The first table below looks at the demand for Data Architecture skills 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 Data 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Architecture
Rank 94 93 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing Data Architecture 1 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.061% 0.446% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.092% 0.699% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 0
Average daily rate - £500 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £500 £478
% change year-on-year
- +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1085 1431 1197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.44% 63.83% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 675 550
Average daily rate £350 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £527 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 73 75
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Data Architecture
England

Data Architecture
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Data Architecture Jobs Demand Trend

Data Architecture
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Data Architecture Daily Rate Trend

Data Architecture
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Architecture across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Data Architecture Hourly Rate Trend

Data Architecture
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Architecture within the West Midlands 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
Coventry - 1 - -
Data Architecture
England

Data Architecture
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
1 4 (40.00%) Business Objects
1 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) SOA
2 3 (30.00%) SAP
2 3 (30.00%) .NET
3 2 (20.00%) Java
3 2 (20.00%) Cognos
3 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) QlikView
3 2 (20.00%) Use Case
3 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Reference Data
3 2 (20.00%) Big Data
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (10.00%) Tableau

Data Architecture
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (20.00%) QlikView
2 2 (20.00%) Big Data
3 1 (10.00%) SAP HANA
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) Hadoop
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (10.00%) Spotfire
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
3 1 (10.00%) SAP BI
3 1 (10.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) ERwin
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Data Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Strategy Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Reference Data
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (30.00%) SOA
3 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Use Case
3 2 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Business Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Analytics
4 1 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (10.00%) Quantitative Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Business Development
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
2 1 (10.00%) VB.NET
2 1 (10.00%) C#
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
1 4 (40.00%) Business Objects
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) Cognos
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
4 1 (10.00%) Tableau
4 1 (10.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) EMC
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) MicroStrategy
4 1 (10.00%) TIBCO