The first table below looks at the demand for Waterfall 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 Waterfall over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Waterfall Model
Rank 41 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 7 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.552% 0.643% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.265% 1.087% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £486 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+62.08% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £369
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.08%
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
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
309 368 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.51% 59.16% 55.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 193 136
Average daily rate £350 £400 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +26.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 35 10
Average hourly rate £11.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.88% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Waterfall Daily Rate Trend

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Waterfall Hourly Rate Trend

Waterfall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 +1 2 £511 +70.41%
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 6 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
3 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 4 (33.33%) ISEB
4 3 (25.00%) PMI
4 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Degree
4 3 (25.00%) Budget Control
5 2 (16.67%) Publishing
5 2 (16.67%) HP
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE
6 1 (8.333%) Project Management
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle
6 1 (8.333%) MS Project
6 1 (8.333%) Hyperion
6 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
6 1 (8.333%) CRM
6 1 (8.333%) Siebel
6 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
6 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
6 1 (8.333%) SOA
6 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (8.333%) Scrum
6 1 (8.333%) Identity Management
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (8.333%) Finance
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle Identity Management

Waterfall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (8.333%) SharePoint
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Project
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS
General
1 2 (16.67%) Publishing
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Billing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (41.67%) Architect
2 5 (41.67%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Programme Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 3 (25.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 3 (25.00%) Budget Control
5 2 (16.67%) PRINCE
6 1 (8.333%) Project Management
6 1 (8.333%) CRM
6 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
6 1 (8.333%) SOA
6 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (8.333%) Scrum
6 1 (8.333%) Identity Management
6 1 (8.333%) Business Transformation
6 1 (8.333%) Master Data Management
6 1 (8.333%) Content Management
6 1 (8.333%) Data Management
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
1 4 (33.33%) ISEB
2 3 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) Hyperion
2 1 (8.333%) Siebel