The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case 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 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 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 177 150 184
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +34
Contract jobs citing Use Case 468 679 593
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 1.126% 1.273% 1.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.576% 1.861% 1.552%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 427 341
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £320 £291
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £400 £400
% change year-on-year
-7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 20 19
Average hourly rate £33.00 £30.75 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.31% -3.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.10 £27.62 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £42.90 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £31.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+4.76% +5.00%
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%
Use Case
UK

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

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 England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 England region.

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 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 -2 276 £450 -5.26%
South East -33 101 £388 -3.12%
East of England -8 28 £425 +13.33%
Yorkshire +4 18 £363 -15.94%
North West -9 17 £315 -11.88%
West Midlands +9 12 £305 -10.29%
East Midlands -4 8 £425 +3.03%
South West -20 7 - -
South Coast - 2 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Use Case
UK

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 320 (36.04%) UML
2 304 (34.23%) Business Analysis
3 242 (27.25%) Finance
4 178 (20.05%) Banking
5 151 (17.00%) SQL
6 134 (15.09%) User Stories
7 133 (14.98%) Data Modelling
8 131 (14.75%) Agile Software Development
9 106 (11.94%) XML
10 104 (11.71%) Scrum
11 103 (11.60%) Degree
12 98 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
12 98 (11.04%) Project Management
13 97 (10.92%) User Acceptance Testing
14 93 (10.47%) Management Information System
15 92 (10.36%) Investment Banking
16 89 (10.02%) E-Commerce
17 83 (9.347%) Retail
18 82 (9.234%) Test Scripting
19 79 (8.896%) Workflow
20 78 (8.784%) Java
21 69 (7.770%) MS Visio
22 68 (7.658%) Data Warehouse
23 66 (7.432%) Front Office
23 66 (7.432%) Telecoms
24 60 (6.757%) PRINCE2
24 60 (6.757%) Microsoft
25 57 (6.419%) ISEB
26 55 (6.194%) RUP
27 54 (6.081%) ITIL

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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
1 106 (11.94%) XML
2 52 (5.856%) HTML
3 50 (5.631%) .NET
4 33 (3.716%) Web Services
5 30 (3.378%) EJB
6 25 (2.815%) Dojo
7 23 (2.590%) CSS
8 22 (2.477%) J2EE
8 22 (2.477%) REST
9 19 (2.140%) WCF
9 19 (2.140%) SOAP
10 18 (2.027%) Ajax
11 17 (1.914%) WebSphere
11 17 (1.914%) ASP.NET
12 14 (1.577%) JMS
12 14 (1.577%) .NET Framework
13 13 (1.464%) WSDL
13 13 (1.464%) XSLT
14 12 (1.351%) JSON
15 11 (1.239%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 20 (2.252%) FileNet
2 16 (1.802%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.577%) CMS
4 10 (1.126%) ESB
5 8 (0.901%) BizTalk Server
6 5 (0.563%) Oracle Coherence
6 5 (0.563%) Apache
6 5 (0.563%) MSMQ
6 5 (0.563%) IIS
7 4 (0.450%) TeamSite
7 4 (0.450%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.450%) WorkSite
7 4 (0.450%) Windows Azure
8 3 (0.338%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (0.338%) Documentum
8 3 (0.338%) MS Exchange
8 3 (0.338%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.225%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.225%) Lotus Notes
9 2 (0.225%) Tomcat
Applications
1 69 (7.770%) MS Visio
2 41 (4.617%) MS Excel
3 25 (2.815%) MS Office
4 24 (2.703%) MS PowerPoint
5 20 (2.252%) MS Project
6 4 (0.450%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.338%) OmniGraffle
7 3 (0.338%) Office 365
7 3 (0.338%) Fireworks
8 1 (0.113%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.113%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 6 (0.676%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.676%) Algo Collateral
2 4 (0.450%) VisionPLUS
2 4 (0.450%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.450%) Adaptiv
3 3 (0.338%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.338%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 3 (0.338%) Summit
3 3 (0.338%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.225%) Optimost
4 2 (0.225%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.113%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.113%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.113%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.113%) SAP LE
5 1 (0.113%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.113%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.113%) BASE24
5 1 (0.113%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.113%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.590%) BSS
2 18 (2.027%) Intranet
3 16 (1.802%) HTTP
4 15 (1.689%) Internet
5 9 (1.014%) 3G
6 8 (0.901%) CTI
7 7 (0.788%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (0.676%) ATM
8 6 (0.676%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.450%) SNMP
9 4 (0.450%) LAN
9 4 (0.450%) WAN
9 4 (0.450%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.338%) DNS
10 3 (0.338%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.338%) Firewall
11 2 (0.225%) RFID
11 2 (0.225%) LDAP
11 2 (0.225%) DHCP
11 2 (0.225%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (7.658%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (2.252%) Oracle BI EE
3 19 (2.140%) RDBMS
4 18 (2.027%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.126%) TOAD
5 10 (1.126%) DB2
6 8 (0.901%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (0.901%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (0.901%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (0.676%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.676%) QlikView
8 5 (0.563%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.563%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.563%) SQL Server 2000
8 5 (0.563%) GIS
9 4 (0.450%) Ingres
9 4 (0.450%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.450%) Oracle 11g
10 3 (0.338%) IDOL
10 3 (0.338%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 27 (3.041%) Rational Rose
2 19 (2.140%) JIRA
3 16 (1.802%) NUnit
4 15 (1.689%) ClearCase
5 12 (1.351%) Axure RP
6 10 (1.126%) Selenium
7 8 (0.901%) Subversion
8 7 (0.788%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.676%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.676%) Ant
9 6 (0.676%) Balsamiq Mockups
9 6 (0.676%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.676%) Rhino Mocks
10 5 (0.563%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (0.563%) ClearQuest
11 4 (0.450%) JUnit
11 4 (0.450%) Telelogic TAU
11 4 (0.450%) CruiseControl
11 4 (0.450%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.450%) GoogleTest
General
1 242 (27.25%) Finance
2 178 (20.05%) Banking
3 92 (10.36%) Investment Banking
4 83 (9.347%) Retail
5 66 (7.432%) Front Office
5 66 (7.432%) Telecoms
6 38 (4.279%) Legal
7 33 (3.716%) Marketing
8 27 (3.041%) Back Office
9 19 (2.140%) Law
10 17 (1.914%) Retail Banking
11 15 (1.689%) Publishing
12 14 (1.577%) Automotive
13 12 (1.351%) Billing
14 9 (1.014%) Advertising
15 8 (0.901%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.788%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.676%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.676%) Wholesale Banking
