The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case 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 Use Case 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
Use Cases
Rank 86 78 79
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +1
Contract jobs citing Use Case 28 55 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.309% 1.861% 1.853%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.962% 2.890% 2.852%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 17
Average daily rate £425 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £317 £330 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £480 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 13
Average hourly rate £34.33 £30.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.43% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.65 £27.51 £24.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.80 £37.18 £34.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £31.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+4.76% +5.00%
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%
Use Case
England

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Use Case Jobs Demand Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Use Case Daily Rate Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England Use Case Daily Rate Histogram

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Use Case Hourly Rate Trend

Use Case
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case 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
Essex -13 10 £425 +21.42%
Suffolk +9 7 £450 -
Hertfordshire +2 7 £325 -13.33%
Cambridgeshire +7 2 £413 -10.81%
Bedfordshire -1 2 £350 -3.44%
Use Case
England

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Use Case 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 Use Case.

1 25 (43.86%) Finance
2 21 (36.84%) UML
3 14 (24.56%) Business Analysis
4 11 (19.30%) User Stories
5 10 (17.54%) E-Commerce
6 9 (15.79%) Retail
7 7 (12.28%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (12.28%) SQL
7 7 (12.28%) System Testing
8 6 (10.53%) Degree
8 6 (10.53%) Management Information System
9 5 (8.772%) Workflow
9 5 (8.772%) Migration
9 5 (8.772%) Data Migration
10 4 (7.018%) Axure RP
10 4 (7.018%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (7.018%) XML
11 3 (5.263%) XSLT
11 3 (5.263%) IIS
11 3 (5.263%) SOAP
11 3 (5.263%) MS Visio
11 3 (5.263%) HTTP
11 3 (5.263%) Change Management
11 3 (5.263%) Manufacturing
11 3 (5.263%) WCF
11 3 (5.263%) Web Development
11 3 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
11 3 (5.263%) soapUI
12 2 (3.509%) ClickTale
12 2 (3.509%) Rapid Prototyping

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Use Case 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 Use Case. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (7.018%) XML
2 3 (5.263%) XSLT
2 3 (5.263%) SOAP
2 3 (5.263%) WCF
2 3 (5.263%) soapUI
3 2 (3.509%) J2EE
4 1 (1.754%) .NET
4 1 (1.754%) Web Services
4 1 (1.754%) COM
4 1 (1.754%) NHibernate
4 1 (1.754%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.754%) WF
4 1 (1.754%) jQuery
4 1 (1.754%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.263%) IIS
2 2 (3.509%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.754%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 3 (5.263%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.509%) OmniGraffle
3 1 (1.754%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.509%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (1.754%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.754%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.263%) HTTP
2 2 (3.509%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.754%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.754%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.754%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (7.018%) Axure RP
2 2 (3.509%) Balsamiq Mockups
2 2 (3.509%) RequisitePro
3 1 (1.754%) NUnit
3 1 (1.754%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.754%) Rational DOORS
General
1 25 (43.86%) Finance
2 9 (15.79%) Retail
3 3 (5.263%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.509%) General Ledger
4 2 (3.509%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.754%) Legal
5 1 (1.754%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (85.96%) Analyst
2 47 (82.46%) Business Analyst
3 10 (17.54%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 4 (7.018%) UML Business Analyst
4 4 (7.018%) Tester
5 3 (5.263%) Financial Services Business Analyst
5 3 (5.263%) Financial Business Analyst
6 2 (3.509%) Process Analyst
6 2 (3.509%) Architect
6 2 (3.509%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (3.509%) Business Process Analyst
6 2 (3.509%) Information Architect
7 1 (1.754%) Senior Developer
7 1 (1.754%) Senior Business Analyst
7 1 (1.754%) Project Manager
7 1 (1.754%) Developer
7 1 (1.754%) Test Analyst
7 1 (1.754%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (1.754%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (1.754%) CRM Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.509%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.509%) Windows
2 1 (1.754%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.84%) UML
2 14 (24.56%) Business Analysis
3 11 (19.30%) User Stories
4 10 (17.54%) E-Commerce
5 7 (12.28%) System Testing
6 5 (8.772%) Workflow
6 5 (8.772%) Migration
6 5 (8.772%) Data Migration
7 4 (7.018%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (5.263%) Change Management
8 3 (5.263%) Web Development
8 3 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (3.509%) Rapid Prototyping
9 2 (3.509%) Information Architecture
9 2 (3.509%) Integration Testing
9 2 (3.509%) Time Management
9 2 (3.509%) BPMN
9 2 (3.509%) Data Analysis
9 2 (3.509%) Requirements Analysis
9 2 (3.509%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) SQL
2 1 (1.754%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.754%) VB
2 1 (1.754%) VBA
2 1 (1.754%) C#
2 1 (1.754%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (3.509%) ISEB
System Software
1 1 (1.754%) XenApp
Vendors
1 2 (3.509%) ClickTale
1 2 (3.509%) Omniture
1 2 (3.509%) Microsoft
1 2 (3.509%) Sun
2 1 (1.754%) Oracle
2 1 (1.754%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (1.754%) Citrix
2 1 (1.754%) Red Hat
2 1 (1.754%) LANDesk
2 1 (1.754%) Pega
2 1 (1.754%) Guidewire
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