The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Requirements Management 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 Cheshire 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
Requirements Management
Rank 59 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing Requirements Management 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.552% 0.125% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.726% 0.203% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £409 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £363 £425
% change year-on-year
-3.44% -14.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.65 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+50.60% -16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
551 492 664
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.10% 61.58% 68.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 249 364
Average daily rate £375 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.84% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £250 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +12.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Requirements Management
North West

Requirements Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Requirements Management Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Requirements Management across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Requirements Management Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Requirements Management across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Requirements Management Hourly Rate Trend

Requirements Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Management within the Cheshire 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
Chester - 3 £393 -
Macclesfield - 1 £425 -
Requirements Management
North West

Requirements Management
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Requirements Management 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 Requirements Management.

1 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Web Development
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) SAP APO

Requirements Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Requirements Management 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 Requirements Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP APO
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Web Development
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP