The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis 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 Bristol 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
GAP Analysis
Rank 48 62 37
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -25
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 3 1 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.571% 0.117% 2.560%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.965% 0.175% 3.819%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 14
Average daily rate £429 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.82% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £346 £425 £334
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £425 £500
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 £30.00
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
311 573 419
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 59.24% 67.17% 67.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 387 238
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £237 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 24 22
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £16.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
GAP Analysis
South West

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol GAP Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Civica
3 1 (25.00%) Statistics
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Migration

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Financials
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Financials Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Civica