The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case 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 Use Case over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Use Cases
Rank 79 65 104
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +39
Contract jobs citing Use Case 43 77 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.753% 2.400% 0.889%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.658% 3.788% 1.418%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 44 19
Average daily rate £400 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £333 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £400 £413
% change year-on-year
-11.25% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £31.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+2.38% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1618 2033 1833
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.96% 63.37% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 771 731
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 £264 £250 £230
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 61 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.40 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Use Case
South East

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Use Case Jobs Demand Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Use Case across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Use Case Daily Rate Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Use Case across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Use Case Daily Rate Histogram

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Use Case Hourly Rate Trend

Use Case
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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 -9 6 £450 +19.20%
Bracknell -17 2 £375 +7.14%
Hungerford - 2 £300 -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
Use Case
South East

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Use Case 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 Use Case.

1 43 (60.56%) UML
2 36 (50.70%) Telecoms
3 27 (38.03%) Business Analysis
4 22 (30.99%) BSS
5 10 (14.08%) .NET
6 9 (12.68%) 3G
7 8 (11.27%) E-Commerce
7 8 (11.27%) ITIL
7 8 (11.27%) C#
7 8 (11.27%) Service Delivery
8 7 (9.859%) Billing
8 7 (9.859%) CRM
8 7 (9.859%) eTOM
9 6 (8.451%) Requirements Management
9 6 (8.451%) CBAP
9 6 (8.451%) Waterfall
9 6 (8.451%) Radio Access Network
9 6 (8.451%) SQL
9 6 (8.451%) ISEB
9 6 (8.451%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (7.042%) Project Management
10 5 (7.042%) Scrum
10 5 (7.042%) Windows
10 5 (7.042%) RUP
10 5 (7.042%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (7.042%) Test Scripting
10 5 (7.042%) QA
10 5 (7.042%) WCF
11 4 (5.634%) WF
11 4 (5.634%) Systems Analysis

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Use Case 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 Use Case. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (14.08%) .NET
2 5 (7.042%) WCF
3 4 (5.634%) WF
3 4 (5.634%) AppFabric
4 2 (2.817%) jQuery
4 2 (2.817%) CSS
4 2 (2.817%) Web Services
4 2 (2.817%) XML
5 1 (1.408%) HTML
5 1 (1.408%) XSLT
5 1 (1.408%) CSS3
5 1 (1.408%) HTML5
5 1 (1.408%) FreeMarker
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.634%) Windows Azure
1 4 (5.634%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (2.817%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (2.817%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.408%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (5.634%) MS Project
1 4 (5.634%) MS Office
1 4 (5.634%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 22 (30.99%) BSS
2 9 (12.68%) 3G
3 6 (8.451%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (5.634%) ATM
5 2 (2.817%) SDH
5 2 (2.817%) Intranet
6 1 (1.408%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.817%) BusinessObjects XI
1 2 (2.817%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.817%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.225%) NUnit
1 3 (4.225%) SpecFlow
1 3 (4.225%) TeamCity
1 3 (4.225%) Selenium
General
1 36 (50.70%) Telecoms
2 7 (9.859%) Billing
3 4 (5.634%) Retail
4 2 (2.817%) Finance
Job Titles
1 48 (67.61%) Business Analyst
1 48 (67.61%) Analyst
2 15 (21.13%) Architect
3 14 (19.72%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (9.859%) Business Systems Analyst
4 7 (9.859%) Systems Analyst
4 7 (9.859%) Developer
5 6 (8.451%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 6 (8.451%) Senior Architect
6 5 (7.042%) Network Architect
7 4 (5.634%) Telecoms Business Analyst
8 3 (4.225%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (4.225%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (4.225%) Agile Business Analyst
8 3 (4.225%) UML Business Analyst
9 2 (2.817%) SharePoint Developer
9 2 (2.817%) Senior Network Architect
10 1 (1.408%) Solutions Designer
10 1 (1.408%) Database Developer
10 1 (1.408%) Perl Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.408%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.408%) Mobile App
1 1 (1.408%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.042%) Windows
2 2 (2.817%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (60.56%) UML
2 27 (38.03%) Business Analysis
3 8 (11.27%) E-Commerce
3 8 (11.27%) ITIL
3 8 (11.27%) Service Delivery
4 7 (9.859%) CRM
4 7 (9.859%) eTOM
5 6 (8.451%) Requirements Management
5 6 (8.451%) Waterfall
5 6 (8.451%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (7.042%) Project Management
6 5 (7.042%) Scrum
6 5 (7.042%) RUP
6 5 (7.042%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (7.042%) Test Scripting
7 4 (5.634%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (5.634%) BPMN
7 4 (5.634%) Network Architecture
7 4 (5.634%) User Stories
7 4 (5.634%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.27%) C#
2 6 (8.451%) SQL
3 2 (2.817%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.817%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.817%) Perl
4 1 (1.408%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (8.451%) CBAP
1 6 (8.451%) ISEB
2 2 (2.817%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.817%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.042%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.408%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (5.634%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.817%) Greenplum
2 2 (2.817%) Oracle
2 2 (2.817%) Business Objects
3 1 (1.408%) IBM
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