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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Enterprise Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Enterprise Architecture over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkEnterprise Architecture
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank337287365
Rank change year-on-year
Down-50Up+78
Matching contract IT job ads162158252
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.335 %0.401 %0.307 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category0.570 %0.755 %0.616 %
Daily rates quoted735380
Average daily rate£445£470£500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.310 %-6.000 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£285£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£629£650£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£475£425
% change year-on-year
-15.83 %+11.82 %
Hourly rates quoted103
Average hourly rate£37.00-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£35.00
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
284392091640911
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.87 %53.02 %49.77 %
Daily rates quoted13684739614067
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted114812112463
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.21£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %

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.

Enterprise Architecture
Demand Trend

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

Enterprise Architecture Demand Trend

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

Enterprise Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Enterprise Architecture
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Enterprise Architecture within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Enterprise Architecture Daily Rate Histogram

Enterprise Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Enterprise Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Enterprise Architecture
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-33148£440-2.22 %
LondonDown-6476£450+5.88 %
South EastUp+727£500-16.66 %
East of EnglandUp+2117£375-26.82 %
City of LondonDown-6317£500+27.38 %
SurreyNo change015£670+79.86 %
South WestUp+214£450+17.64 %
ScotlandDown-2010£425-10.52 %
StainesNew entry-10£670-
BristolDown-58£400+2.56 %
YorkshireUp+77£400+68.42 %
West YorkshireDown-67£400+68.42 %
HalifaxDown-96£400-
EdinburghDown-256£525-
CambridgeshireNew entry-6£431-
BerkshireUp+75£750+15.38 %
HertfordshireNew entry-5£350-
West MidlandsUp+104£325+18.18 %
GlasgowDown-74£350-26.31 %
CambridgeNew entry-4£431-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-4--
MiddlesexNew entry-4£500-
GloucestershireNew entry-3--
NorfolkNew entry-2£375-
WarwickshireNew entry-2--
GloucesterNew entry-2--
NorwichNew entry-2£375-
LeedsUp+41--
East AngliaUp+21£700+40.00 %
BirminghamUp+11£325+18.18 %

Enterprise Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

180 (26.49 %)SOA
259 (19.54 %)Government
353 (17.55 %)TOGAF
450 (16.56 %)UML
450 (16.56 %)Security Cleared
546 (15.23 %)Finance
644 (14.57 %)MS Visio
742 (13.91 %)Middleware
839 (12.91 %)Oracle
839 (12.91 %)Banking
935 (11.59 %)Java
1034 (11.26 %)SC Cleared
1131 (10.26 %)Technical Architecture
1228 (9.272 %)SQL Server
1327 (8.940 %)Datawarehouse
1426 (8.609 %)PRINCE2
1426 (8.609 %)J2EE
1525 (8.278 %).NET
1525 (8.278 %)C#
1624 (7.947 %)UNIX
1624 (7.947 %)Data Modelling
1723 (7.616 %)Business Intelligence
1723 (7.616 %)RUP
1822 (7.285 %)Windows
1822 (7.285 %)Agile Software Development
1822 (7.285 %)ESB
1822 (7.285 %)Data Architecture
1921 (6.954 %)Business Analysis
1921 (6.954 %)Stakeholder Management
1921 (6.954 %)SAP

Enterprise Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
142 (13.91 %)Middleware
226 (8.609 %)J2EE
325 (8.278 %).NET
419 (6.291 %)XML
515 (4.967 %)WSDL
515 (4.967 %)Web Services
613 (4.305 %)WebSphere
74 (1.325 %)Spring
74 (1.325 %)XSD
74 (1.325 %)XML Messaging
83 (0.993 %)XSLT
83 (0.993 %)ASP.NET
83 (0.993 %)EDI
83 (0.993 %)XML Schema
83 (0.993 %).NET Framework
83 (0.993 %)SAP PI
92 (0.662 %)Java EE
92 (0.662 %)SOAP
92 (0.662 %)DHTML
92 (0.662 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (7.285 %)ESB
219 (6.291 %)SharePoint Server 2007
317 (5.629 %)BizTalk Server
413 (4.305 %)ActiveMQ
512 (3.974 %)SharePoint
65 (1.656 %)WebLogic
74 (1.325 %)CICS
83 (0.993 %)SAP Portal
92 (0.662 %)WebLogic Portal
92 (0.662 %)IIS
92 (0.662 %)CMS
101 (0.331 %)WebSphere Process Server
101 (0.331 %)Oracle Workflow
101 (0.331 %)WebSphere MQ
101 (0.331 %)Documentum
101 (0.331 %)TIBCO EMS
101 (0.331 %)Sonic ESB
101 (0.331 %)TPMS
101 (0.331 %)Drupal
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
144 (14.57 %)MS Visio
215 (4.967 %)MS Excel
33 (0.993 %)MS Office
42 (0.662 %)MS Project
51 (0.331 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (2.980 %)SAP ERP
25 (1.656 %)SAP CRM
25 (1.656 %)Temenos T24
33 (0.993 %)SAP R/3
33 (0.993 %)SAP SRM
33 (0.993 %)SAP GRC
42 (0.662 %)SAP IS-U
42 (0.662 %)RMDS
42 (0.662 %)BASE24
51 (0.331 %)VisionPLUS
51 (0.331 %)Staffware
51 (0.331 %)BusinessWorks
51 (0.331 %)Oracle EBS R12
51 (0.331 %)TIBCO iProcess
51 (0.331 %)Oracle BPM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (4.305 %)DSL
29 (2.980 %)Internet
38 (2.649 %)Firewall
46 (1.987 %)LAN
54 (1.325 %)Network Security
63 (0.993 %)DMZ
63 (0.993 %)WAN
63 (0.993 %)SSL
72 (0.662 %)ATM
72 (0.662 %)SAN
81 (0.331 %)LDAP
81 (0.331 %)Extranet
81 (0.331 %)DNS
81 (0.331 %)HTTP
81 (0.331 %)TCP/IP
81 (0.331 %)VPN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (9.272 %)SQL Server
227 (8.940 %)Datawarehouse
317 (5.629 %)SQL Server 2000
416 (5.298 %)SQL Server 2008
512 (3.974 %)ETL
64 (1.325 %)Oracle BI EE
64 (1.325 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (1.325 %)SAP BI
73 (0.993 %)Essbase
73 (0.993 %)GIS
73 (0.993 %)OLAP
73 (0.993 %)OLTP
73 (0.993 %)RDBMS
82 (0.662 %)KDB
82 (0.662 %)Reference Data
82 (0.662 %)SQL Server Integration Services
82 (0.662 %)Informix
91 (0.331 %)IMS/DB
91 (0.331 %)DB2
91 (0.331 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (0.993 %)OpenDeploy
22 (0.662 %)Eclipse
31 (0.331 %)CruiseControl
31 (0.331 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.331 %)ERwin
31 (0.331 %)TestDirector
31 (0.331 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.331 %)Atlassian Bamboo
31 (0.331 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
159 (19.54 %)Government
246 (15.23 %)Finance
339 (12.91 %)Banking
417 (5.629 %)Retail
512 (3.974 %)Investment Banking
512 (3.974 %)Telecoms
68 (2.649 %)Retail Banking
76 (1.987 %)Front Office
85 (1.656 %)Financial Institution
94 (1.325 %)Insurance
94 (1.325 %)Local Government
94 (1.325 %)Construction
103 (0.993 %)Billing
103 (0.993 %)Electric
112 (0.662 %)Pensions
112 (0.662 %)Marketing
112 (0.662 %)Pharmaceutical
112 (0.662 %)Home Office
112 (0.662 %)Multimedia
121 (0.331 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1189 (62.58 %)Architect
275 (24.83 %)Solutions Architect
