The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Architecture 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 49 76 73
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -3
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 24 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 2.804% 0.452% 0.583%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.181% 0.722% 0.881%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 2
Average daily rate £488 £429 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.70% -9.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £332 £455
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £526 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £440 £410
% change year-on-year
-3.40% +7.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
574 693 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 67.06% 62.71% 66.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 267 304
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 16
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Technical Architecture
Berkshire

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Reading Technical Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 13 (48.15%) TOGAF
2 11 (40.74%) Service Delivery
3 9 (33.33%) Information Security
4 8 (29.63%) GIS
4 8 (29.63%) Network Security
4 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
5 7 (25.93%) PCI DSS
5 7 (25.93%) Information Architecture
5 7 (25.93%) Time Management
5 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (25.93%) Ethical Hacking
5 7 (25.93%) CESG
5 7 (25.93%) Firewall
5 7 (25.93%) Tivoli
5 7 (25.93%) Oracle
5 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
5 7 (25.93%) CA
6 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 5 (18.52%) Process Architecture
7 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
8 4 (14.81%) CESG CLAS
8 4 (14.81%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (14.81%) RMADS
8 4 (14.81%) CISA
8 4 (14.81%) CISM
8 4 (14.81%) CISSP
8 4 (14.81%) Change Control
8 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
9 3 (11.11%) Security Architecture
9 3 (11.11%) Internet

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 2 (7.407%) .NET
1 2 (7.407%) J2EE
2 1 (3.704%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.704%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) Network Security
2 7 (25.93%) Firewall
3 4 (14.81%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (11.11%) Internet
5 2 (7.407%) Wireless
5 2 (7.407%) GSM
5 2 (7.407%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) GIS
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.407%) MS Access
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (3.704%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) StarTeam
General
1 2 (7.407%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.704%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Architect
2 7 (25.93%) Technical Architect
3 6 (22.22%) Security Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Security Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Technical Security Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Analyst
5 3 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (11.11%) Information Architect
6 2 (7.407%) Data Architect
7 1 (3.704%) Information Security Architect
7 1 (3.704%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Security Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Information Security Manager
7 1 (3.704%) .NET Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) CESG
2 5 (18.52%) Management Information System
3 4 (14.81%) CESG CLAS
3 4 (14.81%) RMADS
4 3 (11.11%) Replication
5 1 (3.704%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.407%) UNIX
1 2 (7.407%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) TOGAF
2 11 (40.74%) Service Delivery
3 9 (33.33%) Information Security
4 7 (25.93%) Information Architecture
4 7 (25.93%) Time Management
4 7 (25.93%) Ethical Hacking
4 7 (25.93%) Data Modelling
5 5 (18.52%) Process Architecture
6 4 (14.81%) Change Control
6 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
7 3 (11.11%) Security Architecture
7 3 (11.11%) Security Testing
8 2 (7.407%) Migration
8 2 (7.407%) Unit Testing
8 2 (7.407%) Data Migration
8 2 (7.407%) Data Cleansing
8 2 (7.407%) Systems Analysis
8 2 (7.407%) OOD
8 2 (7.407%) ETL
8 2 (7.407%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) VBA
2 1 (3.704%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) CISA
3 4 (14.81%) CISM
3 4 (14.81%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) PCI DSS
1 7 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Oracle
1 7 (25.93%) CA
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.407%) Cramer
4 1 (3.704%) Mapinfo
4 1 (3.704%) ESRI
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