The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical 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 Yorkshire 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 Architect
Rank 81 79 63
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -16
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Architect 7 12 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.558% 0.767% 1.422%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.591% 0.811% 1.511%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 9
Average daily rate £425 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+1.85% +8.00%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1185 1480 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.42% 94.57% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 828 495
Average daily rate £313 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.08% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 67 74
Average hourly rate £12.75 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.53 £10.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Architect
Yorkshire

Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Technical Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Technical Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Architect within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -12 6 £425 -19.04%
Technical Architect
Yorkshire

Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 25 (69.44%) Oracle
2 10 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (27.78%) Oracle BI EE
3 9 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 9 (25.00%) ETL
3 9 (25.00%) Informatica
4 8 (22.22%) SOA
4 8 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (19.44%) Telecoms
5 7 (19.44%) Migration
5 7 (19.44%) Technical Architecture
6 6 (16.67%) ESB
6 6 (16.67%) Data Integration
6 6 (16.67%) Finance
6 6 (16.67%) Oracle OWB
6 6 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
6 6 (16.67%) Retail
6 6 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
6 6 (16.67%) SQL
7 5 (13.89%) .NET
7 5 (13.89%) Java
7 5 (13.89%) HTTP
7 5 (13.89%) Oracle 11g
7 5 (13.89%) Performance Testing
7 5 (13.89%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (11.11%) Windows 8
8 4 (11.11%) Windows 7
8 4 (11.11%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (11.11%) SAN
8 4 (11.11%) ERP

Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (13.89%) .NET
2 3 (8.333%) LAMP
2 3 (8.333%) SOAP
2 3 (8.333%) Web Services
2 3 (8.333%) XML
2 3 (8.333%) Java EE
2 3 (8.333%) REST
Application Platforms
1 6 (16.67%) ESB
2 2 (5.556%) Liferay
2 2 (5.556%) CMS
3 1 (2.778%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (2.778%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (11.11%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) HTTP
2 4 (11.11%) SAN
3 3 (8.333%) FTP
4 2 (5.556%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.778%) LAN
5 1 (2.778%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.78%) Oracle BI EE
2 8 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (16.67%) Oracle OWB
3 6 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (13.89%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (2.778%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (2.778%) OLTP
General
1 7 (19.44%) Telecoms
2 6 (16.67%) Finance
2 6 (16.67%) Retail
3 2 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Data Integration
2 5 (13.89%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.556%) Social Media
3 2 (5.556%) Open Source
4 1 (2.778%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.778%) NHS
4 1 (2.778%) Thin Client
4 1 (2.778%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Windows 8
1 4 (11.11%) Windows 7
1 4 (11.11%) UNIX
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 9 (25.00%) ETL
3 8 (22.22%) SOA
4 7 (19.44%) Migration
4 7 (19.44%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (13.89%) Performance Testing
6 4 (11.11%) ERP
7 3 (8.333%) Unified Process
7 3 (8.333%) E-business
7 3 (8.333%) Project Management
8 2 (5.556%) Analytics
8 2 (5.556%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (5.556%) CRM
8 2 (5.556%) E-Commerce
8 2 (5.556%) ITIL
8 2 (5.556%) Service Management
8 2 (5.556%) TOGAF
8 2 (5.556%) Content Management
9 1 (2.778%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) SQL
2 5 (13.89%) Java
3 2 (5.556%) Ruby
4 1 (2.778%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.333%) Degree
2 2 (5.556%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.333%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.778%) XenApp
1 1 (2.778%) XenServer
1 1 (2.778%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 25 (69.44%) Oracle
2 9 (25.00%) Informatica
3 3 (8.333%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.778%) AppSense
4 1 (2.778%) SAP
4 1 (2.778%) Citrix
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Technical / Enterprise Architect required for one of Yorkshire’s most prestigious institutions. As part of a major transformation programme, this Enterprise Architect will work effectively with key business...
Northern Recruitment Group
Rate: Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 17 May 2013