345 (14.90 %)Analyst
443 (14.24 %)Enterprise Architect
524 (7.947 %)Business Analyst
622 (7.285 %)Technical Architect
721 (6.954 %)Lead Architect
816 (5.298 %)Systems Engineer
915 (4.967 %)Data Architect
915 (4.967 %)Developer
1012 (3.974 %)Infrastructure Architect
1110 (3.311 %)Systems Analyst
1110 (3.311 %)Support Analyst
129 (2.980 %)Java Developer
129 (2.980 %)Systems Architect
129 (2.980 %)Security Architect
138 (2.649 %)Designer
138 (2.649 %)Lead Systems Engineer
138 (2.649 %)Business Architect
147 (2.318 %)Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (3.311 %)Management Information System
29 (2.980 %)Data Protection Act
37 (2.318 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
37 (2.318 %)Multithreading
45 (1.656 %)Fixed Income
45 (1.656 %)Client/Server
54 (1.325 %)Data Integration
54 (1.325 %)CESG
63 (0.993 %)Replication
63 (0.993 %)Thin Client
63 (0.993 %)Mainframe
63 (0.993 %)N-Tier
63 (0.993 %)Fat Client
72 (0.662 %)Spanish Language
72 (0.662 %)Cryptography
72 (0.662 %)Tandem
72 (0.662 %)CESG CLAS
81 (0.331 %)Equities
81 (0.331 %)Clustering
81 (0.331 %)NHS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
124 (7.947 %)UNIX
222 (7.285 %)Windows
318 (5.960 %)Linux
46 (1.987 %)AIX
55 (1.656 %)Solaris
64 (1.325 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (0.662 %)zOS
81 (0.331 %)HPUX
81 (0.331 %)Windows XP
81 (0.331 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.331 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
180 (26.49 %)SOA
253 (17.55 %)TOGAF
350 (16.56 %)UML
431 (10.26 %)Technical Architecture
526 (8.609 %)PRINCE2
624 (7.947 %)Data Modelling
723 (7.616 %)Business Intelligence
723 (7.616 %)RUP
822 (7.285 %)Agile Software Development
822 (7.285 %)Data Architecture
921 (6.954 %)Business Analysis
921 (6.954 %)Stakeholder Management
1020 (6.623 %)OO
1020 (6.623 %)MODAF
1117 (5.629 %)Data Management
1216 (5.298 %)Project Management
1313 (4.305 %)Zachman Framework
1412 (3.974 %)CRM
1412 (3.974 %)E-Commerce
1412 (3.974 %)ERP
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
135 (11.59 %)Java
225 (8.278 %)C#
314 (4.636 %)SQL
48 (2.649 %)C
53 (0.993 %)C++
53 (0.993 %)JavaScript
62 (0.662 %)Shell Script
62 (0.662 %)Perl
71 (0.331 %)Objective-C
71 (0.331 %)PHP
71 (0.331 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.331 %)VB
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
150 (16.56 %)Security Cleared
234 (11.26 %)SC Cleared
317 (5.629 %)DV Cleared
48 (2.649 %)Degree
53 (0.993 %)BC Cleared
62 (0.662 %)CISSP
62 (0.662 %)CISM
71 (0.331 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.331 %)ISEB
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (5.298 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
114 (4.636 %)MSMQ
24 (1.325 %)Active Directory
33 (0.993 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.331 %)Novell Identity Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
139 (12.91 %)Oracle
221 (6.954 %)SAP
319 (6.291 %)Microsoft
49 (2.980 %)IBM
57 (2.318 %)BEA
66 (1.987 %)TIBCO
75 (1.656 %)VMware
75 (1.656 %)Temenos
84 (1.325 %)Cisco
84 (1.325 %)CheckPoint
84 (1.325 %)Sybase
93 (0.993 %)ATG
93 (0.993 %)JBoss
93 (0.993 %)Informatica
93 (0.993 %)Sun
101 (0.331 %)Ab Initio
101 (0.331 %)Teradata
101 (0.331 %)Metastorm
101 (0.331 %)Business Objects
101 (0.331 %)Cognos