The first table below looks at the demand for Business Transformation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Transformation over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Halifax 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Transformation
Rank 15 25 21
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -4
Contract jobs citing Business Transformation 7 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 4.375% 2.752% 1.869%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.481% 3.352% 2.410%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 1
Average daily rate £330 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% -23.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £431
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.90 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+23.27% -21.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
108 179 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 67.50% 82.11% 77.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 155 57
Average daily rate £380 £380 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £7.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Business Transformation
West Yorkshire

Business Transformation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax Business Transformation Jobs Demand Trend

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Transformation across the Halifax region.

Halifax Business Transformation Daily Rate Trend

Business Transformation
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Business Transformation 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 Business Transformation.

1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Banking
3 7 (58.33%) Retail
4 4 (33.33%) Retail Banking
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
6 2 (16.67%) Migration
7 1 (8.333%) SQL
7 1 (8.333%) VBA
7 1 (8.333%) MS Office
7 1 (8.333%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (8.333%) HP Quality Center

Business Transformation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax region citing Business Transformation 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 Business Transformation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
General
1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Banking
3 7 (58.33%) Retail
4 4 (33.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Tester
4 1 (8.333%) Junior
4 1 (8.333%) Test Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Junior Business Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) MI Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (8.333%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
1 1 (8.333%) VBA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) HP Quality Center