The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis 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 Berkshire 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
GAP Analysis
Rank 104 125 118
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -7
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 16 10 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.668% 0.318% 0.370%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.017% 0.502% 0.589%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 4
Average daily rate £360 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% +13.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £287 £320 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £394 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
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
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1574 1994 1869
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.72% 63.40% 62.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 769 746
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 62 77
Average hourly rate £17.33 £19.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.15% -38.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.45 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
GAP Analysis
South East

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire GAP Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire GAP Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the Berkshire 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
Reading +16 6 £370 +20.32%
Newbury -2 1 - -
Bracknell -13 1 £425 -
Slough - 1 £255 -
GAP Analysis
South East

GAP Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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 11 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Billing
4 4 (18.18%) SQL
5 3 (13.64%) ITIL
5 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
5 3 (13.64%) Project Management
5 3 (13.64%) Business Continuity
5 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (13.64%) iPad
5 3 (13.64%) Business Transformation
6 2 (9.091%) Analytics
6 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (9.091%) Process Improvement
6 2 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (9.091%) BSS
6 2 (9.091%) Migration
6 2 (9.091%) DMAIC
6 2 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (9.091%) Test Management
6 2 (9.091%) Test Scripting
6 2 (9.091%) Data Migration
6 2 (9.091%) Data Protection
6 2 (9.091%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (9.091%) Data Extraction
6 2 (9.091%) Data Mapping
6 2 (9.091%) Risk Management
6 2 (9.091%) CMMI
6 2 (9.091%) Linux
6 2 (9.091%) Python

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (9.091%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.545%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) CSG Singleview
1 2 (9.091%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) BSS
1 2 (9.091%) 3G
2 1 (4.545%) Wireless
2 1 (4.545%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.545%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
General
1 11 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Billing
4 1 (4.545%) Advertising
4 1 (4.545%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (59.09%) Analyst
2 9 (40.91%) Business Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) Business Process Analyst
3 6 (27.27%) Process Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Business Systems Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Business Continuity Specialist
5 2 (9.091%) Automation Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Senior Data Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Analyst Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Business Consultant
5 2 (9.091%) Data Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Automation Test Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Business Continuity Consultant
5 2 (9.091%) Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Test Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) iPad
2 2 (9.091%) Data Extraction
3 1 (4.545%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.091%) Linux
1 2 (9.091%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) ITIL
1 3 (13.64%) Project Management
1 3 (13.64%) Business Continuity
1 3 (13.64%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (13.64%) Business Transformation
2 2 (9.091%) Analytics
2 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (9.091%) Process Improvement
2 2 (9.091%) Migration
2 2 (9.091%) DMAIC
2 2 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (9.091%) Test Management
2 2 (9.091%) Test Scripting
2 2 (9.091%) Data Migration
2 2 (9.091%) Data Protection
2 2 (9.091%) Data Cleansing
2 2 (9.091%) Data Mapping
2 2 (9.091%) Risk Management
2 2 (9.091%) CMMI
2 2 (9.091%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (9.091%) Python
2 2 (9.091%) C
2 2 (9.091%) Shell Script
3 1 (4.545%) C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) BS25999
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.091%) SAP
3 1 (4.545%) Cisco
3 1 (4.545%) Genesys
3 1 (4.545%) Ericsson