The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 43 47 50
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +3
Contract jobs citing Use Case 6 11 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.389% 1.719% 0.450%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.013% 2.910% 0.791%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 1
Average daily rate £300 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +14.28%
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 378 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.98% 59.06% 56.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 202 134
Average daily rate £350 £400 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 36 8
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Use Case
South East

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Use Case Daily Rate Trend

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Use Case across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Use Case Hourly Rate Trend

Use Case
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Oxford -2 5 £300 -25.00%
Use Case
South East

Use Case
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Use Case 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 Use Case.

1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
1 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (57.14%) E-Commerce
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Operations Management
4 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) C#
4 2 (28.57%) .NET
4 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
4 2 (28.57%) Publishing
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Use Case 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 Use Case. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Project Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Service Manager
3 3 (42.86%) Business Manager
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Project Manager
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Manager
4 2 (28.57%) Contracts Manager
4 2 (28.57%) Business Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
1 5 (71.43%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (57.14%) E-Commerce
3 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft