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This section looks at the demand for Use Cases skills within the Leeds 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUse Cases
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6472
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads141
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.823 %0.159 %
Daily rates quoted61
Average minimum daily rate£408£300
Average daily rate£416£300
% change on same period last year+38.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£389£369
% change on same period last year+5.41 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.49£30.07
% change on same period last year+18.01 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads768628
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.013 %0.625 %
Daily rates quoted233118
Average minimum daily rate£334£355
Average daily rate£359£382
% change on same period last year-6.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£409
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted1542
Average minimum hourly rate£23.24£26.49
Average hourly rate£25.76£27.76
% change on same period last year-7.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.28£29.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.30£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.42 %
Use Case West YorkshireUse Case
West Yorkshire

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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds Use Case Demand Trend

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 Leeds region.

Leeds Use Case Daily Rate Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Use Case across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Leeds Use Case Daily Rate Histogram

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

114 (58.33 %)UML
211 (45.83 %)Finance
38 (33.33 %)Business Analysis
47 (29.17 %)Workflow
56 (25.00 %)Data Protection Act
56 (25.00 %)Freedom of Information Act
56 (25.00 %)Data Protection
56 (25.00 %)Freedom of Information
56 (25.00 %)Systems Analysis
56 (25.00 %)SharePoint
56 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
56 (25.00 %)Microsoft
56 (25.00 %)EDRMS
56 (25.00 %)GAP Analysis
65 (20.83 %).NET
65 (20.83 %)Data Modelling
74 (16.67 %)Oracle
74 (16.67 %)SQL Server
74 (16.67 %)Construction
74 (16.67 %)Migration
74 (16.67 %)Data Migration
83 (12.50 %)CITP
83 (12.50 %)SQL
83 (12.50 %)NHS
92 (8.333 %)PRINCE2 Certification
92 (8.333 %)Workflow Management
92 (8.333 %)Health
101 (4.167 %)Validation
101 (4.167 %)Stakeholder Management
101 (4.167 %)Scrum

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (20.83 %).NET
21 (4.167 %)XML
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (25.00 %)SharePoint
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.167 %)MS Office
11 (4.167 %)MS Visio
11 (4.167 %)MS Excel
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.167 %)LDAP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (25.00 %)EDRMS
24 (16.67 %)SQL Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.167 %)Rational Rose
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (45.83 %)Finance
24 (16.67 %)Construction
32 (8.333 %)Health
41 (4.167 %)Insurance
41 (4.167 %)Banking
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (83.33 %)Analyst
214 (58.33 %)Business Analyst
36 (25.00 %)Systems Analyst
43 (12.50 %)Senior Analyst
43 (12.50 %)Senior Business Analyst
52 (8.333 %)Business Systems Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Insurance Business Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Requirements Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Consultant
61 (4.167 %)Management Consultant
61 (4.167 %)Test Manager
61 (4.167 %)Test Analyst
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (25.00 %)Data Protection Act
16 (25.00 %)Freedom of Information Act
16 (25.00 %)Freedom of Information
23 (12.50 %)NHS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (58.33 %)UML
28 (33.33 %)Business Analysis
37 (29.17 %)Workflow
46 (25.00 %)Data Protection
46 (25.00 %)Systems Analysis
46 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
46 (25.00 %)GAP Analysis
55 (20.83 %)Data Modelling
64 (16.67 %)Migration
64 (16.67 %)Data Migration
72 (8.333 %)Workflow Management
81 (4.167 %)Validation
81 (4.167 %)Stakeholder Management
81 (4.167 %)Scrum
81 (4.167 %)Extreme Programming
81 (4.167 %)Risk Assessment
81 (4.167 %)Agile Software Development
81 (4.167 %)TDD
81 (4.167 %)Document Management
81 (4.167 %)Software Testing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (12.50 %)SQL
21 (4.167 %)C#
21 (4.167 %)Java
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (12.50 %)CITP
22 (8.333 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (4.167 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
31 (4.167 %)Degree
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.167 %)QA
11 (4.167 %)SNOMED CT
11 (4.167 %)HL7
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (25.00 %)Microsoft
24 (16.67 %)Oracle
31 (4.167 %)Sun