The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical Architecture over the 3 months to 22 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 Surrey 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Architecture
Rank 72 93 77
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -16
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 7 4 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 0.605% 0.243% 1.317%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.838% 0.356% 1.828%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 18
Average daily rate £400 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% +11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £444 £400
% change year-on-year
+1.40% +10.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
835 1125 1313
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 72.17% 68.35% 72.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 635 678
Average daily rate £415 £350 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -14.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £250 £284
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 58 37
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -3.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £15.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.12 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Technical Architecture
South East

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Technical Architecture Daily Rate Trend

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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 22 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
Camberley - 4 - -
Lingfield - 1 £475 -
Woking - 1 £400 -
Technical Architecture
South East

Technical Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 7 (46.67%) Java
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Scrum
3 4 (26.67%) ESB
3 4 (26.67%) Apache
3 4 (26.67%) Project Management
3 4 (26.67%) J2EE
3 4 (26.67%) Web Services
3 4 (26.67%) SOA
4 3 (20.00%) UML
4 3 (20.00%) Oracle
4 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (20.00%) WebLogic
4 3 (20.00%) C#
4 3 (20.00%) .NET
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) Hibernate
4 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 3 (20.00%) Dependency Injection
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (20.00%) NHibernate
4 3 (20.00%) Web Application Development
4 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (20.00%) TDD
4 3 (20.00%) Spring
5 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.667%) CCNA
6 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
6 1 (6.667%) Citrix

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (26.67%) J2EE
1 4 (26.67%) Web Services
2 3 (20.00%) .NET
2 3 (20.00%) Hibernate
2 3 (20.00%) NHibernate
2 3 (20.00%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) ESB
1 4 (26.67%) Apache
2 3 (20.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Extranet
1 1 (6.667%) Firewall
1 1 (6.667%) LAN
1 1 (6.667%) VoIP
1 1 (6.667%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.667%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Integration Specialist
1 4 (26.67%) Technical Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Web Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Applications Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Agile C# Developer
2 3 (20.00%) C# Application Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Web Applications Developer
2 3 (20.00%) C# Developer
2 3 (20.00%) C# Web Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Project Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Technical Design Architect
3 1 (6.667%) Agile .NET Developer
3 1 (6.667%) .NET Web Developer
3 1 (6.667%) .NET Applications Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (6.667%) .NET Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (6.667%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Data Extraction
1 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Scrum
2 4 (26.67%) Project Management
2 4 (26.67%) SOA
3 3 (20.00%) UML
3 3 (20.00%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (20.00%) Dependency Injection
3 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (20.00%) Web Application Development
3 3 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (20.00%) TDD
4 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.667%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Java
2 3 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) CCNA
1 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (6.667%) MCSE
1 1 (6.667%) MCSA
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.667%) Citrix
3 1 (6.667%) Cisco