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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Technical Architect role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Technical Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Technical Architect
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank126-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.090 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£556
% change on same period last year-19.10 %
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-£53.75
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching contract IT job ads33343919
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.507 %3.865 %
Daily rates quoted779880
Average minimum daily rate£322£325
Average daily rate£339£343
% change on same period last year-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£360
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted422410
Average minimum hourly rate£21.09£21.02
Average hourly rate£23.04£22.64
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.00£24.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Senior Technical Architect EnglandSenior Technical Architect
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.

Senior Technical Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior Technical Architect across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Senior Technical Architect Demand Trend

Senior Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Technical Architect across the North West region.

North West Senior Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

Senior Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Technical Architect across the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

North West Senior Technical Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Technical Architect across the North West region.

North West Senior Technical Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Technical Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Technical Architect within the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MerseysideNew entry-2£450-
Senior Technical Architect EnglandSenior Technical Architect
England

Senior Technical Architect
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Senior Technical 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 Senior Technical Architect in their job title.

13 (60.00 %)MVC
13 (60.00 %)Finance
13 (60.00 %)Migration
13 (60.00 %)Log4j
13 (60.00 %)Java
13 (60.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
13 (60.00 %)J2EE
13 (60.00 %)Banking
13 (60.00 %)Spring
13 (60.00 %)Insurance
13 (60.00 %)WebSphere
13 (60.00 %)Spring MVC
13 (60.00 %)Unit Testing
22 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (40.00 %)C#
22 (40.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
31 (20.00 %)WebServices
31 (20.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)UML
31 (20.00 %)SOA
31 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server
31 (20.00 %)AJAX
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005

Senior Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Senior Technical 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 Senior Technical Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)J2EE
13 (60.00 %)MVC
13 (60.00 %)Spring
13 (60.00 %)WebSphere
13 (60.00 %)Spring MVC
22 (40.00 %)ASP.NET
22 (40.00 %).NET
31 (20.00 %)WebServices
31 (20.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
31 (20.00 %)AJAX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (60.00 %)Log4j
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Finance
13 (60.00 %)Banking
13 (60.00 %)Insurance
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Migration
13 (60.00 %)Unit Testing
21 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (20.00 %)UML
21 (20.00 %)SOA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)Java
22 (40.00 %)C#
31 (20.00 %)SQL
31 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL