The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 23 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 Middlesex 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 21 31 39
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +8
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 1 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.495% 0.637% 0.576%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.667% 0.948% 0.712%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £575 £700 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.85% +75.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £444 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.40% +10.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 211 281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 74.26% 67.20% 80.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 107 121
Average daily rate £375 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £255 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £561 £527 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 12
Average hourly rate £30.25 £39.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.43% +34.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Technical Architecture
South East

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Middlesex Technical Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Channel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Informatica