The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case 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 Use Case over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Use Cases
Rank 48 62 49
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -13
Contract jobs citing Use Case 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.388% 0.239% 0.155%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.656% 0.352% 0.230%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £230
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £31.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
305 568 435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 59.11% 67.94% 67.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 379 249
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 £230 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 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 £28.70 £16.00 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.25 £37.50 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Use Case
South West

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Use Case Daily Rate Trend

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 Bristol region.

Bristol Use Case Hourly Rate Trend

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) C
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) UML
3 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 2 (28.57%) MS Access
3 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
3 2 (28.57%) Law
3 2 (28.57%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (28.57%) APMP
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Wholesale Banking
4 1 (14.29%) BPMN
4 1 (14.29%) Telematics
4 1 (14.29%) Solvency II
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
1 2 (28.57%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MS Access
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Wholesale Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Telematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
1 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
1 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
2 2 (28.57%) Workflow
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) BPMN
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) APMP
2 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Solvency II