The first table below looks at the demand for Waterfall 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 Waterfall 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Waterfall Model
Rank 65 71 77
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +6
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 3 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.370% 0.410% 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.526% 0.617% 0.156%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
Average daily rate £400 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £38.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-16.12% +38.39%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
570 648 639
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 70.37% 66.39% 59.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 303 267
Average daily rate £338 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £207 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £424 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 47
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £10.58 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Waterfall Daily Rate Trend

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Waterfall across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Waterfall Daily Rate Histogram

Waterfall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Milton Keynes +6 3 £400 +6.66%
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 (50.00%) Back Office
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) PMI
2 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
2 3 (37.50%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) .NET
3 2 (25.00%) Scrum
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) DSDM
4 1 (12.50%) QuickTest Pro
4 1 (12.50%) EPoS
4 1 (12.50%) PMP
4 1 (12.50%) Automotive
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Web Development
4 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
4 1 (12.50%) QA
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Management
4 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
4 1 (12.50%) System Testing

Waterfall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 2 (25.00%) .NET
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
1 1 (12.50%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Back Office
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Retail
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Test Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Manager
2 1 (12.50%) QA Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior QA Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Manual Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) ScrumMaster
2 1 (12.50%) Testing Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Head of Testing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) PMI
2 1 (12.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Scrum
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
2 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) DSDM
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Web Development
2 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Web Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Test Management
2 1 (12.50%) Manual Testing
2 1 (12.50%) System Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Kanban
2 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center