The first table below looks at the demand for the Data Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data 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 South West 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
Data Architect
Rank 102 127 113
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Data Architect 6 9 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.297% 0.278% 0.318%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.317% 0.299% 0.337%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 6
Average daily rate £475 £488 £569
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £350 £513
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £524 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year
- -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £72.50 - £86.25
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Data Architect
England

Data Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Data Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Data Architect Daily Rate Trend

Data Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Architect across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Data Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Data Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architect within the South West 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
Wiltshire - 2 £500 -
Bristol - 1 £350 -
Data Architect
England

Data Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (87.50%) Data Modelling
2 8 (50.00%) Data Management
3 7 (43.75%) Data Architecture
4 6 (37.50%) Data Governance
4 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (37.50%) Finance
5 5 (31.25%) Data Analysis
6 4 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
6 4 (25.00%) Information Management
6 4 (25.00%) Banking
6 4 (25.00%) ETL
6 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (25.00%) Reference Data
7 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
7 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
7 3 (18.75%) Master Data Management
7 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
7 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
7 3 (18.75%) Retail
7 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (12.50%) IPTV
8 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
8 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
8 2 (12.50%) NHS
8 2 (12.50%) ERwin
8 2 (12.50%) SAP
8 2 (12.50%) UML

Data Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) XSD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (6.250%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (6.250%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) ERwin
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Retail
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 2 (12.50%) Marketing
5 1 (6.250%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Reference Data
2 3 (18.75%) Data Integration
3 2 (12.50%) IPTV
3 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (12.50%) NHS
3 2 (12.50%) Digital Media
3 2 (12.50%) FMCG
3 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
4 1 (6.250%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Data Modelling
2 8 (50.00%) Data Management
3 7 (43.75%) Data Architecture
4 6 (37.50%) Data Governance
5 5 (31.25%) Data Analysis
6 4 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
6 4 (25.00%) Information Management
6 4 (25.00%) ETL
6 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (18.75%) Master Data Management
7 3 (18.75%) TOGAF
8 2 (12.50%) UML
9 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
9 1 (6.250%) Data Mapping
9 1 (6.250%) Change Control
9 1 (6.250%) Migration
9 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.250%) QA
2 1 (6.250%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (6.250%) IBM