The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Requirements Analysis over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Requirements Analysis
Rank 194 186 198
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +12
Contract jobs citing Requirements Analysis 30 53 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.385% 0.522% 0.530%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.567% 0.803% 0.823%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 18 14
Average daily rate £395 £360 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.72% +15.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £250 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £461 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £380 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.97% +16.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £42.50 £17.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+142.85% -53.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £37.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+13.33% +13.63%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5291 6603 6683
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 67.89% 65.08% 64.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2748 3170 3050
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 323 365
Average hourly rate £26.98 £26.25 £34.41
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.76% -23.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.15 £13.50 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Requirements Analysis
England

Requirements Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Requirements Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Requirements Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Requirements Analysis across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Requirements Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Requirements Analysis across the South East region.

South East Requirements Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Requirements Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Analysis within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +10 9 £375 +11.11%
Kent +8 9 - -
Surrey +15 6 £443 +28.26%
Hampshire -12 4 £448 +8.48%
Oxfordshire +4 2 £425 +54.54%
Requirements Analysis
England

Requirements Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Requirements 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 Requirements Analysis.

1 25 (29.76%) Telecoms
2 24 (28.57%) OO
2 24 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 24 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 23 (27.38%) UML
4 21 (25.00%) Multithreading
5 19 (22.62%) Linux
6 17 (20.24%) SQL
7 16 (19.05%) .NET
8 14 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
9 13 (15.48%) C#
10 12 (14.29%) PRINCE2
10 12 (14.29%) Data Modelling
10 12 (14.29%) Radio Access Network
11 11 (13.10%) SC Cleared
12 10 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (11.90%) Finance
13 8 (9.524%) Teradata
13 8 (9.524%) Ab Initio
13 8 (9.524%) MS Excel
13 8 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (9.524%) ISEB
13 8 (9.524%) ERwin
13 8 (9.524%) Data Mapping
14 7 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
14 7 (8.333%) HP
14 7 (8.333%) C++
14 7 (8.333%) Aerospace
15 6 (7.143%) Migration
15 6 (7.143%) JavaScript

Requirements Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Requirements 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 Requirements Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (19.05%) .NET
2 5 (5.952%) XML
3 3 (3.571%) HTML
3 3 (3.571%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.381%) CSS
4 2 (2.381%) Web Services
4 2 (2.381%) XHTML
4 2 (2.381%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.381%) WCF
5 1 (1.190%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.190%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.381%) CMS
1 2 (2.381%) SharePoint
1 2 (2.381%) Drupal
1 2 (2.381%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (2.381%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (1.190%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (1.190%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (1.190%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (9.524%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.381%) MS Project
2 2 (2.381%) MS Office
2 2 (2.381%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.190%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.190%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.190%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.29%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (4.762%) UPnP
2 4 (4.762%) DVB
3 1 (1.190%) tcpdump
3 1 (1.190%) NAS
3 1 (1.190%) Network Security
3 1 (1.190%) ATM
3 1 (1.190%) VoIP
3 1 (1.190%) SMTP
3 1 (1.190%) HTTP
3 1 (1.190%) SAN
3 1 (1.190%) Internet
3 1 (1.190%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.190%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.762%) Data Mining
3 3 (3.571%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.381%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (2.381%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.190%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (1.190%) TOAD
5 1 (1.190%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (9.524%) ERwin
2 4 (4.762%) ClearQuest
3 1 (1.190%) QADirector
3 1 (1.190%) JIRA
General
1 25 (29.76%) Telecoms
2 10 (11.90%) Finance
3 7 (8.333%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.381%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.381%) Banking
5 1 (1.190%) Marketing
5 1 (1.190%) Retail
5 1 (1.190%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (33.33%) Analyst
2 21 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 16 (19.05%) Senior Software Engineer
4 13 (15.48%) Business Analyst
5 10 (11.90%) Developer
5 10 (11.90%) Project Analyst
6 7 (8.333%) Designer
7 6 (7.143%) Test Engineer
8 4 (4.762%) Programmer
9 3 (3.571%) Report Analyst
9 3 (3.571%) Tester
10 2 (2.381%) Senior Business Analyst
10 2 (2.381%) Analyst Programmer
10 2 (2.381%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (2.381%) Analyst Developer
10 2 (2.381%) Architect
10 2 (2.381%) SharePoint Developer
10 2 (2.381%) EMC Engineer
10 2 (2.381%) Drupal Developer
11 1 (1.190%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.952%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.762%) Streaming Video
2 4 (4.762%) STB
2 4 (4.762%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (3.571%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.381%) Tandem
5 1 (1.190%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.190%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.190%) Video on Demand
5 1 (1.190%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.190%) iDTV
5 1 (1.190%) EMV
5 1 (1.190%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.62%) Linux
2 14 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (2.381%) UNIX
3 2 (2.381%) Windows
4 1 (1.190%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.190%) Windows NT
4 1 (1.190%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.190%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.57%) OO
1 24 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 23 (27.38%) UML
3 21 (25.00%) Multithreading
4 12 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 12 (14.29%) Data Modelling
5 10 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (9.524%) Data Mapping
7 6 (7.143%) Migration
8 5 (5.952%) ITIL
8 5 (5.952%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (5.952%) Change Management
9 4 (4.762%) GAP Analysis
9 4 (4.762%) Business Process Improvement
9 4 (4.762%) Business Transformation
10 3 (3.571%) Investment Management
10 3 (3.571%) Unit Testing
11 2 (2.381%) Configuration Management
11 2 (2.381%) HOOD
11 2 (2.381%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.24%) SQL
2 13 (15.48%) C#
3 7 (8.333%) C++
4 6 (7.143%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.143%) VB.NET
5 5 (5.952%) Bash shell
5 5 (5.952%) VB
6 2 (2.381%) Java
6 2 (2.381%) PHP
7 1 (1.190%) Ruby
7 1 (1.190%) VBA
7 1 (1.190%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.190%) C
7 1 (1.190%) Perl
7 1 (1.190%) Python
7 1 (1.190%) VB6
Qualifications
1 24 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.10%) SC Cleared
3 8 (9.524%) ISEB
4 3 (3.571%) MOS
5 2 (2.381%) EMC Certification
6 1 (1.190%) HP AIS
6 1 (1.190%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.190%) Degree
6 1 (1.190%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.190%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.143%) QA
2 1 (1.190%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 7 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (9.524%) Teradata
1 8 (9.524%) Ab Initio
2 7 (8.333%) HP
3 6 (7.143%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.762%) Oracle
4 4 (4.762%) IBM
5 2 (2.381%) EMC
6 1 (1.190%) RedPrairie
6 1 (1.190%) Cisco
6 1 (1.190%) Juniper
6 1 (1.190%) JDA
6 1 (1.190%) McAfee
6 1 (1.190%) SAP
6 1 (1.190%) ESRI
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