The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Use Case 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 Buckinghamshire 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
Use Cases
Rank 70 55 72
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +17
Contract jobs citing Use Case 4 18 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.435% 1.873% 0.365%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.605% 2.769% 0.627%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 2
Average daily rate £360 £369 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.37% -4.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £391 £420
% change year-on-year
-4.15% -6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+8.86% +7.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
661 650 638
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 71.85% 67.64% 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 371 300 266
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £214 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 54
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £10.58 £11.33
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £32.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Use Case
South East

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Use Case Hourly Rate Trend

Use Case
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes -4 4 £360 +10.76%
Aylesbury - - - - 1
High Wycombe - - - -
Use Case
South East

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 9 (75.00%) OO
2 8 (66.67%) Java
2 8 (66.67%) J2EE
3 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
3 7 (58.33%) CSS
3 7 (58.33%) Finance
3 7 (58.33%) Dojo
3 7 (58.33%) Ajax
3 7 (58.33%) Software Architecture
4 6 (50.00%) JMS
4 6 (50.00%) Spring
4 6 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
4 6 (50.00%) JDBC
4 6 (50.00%) JSP
4 6 (50.00%) Servlets
4 6 (50.00%) Struts
4 6 (50.00%) DHTML
4 6 (50.00%) XML
4 6 (50.00%) HTTP
4 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
5 5 (41.67%) Hibernate
5 5 (41.67%) Open Source
5 5 (41.67%) JSON
6 3 (25.00%) UML
7 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
7 2 (16.67%) Maven
7 2 (16.67%) Logistics
7 2 (16.67%) Oracle
7 2 (16.67%) Web Services
7 2 (16.67%) Ant

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 8 (66.67%) J2EE
2 7 (58.33%) CSS
2 7 (58.33%) Ajax
2 7 (58.33%) Dojo
3 6 (50.00%) Spring
3 6 (50.00%) XML
3 6 (50.00%) JMS
3 6 (50.00%) JDBC
3 6 (50.00%) JSP
3 6 (50.00%) Servlets
3 6 (50.00%) Struts
3 6 (50.00%) DHTML
4 5 (41.67%) Hibernate
4 5 (41.67%) JSON
5 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
5 2 (16.67%) Web Services
6 1 (8.333%) HTML
6 1 (8.333%) EJB
6 1 (8.333%) Middleware
6 1 (8.333%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (8.333%) WebLogic
1 1 (8.333%) Tomcat
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) HTTP
1 6 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Ant
1 2 (16.67%) Maven
2 1 (8.333%) JUnit
2 1 (8.333%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) JavaScript Developer
3 4 (33.33%) Business Analyst
3 4 (33.33%) Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Java Developer
5 1 (8.333%) J2EE Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Senior J2EE Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (8.333%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Logistics Business Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Business Systems Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Business Process Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Senior Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Open Source
2 1 (8.333%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) UNIX
1 1 (8.333%) AIX
1 1 (8.333%) Solaris
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) OO
2 7 (58.33%) Software Architecture
3 6 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
4 3 (25.00%) UML
5 2 (16.67%) Logistics
5 2 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 1 (8.333%) Refactoring
6 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting
6 1 (8.333%) Product Marketing
6 1 (8.333%) BPMN
6 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
6 1 (8.333%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (8.333%) RAD
6 1 (8.333%) RUP
6 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
6 1 (8.333%) ERP
6 1 (8.333%) EAI
6 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
6 1 (8.333%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Java
2 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
3 1 (8.333%) SQL
3 1 (8.333%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) JBoss
2 1 (8.333%) IBM
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Sun
2 1 (8.333%) Software AG
2 1 (8.333%) JDA
2 1 (8.333%) webMethods
2 1 (8.333%) ATG