England Requirements Analyst Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Requirements Analyst role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Requirements Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Requirements Analyst
Location Bristol Canary Wharf City of London Devon East of England England Exeter Fareham Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Sheffield Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Telford UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	510	589
Rank change on same period last year	+79
Matching contract IT job ads	55	55
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.073 %	0.055 %
As % of the category below	0.087 %	0.064 %
Daily rates quoted	16	4
Average minimum daily rate	£402	£300
Average daily rate	£426	£338
% change on same period last year	+26.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£450
% change on same period last year	-16.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£40.00
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-22.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.00	£32.50
% change on same period last year	+7.69 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	63297	85877
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	83.53 %	85.53 %
Daily rates quoted	21681	26543
Average minimum daily rate	£379	£390
Average daily rate	£405	£415
% change on same period last year	-2.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£441
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	5405	7221
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.35	£24.34
Average hourly rate	£23.97	£25.90
% change on same period last year	-7.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.59	£27.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Requirements Analyst UK

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 Requirements Analyst across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles 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 Requirements Analyst across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Requirements Analyst across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Requirements Analyst across the England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Analyst within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+51	24	£464	+37.61 %
Yorkshire	+27	13	£350	-
South East	+51	9	£329	-
South West	+18	6	£475	-
West Midlands	-	3	-	-
East of England	+16	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Requirements Analyst in their job title 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 with Requirements Analyst in their job title.

1 38 (47.50 %) Security Cleared 2 37 (46.25 %) Government 3 35 (43.75 %) SC Cleared 4 18 (22.50 %) RequisitePro 5 17 (21.25 %) ClearQuest 6 15 (18.75 %) Change Management 6 15 (18.75 %) UML 6 15 (18.75 %) RUP 7 14 (17.50 %) Unified Process 7 14 (17.50 %) Construction 8 13 (16.25 %) Requirements Analysis 9 11 (13.75 %) QA 10 10 (12.50 %) Requirements Management 11 8 (10.00 %) Health 12 7 (8.750 %) Use Case

13 6 (7.500 %) Finance 13 6 (7.500 %) Business Analysis 13 6 (7.500 %) Systems Analysis 14 5 (6.250 %) Workflow 14 5 (6.250 %) PRINCE2 14 5 (6.250 %) Oracle 14 5 (6.250 %) MS Visio 15 4 (5.000 %) XML 16 3 (3.750 %) C 16 3 (3.750 %) MS Excel 16 3 (3.750 %) Datawarehouse 16 3 (3.750 %) Telecoms 16 3 (3.750 %) Project Management 16 3 (3.750 %) Criminal Justice 16 3 (3.750 %) Police

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Requirements Analyst in their job title 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 with Requirements Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (5.000 %) XML 2 1 (1.250 %) .NET 2 1 (1.250 %) J2EE 2 1 (1.250 %) JSP 2 1 (1.250 %) Servlets 2 1 (1.250 %) Struts 2 1 (1.250 %) Hibernate 2 1 (1.250 %) Java EE	Application Platforms 1 1 (1.250 %) JBoss
Applications 1 5 (6.250 %) MS Visio 2 3 (3.750 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.250 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.250 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (1.250 %) Open Workbench	Communications & Networking 1 2 (2.500 %) Intranet 1 2 (2.500 %) Internet 2 1 (1.250 %) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (3.750 %) Datawarehouse 2 1 (1.250 %) Oracle 9i 2 1 (1.250 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (1.250 %) BusinessObjects 2 1 (1.250 %) GIS	Development Applications 1 18 (22.50 %) RequisitePro 2 17 (21.25 %) ClearQuest 3 1 (1.250 %) ClearCase 3 1 (1.250 %) Rational Rose 3 1 (1.250 %) Telelogic DOORS 3 1 (1.250 %) CaliberRM 3 1 (1.250 %) Carbide.c++
General 1 37 (46.25 %) Government 2 14 (17.50 %) Construction 3 8 (10.00 %) Health 4 6 (7.500 %) Finance 5 3 (3.750 %) Telecoms 5 3 (3.750 %) Criminal Justice 5 3 (3.750 %) Police 6 1 (1.250 %) Military 6 1 (1.250 %) Banking 6 1 (1.250 %) Billing 6 1 (1.250 %) Publishing 6 1 (1.250 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (1.250 %) Insurance	Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.500 %) NHS 2 1 (1.250 %) CESG 2 1 (1.250 %) CESG CLAS 2 1 (1.250 %) NPfIT 2 1 (1.250 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 2 (2.500 %) Windows Server 2003 1 2 (2.500 %) Windows 2 1 (1.250 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 38 (47.50 %) Security Cleared 2 35 (43.75 %) SC Cleared 3 15 (18.75 %) Change Management 3 15 (18.75 %) UML 3 15 (18.75 %) RUP 4 14 (17.50 %) Unified Process 5 13 (16.25 %) Requirements Analysis 6 10 (12.50 %) Requirements Management 7 7 (8.750 %) Use Case 8 6 (7.500 %) Business Analysis 8 6 (7.500 %) Systems Analysis 9 5 (6.250 %) Workflow 9 5 (6.250 %) PRINCE2 10 3 (3.750 %) Project Management 11 2 (2.500 %) Document Management 11 2 (2.500 %) Performance Management 11 2 (2.500 %) MODAF 11 2 (2.500 %) Enterprise Architecture 11 2 (2.500 %) ITIL 12 1 (1.250 %) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages 1 3 (3.750 %) C 2 2 (2.500 %) Java 2 2 (2.500 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 1 (1.250 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (13.75 %) QA 2 1 (1.250 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (1.250 %) AquaLogic
Vendors 1 5 (6.250 %) Oracle 2 1 (1.250 %) Business Objects 2 1 (1.250 %) Symbian 2 1 (1.250 %) Microsoft 2 1 (1.250 %) Citrix 2 1 (1.250 %) Telelogic