The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Requirements Analysis over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Requirements Analysis
Rank 74 66 53
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -13
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 2 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.268% 0.225% 0.639%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.362% 0.312% 0.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £375 £380 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% -7.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £380 £328
% change year-on-year
+0.65% +16.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.75 £37.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+10.13% +13.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 641 425
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 74.09% 72.02% 67.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 377 211
Average daily rate £315 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.69% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £245 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 19
Average hourly rate £34.00 £20.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+65.85% +17.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Requirements Analysis
West Yorkshire

Requirements Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Requirements Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Requirements Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Requirements Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Requirements 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 Requirements Analysis.

1 3 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) SAP PM
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Web Services
3 1 (11.11%) UNIX
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (11.11%) Solaris
3 1 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) UML
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (11.11%) RUP
3 1 (11.11%) DSDM
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) SMTP
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper
3 1 (11.11%) SAN
3 1 (11.11%) NHS
3 1 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
3 1 (11.11%) McAfee

Requirements Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Requirements 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 Requirements Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) SAP PM
2 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
2 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) NAS
2 1 (11.11%) SMTP
2 1 (11.11%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 1 (11.11%) Games
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Test Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP PM Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Forms Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Report Developer
3 1 (11.11%) SAP CS Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Credit Risk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
1 1 (11.11%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Solaris
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 3 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Scrum
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Workflow
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) UML
3 1 (11.11%) RUP
3 1 (11.11%) DSDM
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Management
3 1 (11.11%) Load Balancing
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
3 1 (11.11%) Data Mapping
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Juniper
2 1 (11.11%) McAfee
2 1 (11.11%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle