The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 Chester 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 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Requirements Management 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 2.158% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.703% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £393 - -
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
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
111 82 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 79.86% 70.09% 68.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 34 36
Average daily rate £381 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.17% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -15.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.00 £50.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Requirements Management
Cheshire

Requirements Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Requirements Management Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Management
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development

Requirements Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Web Development