The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis 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 East of England 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
GAP Analysis
Rank 104 124 117
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -7
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 10 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.468% 0.271% 0.378%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.701% 0.420% 0.582%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 6
Average daily rate £388 £300 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.16% -23.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £291 £160 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
- +6.19%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GAP Analysis across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England GAP Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GAP Analysis across the East of England region.

East of England GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GAP Analysis across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England GAP Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GAP Analysis across the East of England region.

East of England GAP Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +5 4 £388 +55.00%
Bedfordshire 0 2 £320 +6.66%
Cambridgeshire - 2 £400 -
Essex - 1 £325 -
Norfolk - 1 £375 -
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 13 (56.52%) Business Analysis
2 6 (26.09%) SAP
2 6 (26.09%) ERP
3 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Waterfall
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
4 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
4 3 (13.04%) SQL
4 3 (13.04%) MS Office
4 3 (13.04%) Workflow
4 3 (13.04%) Finance
5 2 (8.696%) Migration
5 2 (8.696%) Change Management
5 2 (8.696%) ISEB
5 2 (8.696%) UML
5 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (8.696%) Use Case
5 2 (8.696%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (8.696%) System Testing
6 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Content Management
6 1 (4.348%) Integration Testing
6 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (4.348%) GWT
6 1 (4.348%) Solvency II
6 1 (4.348%) Kimball Methodology
6 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (4.348%) Taxonomies
6 1 (4.348%) MDX
6 1 (4.348%) Cognos Business Intelligence

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 (4.348%) GWT
1 1 (4.348%) MDX
1 1 (4.348%) XBRL
1 1 (4.348%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
1 3 (13.04%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) VisionPLUS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) OLAP
2 1 (4.348%) Cognos Powerplay
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) Business Analyst
1 20 (86.96%) Analyst
2 2 (8.696%) Business Process Analyst
2 2 (8.696%) Process Analyst
2 2 (8.696%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (4.348%) Solvency II Business Analyst
3 1 (4.348%) Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (4.348%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 1 (4.348%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (4.348%) UML Business Analyst
3 1 (4.348%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (4.348%) Cognos Developer
3 1 (4.348%) Business Change Analyst
3 1 (4.348%) Developer
3 1 (4.348%) Service Manager
3 1 (4.348%) Change Analyst
3 1 (4.348%) Financial Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Taxonomies
1 1 (4.348%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) Business Analysis
2 6 (26.09%) ERP
3 4 (17.39%) Data Analysis
4 3 (13.04%) Waterfall
4 3 (13.04%) Workflow
5 2 (8.696%) Migration
5 2 (8.696%) Change Management
5 2 (8.696%) UML
5 2 (8.696%) Use Case
5 2 (8.696%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (8.696%) System Testing
6 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Content Management
6 1 (4.348%) Integration Testing
6 1 (4.348%) Kimball Methodology
6 1 (4.348%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.348%) ETL
6 1 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.348%) Scrum
6 1 (4.348%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) SAP
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) IBM
3 1 (4.348%) Cognos
3 1 (4.348%) Hyperion
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