The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Intelligence Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Intelligence 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 North West 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
Business Intelligence (BI) Architect
Rank 115 131 127
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Business Intelligence Architect 4 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.169% 0.127% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.182% 0.139% 0.107%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
Average daily rate £550 £350 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -36.36%
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £350 £525
% change year-on-year
+42.85% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2202 2887 2793
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.27% 91.53% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1041 1432 1395
Average daily rate £333 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.30% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £473
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 174 190
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.30 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Intelligence Architect
England

Business Intelligence Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Business Intelligence Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Business Intelligence Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Intelligence Architect across the North West region.

North West Business Intelligence Architect Daily Rate Trend

Business Intelligence Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Architect across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Business Intelligence Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Business Intelligence Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Architect within the North West 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
Manchester +14 1 £388 +72.22%
Business Intelligence Architect
England

Business Intelligence Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence Architect in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (57.14%) ETL
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle
4 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (42.86%) Dimensional Modelling
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
6 1 (14.29%) C
6 1 (14.29%) Korn
6 1 (14.29%) MDX
6 1 (14.29%) Logistics
6 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
6 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
6 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
6 1 (14.29%) SAP BI
6 1 (14.29%) OLE
6 1 (14.29%) OLAP
6 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (14.29%) SAP
6 1 (14.29%) ASP
6 1 (14.29%) COM
6 1 (14.29%) UNIX
6 1 (14.29%) MS Excel

Business Intelligence Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) MDX
1 1 (14.29%) OLE
1 1 (14.29%) ASP
1 1 (14.29%) COM
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
4 1 (14.29%) SAP BI
4 1 (14.29%) OLAP
4 1 (14.29%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) ETL
3 3 (42.86%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Logistics
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Time Management
4 1 (14.29%) Demand Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) Korn
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
2 1 (14.29%) Bourne shell
2 1 (14.29%) Bash shell
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP