The first table below looks at the demand for Enterprise Architecture skills 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 Enterprise 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 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
Enterprise Architecture
Rank 83 105 85
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -20
Contract jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 25 31 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.239% 0.958% 1.307%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.860% 1.407% 2.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 20 24
Average daily rate £488 £438 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £362 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £586 £550 £544
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £488 £463
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +5.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 £57.75 -
% change year-on-year
-17.74% -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1344 2204 1843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.63% 68.13% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1360 953
Average daily rate £375 £390 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 110 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Enterprise Architecture
England

Enterprise Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Enterprise Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Enterprise Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South West Enterprise Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Enterprise Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Enterprise Architecture across the South West region.

South West Enterprise Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Enterprise Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architecture 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
Gloucestershire +35 8 £550 +46.66%
Wiltshire +6 8 £450 -
Somerset +5 2 £460 +6.35%
Bristol -1 2 - -
Dorset - 2 £718 -
Devon +1 1 - -
Enterprise Architecture
England

Enterprise Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architecture.

1 24 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 19 (43.18%) Cisco
2 19 (43.18%) DV Cleared
3 18 (40.91%) C
3 18 (40.91%) Windows
3 18 (40.91%) Service Management
4 17 (38.64%) VMware
4 17 (38.64%) HP
4 17 (38.64%) SAN
4 17 (38.64%) NetApp
4 17 (38.64%) Red Hat
4 17 (38.64%) Solaris
4 17 (38.64%) Linux
4 17 (38.64%) IBM
4 17 (38.64%) UNIX
4 17 (38.64%) Ethernet
4 17 (38.64%) LAN
4 17 (38.64%) WAN
4 17 (38.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (38.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (38.64%) Hyper-V
5 14 (31.82%) TOGAF
6 8 (18.18%) SQL
6 8 (18.18%) .NET
7 7 (15.91%) VB.NET
8 6 (13.64%) UML
8 6 (13.64%) Business Analysis
8 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
9 4 (9.091%) Data Analysis
9 4 (9.091%) PRINCE2

Enterprise Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (18.18%) .NET
2 2 (4.545%) Middleware
3 1 (2.273%) ASP
3 1 (2.273%) CSS
3 1 (2.273%) XML
3 1 (2.273%) XSL
3 1 (2.273%) HTML
3 1 (2.273%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.545%) Drupal
1 2 (4.545%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.273%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 17 (38.64%) SAN
1 17 (38.64%) Ethernet
1 17 (38.64%) LAN
1 17 (38.64%) WAN
2 1 (2.273%) Wireless
2 1 (2.273%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.273%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.273%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.273%) Subversion
1 1 (2.273%) NUnit
1 1 (2.273%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.273%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (2.273%) MSTest
1 1 (2.273%) TeamCity
General
1 3 (6.818%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.545%) Retail
2 2 (4.545%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.273%) Finance
3 1 (2.273%) Local Government
3 1 (2.273%) Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (79.55%) Architect
2 21 (47.73%) Technical Architect
3 13 (29.55%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (9.091%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (6.818%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.545%) Cisco Architect
6 2 (4.545%) Analyst
6 2 (4.545%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.545%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.545%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.273%) Data Architect
7 1 (2.273%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (2.273%) Developer
7 1 (2.273%) Applications Architect
7 1 (2.273%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.273%) Technical Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.273%) Drupal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.818%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.273%) PKI
2 1 (2.273%) IaaS
2 1 (2.273%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 18 (40.91%) Windows
2 17 (38.64%) Solaris
2 17 (38.64%) Linux
2 17 (38.64%) UNIX
2 17 (38.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.273%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.273%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.273%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.91%) Service Management
2 14 (31.82%) TOGAF
3 6 (13.64%) UML
3 6 (13.64%) Business Analysis
4 4 (9.091%) Data Analysis
4 4 (9.091%) PRINCE2
5 3 (6.818%) Data Modelling
5 3 (6.818%) SOA
5 3 (6.818%) ITIL
5 3 (6.818%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (6.818%) Project Management
6 2 (4.545%) Zachman Framework
6 2 (4.545%) BPMN
6 2 (4.545%) Change Control
6 2 (4.545%) MODAF
6 2 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (4.545%) Problem Management
6 2 (4.545%) Matrix Management
6 2 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (4.545%) IDEF
Programming Languages
1 18 (40.91%) C
2 8 (18.18%) SQL
3 7 (15.91%) VB.NET
4 2 (4.545%) VBScript
4 2 (4.545%) VB
5 1 (2.273%) C#
5 1 (2.273%) Java
5 1 (2.273%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.273%) VB6
5 1 (2.273%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 19 (43.18%) DV Cleared
3 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.818%) BC Cleared
5 1 (2.273%) MCSD
5 1 (2.273%) ISEB
5 1 (2.273%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.273%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (2.273%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.273%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.818%) ISO 9000
1 3 (6.818%) TickIT
2 2 (4.545%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.545%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.273%) QA
System Software
1 17 (38.64%) VMware Infrastructure
1 17 (38.64%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.273%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.273%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (43.18%) Cisco
2 17 (38.64%) VMware
2 17 (38.64%) HP
2 17 (38.64%) NetApp
2 17 (38.64%) Red Hat
2 17 (38.64%) IBM
3 3 (6.818%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.273%) Oracle
4 1 (2.273%) Juniper