England Use Case Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Use Cases skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Use Case over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Use Cases
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Coventry Crewe Devon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucestershire Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Livingston London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport Norfolk North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Poole Reading Rickmansworth Rotherham Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Sussex Swindon UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	221	218
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	468	649
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.624 %	0.647 %
As % of the category below	1.219 %	1.375 %
Daily rates quoted	217	260
Average minimum daily rate	£395	£372
Average daily rate	£425	£391
% change on same period last year	+8.51 %
Average maximum daily rate	£455	£410
UK excluding London average daily rate	£382	£368
% change on same period last year	+3.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	34
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.73	£29.44
Average hourly rate	£34.13	£30.54
% change on same period last year	+11.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.53	£31.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.13	£30.54
% change on same period last year	+11.74 %
Processes & Methodologies England
Matching contract IT job ads	38387	47195
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	51.16 %	47.08 %
Daily rates quoted	14367	16004
Average minimum daily rate	£389	£390
Average daily rate	£417	£415
% change on same period last year	+0.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£445	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	2318	3059
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.07	£28.51
Average hourly rate	£29.91	£30.38
% change on same period last year	-1.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.74	£32.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Use Case 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.

Use Case
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Use Case across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend

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

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Use Case across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Use Case
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Use Case across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Use Case
Contract Locations

This section 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 29 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	+39	271	£441	+7.66 %
South East	+13	64	£380	+5.44 %
Yorkshire	+25	35	£354	-8.54 %
South West	-10	29	£412	-0.56 %
East of England	-38	20	£418	+17.63 %
West Midlands	-12	16	£256	-11.08 %
North West	+13	15	£385	-14.44 %
East Midlands	+5	10	£450	-2.70 %
Midlands	+10	5	£294	-
South Coast	-	1	£500	-

Use Case UK

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

1 440 (46.07 %) UML 2 245 (25.65 %) Finance 3 194 (20.31 %) Business Analysis 4 193 (20.21 %) RUP 5 146 (15.29 %) Data Modelling 6 130 (13.61 %) Banking 7 124 (12.98 %) Java 8 106 (11.10 %) OO 9 98 (10.26 %) SQL 9 98 (10.26 %) Unified Process 10 97 (10.16 %) Systems Analysis 10 97 (10.16 %) Oracle 11 96 (10.05 %) XML 12 95 (9.948 %) RequisitePro 13 88 (9.215 %) Rational Rose

14 80 (8.377 %) PRINCE2 15 74 (7.749 %) Project Management 16 66 (6.911 %) .NET 17 65 (6.806 %) Investment Banking 18 59 (6.178 %) J2EE 19 58 (6.073 %) IBM 20 54 (5.654 %) MS Visio 20 54 (5.654 %) Workflow 21 53 (5.550 %) Insurance 22 50 (5.236 %) E-Commerce 23 49 (5.131 %) Retail 23 49 (5.131 %) QA 24 48 (5.026 %) MS Project 24 48 (5.026 %) Government 24 48 (5.026 %) GAP Analysis

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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 96 (10.05 %) XML 2 66 (6.911 %) .NET 3 59 (6.178 %) J2EE 4 37 (3.874 %) Hibernate 5 34 (3.560 %) SOAP 6 30 (3.141 %) XSL 7 25 (2.618 %) WebServices 7 25 (2.618 %) WebSphere 8 23 (2.408 %) HTML 9 22 (2.304 %) JavaBeans 10 17 (1.780 %) XML Schema 11 15 (1.571 %) Struts 12 14 (1.466 %) JSP 12 14 (1.466 %) ASP.NET 13 13 (1.361 %) CSS 13 13 (1.361 %) Spring 14 12 (1.257 %) AJAX 14 12 (1.257 %) XSLT 15 10 (1.047 %) JSF 16 8 (0.838 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 31 (3.246 %) CMS 2 22 (2.304 %) Oracle Application Server 2 22 (2.304 %) Oracle 10gAS 3 17 (1.780 %) SharePoint 4 8 (0.838 %) Apache 5 6 (0.628 %) WebLogic 5 6 (0.628 %) CICS 6 5 (0.524 %) IIS 6 5 (0.524 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 5 (0.524 %) BizTalk Server 7 4 (0.419 %) JBoss 7 4 (0.419 %) Tomcat 7 4 (0.419 %) Documentum 8 3 (0.314 %) NetWeaver 8 3 (0.314 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 3 (0.314 %) ESB 9 1 (0.105 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 54 (5.654 %) MS Visio 2 48 (5.026 %) MS Project 3 42 (4.398 %) MS Office 4 21 (2.199 %) MS Excel 5 12 (1.257 %) CA Clarity 6 9 (0.942 %) MS PowerPoint 7 4 (0.419 %) InfoPath 8 2 (0.209 %) Photoshop 9 1 (0.105 %) Fireworks 9 1 (0.105 %) Adobe Illustrator	Business Applications 1 4 (0.419 %) ADP Wilco Gloss 1 4 (0.419 %) Algo Collateral 2 2 (0.209 %) Oracle Financial Analyzer 2 2 (0.209 %) Oracle Financials 3 1 (0.105 %) VisionPLUS 3 1 (0.105 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 42 (4.398 %) Internet 2 7 (0.733 %) Broadband 3 6 (0.628 %) Intranet 4 5 (0.524 %) GSM 4 5 (0.524 %) BSS 5 4 (0.419 %) TCP/IP 5 4 (0.419 %) Wireless 5 4 (0.419 %) Extranet 6 3 (0.314 %) LDAP 6 3 (0.314 %) ATM 7 2 (0.209 %) CDMA 7 2 (0.209 %) GPRS 7 2 (0.209 %) VoIP 7 2 (0.209 %) WLAN 7 2 (0.209 %) 3G 7 2 (0.209 %) Wi-Fi 7 2 (0.209 %) UPnP 8 1 (0.105 %) Parlay 8 1 (0.105 %) Ethernet 8 1 (0.105 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 25 (2.618 %) SQL Server 2 24 (2.513 %) Oracle 10g 3 23 (2.408 %) RDBMS 4 14 (1.466 %) ETL 4 14 (1.466 %) Datawarehouse 5 13 (1.361 %) Reference Data 6 12 (1.257 %) SQL Server 2005 7 9 (0.942 %) BusinessObjects 8 7 (0.733 %) SQL Server 2000 9 6 (0.628 %) EDRMS 9 6 (0.628 %) Oracle 9i 10 5 (0.524 %) DB2 11 3 (0.314 %) DTS 11 3 (0.314 %) PowerCenter 12 2 (0.209 %) OLAP 12 2 (0.209 %) GIS 12 2 (0.209 %) IDOL 13 1 (0.105 %) MOLAP 13 1 (0.105 %) OLTP 13 1 (0.105 %) ROLAP
Development Applications 1 95 (9.948 %) RequisitePro 2 88 (9.215 %) Rational Rose 3 30 (3.141 %) JUnit 4 27 (2.827 %) ClearCase 5 22 (2.304 %) ClearQuest 6 12 (1.257 %) ARTiSAN 7 8 (0.838 %) Eclipse 8 7 (0.733 %) TestDirector 8 7 (0.733 %) Visual Studio 9 5 (0.524 %) Rational Robot 10 4 (0.419 %) Ant 10 4 (0.419 %) HttpUnit 11 3 (0.314 %) ERwin 11 3 (0.314 %) PVCS 11 3 (0.314 %) Subversion 11 3 (0.314 %) TestPartner 12 2 (0.209 %) WinRunner 13 1 (0.105 %) QuickTest Pro 13 1 (0.105 %) SilkPerformer 13 1 (0.105 %) StarTeam	General 1 245 (25.65 %) Finance 2 130 (13.61 %) Banking 3 65 (6.806 %) Investment Banking 4 53 (5.550 %) Insurance 5 49 (5.131 %) Retail 6 48 (5.026 %) Government 7 24 (2.513 %) Telecoms 8 23 (2.408 %) Back Office 9 22 (2.304 %) Front Office 9 22 (2.304 %) Pensions 10 21 (2.199 %) Financial Institution 11 20 (2.094 %) Publishing 12 17 (1.780 %) Marketing 13 14 (1.466 %) Avionics 14 13 (1.361 %) Billing 14 13 (1.361 %) Retail Banking 15 11 (1.152 %) Construction 16 10 (1.047 %) Health 16 10 (1.047 %) Automotive 17 9 (0.942 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 730 (76.44 %) Analyst 2 594 (62.20 %) Business Analyst 3 177 (18.53 %) Systems Analyst 4 77 (8.063 %) Business Systems Analyst 5 62 (6.492 %) Developer 6 53 (5.550 %) Senior Analyst 7 50 (5.236 %) Architect 8 48 (5.026 %) Project Manager 9 47 (4.921 %) Senior Business Analyst 9 47 (4.921 %) UML Business Analyst 10 41 (4.293 %) Banking Business Analyst 11 27 (2.827 %) Java Developer 11 27 (2.827 %) Investment Banking Business Analyst 12 23 (2.408 %) Technical Analyst 13 22 (2.304 %) Software Engineer 13 22 (2.304 %) Test Analyst 13 22 (2.304 %) Technical Business Analyst 14 19 (1.990 %) Insurance Business Analyst 15 17 (1.780 %) Test Engineer 16 15 (1.571 %) Tester	Miscellaneous 1 36 (3.770 %) Fixed Income 2 33 (3.455 %) Derivative 3 27 (2.827 %) Equities 4 12 (1.257 %) Management Information System 5 8 (0.838 %) NHS 6 7 (0.733 %) STB 6 7 (0.733 %) Statistics 6 7 (0.733 %) Data Integration 7 6 (0.628 %) Freedom of Information 7 6 (0.628 %) Data Protection Act 7 6 (0.628 %) Freedom of Information Act 7 6 (0.628 %) Mathematics 7 6 (0.628 %) iDTV 8 5 (0.524 %) N-Tier 9 4 (0.419 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 9 4 (0.419 %) LIMS 9 4 (0.419 %) E-Learning 9 4 (0.419 %) SCORM 9 4 (0.419 %) Handset 9 4 (0.419 %) Credit Risk
Operating Systems 1 25 (2.618 %) UNIX 2 11 (1.152 %) Windows 2 11 (1.152 %) Linux 3 3 (0.314 %) Windows NT 4 2 (0.209 %) Windows XP 4 2 (0.209 %) Windows Server 2003 4 2 (0.209 %) Windows Vista 4 2 (0.209 %) Windows Server 2008 5 1 (0.105 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 1 (0.105 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 440 (46.07 %) UML 2 194 (20.31 %) Business Analysis 3 193 (20.21 %) RUP 4 146 (15.29 %) Data Modelling 5 106 (11.10 %) OO 6 98 (10.26 %) Unified Process 7 97 (10.16 %) Systems Analysis 8 80 (8.377 %) PRINCE2 9 74 (7.749 %) Project Management 10 54 (5.654 %) Workflow 11 50 (5.236 %) E-Commerce 12 48 (5.026 %) GAP Analysis 13 47 (4.921 %) OOA/OOD 14 45 (4.712 %) Test Scripting 15 44 (4.607 %) Scrum 16 42 (4.398 %) Content Management 17 40 (4.188 %) User Acceptance Testing 18 38 (3.979 %) Stakeholder Management 19 36 (3.770 %) Requirements Analysis 20 35 (3.665 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 124 (12.98 %) Java 2 98 (10.26 %) SQL 3 43 (4.503 %) C# 4 25 (2.618 %) PL/SQL 5 17 (1.780 %) JavaScript 6 14 (1.466 %) C++ 7 12 (1.257 %) Ada 8 9 (0.942 %) C 9 7 (0.733 %) VB 10 6 (0.628 %) VB.NET 10 6 (0.628 %) VBScript 11 5 (0.524 %) COBOL 12 3 (0.314 %) DHTML 12 3 (0.314 %) Python 13 2 (0.209 %) XQuery 13 2 (0.209 %) VB6 13 2 (0.209 %) PHP 13 2 (0.209 %) Transact-SQL 13 2 (0.209 %) ABAP 14 1 (0.105 %) Embedded C	Qualifications 1 34 (3.560 %) Degree 2 10 (1.047 %) ISEB 2 10 (1.047 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 3 (0.314 %) CITP 4 2 (0.209 %) Sun Certification 5 1 (0.105 %) SCJD 5 1 (0.105 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 49 (5.131 %) QA 2 4 (0.419 %) PCI DSS 3 3 (0.314 %) TickIT 4 2 (0.209 %) Basel II 4 2 (0.209 %) WAI 5 1 (0.105 %) ISO9000 5 1 (0.105 %) WCAG 5 1 (0.105 %) HIPAA 5 1 (0.105 %) SNOMED CT 5 1 (0.105 %) HL7	System Software 1 5 (0.524 %) AquaLogic 2 2 (0.209 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 2 (0.209 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.105 %) Legato	Vendors 1 97 (10.16 %) Oracle 2 58 (6.073 %) IBM 3 30 (3.141 %) Microsoft 4 17 (1.780 %) Altova 5 12 (1.257 %) SAP 6 11 (1.152 %) Green Hills 7 9 (0.942 %) Business Objects 8 8 (0.838 %) Telelogic 9 5 (0.524 %) Fundtech 9 5 (0.524 %) Primavera 9 5 (0.524 %) Chordiant 9 5 (0.524 %) Informatica 9 5 (0.524 %) Tridion 10 4 (0.419 %) BEA 10 4 (0.419 %) Google 11 3 (0.314 %) Trolltech 11 3 (0.314 %) salesforce.com 11 3 (0.314 %) TIBCO 11 3 (0.314 %) HP 12 2 (0.209 %) CA