The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis 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 Manchester 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
GAP Analysis
Rank 70 76 52
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -24
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 5 5 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.521% 0.405% 1.822%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.765% 0.633% 2.892%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 14
Average daily rate £365 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £410 £419 £394
% change year-on-year
-2.08% +6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.71 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.17% +2.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
654 790 657
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 68.20% 64.02% 62.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 388 310
Average daily rate £338 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 32 34
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £12.01 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £35.00 £33.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
GAP Analysis
North West

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Manchester GAP Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Altrincham - - - -
Salford - - - -
GAP Analysis
North West

GAP Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (30.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (10.00%) NHS
3 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) C
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (10.00%) MS Project
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) IMAP
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (10.00%) Wiki
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (10.00%) Regular Expression
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SAP SD Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Change Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Logistics Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Wiki
1 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (10.00%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
1 1 (10.00%) C
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
1 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) F5
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