North West SSADM Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSADM over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London Cumbria Durham East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Hammersmith Hampshire Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle North East North West Portsmouth Reading Scotland South East South West Southport Staffordshire Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	115	140
Rank change on same period last year	+25
Matching contract IT job ads	12	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.017 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	0.640 %	0.356 %
Daily rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum daily rate	£415	£317
Average daily rate	£436	£348
% change on same period last year	+25.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£457	£380
UK excluding London average daily rate	£431	£375
% change on same period last year	+14.85 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.77	£50.00
% change on same period last year	-34.46 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1875	1965
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.640 %	1.986 %
Daily rates quoted	483	480
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£332
Average daily rate	£377	£350
% change on same period last year	+7.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	183	163
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.20	£26.23
Average hourly rate	£26.70	£28.30
% change on same period last year	-5.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.21	£30.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.44	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
SSADM England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SSADM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SSADM across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

SSADM
Daily Rate Trend

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

SSADM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSADM across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

SSADM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SSADM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSADM within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Merseyside	+1	6	£406	+21.26 %
Lancashire	-	2	£495	-
Cheshire	-	2	-	-
Manchester	-3	1	-	-
Cumbria	-	1	-	-

SSADM England

SSADM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SSADM 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 SSADM.

1 7 (53.85 %) UML 1 7 (53.85 %) Microsoft 2 5 (38.46 %) FoxPro (VFP) 3 4 (30.77 %) UNIX 3 4 (30.77 %) MVS 3 4 (30.77 %) DSDM 3 4 (30.77 %) Zachman Framework 3 4 (30.77 %) TOGAF 3 4 (30.77 %) Enterprise Architecture 3 4 (30.77 %) VME 4 3 (23.08 %) MS Office 4 3 (23.08 %) NHS 4 3 (23.08 %) Health 5 2 (15.38 %) SQL 5 2 (15.38 %) Oracle

6 1 (7.692 %) C# 6 1 (7.692 %) .NET 6 1 (7.692 %) CRM 6 1 (7.692 %) MS Visio 6 1 (7.692 %) Data Modelling 6 1 (7.692 %) SOAP 6 1 (7.692 %) PRINCE2 6 1 (7.692 %) Middleware 6 1 (7.692 %) ISEB 6 1 (7.692 %) Identity Management 6 1 (7.692 %) Education 6 1 (7.692 %) Government 6 1 (7.692 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (7.692 %) Telelogic 6 1 (7.692 %) Banking

SSADM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SSADM 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 SSADM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (7.692 %) .NET 1 1 (7.692 %) SOAP 1 1 (7.692 %) Middleware	Applications 1 3 (23.08 %) MS Office 2 1 (7.692 %) MS Visio
General 1 3 (23.08 %) Health 2 1 (7.692 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (7.692 %) Banking 2 1 (7.692 %) Education 2 1 (7.692 %) Government	Job Titles 1 8 (61.54 %) Analyst 1 8 (61.54 %) Business Analyst 2 2 (15.38 %) Architect 2 2 (15.38 %) Business Systems Analyst 2 2 (15.38 %) Systems Analyst 3 1 (7.692 %) Technical Architect 3 1 (7.692 %) Solutions Architect 3 1 (7.692 %) Technical Support 3 1 (7.692 %) C# Developer 3 1 (7.692 %) IT Architect 3 1 (7.692 %) Developer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (23.08 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 4 (30.77 %) UNIX 1 4 (30.77 %) MVS 1 4 (30.77 %) VME
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (53.85 %) UML 2 4 (30.77 %) DSDM 2 4 (30.77 %) Zachman Framework 2 4 (30.77 %) TOGAF 2 4 (30.77 %) Enterprise Architecture 3 1 (7.692 %) Unit Testing 3 1 (7.692 %) BPMN 3 1 (7.692 %) PRINCE2 3 1 (7.692 %) Information Management 3 1 (7.692 %) Data Analysis 3 1 (7.692 %) Business Analysis 3 1 (7.692 %) CRM 3 1 (7.692 %) Data Modelling 3 1 (7.692 %) Identity Management	Programming Languages 1 5 (38.46 %) FoxPro (VFP) 2 2 (15.38 %) SQL 3 1 (7.692 %) C#
Qualifications 1 1 (7.692 %) ISEB 1 1 (7.692 %) Degree	Vendors 1 7 (53.85 %) Microsoft 2 2 (15.38 %) Oracle 3 1 (7.692 %) Telelogic