The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements 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 Requirements Analysis 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Requirements Analysis
Rank 46 63 53
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -10
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 2 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.396% 0.569% 0.289%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.633% 0.831% 0.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £325 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £384 £380 £368
% change year-on-year
+0.98% +3.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.25 £38.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +13.43%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
316 602 446
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 62.57% 68.56% 64.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 394 256
Average daily rate £350 £358 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.09% -4.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £240 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £507 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 24 20
Average hourly rate £27.93 £25.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.70% +38.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.95 £10.50 £9.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.25 £35.00 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Requirements Analysis
South West

Requirements Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Requirements Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Requirements Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Requirements Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Requirements 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 Requirements Analysis.

1 2 (33.33%) ASP
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) XML
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) VB
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) UML
1 2 (33.33%) VB6
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) JSON
1 2 (33.33%) ReSharper
1 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (33.33%) LINQ
1 2 (33.33%) jQuery
1 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 2 (33.33%) OAuth
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (33.33%) RESTful
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (33.33%) Inversion of Control
1 2 (33.33%) Social Media
1 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
1 2 (33.33%) Facebook

Requirements Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) ASP
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 2 (33.33%) CSS
1 2 (33.33%) XML
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 2 (33.33%) JSON
1 2 (33.33%) LINQ
1 2 (33.33%) jQuery
1 2 (33.33%) OAuth
1 2 (33.33%) RESTful
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (33.33%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
1 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) VoIP
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (16.67%) BODI
2 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) ReSharper
1 2 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
1 1 (16.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Objects Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) ETL Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Business Objects Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Data Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Data Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Inversion of Control
1 2 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) UML
1 2 (33.33%) MVC
1 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Logistics
2 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) MODAF
2 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
2 1 (16.67%) Use Case
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) VB
1 2 (33.33%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Facebook
1 2 (33.33%) Twitter
2 1 (16.67%) Business Objects
2 1 (16.67%) SAP