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The table below looks at the demand for Requirements Analysis skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Requirements Analysis over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRequirements Analysis
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank193200
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads4481
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.069 %0.087 %
As % of the category below0.706 %0.995 %
Daily rates quoted1223
Average minimum daily rate£435£332
Average daily rate£458£354
% change on same period last year+29.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£481£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£440£376
% change on same period last year+17.14 %
Hourly rates quoted919
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£36.37
Average hourly rate£36.61£38.04
% change on same period last year-3.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.22£39.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.94£35.55
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching contract IT job ads62328141
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.816 %8.723 %
Daily rates quoted17992414
Average minimum daily rate£353£350
Average daily rate£374£369
% change on same period last year+1.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£389
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted627852
Average minimum hourly rate£27.05£28.68
Average hourly rate£28.90£30.36
% change on same period last year-4.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.75£32.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
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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.

Requirements Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Requirements Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 21 November 2008.

South East Requirements Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Requirements Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Requirements Analysis across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

South East Requirements Analysis Hourly Rate Histogram

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 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireUp+2713£513+32.52 %
HampshireUp+1412£450+24.13 %
BuckinghamshireDown-76£462+36.71 %
M4 CorridorUp+74--
OxfordshireDown-71£288-7.25 %
West SussexNew entry-1--
East SussexNew entry-1--
KentUp+21--
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England

Requirements Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

136 (35.29 %)Finance
218 (17.65 %)Business Analysis
316 (15.69 %)Telecoms
410 (9.804 %)HND
410 (9.804 %)Banking
410 (9.804 %)Retail
410 (9.804 %)Security Cleared
59 (8.824 %)XML
59 (8.824 %)Electric
68 (7.843 %)UML
77 (6.863 %)Java
77 (6.863 %)Oracle
77 (6.863 %)Basel II
77 (6.863 %)TestDirector
77 (6.863 %)Avionics
86 (5.882 %)Software Engineering
86 (5.882 %)Retail Banking
86 (5.882 %)Military
86 (5.882 %)CA Clarity
86 (5.882 %)EMC
86 (5.882 %)Migration
86 (5.882 %)GAP Analysis
86 (5.882 %)DB2
86 (5.882 %)JavaScript
86 (5.882 %)COBOL
86 (5.882 %)Datawarehouse
86 (5.882 %)IBM
95 (4.902 %)RDBMS
95 (4.902 %)HNC
95 (4.902 %)RUP

