The first table below looks at the demand for TOGAF skills 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 TOGAF 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
Rank 99 114 104
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -10
Contract jobs citing TOGAF 20 21 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.847% 0.666% 0.864%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.198% 1.080% 1.323%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 16
Average daily rate £475 £384 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.77% -12.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £329 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £530 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £55.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £56.25 - £37.50
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1669 1945 1965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.69% 61.67% 65.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 1005 1027
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 84 96
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £21.12
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -5.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £13.35 £12.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.50 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
TOGAF
England

TOGAF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing TOGAF across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West TOGAF Jobs Demand Trend

TOGAF
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West TOGAF Daily Rate Trend

TOGAF
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West TOGAF Daily Rate Histogram

TOGAF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West TOGAF Hourly Rate Trend

TOGAF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TOGAF 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
Cheshire +3 9 £488 +28.28%
Manchester +13 6 £303 -13.42%
Lancashire +13 5 - -
Merseyside - 1 £500 -
TOGAF
England

TOGAF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing TOGAF 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 TOGAF.

1 15 (51.72%) Enterprise Architecture
2 9 (31.03%) Oracle
3 8 (27.59%) Local Government
4 7 (24.14%) Zachman Framework
4 7 (24.14%) Management Information System
4 7 (24.14%) Information Security
5 6 (20.69%) Project Management
5 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
5 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (20.69%) Citrix
5 6 (20.69%) SAN
6 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
6 5 (17.24%) Middleware
6 5 (17.24%) SAP
6 5 (17.24%) VMware
6 5 (17.24%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
6 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
7 4 (13.79%) Finite Element Analysis
7 4 (13.79%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (13.79%) Firewall
7 4 (13.79%) Security Management
7 4 (13.79%) Migration
7 4 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (13.79%) RFID
7 4 (13.79%) Mainframe
7 4 (13.79%) Intranet
7 4 (13.79%) Internet
7 4 (13.79%) Extranet
7 4 (13.79%) Cisco

TOGAF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing TOGAF 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 TOGAF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (17.24%) Middleware
2 2 (6.897%) DWR
2 2 (6.897%) SAP Basis
2 2 (6.897%) Web Services
2 2 (6.897%) JSP
3 1 (3.448%) .NET
3 1 (3.448%) SOAP
3 1 (3.448%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.897%) NetWeaver
2 1 (3.448%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.448%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Visio
1 2 (6.897%) MS Project
2 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
1 6 (20.69%) SAN
2 4 (13.79%) Firewall
2 4 (13.79%) RFID
2 4 (13.79%) Intranet
2 4 (13.79%) Internet
2 4 (13.79%) Extranet
2 4 (13.79%) VPN
3 2 (6.897%) Unified Communications
3 2 (6.897%) LAN
3 2 (6.897%) WAN
4 1 (3.448%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.448%) VoIP
4 1 (3.448%) ATM
4 1 (3.448%) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (10.34%) GIS
3 2 (6.897%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (3.448%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (3.448%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (3.448%) RDBMS
4 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
4 1 (3.448%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (27.59%) Local Government
2 2 (6.897%) Finance
3 1 (3.448%) Marketing
3 1 (3.448%) German Language
Job Titles
1 20 (68.97%) Architect
2 7 (24.14%) Security Architect
3 5 (17.24%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Lead Architect
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Leader
5 3 (10.34%) Information Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Consultant
5 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Head of Architecture
5 3 (10.34%) Information Security Architect
6 2 (6.897%) Head of Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (6.897%) SAP Manager
7 1 (3.448%) Security Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) Programme Manager
7 1 (3.448%) Head of Technology
7 1 (3.448%) NetWeaver Consultant
7 1 (3.448%) SAP Basis Manager
7 1 (3.448%) Chief Technology Officer
7 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.79%) Mainframe
3 2 (6.897%) RMADS
3 2 (6.897%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.448%) PKI
4 1 (3.448%) CESG
4 1 (3.448%) CESG CLAS
4 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) UNIX
2 2 (6.897%) Windows 8
2 2 (6.897%) Windows
2 2 (6.897%) Solaris
3 1 (3.448%) MVS
3 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (3.448%) Windows XP
3 1 (3.448%) VME
3 1 (3.448%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (24.14%) Zachman Framework
2 7 (24.14%) Information Security
3 6 (20.69%) Project Management
3 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (13.79%) Finite Element Analysis
4 4 (13.79%) Security Management
4 4 (13.79%) Migration
5 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
5 3 (10.34%) CRM
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
6 2 (6.897%) Information Assurance
6 2 (6.897%) Time Management
6 2 (6.897%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.897%) ITIL
7 1 (3.448%) E-business
7 1 (3.448%) UML
7 1 (3.448%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.897%) Java
1 2 (6.897%) ABAP
2 1 (3.448%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) BC Cleared
3 2 (6.897%) CISSP
4 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.897%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.897%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.448%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (3.448%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (3.448%) XenApp
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Oracle
2 6 (20.69%) Citrix
3 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.24%) SAP
3 5 (17.24%) VMware
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco
5 1 (3.448%) EMC
5 1 (3.448%) Hitachi
5 1 (3.448%) NetApp
5 1 (3.448%) Business Objects
5 1 (3.448%) TippingPoint
5 1 (3.448%) ArcSight
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Capita Resourcing
Posted: 16 May 2013