The first table below looks at the demand for Zachman Framework skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Zachman Framework 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 Manchester 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
Zachman Framework
Rank 71 79 69
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Contract jobs citing Zachman Framework 4 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.429% 0.310% 0.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.604% 0.490% 0.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £295 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
662 817 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.95% 63.24% 64.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 407 306
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 35 38
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.03 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £34.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Zachman Framework
North West

Zachman Framework
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Zachman Framework Jobs Demand Trend

Zachman Framework
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Zachman Framework across the Manchester region.

Manchester Zachman Framework Daily Rate Trend

Zachman Framework
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Zachman Framework 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 Zachman Framework.

1 4 (100.00%) Intranet
1 4 (100.00%) Internet
1 4 (100.00%) Extranet
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
1 4 (100.00%) RFID
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Finite Element Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP

Zachman Framework
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Zachman Framework 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 Zachman Framework. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
2 2 (50.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (25.00%) SOAP
Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Intranet
1 4 (100.00%) Internet
1 4 (100.00%) Extranet
1 4 (100.00%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle 11g
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leader
2 3 (75.00%) Lead Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 4 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (100.00%) Finite Element Analysis
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle