Middlesex Technical Architecture Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills within the Middlesex region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Technical Architecture
Location Andover Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Crawley Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Preston Reading Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Surrey Swindon Telford Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	50	41
Rank change on same period last year	-9
Matching contract IT job ads	1	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.224 %	1.278 %
Daily rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum daily rate	£700	£380
Average daily rate	£700	£400
% change on same period last year	+75.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£700	£420
UK excluding London average daily rate	£431	£465
% change on same period last year	-7.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£55.00
Average hourly rate	-	£57.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£46.10	£57.50
% change on same period last year	-19.82 %
Processes & Methodologies Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads	447	313
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.629 %	0.316 %
Daily rates quoted	87	81
Average minimum daily rate	£380	£318
Average daily rate	£403	£335
% change on same period last year	+20.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	29	15
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.40	£33.88
Average hourly rate	£29.83	£34.57
% change on same period last year	-13.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.26	£35.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.44	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
Technical Architecture South East

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 Architecture
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architecture across the Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Technical Architecture
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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 2 (66.67 %) J2EE 2 1 (33.33 %) WebLogic 2 1 (33.33 %) SAP 2 1 (33.33 %) WebServices 2 1 (33.33 %) ITIL 2 1 (33.33 %) UML 2 1 (33.33 %) OOA/OOD 2 1 (33.33 %) OO 2 1 (33.33 %) MQSeries 2 1 (33.33 %) E-Commerce 2 1 (33.33 %) iDTV 2 1 (33.33 %) BEA 2 1 (33.33 %) NetWeaver 2 1 (33.33 %) Internet 2 1 (33.33 %) WebLogic Workshop

2 1 (33.33 %) Middleware 2 1 (33.33 %) Government 2 1 (33.33 %) Health 2 1 (33.33 %) SAP Basis 2 1 (33.33 %) Insurance 2 1 (33.33 %) AquaLogic 2 1 (33.33 %) Pensions 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET Framework 2 1 (33.33 %) Java EE 5 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

Application Development 1 2 (66.67 %) J2EE 2 1 (33.33 %) WebServices 2 1 (33.33 %) Middleware 2 1 (33.33 %) SAP Basis 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET Framework 2 1 (33.33 %) Java EE 5 2 1 (33.33 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 1 (33.33 %) WebLogic 1 1 (33.33 %) MQSeries 1 1 (33.33 %) NetWeaver
Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) Internet	Development Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) WebLogic Workshop
General 1 1 (33.33 %) Government 1 1 (33.33 %) Health 1 1 (33.33 %) Insurance 1 1 (33.33 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Architect 2 1 (33.33 %) Technical Architect 2 1 (33.33 %) SAP Technical Architect 2 1 (33.33 %) Web Architect 2 1 (33.33 %) SAP Architect
Miscellaneous 1 1 (33.33 %) iDTV	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) ITIL 1 1 (33.33 %) UML 1 1 (33.33 %) OOA/OOD 1 1 (33.33 %) OO 1 1 (33.33 %) E-Commerce
System Software 1 1 (33.33 %) AquaLogic	Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) SAP 1 1 (33.33 %) BEA