The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 21 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 Birmingham 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GAP Analysis
Rank 45 52 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 4 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.889% 0.322% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.325% 0.519% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £444 £405 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.56% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-2.81% +9.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
302 385 281
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 67.11% 61.90% 57.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 210 175
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £228 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £525 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 19 9
Average hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.66% -18.91%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £119.80 £34.80 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
GAP Analysis
West Midlands

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham GAP Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (20.00%) OpenUP
2 2 (20.00%) Validation
2 2 (20.00%) PLM
2 2 (20.00%) SAP PM
2 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) SAP PLM
2 2 (20.00%) Wireless
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (20.00%) LAN
2 2 (20.00%) WLAN
2 2 (20.00%) WAN
2 2 (20.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) IPv6
2 2 (20.00%) Internet
2 2 (20.00%) Extranet
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (10.00%) UML
3 1 (10.00%) RAD
3 1 (10.00%) Back Office

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP PM
1 2 (20.00%) SAP PLM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Wireless
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
1 2 (20.00%) WLAN
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
1 2 (20.00%) IPv6
1 2 (20.00%) Internet
1 2 (20.00%) Extranet
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Business Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) SAP PM Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) SAP CS Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) SAP PLM Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Services Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Taxonomies
1 1 (10.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (10.00%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (20.00%) OpenUP
2 2 (20.00%) Validation
2 2 (20.00%) PLM
2 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) UML
3 1 (10.00%) RAD
3 1 (10.00%) Use Case
3 1 (10.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco