Gloucestershire GAP Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills within the Gloucestershire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Hitchin Home Counties Kent Kingston Upon Thames Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Luton Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Poole Reading Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	52	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.257 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£412	£398
% change on same period last year	+3.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.63	£30.50
% change on same period last year	-32.37 %
Processes & Methodologies Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads	389	375
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.519 %	0.379 %
Daily rates quoted	136	127
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£381
Average daily rate	£378	£396
% change on same period last year	-4.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£411
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	37	48
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.04	£29.04
Average hourly rate	£31.53	£29.74
% change on same period last year	+6.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.01	£30.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
GAP Analysis South West

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 GAP Analysis across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies 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 GAP Analysis across the Gloucestershire region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Gloucestershire 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 GAP Analysis within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Cheltenham	-	1	-	-

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing GAP 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 GAP Analysis.

1 2 (66.67 %) CA Clarity 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Migration 1 2 (66.67 %) Requirements Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Retail Banking 1 2 (66.67 %) UML 1 2 (66.67 %) SSADM 1 2 (66.67 %) DSDM 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Modelling 1 2 (66.67 %) Finance 1 2 (66.67 %) Migration 1 2 (66.67 %) Banking 1 2 (66.67 %) Retail 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Business Analysis 2 1 (33.33 %) Pensions

2 1 (33.33 %) Marketing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing GAP 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 GAP Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 2 (66.67 %) CA Clarity	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Finance 1 2 (66.67 %) Banking 1 2 (66.67 %) Retail 1 2 (66.67 %) Retail Banking 2 1 (33.33 %) Marketing 2 1 (33.33 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Analyst 2 2 (66.67 %) Business Analyst 2 2 (66.67 %) Banking Business Analyst 3 1 (33.33 %) Process Analyst	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (66.67 %) UML 1 2 (66.67 %) SSADM 1 2 (66.67 %) DSDM 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Modelling 1 2 (66.67 %) Migration 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Business Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Requirements Analysis 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Migration