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The table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills within the Midlands 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Architecture
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5875
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.196 %0.243 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£550
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£432£465
% change on same period last year-7.09 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£46.10£57.50
% change on same period last year-19.82 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads510822
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.721 %0.832 %
Daily rates quoted78140
Average minimum daily rate£390£379
Average daily rate£414£403
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted445
Average minimum hourly rate£24.43£23.70
Average hourly rate£25.14£24.23
% change on same period last year+3.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.86£24.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Technical Architecture EnglandTechnical Architecture
England

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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Midlands Technical Architecture Demand Trend

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 Midlands region.

Midlands Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

15 (83.33 %)Project Management
23 (50.00 %)Risk Management
23 (50.00 %)Government
23 (50.00 %)ISO27001
23 (50.00 %)RMADS
23 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
23 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (33.33 %)SAP Basis
32 (33.33 %)SAP
32 (33.33 %)ERP
32 (33.33 %)NetWeaver
41 (16.67 %)Oracle
41 (16.67 %)MS Visio
41 (16.67 %)Oracle EBS
41 (16.67 %)Supply Chain Management
41 (16.67 %)Finance
41 (16.67 %)Release Management
41 (16.67 %)Performance Testing

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (33.33 %)SAP Basis
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)NetWeaver
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Visio
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (16.67 %)Oracle EBS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Government
21 (16.67 %)Finance
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Security Manager
22 (33.33 %)SAP Manager
22 (33.33 %)SAP Architect
22 (33.33 %)SAP Technical Architect
22 (33.33 %)Technical Manager
22 (33.33 %)Risk Manager
22 (33.33 %)Architect
22 (33.33 %)Technical Architect
31 (16.67 %)Technical Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)SAP Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)Project Manager
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (50.00 %)RMADS
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (83.33 %)Project Management
23 (50.00 %)Risk Management
23 (50.00 %)SC Cleared
23 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (33.33 %)ERP
41 (16.67 %)Supply Chain Management
41 (16.67 %)Release Management
41 (16.67 %)Performance Testing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (50.00 %)ISO27001
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (33.33 %)SAP
21 (16.67 %)Oracle