The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Requirements Analysis over the 3 months to 18 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 North West 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Requirements Analysis
Rank 109 116 117
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +1
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 13 18 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.539% 0.591% 0.493%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.767% 0.941% 0.771%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 6
Average daily rate £300 £345 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +5.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £384 £380 £368
% change year-on-year
+0.98% +3.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.25 £38.00 £33.50
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +13.43%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1696 1913 1945
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.37% 62.82% 63.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 994 1025
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 87 90
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Requirements Analysis
England

Requirements Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Requirements Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis across the North West region.

North West Requirements Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Requirements Analysis across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West Requirements Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Requirements Analysis across the North West region.

North West Requirements Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Analysis within the North West region over the 3 months to 18 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
Manchester +13 5 £300 -4.00%
Merseyside +4 2 £425 +6.25%
Lancashire +10 1 £300 -27.27%
Cheshire - - - -
Requirements Analysis
England

Requirements Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Requirements 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 Requirements Analysis.

1 11 (45.83%) C#
1 11 (45.83%) .NET
2 10 (41.67%) SQL
2 10 (41.67%) XML
3 9 (37.50%) .NET Framework
4 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
6 6 (25.00%) IIS
6 6 (25.00%) ASP.NET
6 6 (25.00%) CSS
6 6 (25.00%) SOAP
6 6 (25.00%) Web Services
6 6 (25.00%) Windows
6 6 (25.00%) Subversion
6 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (20.83%) Ajax
7 5 (20.83%) Degree
7 5 (20.83%) WCF
7 5 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (20.83%) System Testing
7 5 (20.83%) Mobile App
7 5 (20.83%) Mobile Application Development
7 5 (20.83%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (20.83%) UML
7 5 (20.83%) OO
7 5 (20.83%) XSD
7 5 (20.83%) WSDL
7 5 (20.83%) Java
7 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
8 4 (16.67%) SharePoint

Requirements Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Requirements 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 Requirements Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (45.83%) .NET
2 10 (41.67%) XML
3 9 (37.50%) .NET Framework
4 6 (25.00%) ASP.NET
4 6 (25.00%) CSS
4 6 (25.00%) SOAP
4 6 (25.00%) Web Services
5 5 (20.83%) XSD
5 5 (20.83%) WSDL
5 5 (20.83%) Ajax
5 5 (20.83%) WCF
6 4 (16.67%) WPF
7 3 (12.50%) Ninject
7 3 (12.50%) REST
8 2 (8.333%) CSS3
8 2 (8.333%) J2SE
8 2 (8.333%) JSON
8 2 (8.333%) HTML5
8 2 (8.333%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 2 (8.333%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) IIS
2 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (4.167%) ESB
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) CSG Singleview
2 2 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
2 6 (25.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (8.333%) MySQL
4 2 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (8.333%) SQL Server 7
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Subversion
2 2 (8.333%) JIRA
2 2 (8.333%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (4.167%) Banking
1 1 (4.167%) Billing
1 1 (4.167%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Developer
2 8 (33.33%) Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Test Analyst
4 4 (16.67%) .NET Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Business Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (8.333%) UI Designer
6 2 (8.333%) SQL Developer
6 2 (8.333%) Software Developer
6 2 (8.333%) Architect
6 2 (8.333%) Designer
6 2 (8.333%) Software Engineer
7 1 (4.167%) CRM Analyst
7 1 (4.167%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (4.167%) WPF Developer
7 1 (4.167%) UI Programmer
7 1 (4.167%) .NET Software Developer
7 1 (4.167%) Junior
7 1 (4.167%) Junior Developer
7 1 (4.167%) CRM Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Mobile App
1 5 (20.83%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (12.50%) W3C
3 2 (8.333%) iPhone
4 1 (4.167%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.333%) Windows Mobile
2 2 (8.333%) Android
2 2 (8.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) UML
1 5 (20.83%) OO
1 5 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
1 5 (20.83%) System Testing
1 5 (20.83%) Mobile Application Development
2 4 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (16.67%) Document Management
3 3 (12.50%) TDD
3 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (12.50%) CRM
3 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (12.50%) MVC
3 3 (12.50%) Workflow
3 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (8.333%) Performance Testing
4 2 (8.333%) Test Management
4 2 (8.333%) Dependency Injection
4 2 (8.333%) Project Management
4 2 (8.333%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (45.83%) C#
2 10 (41.67%) SQL
3 5 (20.83%) Java
3 5 (20.83%) JavaScript
4 4 (16.67%) VB.NET
5 3 (12.50%) VB6
5 3 (12.50%) T-SQL
5 3 (12.50%) VB
6 2 (8.333%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Degree
2 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle
2 1 (4.167%) Siebel