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This section looks at the demand for Data Architecture skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Architecture over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkData Architecture
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank452530
Rank change on same period last yearUp+78
Matching contract IT job ads126138
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.166 %0.137 %
As % of the category below0.306 %0.275 %
Daily rates quoted3468
Average minimum daily rate£471£508
Average daily rate£505£541
% change on same period last year-6.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£539£574
UK excluding London average daily rate£521£436
% change on same period last year+19.55 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£12.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£13.50
% change on same period last year+214.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£13.50
% change on same period last year+214.81 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads4111950235
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled54.26 %50.03 %
Daily rates quoted1507416675
Average minimum daily rate£387£389
Average daily rate£414£414
% change on same period last year+0.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£442£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted24613167
Average minimum hourly rate£27.99£28.49
Average hourly rate£29.80£30.34
% change on same period last year-1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.62£32.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Data Architecture
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Data Architecture within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Data Architecture Demand Trend

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Architecture within the UK.

Data Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Data Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Data Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Architecture within the UK.

Data Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Data Architecture
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+62123£505-8.02 %
LondonUp+4062£495-10.73 %
South EastUp+7643£545-
BerkshireNew entry-33£521-
MaidenheadNew entry-12£525-
City of LondonDown-2011£499-25.32 %
South WestUp+328--
ReadingNew entry-7--
SurreyNew entry-4£592-
West MidlandsNew entry-4£503-
North WestUp+73--
WarwickshireNew entry-3£470-
WarwickNew entry-3£470-
BuckinghamshireUp+123--
HampshireNew entry-2--
Milton KeynesNew entry-2--
Docklands, LondonNew entry-2--
Canary WharfNew entry-2£375-
East of EnglandUp+232£400-5.88 %
ScotlandUp+211--
WalesDown-51--
West YorkshireDown-41--
WiltshireNew entry-1--
YorkshireUp+131--
OxfordNew entry-1£500-
ManchesterNew entry-1--
LeedsDown-131--
SalfordNew entry-1--
SwindonNew entry-1--
HertfordshireNew entry-1£400-

Data Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Data 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 Data Architecture.

1116 (46.40 %)Data Modelling
298 (39.20 %)Datawarehouse
385 (34.00 %)Business Intelligence
456 (22.40 %)MS Visio
550 (20.00 %)Oracle
649 (19.60 %)Finance
748 (19.20 %)Telecoms
846 (18.40 %)Enterprise Architecture
943 (17.20 %)ETL
1041 (16.40 %)Risk Assessment
1140 (16.00 %)SQL
1232 (12.80 %)Data Analysis
1232 (12.80 %)UML
1330 (12.00 %)Data Management
1330 (12.00 %)SQL Server
1426 (10.40 %)Knowledge Management
1525 (10.00 %)Banking
1623 (9.200 %)Government
1623 (9.200 %)ERwin
1722 (8.800 %)Investment Banking
1821 (8.400 %)Derivative
1917 (6.800 %)XML
2015 (6.000 %)Migration
2015 (6.000 %)Technical Architecture
2114 (5.600 %)SC Cleared
2114 (5.600 %)Security Cleared
2114 (5.600 %)Asset Management
2114 (5.600 %)Business Objects
2114 (5.600 %)SAP
2114 (5.600 %)Oracle 10g

Data Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Data 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 Data Architecture. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
117 (6.800 %)XML
211 (4.400 %)FpML
38 (3.200 %)WebServices
46 (2.400 %).NET
55 (2.000 %)XML Schema
63 (1.200 %)Middleware
63 (1.200 %)J2EE
63 (1.200 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.800 %).NET Framework
81 (0.400 %)HTML
81 (0.400 %)CSS
81 (0.400 %)SOAP
81 (0.400 %)XSD
81 (0.400 %)SAP XI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (1.200 %)SharePoint
13 (1.200 %)Office Project Server
22 (0.800 %)Oracle BPEL
22 (0.800 %)NetWeaver
31 (0.400 %)Rendezvous
31 (0.400 %)BizTalk Server
31 (0.400 %)IIS
31 (0.400 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (0.400 %)ESB
31 (0.400 %)Oracle Spatial
31 (0.400 %)Oracle 10gAS
31 (0.400 %)DotNetNuke
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
156 (22.40 %)MS Visio
28 (3.200 %)MS Excel
33 (1.200 %)MS Project
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (3.200 %)Eagle PACE
24 (1.600 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
24 (1.600 %)Summit
24 (1.600 %)SAP MDM
31 (0.400 %)HiPortfolio
31 (0.400 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
31 (0.400 %)VisionPLUS
31 (0.400 %)Dynamics AX
31 (0.400 %)Retail-J
31 (0.400 %)RMDS
31 (0.400 %)Siebel Analytics
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (0.800 %)3G
21 (0.400 %)Internet
21 (0.400 %)BSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
198 (39.20 %)Datawarehouse
243 (17.20 %)ETL
330 (12.00 %)SQL Server
414 (5.600 %)Oracle 10g
414 (5.600 %)BusinessObjects
511 (4.400 %)Data Mart
610 (4.000 %)DataStage
79 (3.600 %)Star Schema
79 (3.600 %)OLAP
87 (2.800 %)Reference Data
87 (2.800 %)Oracle OLAP
96 (2.400 %)Oracle OWB
105 (2.000 %)QualityStage
105 (2.000 %)DB2
105 (2.000 %)RDBMS
105 (2.000 %)VLDB
105 (2.000 %)Data Mining
105 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2005
105 (2.000 %)BusinessObjects XI
114 (1.600 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (9.200 %)ERwin
29 (3.600 %)AllFusion
34 (1.600 %)Rational Rose
42 (0.800 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.400 %)Oracle Forms
51 (0.400 %)LSMW
51 (0.400 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
149 (19.60 %)Finance
248 (19.20 %)Telecoms
325 (10.00 %)Banking
423 (9.200 %)Government
522 (8.800 %)Investment Banking
66 (2.400 %)Insurance
75 (2.000 %)Financial Institution
75 (2.000 %)Retail
84 (1.600 %)Manufacturing
84 (1.600 %)Automotive
84 (1.600 %)Construction
93 (1.200 %)Back Office
102 (0.800 %)Marketing
102 (0.800 %)Education
102 (0.800 %)Home Office
111 (0.400 %)Police
111 (0.400 %)Electric
111 (0.400 %)Publishing
111 (0.400 %)Health
111 (0.400 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1130 (52.00 %)Architect
2101 (40.40 %)Data Architect
354 (21.60 %)Analyst
439 (15.60 %)Data Analyst
532 (12.80 %)Business Analyst
631 (12.40 %)Technical Lead
723 (9.200 %)Consultant
817 (6.800 %)Data Modeller
915 (6.000 %)Business Data Analyst
1011 (4.400 %)Solutions Architect
118 (3.200 %)MI Analyst
118 (3.200 %)Business Architect
118 (3.200 %)Administrator
127 (2.800 %)Enterprise Architect
127 (2.800 %)Data Consultant
136 (2.400 %)Data Manager
136 (2.400 %)SAP Consultant
145 (2.000 %)Senior Analyst
145 (2.000 %)Senior Data Analyst
145 (2.000 %)Applications Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
121 (8.400 %)Derivative
210 (4.000 %)Data Integration
39 (3.600 %)Biometrics
46 (2.400 %)Computer Science
55 (2.000 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
55 (2.000 %)Replication
64 (1.600 %)Management Information System
73 (1.200 %)Data Conversion
82 (0.800 %)AS400
82 (0.800 %)Data Extraction
91 (0.400 %)EPoS
91 (0.400 %)NHS
91 (0.400 %)W3C
91 (0.400 %)Thin Client
91 (0.400 %)Fixed Income
91 (0.400 %)Statistics
91 (0.400 %)Interest Rate Derivative
91 (0.400 %)Credit Risk
91 (0.400 %)Fat Client
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (0.800 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1116 (46.40 %)Data Modelling
285 (34.00 %)Business Intelligence
346 (18.40 %)Enterprise Architecture
441 (16.40 %)Risk Assessment
532 (12.80 %)Data Analysis
532 (12.80 %)UML
630 (12.00 %)Data Management
726 (10.40 %)Knowledge Management
815 (6.000 %)Migration
815 (6.000 %)Technical Architecture
914 (5.600 %)SC Cleared
914 (5.600 %)Security Cleared
914 (5.600 %)Asset Management
1013 (5.200 %)Dimensional Modelling
1112 (4.800 %)GAP Analysis
1211 (4.400 %)Fund Management
1211 (4.400 %)Data Migration
1310 (4.000 %)EAI
149 (3.600 %)User Acceptance Testing
158 (3.200 %)SOA
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140 (16.00 %)SQL
28 (3.200 %)PL/SQL
32 (0.800 %)Transact-SQL
32 (0.800 %)VB
32 (0.800 %)C#
32 (0.800 %)C++
32 (0.800 %)Java
41 (0.400 %)JavaScript
41 (0.400 %)VB.NET
41 (0.400 %)ABAP
41 (0.400 %)C
41 (0.400 %)MapBasic
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (1.200 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (0.400 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (2.400 %)BS7666
16 (2.400 %)SLA
16 (2.400 %)ISO17799
16 (2.400 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (2.800 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
150 (20.00 %)Oracle
214 (5.600 %)Business Objects
214 (5.600 %)SAP
311 (4.400 %)Sybase
47 (2.800 %)Informatica
47 (2.800 %)Cognos
56 (2.400 %)Casewise
65 (2.000 %)Microsoft
74 (1.600 %)Ab Initio
74 (1.600 %)salesforce.com
83 (1.200 %)Sun
83 (1.200 %)Siebel
92 (0.800 %)ProClarity
92 (0.800 %)Hyperion
92 (0.800 %)TIBCO
101 (0.400 %)Bloomberg
101 (0.400 %)Mapinfo
101 (0.400 %)BEA
101 (0.400 %)PeopleSoft
101 (0.400 %)Teradata