2 14 (5.000%) MS Exchange
3 13 (4.643%) SharePoint
4 10 (3.571%) Amazon AWS
5 9 (3.214%) Sitecore CMS
6 7 (2.500%) IIS
7 6 (2.143%) IBM HTTP Server
7 6 (2.143%) WebSphere MQ
7 6 (2.143%) WebSphere Application Server
8 5 (1.786%) Tomcat
8 5 (1.786%) NetWeaver
9 4 (1.429%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (1.429%) Drupal
9 4 (1.429%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (1.071%) MQSeries
10 3 (1.071%) WebLogic
10 3 (1.071%) GroupWise
10 3 (1.071%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 3 (1.071%) Force.com
Applications
1 21 (7.500%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.071%) MS Office
3 2 (0.714%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (0.714%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.714%) SAP SRM
1 2 (0.714%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.714%) SAP HR
2 1 (0.357%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.357%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.357%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 26 (9.286%) SAN
2 16 (5.714%) Firewall
3 14 (5.000%) HTTP
4 6 (2.143%) NAS
4 6 (2.143%) Intranet
5 5 (1.786%) LAN
5 5 (1.786%) VPN
5 5 (1.786%) WAN
5 5 (1.786%) Internet
6 4 (1.429%) IP Telephony
6 4 (1.429%) Unified Communications
6 4 (1.429%) DNS
7 3 (1.071%) Extranet
7 3 (1.071%) Network Security
8 2 (0.714%) NetScaler
8 2 (0.714%) BSS
8 2 (0.714%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (0.357%) LDAP
9 1 (0.357%) RIP
9 1 (0.357%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (9.643%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.571%) MySQL
2 10 (3.571%) DB2
2 10 (3.571%) MarkLogic
3 8 (2.857%) EDRMS
4 7 (2.500%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.786%) SAP BW
5 5 (1.786%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (1.786%) Big Data
6 4 (1.429%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.429%) Apache Cassandra
6 4 (1.429%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (1.429%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.429%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.071%) OLTP
7 3 (1.071%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.714%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.714%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (0.714%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.714%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 12 (4.286%) JUnit
2 7 (2.500%) Eclipse
2 7 (2.500%) Maven
2 7 (2.500%) Subversion
3 6 (2.143%) JMeter
4 5 (1.786%) LoadRunner
4 5 (1.786%) Git (software)
5 4 (1.429%) Ant
6 3 (1.071%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.071%) TestNG
6 3 (1.071%) TeamCity
6 3 (1.071%) EasyMock
6 3 (1.071%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (1.071%) Selenium
6 3 (1.071%) FitNesse
6 3 (1.071%) jMock
6 3 (1.071%) HttpUnit
6 3 (1.071%) JIRA
6 3 (1.071%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.714%) SpecFlow
General
1 42 (15.00%) Finance
2 35 (12.50%) Banking
3 20 (7.143%) Retail
4 9 (3.214%) Publishing
5 8 (2.857%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.143%) Investment Banking
6 6 (2.143%) Marketing
7 5 (1.786%) Front Office
8 4 (1.429%) Billing
8 4 (1.429%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.071%) Back Office
10 2 (0.714%) Law
10 2 (0.714%) Legal
10 2 (0.714%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.714%) Advertising
11 1 (0.357%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.357%) Music
11 1 (0.357%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.357%) French Language
11 1 (0.357%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.571%) Mainframe
2 9 (3.214%) Cloud Computing
2 9 (3.214%) SaaS
3 8 (2.857%) Computer Science
4 7 (2.500%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.500%) IBM Mainframe
4 7 (2.500%) Open Source
5 5 (1.786%) RMADS
5 5 (1.786%) Mathematics
5 5 (1.786%) Physics
6 4 (1.429%) SWIFT
6 4 (1.429%) Data Integration
6 4 (1.429%) Clustering
7 3 (1.071%) Data Extraction
7 3 (1.071%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.071%) PaaS
7 3 (1.071%) IaaS
8 2 (0.714%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.714%) Mobile Banking
8 2 (0.714%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 62 (22.14%) Windows
2 29 (10.36%) Linux
3 21 (7.500%) UNIX
4 10 (3.571%) Windows 7
5 8 (2.857%) AIX
6 7 (2.500%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (1.786%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.786%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.429%) CentOS
9 3 (1.071%) Solaris
9 3 (1.071%) Windows 2000
9 3 (1.071%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (0.714%) Android
11 1 (0.357%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.357%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.357%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.357%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (14.64%) Technical Architecture
2 33 (11.79%) TOGAF
3 24 (8.571%) Migration
4 23 (8.214%) Project Management
5 21 (7.500%) E-Commerce
5 21 (7.500%) Agile Software Development
6 20 (7.143%) SOA
6 20 (7.143%) Scrum
7 19 (6.786%) ITIL
8 15 (5.357%) Project Planning
9 14 (5.000%) TDD
9 14 (5.000%) Continuous Integration
9 14 (5.000%) Data Modelling
10 12 (4.286%) Enterprise Architecture
11 11 (3.929%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (3.929%) BDD
12 10 (3.571%) Load Balancing
12 10 (3.571%) MVC
12 10 (3.571%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (3.214%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 66 (23.57%) Java
2 31 (11.07%) SQL
3 17 (6.071%) JavaScript
4 13 (4.643%) C
4 13 (4.643%) C#
5 12 (4.286%) XPath
5 12 (4.286%) XQuery
6 8 (2.857%) Apex Code
6 8 (2.857%) C++
7 5 (1.786%) PHP
7 5 (1.786%) Ruby
8 4 (1.429%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.071%) Python
9 3 (1.071%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.071%) COBOL
9 3 (1.071%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.071%) Scala
10 2 (0.714%) ABAP
11 1 (0.357%) Perl
11 1 (0.357%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (7.857%) Security Cleared
2 16 (5.714%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.286%) Degree
4 2 (0.714%) MBA
4 2 (0.714%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.357%) MCSE
5 1 (0.357%) CNA
5 1 (0.357%) Novell Certification
5 1 (0.357%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.357%) CISSP
5 1 (0.357%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.357%) CCIE
5 1 (0.357%) GIAC
5 1 (0.357%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (0.357%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.357%) MCITP
5 1 (0.357%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.357%) GCIA
5 1 (0.357%) GCIH
5 1 (0.357%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.929%) QA
2 8 (2.857%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.357%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.357%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.357%) COBIT
System Software
1 24 (8.571%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.143%) XenApp
3 6 (2.143%) XenDesktop
4 5 (1.786%) Microsoft App-V
4 5 (1.786%) vSphere
5 4 (1.429%) VMware ESX
6 3 (1.071%) XenServer
7 2 (0.714%) Varnish
8 1 (0.357%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.357%) Xen
8 1 (0.357%) Nmap
8 1 (0.357%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 9 (3.214%) SCCM
2 7 (2.500%) Puppet
3 2 (0.714%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.357%) OpenView
4 1 (0.357%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.357%) Tivoli Identity Manager
4 1 (0.357%) Nagios
4 1 (0.357%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.357%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.357%) SCOM
4 1 (0.357%) HP SIM
4 1 (0.357%) Sysprep
4 1 (0.357%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 48 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.86%) Oracle
3 24 (8.571%) VMware
4 23 (8.214%) Citrix
5 21 (7.500%) Cisco
6 17 (6.071%) IBM
7 14 (5.000%) SAP
8 13 (4.643%) Salesforce.com
9 10 (3.571%) Sitecore
10 9 (3.214%) Informatica
11 8 (2.857%) hybris
12 6 (2.143%) Open Text
12 6 (2.143%) ATG
12 6 (2.143%) TIBCO
13 5 (1.786%) HP
13 5 (1.786%) EMC
14 3 (1.071%) Siebel
14 3 (1.071%) Business Objects
14 3 (1.071%) Sybase
14 3 (1.071%) NetApp
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