The first table below looks at the demand for Waterfall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Waterfall over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Bradford 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Waterfall Model
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 2.162% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.008% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £335 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £41.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
-21.68% +72.91%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bradford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
133 111 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bradford 71.89% 69.81% 63.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 38 16
Average daily rate £295 £220 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.09% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £150 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £397 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
Average hourly rate £12.42 £27.50 £187.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.83% -85.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Waterfall
West Yorkshire

Waterfall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford Waterfall Jobs Demand Trend

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bradford Waterfall Daily Rate Trend

Waterfall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing Waterfall 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 Waterfall.

1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (50.00%) Retail Banking
2 3 (50.00%) RAD
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
2 3 (50.00%) ISEB
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) VBScript
3 1 (16.67%) VB
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) QA
3 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management

Waterfall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bradford region citing Waterfall 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 Waterfall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
1 3 (50.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Test Leader
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
3 1 (16.67%) UAT Test Manager
3 1 (16.67%) UAT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 3 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) RAD
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Software Deployment
3 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
3 1 (16.67%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
1 1 (16.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISEB
1 3 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) HP