Requirements Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (8.824 %)XML
25 (4.902 %)HTML
34 (3.922 %).NET
34 (3.922 %)ASP.NET
34 (3.922 %)SOAP
34 (3.922 %)WebServices
43 (2.941 %)CSS
43 (2.941 %)XSLT
43 (2.941 %)Hibernate
43 (2.941 %)Spring
52 (1.961 %)JSF
52 (1.961 %)Struts
52 (1.961 %)XSD
52 (1.961 %)XSL
52 (1.961 %)FreeMarker
52 (1.961 %)JMX
52 (1.961 %)Velocity
61 (0.980 %)JSR 168
61 (0.980 %)JSR 170
61 (0.980 %)LINQ
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (2.941 %)SharePoint
22 (1.961 %)CMS
31 (0.980 %)WebLogic
31 (0.980 %)BizTalk Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (5.882 %)CA Clarity
23 (2.941 %)MS Visio
32 (1.961 %)MS PowerPoint
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.980 %)Oracle HRMS
11 (0.980 %)Oracle Payroll
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (2.941 %)GPRS
13 (2.941 %)GSM
13 (2.941 %)UMTS
22 (1.961 %)DHCP
22 (1.961 %)TCP/IP
22 (1.961 %)DNS
22 (1.961 %)3G
22 (1.961 %)Firewall
22 (1.961 %)BIG-IP
31 (0.980 %)HTTPS
31 (0.980 %)Internet
31 (0.980 %)HTTP
31 (0.980 %)LDAP
31 (0.980 %)Broadband
31 (0.980 %)WLAN
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (5.882 %)DB2
16 (5.882 %)Datawarehouse
25 (4.902 %)RDBMS
33 (2.941 %)PostgreSQL
33 (2.941 %)MySQL
42 (1.961 %)SQL Server
42 (1.961 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (1.961 %)GIS
51 (0.980 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.980 %)OLAP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (6.863 %)TestDirector
24 (3.922 %)Eclipse
24 (3.922 %)JUnit
24 (3.922 %)Selenium
33 (2.941 %)Ant
42 (1.961 %)ClearQuest
42 (1.961 %)Oracle APEX
42 (1.961 %)Oracle Forms
42 (1.961 %)ClearCase
51 (0.980 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.980 %)CaliberRM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
136 (35.29 %)Finance
216 (15.69 %)Telecoms
310 (9.804 %)Banking
310 (9.804 %)Retail
49 (8.824 %)Electric
57 (6.863 %)Avionics
66 (5.882 %)Military
66 (5.882 %)Retail Banking
75 (4.902 %)Insurance
75 (4.902 %)Pensions
75 (4.902 %)Electronics
84 (3.922 %)Billing
92 (1.961 %)International Banking
92 (1.961 %)Financial Institution
92 (1.961 %)Publishing
101 (0.980 %)Government
101 (0.980 %)Health
101 (0.980 %)Aerospace
101 (0.980 %)FMCG
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
159 (57.84 %)Analyst
249 (48.04 %)Business Analyst
312 (11.76 %)Developer
47 (6.863 %)Architect
47 (6.863 %)Systems Engineer
47 (6.863 %)IT Business Analyst
56 (5.882 %)EMC Engineer
56 (5.882 %)Banking Business Analyst
56 (5.882 %)Design Engineer
56 (5.882 %)Test Analyst
65 (4.902 %)Technical Architect
74 (3.922 %)Consultant
74 (3.922 %)Senior Developer
74 (3.922 %)Mechanical Engineer
83 (2.941 %)Senior Java Developer
83 (2.941 %)Technical Consultant
83 (2.941 %)Tester
83 (2.941 %)Java Developer
83 (2.941 %)Business Systems Analyst
83 (2.941 %)Systems Analyst
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (4.902 %)Physics
23 (2.941 %)IBM Mainframe
23 (2.941 %)Mainframe
32 (1.961 %)Device Driver
32 (1.961 %)Interactive TV
41 (0.980 %)Management Information System
41 (0.980 %)Client/Server
41 (0.980 %)EPoS
41 (0.980 %)NHS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (2.941 %)UNIX
22 (1.961 %)Linux
22 (1.961 %)Embedded Linux
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (17.65 %)Business Analysis
210 (9.804 %)Security Cleared
38 (7.843 %)UML
46 (5.882 %)GAP Analysis
46 (5.882 %)Software Engineering
46 (5.882 %)Migration
55 (4.902 %)Agile Software Development
55 (4.902 %)TDD
55 (4.902 %)Project Planning
55 (4.902 %)Configuration Management
55 (4.902 %)PRINCE2
55 (4.902 %)RUP
64 (3.922 %)OO
64 (3.922 %)Change Management
64 (3.922 %)Systems Analysis
64 (3.922 %)Stakeholder Management
64 (3.922 %)Continuous Integration
64 (3.922 %)Data Migration
64 (3.922 %)Refactoring
73 (2.941 %)User Acceptance Testing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (6.863 %)Java
26 (5.882 %)JavaScript
26 (5.882 %)COBOL
34 (3.922 %)DHTML
34 (3.922 %)C#
34 (3.922 %)C++
34 (3.922 %)SQL
42 (1.961 %)Embedded C
42 (1.961 %)Embedded C++
42 (1.961 %)PL/SQL
42 (1.961 %)C
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (9.804 %)HND
25 (4.902 %)HNC
25 (4.902 %)Degree
34 (3.922 %)Citrix Certification
41 (0.980 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.980 %)Siebel Certification
41 (0.980 %)PMP
41 (0.980 %)PMI Certification
41 (0.980 %)MCAD
41 (0.980 %)MCSD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (6.863 %)Basel II
24 (3.922 %)QA
31 (0.980 %)SLA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.980 %)Active Directory
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.980 %)SCCM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (6.863 %)Oracle
26 (5.882 %)IBM
26 (5.882 %)EMC
35 (4.902 %)SAP
43 (2.941 %)Microsoft
52 (1.961 %)Cisco
61 (0.980 %)Remedy
61 (0.980 %)Siebel