The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 22 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 Hertfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GAP Analysis
Rank 60 69 61
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -8
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 4 6 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.614% 0.614% 0.351%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.862% 0.933% 0.568%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 2
Average daily rate £388 £250 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+55.00% -36.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £400 £366
% change year-on-year
-2.81% +9.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £30.00
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
464 643 528
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.27% 65.81% 61.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 290 228
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 56 76
Average hourly rate £21.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.29% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £12.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
GAP Analysis
East of England

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire GAP Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire GAP Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
GAP Analysis
East of England

GAP Analysis
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 3 (75.00%) MS Office
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) OLAP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (25.00%) MDX
2 1 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Cognos
2 1 (25.00%) Cognos Powerplay
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) IBM

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) MDX
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) OLAP
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) Cognos Powerplay
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Cognos Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (25.00%) Kimball Methodology
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cognos
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
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