Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT contracts within the Slough region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Architect
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3736
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.830 %0.647 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£500
Average daily rate-£550
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£445£479
% change on same period last year-7.03 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.44£47.97
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads241309
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.318 %0.308 %
Daily rates quoted59116
Average minimum daily rate£300£328
Average daily rate£316£350
% change on same period last year-9.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted5868
Average minimum hourly rate£28.12£32.53
Average hourly rate£29.23£33.40
% change on same period last year-12.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.35£34.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Technical Architect BerkshireTechnical Architect
Berkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Technical Architect
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Architect across the Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Slough Technical Architect Demand Trend

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Architect across the Slough region.

Slough Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region that cited Technical 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 Technical Architect in their job title.

13 (60.00 %)J2EE
22 (40.00 %)Java
22 (40.00 %)Struts
22 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
22 (40.00 %)SOA
22 (40.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (40.00 %)Hibernate
22 (40.00 %)Spring
22 (40.00 %)Wireless
31 (20.00 %)Telecoms
31 (20.00 %)Netezza
31 (20.00 %)Technical Architecture
31 (20.00 %)Network Load Balancing
31 (20.00 %)Clustering
31 (20.00 %)Mitel
31 (20.00 %)BEA
31 (20.00 %)3G
31 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
31 (20.00 %)GPRS
31 (20.00 %)WLAN
31 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
31 (20.00 %)Cisco
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft
31 (20.00 %)CCNP
31 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (20.00 %)Datawarehouse
31 (20.00 %)JMS
31 (20.00 %)N-Tier
31 (20.00 %)JavaScript
31 (20.00 %)SQL

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough region that cited Technical 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 Technical Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)J2EE
22 (40.00 %)Struts
22 (40.00 %)Hibernate
22 (40.00 %)Spring
31 (20.00 %)JMS
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)WebLogic
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)Wireless
21 (20.00 %)3G
21 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
21 (20.00 %)GPRS
21 (20.00 %)WLAN
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)Datawarehouse
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Telecoms
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Clustering
11 (20.00 %)N-Tier
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
12 (40.00 %)SOA
21 (20.00 %)Technical Architecture
21 (20.00 %)Network Load Balancing
21 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)JavaScript
21 (20.00 %)SQL
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (40.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (20.00 %)CCNP
21 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Netezza
11 (20.00 %)Mitel
11 (20.00 %)BEA
11 (20.00 %)Cisco
11 (20.00 %)Microsoft
11 (20.00 %)Oracle