The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 48 51 48
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 1 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.231% 1.094% 0.901%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.336% 1.852% 1.581%
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 378 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.98% 59.06% 56.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 202 134
Average daily rate £350 £400 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 36 8
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Technical Architecture
South East

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Technical Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architecture within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford -3 1 £475 -5.00%
Technical Architecture
South East

Technical Architecture
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware
2 1 (33.33%) DTV
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (33.33%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Author
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Author
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) DTV
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) VMware