The first table below looks at the demand for Technical Architecture skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical 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 Wales 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
Technical Architecture
Rank 42 53 59
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +6
Contract jobs citing Technical Architecture 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.469% 0.175% 0.303%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.671% 0.270% 0.483%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £500 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £449 £405
% change year-on-year
-5.29% +10.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 371 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 69.95% 65.09% 62.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 181 184
Average daily rate £373 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales 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
South Wales +3 2 £325 -35.00%
Technical Architecture
UK

Technical Architecture
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Media
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) SAP CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Multimedia

Technical Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CRM
General
1 1 (33.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP CRM Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) CRM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Media
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP