Cheshire GAP Analysis Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Cleveland Crawley Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastbourne Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Kent Lancashire Leeds London Lothian Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Salisbury Scotland South East South West Stirling Surrey Swindon UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 14 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	64
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	1	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.227 %	0.798 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£350
Average daily rate	-	£375
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£404
% change on same period last year	-3.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.80	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-1.00 %
Processes & Methodologies Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	440	501
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.633 %	0.510 %
Daily rates quoted	121	123
Average minimum daily rate	£347	£310
Average daily rate	£355	£322
% change on same period last year	+10.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£335
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	52	28
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.76	£25.22
Average hourly rate	£23.82	£26.47
% change on same period last year	-10.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.88	£27.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.35	£29.75
% change on same period last year	-1.35 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Cheshire region.

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Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing GAP 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 GAP Analysis.

1 2 (66.67 %) ISO9000 1 2 (66.67 %) Project Management 1 2 (66.67 %) Risk Assessment 1 2 (66.67 %) Critical Path Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Business Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Project Planning 1 2 (66.67 %) QMS 2 1 (33.33 %) Information Security 2 1 (33.33 %) Data Security 2 1 (33.33 %) Finance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing GAP 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 GAP Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 1 (33.33 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Business Analyst 1 2 (66.67 %) Analyst 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Security Project Manager 2 1 (33.33 %) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) Project Management 1 2 (66.67 %) Risk Assessment 1 2 (66.67 %) Critical Path Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Business Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Project Planning 1 2 (66.67 %) QMS 2 1 (33.33 %) Information Security 2 1 (33.33 %) Data Security	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (66.67 %) ISO9000