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This section looks at the demand for the 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 Technical Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Architect
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank134115
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching contract IT job ads923
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.023 %
As % of the category below0.255 %0.614 %
Daily rates quoted44
Average minimum daily rate£448£384
Average daily rate£448£423
% change on same period last year+5.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£448£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£447£461
% change on same period last year-3.12 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£60.00-
Average hourly rate£60.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£60.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.93£46.39
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North West
Matching contract IT job ads35343747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.711 %3.791 %
Daily rates quoted819800
Average minimum daily rate£328£320
Average daily rate£346£336
% change on same period last year+2.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted421363
Average minimum hourly rate£20.71£21.12
Average hourly rate£22.79£22.71
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.86£24.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Technical Architect EnglandTechnical 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.

Technical Architect
Demand Trend

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

North West Technical Architect Demand Trend

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Architect across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West Technical Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Technical Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
CheshireDown-123£350-
ManchesterDown-142--
MerseysideNo change02£450+4.34 %
LancashireUp+91£540+20.00 %
Technical Architect EnglandTechnical Architect
England

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited 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 Technical Architect in their job title.

18 (27.59 %)Finance
27 (24.14 %).NET
36 (20.69 %)WebSphere
45 (17.24 %)Spring
45 (17.24 %)J2EE
45 (17.24 %)WebSphere Application Server
45 (17.24 %)C#
45 (17.24 %)SharePoint
45 (17.24 %)Microsoft
54 (13.79 %)ASP.NET
54 (13.79 %)Migration
54 (13.79 %)Banking
54 (13.79 %)InfoPath
63 (10.34 %)Spring MVC
63 (10.34 %)Unit Testing
63 (10.34 %)Insurance
63 (10.34 %)Telecoms
63 (10.34 %)Log4j
63 (10.34 %)BizTalk Server
63 (10.34 %)MVC
63 (10.34 %)WebServices
63 (10.34 %)UNIX
63 (10.34 %)Java
63 (10.34 %)SQL
63 (10.34 %)Oracle
72 (6.897 %)SQL Server
72 (6.897 %)Windows
72 (6.897 %)XML
72 (6.897 %)MPLS
72 (6.897 %)Tivoli

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited 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 Technical Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (24.14 %).NET
26 (20.69 %)WebSphere
35 (17.24 %)Spring
35 (17.24 %)J2EE
44 (13.79 %)ASP.NET
53 (10.34 %)WebServices
53 (10.34 %)MVC
53 (10.34 %)Spring MVC
62 (6.897 %)XML
71 (3.448 %)XSD
71 (3.448 %)XSL
71 (3.448 %)SOAP
71 (3.448 %)WCF
71 (3.448 %)WPF
71 (3.448 %)WF
71 (3.448 %)Silverlight
71 (3.448 %)ASP.NET 2.0
71 (3.448 %)SAP XI
71 (3.448 %)AJAX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (17.24 %)WebSphere Application Server
15 (17.24 %)SharePoint
23 (10.34 %)BizTalk Server
31 (3.448 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (3.448 %)NetWeaver
31 (3.448 %)WebLogic
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (13.79 %)InfoPath
21 (3.448 %)MS Excel
21 (3.448 %)MS Visio
21 (3.448 %)Acrobat
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.448 %)Oracle EBS
11 (3.448 %)Oracle ERP
11 (3.448 %)Oracle Applications
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (6.897 %)MPLS
21 (3.448 %)BGP
21 (3.448 %)LDAP
21 (3.448 %)DHCP
21 (3.448 %)DNS
21 (3.448 %)SAN
21 (3.448 %)CTI
21 (3.448 %)Intranet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.897 %)SQL Server
12 (6.897 %)SQL Server 2005
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (10.34 %)Log4j
21 (3.448 %)Visual Studio
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (27.59 %)Finance
24 (13.79 %)Banking
33 (10.34 %)Insurance
33 (10.34 %)Telecoms
42 (6.897 %)Government
51 (3.448 %)Publishing
51 (3.448 %)Retail
51 (3.448 %)Graphic Design
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.448 %)Replication
11 (3.448 %)IVR
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (10.34 %)UNIX
22 (6.897 %)Windows
31 (3.448 %)AIX
31 (3.448 %)MVS
31 (3.448 %)VME
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (13.79 %)Migration
23 (10.34 %)Unit Testing
32 (6.897 %)Technical Architecture
32 (6.897 %)Zachman Framework
32 (6.897 %)TOGAF
32 (6.897 %)Data Modelling
41 (3.448 %)SOA
41 (3.448 %)E-business
41 (3.448 %)Workflow
41 (3.448 %)UML
41 (3.448 %)SSADM
41 (3.448 %)DSDM
41 (3.448 %)CRM
41 (3.448 %)ERP
41 (3.448 %)EAI
41 (3.448 %)Information Management
41 (3.448 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (3.448 %)SAP Implementation
41 (3.448 %)Agile Software Development
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (17.24 %)C#
23 (10.34 %)Java
23 (10.34 %)SQL
31 (3.448 %)Transact-SQL
31 (3.448 %)VBScript
31 (3.448 %)ABAP
31 (3.448 %)Smalltalk
31 (3.448 %)JavaScript
31 (3.448 %)PL/SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.448 %)MCSD
11 (3.448 %)MCSE
11 (3.448 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (3.448 %)SAP Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.448 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.448 %)MSMQ
11 (3.448 %)Active Directory
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (6.897 %)Tivoli
21 (3.448 %)Tivoli Monitoring
21 (3.448 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (3.448 %)MOM
21 (3.448 %)OpenView
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (17.24 %)Microsoft
23 (10.34 %)Oracle
32 (6.897 %)IBM
41 (3.448 %)SAP
41 (3.448 %)Cisco
41 (3.448 %)Adobe
41 (3.448 %)HP
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