The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Use Case 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 Merseyside 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
Use Cases
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Use Case 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £414
% change year-on-year
-12.50% -3.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.91 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-0.47% +9.68%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
143 154 157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 68.42% 59.23% 61.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 84 77
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 14
Average hourly rate - £21.86 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Use Case
North West

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Use Case Daily Rate Trend