The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 17 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 Oxford 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 35 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 1 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 0.452% 2.023% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.649% 3.553% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £475 £500 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £410
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Average hourly rate - £30.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
154 197 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 69.68% 56.94% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 125 38
Average daily rate £350 £425 £230
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +84.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £284 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 20 2
Average hourly rate £10.33 £20.06 £11.39
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.52% +76.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Technical Architecture
Oxfordshire

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford Technical Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Architecture across the Oxford region.

Oxford Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architecture across the Oxford region.

Oxford Technical Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (50.00%) DTV
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) DTV
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) VMware