The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Requirements 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 Edinburgh 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 Analysis
Rank 51 - 53
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 6 0 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.720% - 1.158%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.051% - 1.750%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 12
Average daily rate £300 - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £380 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.97% +16.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+13.33% +13.63%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
571 727 857
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 68.55% 66.88% 66.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 362 465
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £246 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £535
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.88 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.45 £39.00 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Requirements Analysis
Scotland

Requirements Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Requirements Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Requirements Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Edinburgh Requirements Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Requirements Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
1 4 (57.14%) Business Transformation
2 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
2 3 (42.86%) JSR 286
2 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Portal
2 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (28.57%) PeopleSoft
3 2 (28.57%) UNIX
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 2 (28.57%) HTML5
4 1 (14.29%) Ajax
4 1 (14.29%) JSON
4 1 (14.29%) jQuery
4 1 (14.29%) REST
4 1 (14.29%) Worklight
4 1 (14.29%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) IBM Certification
4 1 (14.29%) SOAP
4 1 (14.29%) Web Services
4 1 (14.29%) XML
4 1 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Process Server
4 1 (14.29%) JSF
4 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) J2EE

Requirements Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere
1 3 (42.86%) JSR 286
2 2 (28.57%) HTML5
3 1 (14.29%) Ajax
3 1 (14.29%) JSON
3 1 (14.29%) jQuery
3 1 (14.29%) REST
3 1 (14.29%) Worklight
3 1 (14.29%) SOAP
3 1 (14.29%) Web Services
3 1 (14.29%) XML
3 1 (14.29%) JSF
3 1 (14.29%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Portal
1 3 (42.86%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Process Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
1 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Architect
3 2 (28.57%) WebSphere Portal Architect
3 2 (28.57%) WebSphere Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Business Analysis
1 4 (57.14%) Business Transformation
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) IBM Certification
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (14.29%) IBM