The first table below looks at the demand for the Enterprise Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Enterprise Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Reading 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Architect
Rank 67 79 75
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Architect 3 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.359% 0.448% 0.960%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.395% 0.486% 1.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £550 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +41.93%
UK excluding London average daily rate £570 £515 £525
% change year-on-year
+10.67% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
760 1028 917
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 91.02% 92.20% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 347 409
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 61 42
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.58 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.56% +24.60%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £22.60 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Enterprise Architect
Berkshire

Enterprise Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Enterprise Architect across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Reading Enterprise Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Enterprise Architect across the Reading region.

Reading Enterprise Architect Daily Rate Trend

Enterprise Architect
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architect in their job title.

1 6 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 5 (55.56%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) GIS
3 4 (44.44%) UML
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) Open Source
4 3 (33.33%) MODAF
4 3 (33.33%) ArchiMate
5 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Java
6 1 (11.11%) .NET
6 1 (11.11%) Zachman Framework
6 1 (11.11%) Content Management
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (11.11%) CMS
6 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
6 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Content Management
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Degree

Enterprise Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) GIS
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 5 (55.56%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (44.44%) UML
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) MODAF
4 3 (33.33%) ArchiMate
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (11.11%) Content Management
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Content Management
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree