The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Use Case over the 3 months to 19 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 London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Use Cases
Rank 153 160 174
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +14
Contract jobs citing Use Case 299 319 370
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.311% 1.200% 1.176%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.752% 1.672% 1.663%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 231 254
Average daily rate £425 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £335 £352
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £418
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -4.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £20.75 - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +13.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17065 19078 22245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.84% 71.75% 70.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11706 12560 14646
Average daily rate £450 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £301
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 324 348
Average hourly rate £26.66 £26.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.53% +4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.97 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £45.00 £53.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Use Case
England

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Use Case Jobs Demand Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Use Case across the London region.

London Use Case Daily Rate Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Use Case across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Use Case Daily Rate Histogram

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Use Case across the London region.

London Use Case Hourly Rate Trend

Use Case
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +3 96 £425 -12.82% 17
Canary Wharf +10 12 £500 +11.11%
Bromley +3 3 £450 +13.20%
Croydon - - - -
Feltham - - - -
Kingston Upon Thames - - - - 1
Twickenham - - - - 2
Hammersmith - - - -
Wimbledon - - - -
Ealing - - - -
Osterley - - - -
Use Case
England

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 197 (37.03%) Business Analysis
2 183 (34.40%) UML
3 161 (30.26%) Banking
4 158 (29.70%) Finance
5 114 (21.43%) SQL
6 108 (20.30%) User Stories
7 106 (19.92%) Agile Software Development
8 85 (15.98%) Investment Banking
9 79 (14.85%) Data Modelling
10 78 (14.66%) User Acceptance Testing
11 70 (13.16%) Degree
12 61 (11.47%) Scrum
13 59 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 57 (10.71%) Front Office
14 57 (10.71%) XML
14 57 (10.71%) Test Scripting
15 52 (9.774%) Management Information System
16 51 (9.586%) Workflow
17 48 (9.023%) Project Management
17 48 (9.023%) MS Visio
18 46 (8.647%) HP Quality Center
19 43 (8.083%) Microsoft
20 42 (7.895%) Waterfall
21 40 (7.519%) Data Analysis
22 37 (6.955%) Derivative
22 37 (6.955%) Data Warehouse
23 35 (6.579%) Migration
24 34 (6.391%) Java
24 34 (6.391%) Retail
25 33 (6.203%) ITIL

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Development
1 57 (10.71%) XML
2 29 (5.451%) .NET
3 23 (4.323%) HTML
4 19 (3.571%) Web Services
5 16 (3.008%) CSS
6 13 (2.444%) ASP.NET
7 12 (2.256%) .NET Framework
8 11 (2.068%) WPF
8 11 (2.068%) Ajax
9 8 (1.504%) WinForms
9 8 (1.504%) JSON
9 8 (1.504%) XSLT
10 7 (1.316%) WebSphere
10 7 (1.316%) jQuery
11 6 (1.128%) WCF
11 6 (1.128%) ASP
11 6 (1.128%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 5 (0.940%) REST
12 5 (0.940%) Middleware
12 5 (0.940%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 12 (2.256%) SharePoint
1 12 (2.256%) CMS
2 6 (1.128%) ESB
2 6 (1.128%) Apache
3 4 (0.752%) WorkSite
3 4 (0.752%) FileNet
4 3 (0.564%) Apache Solr
4 3 (0.564%) TeamSite
4 3 (0.564%) Documentum
5 2 (0.376%) MS Exchange
5 2 (0.376%) IBM Notes
5 2 (0.376%) Lync
5 2 (0.376%) Sitecore CMS
5 2 (0.376%) LiveCycle
5 2 (0.376%) Confluence
5 2 (0.376%) ExpressionEngine
5 2 (0.376%) ElasticSearch
6 1 (0.188%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.188%) Amazon AWS
6 1 (0.188%) Liferay
Applications
1 48 (9.023%) MS Visio
2 29 (5.451%) MS Excel
3 21 (3.947%) MS PowerPoint
4 18 (3.383%) MS Office
5 10 (1.880%) MS Project
6 7 (1.316%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.564%) Office 365
8 2 (0.376%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.376%) OmniGraffle
9 1 (0.188%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.188%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 6 (1.128%) Algo Collateral
2 4 (0.752%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.752%) Adaptiv
3 3 (0.564%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.564%) Summit
4 2 (0.376%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.188%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.188%) Optimost
5 1 (0.188%) Endur
5 1 (0.188%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.188%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.188%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.188%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.188%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.571%) Intranet
2 8 (1.504%) CTI
3 6 (1.128%) Internet
4 4 (0.752%) HTTP
5 2 (0.376%) DHCP
5 2 (0.376%) DNS
5 2 (0.376%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (0.376%) NAS
6 1 (0.188%) 4G
6 1 (0.188%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.188%) 3G
6 1 (0.188%) Firewall
6 1 (0.188%) Wireless
6 1 (0.188%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.188%) LDAP
6 1 (0.188%) PBX
6 1 (0.188%) SMS
6 1 (0.188%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.955%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (3.195%) Oracle BI EE
3 12 (2.256%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.068%) TOAD
5 8 (1.504%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (1.316%) RDBMS
7 6 (1.128%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (1.128%) QlikView
7 6 (1.128%) SQL Server 2008
8 5 (0.940%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.752%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (0.752%) SQL Server 2000
10 3 (0.564%) DB2
10 3 (0.564%) OLAP
10 3 (0.564%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.564%) Star Schema
10 3 (0.564%) Spotfire
10 3 (0.564%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 3 (0.564%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (0.564%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 19 (3.571%) JIRA
2 13 (2.444%) Rational Rose
3 11 (2.068%) ClearCase
4 9 (1.692%) Axure RP
5 7 (1.316%) RequisitePro
6 5 (0.940%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.940%) Rhino Mocks
7 4 (0.752%) NUnit
7 4 (0.752%) JUnit
7 4 (0.752%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.752%) Balsamiq Mockups
8 3 (0.564%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
8 3 (0.564%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.564%) MSBuild
8 3 (0.564%) TestDirector
8 3 (0.564%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.564%) Subversion
9 2 (0.376%) Maven
9 2 (0.376%) ERwin
9 2 (0.376%) Hudson
General
1 161 (30.26%) Banking
2 158 (29.70%) Finance
3 85 (15.98%) Investment Banking
4 57 (10.71%) Front Office
5 34 (6.391%) Retail
6 33 (6.203%) Legal
7 23 (4.323%) Back Office
8 20 (3.759%) Marketing
9 18 (3.383%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.820%) Publishing
11 11 (2.068%) Advertising
11 11 (2.068%) Retail Banking
12 10 (1.880%) Law
13 9 (1.692%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.940%) Wholesale Banking
15 4 (0.752%) Billing
15 4 (0.752%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.564%) Online Betting
17 2 (0.376%) General Ledger
17 2 (0.376%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 412 (77.44%) Analyst
2 355 (66.73%) Business Analyst
3 40 (7.519%) Technical Analyst
4 39 (7.331%) Technical Business Analyst
5 38 (7.143%) Banking Business Analyst
6 34 (6.391%) Agile Business Analyst
7 32 (6.015%) Data Analyst
8 30 (5.639%) Developer
8 30 (5.639%) Systems Analyst
9 29 (5.451%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
10 27 (5.075%) Data Modeller
11 26 (4.887%) Business Systems Analyst
12 25 (4.699%) Payments Business Analyst
13 23 (4.323%) Consultant
14 21 (3.947%) Test Analyst
15 20 (3.759%) Architect
16 19 (3.571%) Senior Analyst
17 18 (3.383%) Project Manager
18 17 (3.195%) Market Risk Analyst
18 17 (3.195%) Market Risk Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 52 (9.774%) Management Information System
2 37 (6.955%) Derivative
3 31 (5.827%) Credit Risk
4 25 (4.699%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 23 (4.323%) Market Risk
6 19 (3.571%) Fixed Income
7 16 (3.008%) Equities
8 15 (2.820%) Computer Science
8 15 (2.820%) Reference Data
9 10 (1.880%) SWIFT
10 9 (1.692%) Digital Media
10 9 (1.692%) Visualisation
10 9 (1.692%) SaaS
10 9 (1.692%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.316%) FMCG
11 7 (1.316%) CMDB
12 6 (1.128%) Economics
13 5 (0.940%) Mathematics
13 5 (0.940%) Social Network
14 4 (0.752%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.759%) Windows
2 9 (1.692%) UNIX
3 8 (1.504%) Linux
4 4 (0.752%) Windows 7
5 3 (0.564%) Android
5 3 (0.564%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (0.564%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.564%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (0.564%) VMS
6 2 (0.376%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (37.03%) Business Analysis
2 183 (34.40%) UML
3 108 (20.30%) User Stories
4 106 (19.92%) Agile Software Development
5 79 (14.85%) Data Modelling
6 78 (14.66%) User Acceptance Testing
7 61 (11.47%) Scrum
8 59 (11.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 57 (10.71%) Test Scripting
10 51 (9.586%) Workflow
11 48 (9.023%) Project Management
12 42 (7.895%) Waterfall
13 40 (7.519%) Data Analysis
14 35 (6.579%) Migration
15 33 (6.203%) ITIL
16 32 (6.015%) RUP
17 31 (5.827%) E-Commerce
18 28 (5.263%) Systems Analysis
18 28 (5.263%) PRINCE2
18 28 (5.263%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 114 (21.43%) SQL
2 34 (6.391%) Java
3 25 (4.699%) C#
4 15 (2.820%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.632%) C++
6 10 (1.880%) C
7 8 (1.504%) Python
8 6 (1.128%) VB6
8 6 (1.128%) VB
9 5 (0.940%) VBA
9 5 (0.940%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.940%) Perl
10 4 (0.752%) PHP
10 4 (0.752%) VBScript
11 3 (0.564%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.376%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.376%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.376%) ActionScript 3.0
12 2 (0.376%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.188%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 70 (13.16%) Degree
2 32 (6.015%) ISEB
3 13 (2.444%) Security Cleared
4 10 (1.880%) PMI Certification
5 9 (1.692%) PMP
6 6 (1.128%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.752%) ISTQB
7 4 (0.752%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.564%) CBAP
8 3 (0.564%) MBA
8 3 (0.564%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.376%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (0.376%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.376%) CFA
9 2 (0.376%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.376%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.376%) CCA
9 2 (0.376%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (0.376%) CCEA
9 2 (0.376%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.759%) QA
2 4 (0.752%) FATCA
3 3 (0.564%) SLA
4 2 (0.376%) MiFID
4 2 (0.376%) Basel II
System Software
1 5 (0.940%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.376%) Terminal Server
2 2 (0.376%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.376%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.188%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 46 (8.647%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (1.504%) Tivoli
3 7 (1.316%) MOM
3 7 (1.316%) Netcool
3 7 (1.316%) BMC PATROL
3 7 (1.316%) Unicenter
3 7 (1.316%) SCOM
4 4 (0.752%) SCCM
5 1 (0.188%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 43 (8.083%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.451%) HP
3 24 (4.511%) Oracle
4 22 (4.135%) IBM
5 13 (2.444%) Siebel
6 10 (1.880%) Google
6 10 (1.880%) Business Objects
7 9 (1.692%) Pega
7 9 (1.692%) Bloomberg
8 8 (1.504%) BMC
8 8 (1.504%) Calypso
9 7 (1.316%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.316%) Salesforce.com
9 7 (1.316%) Adobe
9 7 (1.316%) Sybase
10 5 (0.940%) TIBCO
10 5 (0.940%) Open Text
10 5 (0.940%) Software AG
10 5 (0.940%) Citrix
10 5 (0.940%) Cognos
London
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Experis IT
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
The right candidate must be able to demonstrate the following abilities: * Strong general business analyst skills from the full IT process development lifecycle including requirements gathering, use cases,...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £475 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Senior Business Analyst - Senior BA - Business Analyst - Ecommerce - Mobile and Web Apps - £375 - 6 Months. My client is an Ecommerce technical business looking for a Senior Business Analyst...
Real Staffing
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
London
Capita Resourcing are the Managed Service Provider for various Central Government Clients which require the highest level of UK Security Clearance... The DV cleared Business Analyst role will...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
City of London
Strong core BA skills like Data, System, Process Modelling. Investment Banking experience. Expert in Use Case modelling and writing functional requirements. Exposure to Client Onboarding/KYC highly desirable.
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £750 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
Hir Solutions Ltd
Rate: Competitive Rate - 6 Months Contract with Possibility of Extension.
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
WorldPay
Posted: 10 June 2013
City, London
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £000 - £1 per annum + Market Rates
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Nuepc
Rate: Up to £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
WorldPay
Rate: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 6 June 2013
East London
iKas International
Rate: £475 - £525 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £450 - £700 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Jonathan Garth
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Hir Solutions Ltd
Rate: Competitive Rate - 6 Months Contract with Possibility of Extension.
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Avance Consulting
Rate: From £100 to £350 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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