18 4 (0.450%) Games
Job Titles
1 645 (72.64%) Analyst
2 569 (64.08%) Business Analyst
3 72 (8.108%) Developer
4 44 (4.955%) Agile Business Analyst
4 44 (4.955%) Architect
5 43 (4.842%) Technical Analyst
6 41 (4.617%) Systems Analyst
7 40 (4.505%) Technical Business Analyst
8 36 (4.054%) Business Systems Analyst
9 35 (3.941%) Data Analyst
9 35 (3.941%) Data Modeller
10 32 (3.604%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
11 31 (3.491%) Project Manager
12 30 (3.378%) Banking Business Analyst
13 29 (3.266%) Consultant
14 27 (3.041%) Senior Analyst
14 27 (3.041%) Payments Business Analyst
15 26 (2.928%) Test Analyst
16 24 (2.703%) Senior Business Analyst
17 20 (2.252%) UML Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 93 (10.47%) Management Information System
2 37 (4.167%) Credit Risk
3 35 (3.941%) Derivative
4 24 (2.703%) Market Risk
4 24 (2.703%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 22 (2.477%) Reference Data
6 16 (1.802%) Computer Science
7 15 (1.689%) Mobile App
7 15 (1.689%) Fixed Income
8 14 (1.577%) Equities
9 12 (1.351%) SWIFT
10 10 (1.126%) SaaS
11 8 (0.901%) CMDB
11 8 (0.901%) Mathematics
11 8 (0.901%) Physics
11 8 (0.901%) FMCG
12 7 (0.788%) Open Source
12 7 (0.788%) Digital Media
12 7 (0.788%) NHS
13 5 (0.563%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.829%) Windows
2 19 (2.140%) Linux
3 17 (1.914%) UNIX
4 6 (0.676%) Android
4 6 (0.676%) Windows 7
5 4 (0.450%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.450%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.338%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.338%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.225%) Solaris
7 2 (0.225%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.225%) VMS
8 1 (0.113%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (36.04%) UML
2 304 (34.23%) Business Analysis
3 134 (15.09%) User Stories
4 133 (14.98%) Data Modelling
5 131 (14.75%) Agile Software Development
6 104 (11.71%) Scrum
7 98 (11.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 98 (11.04%) Project Management
8 97 (10.92%) User Acceptance Testing
9 89 (10.02%) E-Commerce
10 82 (9.234%) Test Scripting
11 79 (8.896%) Workflow
12 60 (6.757%) PRINCE2
13 55 (6.194%) RUP
14 54 (6.081%) ITIL
15 51 (5.743%) Data Analysis
15 51 (5.743%) Waterfall
16 50 (5.631%) Migration
17 45 (5.068%) Systems Analysis
18 37 (4.167%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 151 (17.00%) SQL
2 78 (8.784%) Java
3 43 (4.842%) C#
4 41 (4.617%) JavaScript
5 25 (2.815%) C
6 21 (2.365%) C++
7 12 (1.351%) Python
8 7 (0.788%) VB6
8 7 (0.788%) Perl
8 7 (0.788%) VB
9 5 (0.563%) VBA
9 5 (0.563%) PHP
9 5 (0.563%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.450%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.450%) VBScript
11 3 (0.338%) XPath
12 2 (0.225%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.225%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.113%) ActionScript 3.0
13 1 (0.113%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 103 (11.60%) Degree
2 57 (6.419%) ISEB
3 30 (3.378%) Security Cleared
4 19 (2.140%) SC Cleared
5 11 (1.239%) PMI Certification
6 10 (1.126%) PMP
7 9 (1.014%) CBAP
7 9 (1.014%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 8 (0.901%) ISTQB
9 6 (0.676%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.338%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.225%) CCA
11 2 (0.225%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.225%) CCEA
11 2 (0.225%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.225%) MCP
11 2 (0.225%) HND
11 2 (0.225%) MCSE
11 2 (0.225%) MBA
11 2 (0.225%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.815%) QA
2 5 (0.563%) FATCA
2 5 (0.563%) MiFID
3 4 (0.450%) SLA
4 3 (0.338%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.225%) Basel II
6 1 (0.113%) Solvency II
6 1 (0.113%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.113%) GxP
System Software
1 6 (0.676%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.563%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.338%) Snort
4 2 (0.225%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.225%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.113%) XenApp
5 1 (0.113%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 45 (5.068%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (0.901%) Tivoli
2 8 (0.901%) SCOM
3 7 (0.788%) Unicenter
3 7 (0.788%) MOM
3 7 (0.788%) Netcool
3 7 (0.788%) BMC PATROL
4 4 (0.450%) SCCM
5 1 (0.113%) Oracle Identity Manager
5 1 (0.113%) OpenView
Vendors
1 60 (6.757%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.081%) Oracle
3 45 (5.068%) IBM
4 29 (3.266%) HP
5 16 (1.802%) Pega
6 13 (1.464%) Siebel
6 13 (1.464%) Business Objects
7 12 (1.351%) Cognos
7 12 (1.351%) TIBCO
8 11 (1.239%) ATG
9 9 (1.014%) Software AG
10 8 (0.901%) Bloomberg
10 8 (0.901%) BMC
10 8 (0.901%) SAP
10 8 (0.901%) Curam
11 7 (0.788%) Google
11 7 (0.788%) Citrix
11 7 (0.788%) Adobe
12 6 (0.676%) Salesforce.com
12 6 (0.676%) Calypso
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