The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Engineering skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Requirements Engineering over the 3 months to 17 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 West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Requirements Engineering
Rank 112 136 115
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -21
Contract jobs citing Requirements Engineering 3 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.146% 0.091% 0.071%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.222% 0.133% 0.111%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £490 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £403 £345 £325
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+19.04% -10.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Requirements Engineering
England

Requirements Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West Requirements Engineering Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Requirements Engineering Hourly Rate Trend

Requirements Engineering
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Engineering within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wiltshire +9 3 £490 +30.66%
Requirements Engineering
England

Requirements Engineering
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 4 (100.00%) Military
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
2 3 (75.00%) Open Source
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) MODAF
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management

Requirements Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
1 3 (75.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Systems Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
2 1 (25.00%) MODAF
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) UML
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Swindon, South West
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Posted: 17 May 2013