The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 31 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.070% - 0.629%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.923% - 1.087%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £353 - £445
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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
104 96 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 55.61% 57.83% 57.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 51 42
Average daily rate £335 £400 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.25% +12.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +63.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.23 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £25.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Technical Architecture
South West

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Somerset Technical Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 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
Taunton - 2 £353 -
Technical Architecture
South West

Technical Architecture
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 1 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) EPoS
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) AS400
1 1 (50.00%) MVC
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) REST

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 (50.00%) J2EE
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) REST
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) EPoS
1 1 (50.00%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) MVC
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management