The first table below looks at the demand for the Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architect in their job title 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Architect
Rank 92 98 95
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Enterprise Architect 3 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.184% 0.223% 0.370%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.199% 0.241% 0.400%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £588 £875 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.85% +59.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £570 £515 £525
% change year-on-year
+10.67% -1.90%
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
1508 2071 1748
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.35% 92.37% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 682 946 791
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £215 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 167 154
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.10 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.22% -11.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.99
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%
Enterprise Architect
England

Enterprise Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Enterprise Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Enterprise Architect Daily Rate Trend

Enterprise Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Enterprise Architect across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Enterprise Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Enterprise Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Enterprise Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Enterprise Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Architect 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
Birmingham +12 1 £750 +36.36%
Enterprise Architect
England

Enterprise Architect
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architect in their job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) C
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) AIX
2 1 (20.00%) Solaris
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) SOA
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS

Enterprise Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Enterprise 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 Enterprise Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) AIX
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Information Security
1 1 (20.00%) Data Management
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (20.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware