South West CA Clarity Contracts

This section looks at the demand for CA Clarity (formerly Niku) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CA Clarity over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

CA Clarity (formerly Niku)
Location Barnet Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Ipswich Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West Northampton Northamptonshire Solihull South Coast South East South West Suffolk Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	97	112
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	40	42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.051 %	0.047 %
As % of the category below	6.838 %	6.552 %
Daily rates quoted	35	16
Average minimum daily rate	£414	£369
Average daily rate	£451	£419
% change on same period last year	+7.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£487	£470
UK excluding London average daily rate	£421	£407
% change on same period last year	+3.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£50.00	£50.00
Average hourly rate	£50.00	£52.25
% change on same period last year	-4.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£50.00	£54.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.60	£41.42
% change on same period last year	-30.94 %
Applications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	585	641
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.751 %	0.720 %
Daily rates quoted	182	136
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£282
Average daily rate	£317	£298
% change on same period last year	+6.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£314
UK excluding London average daily rate	£297	£286
% change on same period last year	+3.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	111	143
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.83	£16.69
Average hourly rate	£20.67	£17.87
% change on same period last year	+15.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.50	£19.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£17.49	£18.50
% change on same period last year	-5.47 %
CA Clarity England

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.

CA Clarity
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing CA Clarity across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Applications category.

CA Clarity
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CA Clarity across the South West region.

CA Clarity
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CA Clarity across the South West region over the past 3 months.

CA Clarity
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing CA Clarity across the South West region.

CA Clarity
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CA Clarity within the South West region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	Wiltshire	+7	35	£463	+11.84 %
2	Gloucestershire	+12	3	£438	-

CA Clarity England

CA Clarity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West region citing CA Clarity also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CA Clarity.

1 61 (84.72 %) Finance 2 42 (58.33 %) Banking 3 38 (52.78 %) Migration 4 32 (44.44 %) Data Migration 5 30 (41.67 %) Data Modelling 6 29 (40.28 %) UML 6 29 (40.28 %) SSADM 6 29 (40.28 %) DSDM 6 29 (40.28 %) GAP Analysis 6 29 (40.28 %) Retail 6 29 (40.28 %) Requirements Analysis 7 27 (37.50 %) Business Analysis 8 24 (33.33 %) Data Analysis 8 24 (33.33 %) Retail Banking 9 15 (20.83 %) Marketing

10 14 (19.44 %) PRINCE2 11 13 (18.06 %) MS Project 12 11 (15.28 %) Niku 13 10 (13.89 %) Change Management 14 9 (12.50 %) Insurance 14 9 (12.50 %) Open Workbench 15 8 (11.11 %) MS Office 16 7 (9.722 %) Citrix Certification 16 7 (9.722 %) Microsoft 16 7 (9.722 %) Back Office 16 7 (9.722 %) APACS 16 7 (9.722 %) Pensions 16 7 (9.722 %) Project Planning 17 6 (8.333 %) Project Management 18 5 (6.944 %) ISEB

CA Clarity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West region citing CA Clarity also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing CA Clarity. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (1.389 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 13 (18.06 %) MS Project 2 9 (12.50 %) Open Workbench 3 8 (11.11 %) MS Office 4 3 (4.167 %) MS Excel 5 2 (2.778 %) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications 1 1 (1.389 %) Oracle Financials	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.389 %) Datawarehouse 1 1 (1.389 %) Data Cleansing
General 1 61 (84.72 %) Finance 2 42 (58.33 %) Banking 3 29 (40.28 %) Retail 4 24 (33.33 %) Retail Banking 5 15 (20.83 %) Marketing 6 9 (12.50 %) Insurance 7 7 (9.722 %) Pensions 7 7 (9.722 %) Back Office 8 1 (1.389 %) Financial Institution 8 1 (1.389 %) Government	Job Titles 1 43 (59.72 %) Analyst 2 34 (47.22 %) Business Analyst 3 20 (27.78 %) Banking Business Analyst 4 8 (11.11 %) Programme Planner 4 8 (11.11 %) Project Planner 5 6 (8.333 %) Project Manager 5 6 (8.333 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 5 6 (8.333 %) Financial Business Analyst 5 6 (8.333 %) Business Manager 6 5 (6.944 %) PMO Analyst 7 4 (5.556 %) Project Analyst 7 4 (5.556 %) Test Manager 8 3 (4.167 %) Project Coordinator 8 3 (4.167 %) Coordinator 8 3 (4.167 %) Programme Coordinator 8 3 (4.167 %) Project Office Analyst 9 2 (2.778 %) Requirements Manager 9 2 (2.778 %) Project Office Manager 9 2 (2.778 %) Senior Analyst 9 2 (2.778 %) Programme Office Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 7 (9.722 %) APACS 2 2 (2.778 %) Management Information System	Processes & Methodologies 1 38 (52.78 %) Migration 2 32 (44.44 %) Data Migration 3 30 (41.67 %) Data Modelling 4 29 (40.28 %) UML 4 29 (40.28 %) SSADM 4 29 (40.28 %) DSDM 4 29 (40.28 %) GAP Analysis 4 29 (40.28 %) Requirements Analysis 5 27 (37.50 %) Business Analysis 6 24 (33.33 %) Data Analysis 7 14 (19.44 %) PRINCE2 8 10 (13.89 %) Change Management 9 7 (9.722 %) Project Planning 10 6 (8.333 %) Project Management 11 4 (5.556 %) BPR 12 3 (4.167 %) Stakeholder Management 13 2 (2.778 %) Requirements Management 14 1 (1.389 %) Test Scripting 14 1 (1.389 %) System Testing 14 1 (1.389 %) Time Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (1.389 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 7 (9.722 %) Citrix Certification 2 5 (6.944 %) ISEB 3 2 (2.778 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (1.389 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.389 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Vendors 1 11 (15.28 %) Niku 2 7 (9.722 %) Microsoft 3 4 (5.556 %) CA 4 1 (1.389 %) Oracle