The first table below looks at the demand for Waterfall skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Waterfall over the 3 months to 24 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 Middlesex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Waterfall Model
Rank 23 30 30
Rank change year-on-year
+7 0
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 2 2 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 1.000% 0.647% 2.679%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.351% 0.952% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £495 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £38.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-16.12% +38.39%
All Processes & Methodologies
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
148 210 270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 74.00% 67.96% 80.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 107 116
Average daily rate £375 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £254 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £527 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 12
Average hourly rate £30.25 £39.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.43% +34.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex Waterfall Jobs Demand Trend

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend

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

Middlesex Waterfall Daily Rate Trend

Waterfall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Waterfall 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 Waterfall.

1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Six Sigma
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (60.00%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (40.00%) APMP
2 2 (40.00%) P3M3
2 2 (40.00%) PMI
2 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Web AS
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Apache
3 1 (20.00%) SOA
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CISM

Waterfall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex region citing Waterfall 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 Waterfall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Web AS
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) PMI
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Six Sigma
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (60.00%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (40.00%) P3M3
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) SOA
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) APMP
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft