The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Requirements Management 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 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
Requirements Management
Rank 399 423 404
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -19
Contract jobs citing Requirements Management 114 136 172
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.274% 0.255% 0.306%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.384% 0.373% 0.450%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 58 97
Average daily rate £425 £419 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.49% -16.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £279 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £583 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £363 £425
% change year-on-year
-3.44% -14.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 17
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £25.00 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.90 £36.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.65 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+50.60% -16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29704 36492 38199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.42% 67.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18148 21397 22087
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1197 1399
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.21 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Requirements Management
UK

Requirements Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Requirements Management Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Requirements Management Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Requirements Management Daily Rate Histogram

Requirements Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Requirements Management Hourly Rate Trend

Requirements Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Requirements Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Requirements Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Management within the 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
London +26 48 £450 -4.76%
South East +7 36 £350 +11.28%
South West +22 9 £475 +21.79%
North West +17 9 £335 -40.44%
West Midlands - 8 - -
East of England +16 2 £306 -
Yorkshire -2 2 £375 -
Requirements Management
UK

Requirements Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 97 (43.69%) Finance
2 47 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (21.17%) Business Analysis
3 46 (20.72%) Project Management
4 41 (18.47%) Agile Software Development
5 40 (18.02%) UML
6 38 (17.12%) Banking
7 31 (13.96%) Security Cleared
8 29 (13.06%) Rational DOORS
8 29 (13.06%) Use Case
8 29 (13.06%) Validation
9 28 (12.61%) Retail
10 26 (11.71%) Java
11 24 (10.81%) PRINCE2
12 23 (10.36%) E-Commerce
13 21 (9.459%) RUP
13 21 (9.459%) Risk Management
13 21 (9.459%) DV Cleared
13 21 (9.459%) Time Management
14 20 (9.009%) Change Control
14 20 (9.009%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (9.009%) Scrum
14 20 (9.009%) Document Management
14 20 (9.009%) Investment Banking
14 20 (9.009%) SAP
15 19 (8.559%) Data Management
15 19 (8.559%) User Acceptance Testing
16 18 (8.108%) Change Management
17 17 (7.658%) C
17 17 (7.658%) ISEB

Requirements Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (2.703%) .NET
2 4 (1.802%) WCF
2 4 (1.802%) WF
2 4 (1.802%) AppFabric
2 4 (1.802%) XML
2 4 (1.802%) Spring
3 3 (1.351%) Ajax
3 3 (1.351%) Hibernate
3 3 (1.351%) Struts
3 3 (1.351%) J2EE
3 3 (1.351%) JMS
3 3 (1.351%) Java EE
4 2 (0.901%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.901%) HTML
4 2 (0.901%) CSS
4 2 (0.901%) OpenGL
5 1 (0.450%) DAO
5 1 (0.450%) SAP XI
5 1 (0.450%) ISAPI
5 1 (0.450%) MAPI
Application Platforms
1 12 (5.405%) Tomcat
2 8 (3.604%) Confluence
3 4 (1.802%) Windows Azure
3 4 (1.802%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (1.351%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (0.901%) ESB
6 1 (0.450%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.450%) CICS
6 1 (0.450%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.450%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.450%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.450%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.450%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.450%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 14 (6.306%) Mingle
2 12 (5.405%) MS Office
2 12 (5.405%) MS Visio
3 10 (4.505%) MS Project
4 6 (2.703%) MS Excel
5 3 (1.351%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.901%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.901%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 13 (5.856%) ENOVIA
2 2 (0.901%) SAP PSCD
2 2 (0.901%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.901%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.901%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.450%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.450%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.450%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.450%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.450%) SAP FI-CA
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.703%) Internet
2 5 (2.252%) Intranet
3 3 (1.351%) Wireless
3 3 (1.351%) Firewall
3 3 (1.351%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.901%) VLAN
4 2 (0.901%) Broadband
4 2 (0.901%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.901%) HTTP
4 2 (0.901%) VPN
5 1 (0.450%) SSH
5 1 (0.450%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.450%) SMS
5 1 (0.450%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.351%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.901%) QlikView
3 2 (0.901%) MySQL
3 2 (0.901%) OLTP
3 2 (0.901%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (0.901%) Star Schema
4 1 (0.450%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.450%) OLAP
4 1 (0.450%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.450%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.450%) IBM InfoSphere
4 1 (0.450%) Oracle OLAP
4 1 (0.450%) PerformancePoint
Development Applications
1 29 (13.06%) Rational DOORS
2 15 (6.757%) JIRA
3 14 (6.306%) ClearCase
4 13 (5.856%) Ant
4 13 (5.856%) ClearQuest
5 12 (5.405%) JUnit
6 11 (4.955%) Subversion
6 11 (4.955%) Hudson
6 11 (4.955%) dbdeploy
7 7 (3.153%) Rational Rose
8 5 (2.252%) Maven
9 4 (1.802%) RequisitePro
10 3 (1.351%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.901%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.901%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.901%) CruiseControl
12 1 (0.450%) LabVIEW
12 1 (0.450%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.450%) VSS/SourceSafe
12 1 (0.450%) Eclipse
General
1 97 (43.69%) Finance
2 38 (17.12%) Banking
3 28 (12.61%) Retail
4 20 (9.009%) Investment Banking
5 15 (6.757%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.505%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.252%) Back Office
8 3 (1.351%) Billing
8 3 (1.351%) Publishing
8 3 (1.351%) Military
8 3 (1.351%) Retail Banking
8 3 (1.351%) Marketing
9 2 (0.901%) Legal
9 2 (0.901%) Games
9 2 (0.901%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.901%) Electronics
9 2 (0.901%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.450%) Local Government
10 1 (0.450%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.450%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 109 (49.10%) Analyst
2 106 (47.75%) Business Analyst
3 22 (9.910%) Project Manager
4 13 (5.856%) Build Manager
4 13 (5.856%) Agile Business Analyst
4 13 (5.856%) Requirements Engineer
5 12 (5.405%) Project Support Officer
5 12 (5.405%) Project Officer
6 11 (4.955%) Architect
7 10 (4.505%) Applications Engineer
8 9 (4.054%) Senior Business Analyst
8 9 (4.054%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (4.054%) Deployment Manager
8 9 (4.054%) Systems Analyst
9 8 (3.604%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
9 8 (3.604%) Business Systems Analyst
10 6 (2.703%) Developer
10 6 (2.703%) Junior
10 6 (2.703%) UML Business Analyst
10 6 (2.703%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.856%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 11 (4.955%) Fixed Income
3 10 (4.505%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.054%) Derivative
5 8 (3.604%) Wiki
6 6 (2.703%) Computer Science
7 5 (2.252%) Smart Meter
7 5 (2.252%) IIBA
8 3 (1.351%) NHS
8 3 (1.351%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.901%) Data Integration
9 2 (0.901%) N-Tier
9 2 (0.901%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.901%) Economics
10 1 (0.450%) Handset
10 1 (0.450%) IVR
10 1 (0.450%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.450%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.450%) Mobile Banking
10 1 (0.450%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.757%) Linux
2 14 (6.306%) Windows
3 6 (2.703%) UNIX
4 2 (0.901%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
1 47 (21.17%) Business Analysis
2 46 (20.72%) Project Management
3 41 (18.47%) Agile Software Development
4 40 (18.02%) UML
5 29 (13.06%) Use Case
5 29 (13.06%) Validation
6 24 (10.81%) PRINCE2
7 23 (10.36%) E-Commerce
8 21 (9.459%) RUP
8 21 (9.459%) Risk Management
8 21 (9.459%) Time Management
9 20 (9.009%) Change Control
9 20 (9.009%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (9.009%) Scrum
9 20 (9.009%) Document Management
10 19 (8.559%) Data Management
10 19 (8.559%) User Acceptance Testing
11 18 (8.108%) Change Management
12 16 (7.207%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.71%) Java
2 17 (7.658%) C
3 13 (5.856%) SQL
4 11 (4.955%) Shell Script
4 11 (4.955%) Korn
4 11 (4.955%) Bash shell
5 9 (4.054%) Python
6 7 (3.153%) C++
7 5 (2.252%) C#
8 3 (1.351%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.351%) VB
9 2 (0.901%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.901%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.450%) PHP
10 1 (0.450%) COBOL
10 1 (0.450%) VC++
Qualifications
1 31 (13.96%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.459%) DV Cleared
3 17 (7.658%) ISEB
3 17 (7.658%) Degree
4 12 (5.405%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 8 (3.604%) CBAP
6 7 (3.153%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.901%) CCA
7 2 (0.901%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.450%) CCNP
8 1 (0.450%) CCNA
8 1 (0.450%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.450%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.450%) MCTS
8 1 (0.450%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.450%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.955%) QA
2 2 (0.901%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.450%) TickIT
3 1 (0.450%) SLA
3 1 (0.450%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.450%) COBIT
System Software
1 4 (1.802%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.450%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (4.955%) BladeLogic
2 3 (1.351%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.450%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.450%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (9.009%) SAP
2 16 (7.207%) ATG
3 15 (6.757%) HP
4 14 (6.306%) Perforce
5 12 (5.405%) Microsoft
6 11 (4.955%) IBM
7 9 (4.054%) Oracle
8 6 (2.703%) BMC
9 4 (1.802%) VMware
10 3 (1.351%) Primavera
11 2 (0.901%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.901%) Sybase
11 2 (0.901%) Intel
11 2 (0.901%) CA
11 2 (0.901%) TOWER Software
11 2 (0.901%) BT
12 1 (0.450%) Murex
12 1 (0.450%) EMC
12 1 (0.450%) Informatica
12 1 (0.450%) NetApp
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