The first table below looks at the demand for Technical 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 Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 87 122 109
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -13
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 14 10 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.697% 0.320% 0.628%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.036% 0.469% 0.982%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 12
Average daily rate £400 £525 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.80% +31.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £520 £301
10% offered a daily rate of more than £519 £650 £548
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1352 2130 1935
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 67.30% 68.12% 63.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 845 1316 985
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 111 148
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -20.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.64 £11.46 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £40.90 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Technical Architecture
England

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Wiltshire +13 11 £400 - 4
Bristol +15 1 £600 -
Devon - - - -
Dorset - - - -
Gloucestershire - - - -
Technical Architecture
England

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 13 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 8 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 7 (26.92%) Cryptography
4 5 (19.23%) Cisco
5 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 4 (15.38%) LAN
5 4 (15.38%) VoIP
5 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
5 4 (15.38%) SQL
5 4 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (11.54%) Network Security
6 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (11.54%) Kimball Methodology
6 3 (11.54%) Mobile App
6 3 (11.54%) Siemens
6 3 (11.54%) Middleware
6 3 (11.54%) Firewall
6 3 (11.54%) DTS
6 3 (11.54%) ETL
7 2 (7.692%) Oracle
7 2 (7.692%) VPN
7 2 (7.692%) WAN
7 2 (7.692%) Linux
7 2 (7.692%) Windows
7 2 (7.692%) Finance

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (11.54%) Middleware
2 1 (3.846%) REST
2 1 (3.846%) J2EE
2 1 (3.846%) SOAP
2 1 (3.846%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) LAN
1 4 (15.38%) VoIP
2 3 (11.54%) Network Security
2 3 (11.54%) Firewall
3 2 (7.692%) VPN
3 2 (7.692%) WAN
3 2 (7.692%) SAN
3 2 (7.692%) NAS
4 1 (3.846%) IP Telephony
4 1 (3.846%) PABX
4 1 (3.846%) MPLS
4 1 (3.846%) OSPF
4 1 (3.846%) BGP
4 1 (3.846%) NetScreen
4 1 (3.846%) H.323
4 1 (3.846%) IPsec
4 1 (3.846%) DHCP
4 1 (3.846%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.846%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.846%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
1 4 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (11.54%) DTS
3 1 (3.846%) Data Mart
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (3.846%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle 10g
General
1 8 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 2 (7.692%) Finance
3 1 (3.846%) Retail
3 1 (3.846%) Billing
3 1 (3.846%) Military
3 1 (3.846%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Architect
2 7 (26.92%) Designer
3 4 (15.38%) Developer
3 4 (15.38%) Technical Architect
4 2 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.692%) Network Designer
4 2 (7.692%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (7.692%) Cisco Architect
4 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 2 (7.692%) Network Architect
5 1 (3.846%) Team Leader
5 1 (3.846%) Oracle Technical Architect
5 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (3.846%) Business Developer
5 1 (3.846%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.846%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 1 (3.846%) Oracle Team Leader
5 1 (3.846%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (3.846%) Information Assurance Leader
5 1 (3.846%) VMware Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Cryptography
2 3 (11.54%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.846%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.846%) EPoS
4 1 (3.846%) NHS
4 1 (3.846%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Linux
1 2 (7.692%) Windows
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle Linux
2 1 (3.846%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (11.54%) Kimball Methodology
2 3 (11.54%) ETL
3 2 (7.692%) Service Delivery
3 2 (7.692%) TOGAF
3 2 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (7.692%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (7.692%) Scrum
4 1 (3.846%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.846%) Data Management
4 1 (3.846%) BPEL
4 1 (3.846%) Load Balancing
4 1 (3.846%) Time Management
4 1 (3.846%) Information Assurance
4 1 (3.846%) Master Data Management
4 1 (3.846%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.846%) Project Management
4 1 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.846%) Migration
4 1 (3.846%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (3.846%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.692%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.846%) JNCIS
4 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.846%) MCSE
4 1 (3.846%) MCSA
4 1 (3.846%) CCNP
4 1 (3.846%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (3.846%) Sendmail
2 1 (3.846%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Cisco
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Siemens
4 2 (7.692%) Oracle
4 2 (7.692%) Juniper
4 2 (7.692%) VMware
5 1 (3.846%) Sourcefire
5 1 (3.846%) NetApp
5 1 (3.846%) BT
5 1 (3.846%) Sun
5 1 (3.846%) EMC
5 1 (3.846%) Citrix