The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 23 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 Bedfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GAP Analysis
Rank 26 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.070% 1.083% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.333% 1.500% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £320 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £400 £371
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +7.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
- +6.19%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 200 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 80.21% 72.20% 73.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 106 110
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
GAP Analysis
East of England

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire GAP Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bedfordshire GAP Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

GAP Analysis
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing GAP Analysis 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 GAP Analysis.

1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Hyperion
1 1 (50.00%) NHS

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing GAP Analysis 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 GAP Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Change Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Change Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Hyperion