The first table below looks at the demand for Waterfall 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 Waterfall 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
Waterfall Model
Rank 150 121 175
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +54
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 75 123 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.962% 1.212% 0.752%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.418% 1.863% 1.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 76 28
Average daily rate £389 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.07% -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £308 £257
10% offered a daily rate of more than £477 £444 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
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
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%
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East Waterfall Daily Rate Trend

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East Waterfall Daily Rate Histogram

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East 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 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 +19 27 £370 +1.71%
Surrey -5 20 £413 +17.85%
Hampshire -10 10 £330 -14.83%
Oxfordshire +9 7 £486 +62.08%
Buckinghamshire +6 3 £400 +6.66%
West Sussex -12 3 £313 +0.80%
Middlesex +7 2 - -
M4 Corridor - 1 £390 -
Kent - 1 £340 -
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 50 (33.78%) Project Management
2 38 (25.68%) PRINCE2
3 34 (22.97%) Finance
4 31 (20.95%) Agile Software Development
5 24 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (16.22%) Business Analysis
6 22 (14.86%) Change Management
7 19 (12.84%) Six Sigma
7 19 (12.84%) Retail
8 18 (12.16%) Scrum
8 18 (12.16%) .NET
8 18 (12.16%) E-Commerce
9 17 (11.49%) Oracle
9 17 (11.49%) MS Project
10 14 (9.459%) PMI
10 14 (9.459%) ISEB
10 14 (9.459%) PMI Certification
11 13 (8.784%) Microsoft
11 13 (8.784%) ITIL
11 13 (8.784%) Performance Management
12 12 (8.108%) MS Office
12 12 (8.108%) Java
12 12 (8.108%) DSDM
12 12 (8.108%) MS Visio
12 12 (8.108%) Data Analysis
12 12 (8.108%) User Acceptance Testing
12 12 (8.108%) Test Scripting
13 11 (7.432%) PRINCE
13 11 (7.432%) Windows
13 11 (7.432%) SQL

