Docklands, London GAP Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills within the Docklands, London 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Hitchin Home Counties Kent Kingston Upon Thames Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Luton Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Poole Reading Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	64	88
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	6	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	1.034 %	1.025 %
Daily rates quoted	1	8
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£448
Average daily rate	£463	£457
% change on same period last year	+1.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£500	£466
UK excluding London average daily rate	£412	£398
% change on same period last year	+3.53 %
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	£20.63	£30.50
% change on same period last year	-32.37 %
Processes & Methodologies Docklands, London
Matching contract IT job ads	580	878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.773 %	0.888 %
Daily rates quoted	342	426
Average minimum daily rate	£431	£429
Average daily rate	£454	£458
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Average maximum daily rate	£477	£486
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.20	£20.08
Average hourly rate	£32.50	£20.54
% change on same period last year	+58.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.80	£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
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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 Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 8 (72.73 %) Stakeholder Management 2 6 (54.55 %) Finance 3 5 (45.45 %) Business Analysis 4 4 (36.36 %) Validation 5 3 (27.27 %) PRINCE2 5 3 (27.27 %) Enterprise Architecture 5 3 (27.27 %) Use Case 6 2 (18.18 %) TOGAF 6 2 (18.18 %) UML 6 2 (18.18 %) OO 6 2 (18.18 %) Telelogic 6 2 (18.18 %) Banking 7 1 (9.091 %) Retail 7 1 (9.091 %) Open Text 7 1 (9.091 %) Migration

7 1 (9.091 %) Government 7 1 (9.091 %) Oracle 7 1 (9.091 %) WebLogic 7 1 (9.091 %) Vignette 7 1 (9.091 %) E-business 7 1 (9.091 %) Back Office 7 1 (9.091 %) FileNet 7 1 (9.091 %) SSADM 7 1 (9.091 %) DSDM 7 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel 7 1 (9.091 %) SharePoint 7 1 (9.091 %) SOA 7 1 (9.091 %) Documentum 7 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft 7 1 (9.091 %) ISEB

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

Application Development 1 1 (9.091 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 1 (9.091 %) WebLogic 1 1 (9.091 %) SharePoint 1 1 (9.091 %) Documentum 1 1 (9.091 %) WebLogic Portal
Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel 1 1 (9.091 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) Oracle Financial Analyzer
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (9.091 %) EDRMS	General 1 6 (54.55 %) Finance 2 2 (18.18 %) Banking 3 1 (9.091 %) Retail 3 1 (9.091 %) Retail Banking 3 1 (9.091 %) Government 3 1 (9.091 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 7 (63.64 %) Business Analyst 1 7 (63.64 %) Analyst 2 3 (27.27 %) Architect 3 2 (18.18 %) Banking Business Analyst 3 2 (18.18 %) Lead Architect 4 1 (9.091 %) Project Manager 4 1 (9.091 %) E-Business Analyst	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (72.73 %) Stakeholder Management 2 5 (45.45 %) Business Analysis 3 4 (36.36 %) Validation 4 3 (27.27 %) PRINCE2 4 3 (27.27 %) Enterprise Architecture 4 3 (27.27 %) Use Case 5 2 (18.18 %) UML 5 2 (18.18 %) OO 5 2 (18.18 %) TOGAF 6 1 (9.091 %) Content Management 6 1 (9.091 %) Document Management 6 1 (9.091 %) Migration 6 1 (9.091 %) Knowledge Management 6 1 (9.091 %) SSADM 6 1 (9.091 %) DSDM 6 1 (9.091 %) SOA 6 1 (9.091 %) BPR 6 1 (9.091 %) Project Management 6 1 (9.091 %) E-business 6 1 (9.091 %) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications 1 1 (9.091 %) ISEB 1 1 (9.091 %) PRINCE2 Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) QA
Vendors 1 2 (18.18 %) Telelogic 2 1 (9.091 %) Open Text 2 1 (9.091 %) Oracle 2 1 (9.091 %) Vignette 2 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft 2 1 (9.091 %) BEA 2 1 (9.091 %) FileNet