South West SSADM Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSADM over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Brentwood Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Halifax Hampshire Lancashire Leamington Spa Leicester Leicestershire London Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	133	155
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	19	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.014 %
As % of the category below	0.686 %	0.420 %
Daily rates quoted	18	13
Average minimum daily rate	£418	£367
Average daily rate	£450	£392
% change on same period last year	+14.59 %
Average maximum daily rate	£481	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£422	£387
% change on same period last year	+8.89 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.25	£36.67
% change on same period last year	-1.13 %
Processes & Methodologies South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2769	3334
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.654 %	3.321 %
Daily rates quoted	995	1089
Average minimum daily rate	£369	£365
Average daily rate	£393	£385
% change on same period last year	+2.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£418	£405
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£377
% change on same period last year	+0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	294	381
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.22	£28.54
Average hourly rate	£33.95	£30.43
% change on same period last year	+11.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.69	£32.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.30	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.42 %
SSADM 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.

SSADM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SSADM across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

SSADM
Daily Rate Trend

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

SSADM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSADM across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

SSADM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SSADM
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSADM within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

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
Wiltshire	+7	15	£463	+2.85 %
Dorset	-	1	£425	-
Bristol	+7	1	£425	-

SSADM England

SSADM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SSADM 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 SSADM.

1 43 (91.49 %) UML 2 41 (87.23 %) Business Analysis 3 39 (82.98 %) Requirements Analysis 3 39 (82.98 %) CA Clarity 3 39 (82.98 %) DSDM 3 39 (82.98 %) GAP Analysis 3 39 (82.98 %) Finance 4 36 (76.60 %) Banking 5 32 (68.09 %) Retail 5 32 (68.09 %) Retail Banking 6 31 (65.96 %) Data Modelling 7 30 (63.83 %) Migration 7 30 (63.83 %) Data Migration 8 22 (46.81 %) Data Analysis 9 15 (31.91 %) Marketing

10 6 (12.77 %) BPR 11 5 (10.64 %) Change Management 11 5 (10.64 %) Use Case 12 3 (6.383 %) Pensions 12 3 (6.383 %) APACS 12 3 (6.383 %) Management Information System 12 3 (6.383 %) Back Office 13 2 (4.255 %) RUP 13 2 (4.255 %) Citrix Certification 14 1 (2.128 %) User Acceptance Testing 14 1 (2.128 %) Direct Marketing 14 1 (2.128 %) Enterprise Architecture 14 1 (2.128 %) Logistics 14 1 (2.128 %) Systems Analysis 14 1 (2.128 %) Insurance

SSADM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SSADM 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 SSADM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 39 (82.98 %) CA Clarity 2 1 (2.128 %) MS Excel 2 1 (2.128 %) MS Office	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.128 %) ETL 1 1 (2.128 %) BusinessObjects
General 1 39 (82.98 %) Finance 2 36 (76.60 %) Banking 3 32 (68.09 %) Retail 3 32 (68.09 %) Retail Banking 4 15 (31.91 %) Marketing 5 3 (6.383 %) Pensions 5 3 (6.383 %) Back Office 6 1 (2.128 %) Insurance	Job Titles 1 44 (93.62 %) Analyst 2 43 (91.49 %) Business Analyst 3 27 (57.45 %) Banking Business Analyst 4 2 (4.255 %) Systems Analyst 4 2 (4.255 %) Architect 4 2 (4.255 %) Financial Business Analyst 4 2 (4.255 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 5 1 (2.128 %) Business Architect 5 1 (2.128 %) Data Architect 5 1 (2.128 %) Senior Business Analyst 5 1 (2.128 %) Business Systems Analyst 5 1 (2.128 %) Senior Analyst 5 1 (2.128 %) Banking Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 3 (6.383 %) APACS 1 3 (6.383 %) Management Information System	Processes & Methodologies 1 43 (91.49 %) UML 2 41 (87.23 %) Business Analysis 3 39 (82.98 %) Requirements Analysis 3 39 (82.98 %) DSDM 3 39 (82.98 %) GAP Analysis 4 31 (65.96 %) Data Modelling 5 30 (63.83 %) Migration 5 30 (63.83 %) Data Migration 6 22 (46.81 %) Data Analysis 7 6 (12.77 %) BPR 8 5 (10.64 %) Change Management 8 5 (10.64 %) Use Case 9 2 (4.255 %) RUP 10 1 (2.128 %) User Acceptance Testing 10 1 (2.128 %) Direct Marketing 10 1 (2.128 %) Enterprise Architecture 10 1 (2.128 %) Logistics 10 1 (2.128 %) Systems Analysis 10 1 (2.128 %) RAD 10 1 (2.128 %) ITIL
Programming Languages 1 1 (2.128 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 2 (4.255 %) Citrix Certification 2 1 (2.128 %) ISEB
Vendors 1 1 (2.128 %) Business Objects