Waterfall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 18 (12.16%) .NET
2 10 (6.757%) XML
3 7 (4.730%) J2EE
3 7 (4.730%) Web Services
4 4 (2.703%) WebSphere
4 4 (2.703%) WCF
4 4 (2.703%) WF
4 4 (2.703%) Spring
4 4 (2.703%) AppFabric
5 3 (2.027%) Middleware
6 2 (1.351%) SOAP
6 2 (1.351%) XSLT
6 2 (1.351%) HTML
6 2 (1.351%) WPF
6 2 (1.351%) Ajax
6 2 (1.351%) Hibernate
6 2 (1.351%) Managed Extensibility Framework
7 1 (0.676%) HTML5
7 1 (0.676%) REST
7 1 (0.676%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.054%) CMS
2 5 (3.378%) Windows Azure
2 5 (3.378%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (2.703%) Apache
4 3 (2.027%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (2.027%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.027%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.351%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (1.351%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.351%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.676%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.676%) Adobe CQ
6 1 (0.676%) SAP Web AS
6 1 (0.676%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 17 (11.49%) MS Project
2 12 (8.108%) MS Office
2 12 (8.108%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.703%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.676%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.027%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.351%) WebTrends
2 2 (1.351%) CA Clarity
2 2 (1.351%) Google Analytics
2 2 (1.351%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.676%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.676%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.351%) Intranet
2 1 (0.676%) HTTP
2 1 (0.676%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.730%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.027%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (2.027%) TOAD
3 2 (1.351%) DB2
3 2 (1.351%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.351%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.351%) DataStage
3 2 (1.351%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.351%) Big Data
4 1 (0.676%) DbVisualizer
4 1 (0.676%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.676%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.676%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.676%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 3 (2.027%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.351%) ERwin
2 2 (1.351%) JIRA
2 2 (1.351%) Talend Open Studio
2 2 (1.351%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.676%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.676%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (0.676%) RequisitePro
3 1 (0.676%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.676%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.676%) Ant
General
1 34 (22.97%) Finance
2 19 (12.84%) Retail
3 10 (6.757%) Marketing
4 9 (6.081%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.405%) Banking
6 6 (4.054%) Back Office
7 5 (3.378%) Automotive
8 4 (2.703%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.351%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.351%) Billing
9 2 (1.351%) Advertising
9 2 (1.351%) Publishing
10 1 (0.676%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.676%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (31.76%) Analyst
2 46 (31.08%) Project Manager
3 39 (26.35%) Business Analyst
4 12 (8.108%) Developer
5 10 (6.757%) Architect
6 9 (6.081%) Senior Analyst
7 8 (5.405%) Senior Business Analyst
8 7 (4.730%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.054%) PMO Manager
9 6 (4.054%) Agile Project Manager
10 5 (3.378%) Agile Business Analyst
10 5 (3.378%) Technical Manager
10 5 (3.378%) Business Systems Analyst
10 5 (3.378%) Systems Analyst
11 4 (2.703%) Project Planner
11 4 (2.703%) Test Manager
11 4 (2.703%) Test Analyst
11 4 (2.703%) Technical Project Manager
11 4 (2.703%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.703%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.459%) PMI
2 5 (3.378%) Mainframe
3 4 (2.703%) Data Integration
4 3 (2.027%) Digital Media
4 3 (2.027%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.027%) Mathematics
4 3 (2.027%) Physics
5 2 (1.351%) AS400
5 2 (1.351%) iSeries
6 1 (0.676%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (0.676%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.676%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.676%) SaaS
6 1 (0.676%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.676%) IVR
6 1 (0.676%) Handset
6 1 (0.676%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.676%) EPoS
6 1 (0.676%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.432%) Windows
2 6 (4.054%) UNIX
3 4 (2.703%) Linux
4 2 (1.351%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.676%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (0.676%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.676%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.676%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.676%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (33.78%) Project Management
2 38 (25.68%) PRINCE2
3 31 (20.95%) Agile Software Development
4 24 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (16.22%) Business Analysis
5 22 (14.86%) Change Management
6 19 (12.84%) Six Sigma
7 18 (12.16%) Scrum
7 18 (12.16%) E-Commerce
8 13 (8.784%) ITIL
8 13 (8.784%) Performance Management
9 12 (8.108%) DSDM
9 12 (8.108%) Data Analysis
9 12 (8.108%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (8.108%) Test Scripting
10 11 (7.432%) PRINCE
11 10 (6.757%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (6.757%) Use Case
11 10 (6.757%) Capacity Planning
12 9 (6.081%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.108%) Java
2 11 (7.432%) SQL
3 9 (6.081%) C#
4 5 (3.378%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.351%) RPG
5 2 (1.351%) RPG IV
6 1 (0.676%) Groovy
6 1 (0.676%) VB6
6 1 (0.676%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.676%) NATURAL
6 1 (0.676%) VB
6 1 (0.676%) C
6 1 (0.676%) C++
6 1 (0.676%) PHP
6 1 (0.676%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (9.459%) ISEB
1 14 (9.459%) PMI Certification
2 9 (6.081%) Degree
3 6 (4.054%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (2.703%) ISEB Practitioner
4 4 (2.703%) APMP
5 1 (0.676%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.676%) SCJP
5 1 (0.676%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.676%) CISM
5 1 (0.676%) PMP
5 1 (0.676%) Sun Certification
5 1 (0.676%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.676%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.054%) QA
2 3 (2.027%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.676%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.676%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 5 (3.378%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.676%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 17 (11.49%) Oracle
2 13 (8.784%) Microsoft
3 6 (4.054%) SAP
4 3 (2.027%) Remedy
4 3 (2.027%) IBM
5 2 (1.351%) HP
5 2 (1.351%) Omniture
5 2 (1.351%) Google
5 2 (1.351%) Coremetrics
5 2 (1.351%) Teradata
5 2 (1.351%) Ab Initio
5 2 (1.351%) Talend
5 2 (1.351%) Tealeaf
5 2 (1.351%) hybris
6 1 (0.676%) VMware
6 1 (0.676%) ATG
6 1 (0.676%) EMC
6 1 (0.676%) Adobe
6 1 (0.676%) Sun
6 1 (0.676%) Hyperion
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