The first table below looks at the demand for the Chief Technical Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Chief Technical Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Chief Technical Architect
Rank - - 99
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Technical Architect 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £700
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £700
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1563 2097 1785
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 91.78% 92.50% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 987 763
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 159 151
Average hourly rate £17.75 £16.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.93% -12.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Chief Technical Architect
England

Chief Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Chief Technical Architect across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Chief Technical Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Chief Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Chief Technical Architect across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Chief Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

Chief Technical Architect
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Chief Technical Architect in their job title 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 with Chief Technical Architect in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture

Chief Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Chief Technical Architect in their job title 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 with Chief Technical Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware