Technical Architecture Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Architecture 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Scotland 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
Technical Architecture
Rank 115 97 105
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +8
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 3 13 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.123% 0.489% 0.217%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.179% 0.759% 0.324%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
Average daily rate £289 £483 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.10% +13.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £449 £405
% change year-on-year
-5.29% +10.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1674 1713 1854
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 68.63% 64.40% 67.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 868 956
Average daily rate £365 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 67 50
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.75 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.08% -24.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £9.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.30 £35.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Technical Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Glasgow -18 2 £289 -
Edinburgh +3 1 - -
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 5 (45.45%) Oracle
1 5 (45.45%) SOA
2 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (36.36%) Unified Communications
2 4 (36.36%) Zachman Framework
2 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
2 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 4 (36.36%) JBoss
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.091%) Windows
4 1 (9.091%) AIX
4 1 (9.091%) UML
4 1 (9.091%) DB2
4 1 (9.091%) SAP
4 1 (9.091%) COBOL
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) .NET
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) IBM
4 1 (9.091%) Citrix
4 1 (9.091%) MetaFrame
4 1 (9.091%) CICS
4 1 (9.091%) zOS
4 1 (9.091%) NHS
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (9.091%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.091%) Firewall
4 1 (9.091%) Identity Management
4 1 (9.091%) Finance

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 (9.091%) .NET
1 1 (9.091%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Unified Communications
2 1 (9.091%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) DB2
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
1 1 (9.091%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Architect
2 5 (45.45%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) NHS
1 1 (9.091%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) AIX
2 1 (9.091%) zOS
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) SOA
2 4 (36.36%) Zachman Framework
2 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.091%) UML
4 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) Project Management
4 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.091%) Identity Management
4 1 (9.091%) Migration
4 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
4 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (9.091%) Resource Management
4 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) COBOL
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) MetaFrame
1 1 (9.091%) Novell eDirectory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle
2 4 (36.36%) JBoss
3 1 (9.091%) SAP
3 1 (9.091%) IBM
3 1 (9.091%) Citrix
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