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The table below looks at the demand for Use Cases skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Use Case over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUse Cases
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5375
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads51
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.441 %0.189 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£377
% change on same period last year+0.29 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.44£28.74
% change on same period last year+19.83 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads347530
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.486 %0.544 %
Daily rates quoted82114
Average minimum daily rate£324£349
Average daily rate£348£366
% change on same period last year-5.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£383
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.67 %
Hourly rates quoted6678
Average minimum hourly rate£23.84£34.39
Average hourly rate£25.93£36.82
% change on same period last year-29.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.03£39.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.37£30.00
% change on same period last year-2.09 %
Use Case East of EnglandUse Case
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Use Case
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Use Case across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cambridgeshire Use Case Demand Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Use Case across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Use Case Daily Rate Trend

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Use Case across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+205--
Use Case East of EnglandUse Case
East of England

Use Case
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

13 (42.86 %)UML
13 (42.86 %)Business Development
22 (28.57 %)UWB
22 (28.57 %)Wireless
22 (28.57 %)Business Analysis
22 (28.57 %)Software Testing
22 (28.57 %)Bluetooth
22 (28.57 %)Shell Script
22 (28.57 %)802.11
22 (28.57 %)Python
22 (28.57 %)Perl
31 (14.29 %)Photoshop
31 (14.29 %)CSS
31 (14.29 %)XSLT
31 (14.29 %)Windows
31 (14.29 %)XHTML
31 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
31 (14.29 %)Windows XP
31 (14.29 %)Fireworks
31 (14.29 %)Change Management
31 (14.29 %)Wi-Fi
31 (14.29 %)Handset
31 (14.29 %)Retail
31 (14.29 %)System Testing
31 (14.29 %)Graphic Design
31 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
31 (14.29 %)JavaScript

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %)CSS
11 (14.29 %)XSLT
11 (14.29 %)XHTML
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (14.29 %)Photoshop
11 (14.29 %)Fireworks
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)Bluetooth
12 (28.57 %)802.11
12 (28.57 %)Wireless
12 (28.57 %)UWB
21 (14.29 %)Wi-Fi
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (14.29 %)Retail
11 (14.29 %)Graphic Design
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (42.86 %)Business Analyst
13 (42.86 %)Analyst
22 (28.57 %)Systems Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Systems Manager
31 (14.29 %)Test Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Systems Test Engineer
31 (14.29 %)Test Manager
31 (14.29 %)Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Handset
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Windows
11 (14.29 %)Windows XP
11 (14.29 %)Windows Vista
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)UML
13 (42.86 %)Business Development
22 (28.57 %)Business Analysis
22 (28.57 %)Software Testing
31 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
31 (14.29 %)Change Management
31 (14.29 %)System Testing
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (28.57 %)Perl
12 (28.57 %)Python
12 (28.57 %)Shell Script
21 (14.29 %)JavaScript