North Yorkshire GAP Analysis Contracts

This section looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills within the North Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Chelmsford Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Luton Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Poole Reading Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	39	41
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	2	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.917 %	1.667 %
Daily rates quoted	0	4
Average minimum daily rate	-	£245
Average daily rate	-	£257
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£269
UK excluding London average daily rate	£416	£402
% change on same period last year	+3.63 %
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	£20.63	£30.50
% change on same period last year	-32.37 %
Processes & Methodologies North Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	218	300
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.287 %	0.318 %
Daily rates quoted	66	98
Average minimum daily rate	£364	£372
Average daily rate	£382	£391
% change on same period last year	-2.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£410
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.95	£25.37
Average hourly rate	£17.98	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-29.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.00	£25.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
GAP Analysis Yorkshire

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing GAP Analysis within the North Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
Harrogate	-	1	-	-

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Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 8 (72.73 %) UML 2 5 (45.45 %) Finance 2 5 (45.45 %) Banking 3 3 (27.27 %) RUP 3 3 (27.27 %) EFT 3 3 (27.27 %) XML 3 3 (27.27 %) Use Case 4 2 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 4 2 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (18.18 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (18.18 %) Retail 4 2 (18.18 %) Retail Banking 4 2 (18.18 %) ITIL 4 2 (18.18 %) Government 5 1 (9.091 %) Migration

5 1 (9.091 %) Java 5 1 (9.091 %) SAP 5 1 (9.091 %) BPR 5 1 (9.091 %) QA 5 1 (9.091 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 5 1 (9.091 %) Pensions 5 1 (9.091 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 1 (9.091 %) Test Management 5 1 (9.091 %) Test Scripting

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 3 (27.27 %) XML	General 1 5 (45.45 %) Finance 1 5 (45.45 %) Banking 2 2 (18.18 %) Retail 2 2 (18.18 %) Government 2 2 (18.18 %) Retail Banking 3 1 (9.091 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 11 (100.00 %) Analyst 2 10 (90.91 %) Business Analyst 3 4 (36.36 %) Systems Analyst 4 3 (27.27 %) Business Systems Analyst 4 3 (27.27 %) UML Business Analyst 5 1 (9.091 %) SAP Business Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 3 (27.27 %) EFT
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (72.73 %) UML 2 3 (27.27 %) RUP 2 3 (27.27 %) Use Case 3 2 (18.18 %) Business Analysis 3 2 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 3 2 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 3 2 (18.18 %) ITIL 4 1 (9.091 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 4 1 (9.091 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 1 (9.091 %) Test Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (9.091 %) BPR 4 1 (9.091 %) Migration	Programming Languages 1 1 (9.091 %) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) QA	Vendors 1 1 (9.091 %) SAP