The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GAP Analysis
Rank 70 75 67
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -8
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 5 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.562% 0.354% 0.699%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.840% 0.543% 1.034%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
Average daily rate £370 - £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 - £365
10% offered a daily rate of more than £411 - £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £405 £419 £394
% change year-on-year
-3.28% +6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.71 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.17% +2.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
595 737 677
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.93% 65.28% 67.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 282 307
Average daily rate £413 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.48% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £491
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 15
Average hourly rate £30.00 £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+106.89% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.50 £24.80 £24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
GAP Analysis
Berkshire

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading GAP Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) CMMI
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (33.33%) VMS
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Automation Test Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Automation Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity Specialist
4 1 (16.67%) C++ Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (33.33%) CMMI
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
1 2 (33.33%) Python
1 2 (33.33%) Shell Script
2 1 (16.67%) C++