The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Engineering skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Requirements Engineering 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 Wales 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 Engineering
Rank - - 46
Contract jobs citing Requirements Engineering 0 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales - - 0.240%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.392%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
+15.94% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
227 270 255
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 69.21% 66.83% 61.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 149 132
Average daily rate £375 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 14
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.83 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.87% -60.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Requirements Engineering
Wales

Requirements Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Requirements Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Engineering
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Requirements Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Engineering
Top 7 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking

Requirements Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis