The first table below looks at the demand for Waterfall 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Waterfall Model
Rank 88 95 101
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +6
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 20 42 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.992% 1.298% 0.742%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.488% 1.906% 1.139%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 10
Average daily rate £350 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £280 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £425 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
Average hourly rate £32.00 £48.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £38.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-16.12% +38.39%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1344 2204 1843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.63% 68.13% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1360 953
Average daily rate £375 £390 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 110 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Dorset +6 6 - -
Somerset - 5 £458 -
Devon - 5 £350 -
Bristol +9 3 £320 -1.53%
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 19 (47.50%) Security Cleared
2 17 (42.50%) Finance
3 15 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (37.50%) TOGAF
3 15 (37.50%) UML
4 14 (35.00%) XML
4 14 (35.00%) SC Cleared
5 13 (32.50%) Banking
5 13 (32.50%) Retail
5 13 (32.50%) Business Analysis
5 13 (32.50%) ETL
6 12 (30.00%) Data Modelling
6 12 (30.00%) ERwin
6 12 (30.00%) .NET
6 12 (30.00%) Zachman Framework
6 12 (30.00%) Data Quality
6 12 (30.00%) Kimball Methodology
6 12 (30.00%) Inmon Methodology
6 12 (30.00%) Metadata Management
7 11 (27.50%) Corporate Banking
7 11 (27.50%) C#
7 11 (27.50%) OO
7 11 (27.50%) SOA
8 10 (25.00%) CSS
8 10 (25.00%) HTML
8 10 (25.00%) Oracle
8 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
9 9 (22.50%) SQL
9 9 (22.50%) Configuration Management
10 8 (20.00%) Web Services

Waterfall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 14 (35.00%) XML
2 12 (30.00%) .NET
3 10 (25.00%) CSS
3 10 (25.00%) HTML
4 8 (20.00%) Web Services
5 7 (17.50%) .NET Framework
6 6 (15.00%) ASP.NET
7 5 (12.50%) XSL
7 5 (12.50%) XSLT
7 5 (12.50%) ASP
8 4 (10.00%) SOAP
9 3 (7.500%) Middleware
9 3 (7.500%) WCF
9 3 (7.500%) WPF
9 3 (7.500%) WF
10 1 (2.500%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (7.500%) MQSeries
3 3 (7.500%) Oracle Service Bus
4 1 (2.500%) AquaLogic
4 1 (2.500%) AquaLogic Service Bus
Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MS Office
1 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.000%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (2.500%) Temenos T24
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.500%) WAN
1 1 (2.500%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.500%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.500%) OLTP
3 1 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.500%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.500%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (30.00%) ERwin
2 5 (12.50%) Visual Studio
3 4 (10.00%) Git (software)
3 4 (10.00%) Subversion
4 1 (2.500%) NUnit
4 1 (2.500%) JIRA
4 1 (2.500%) MSTest
4 1 (2.500%) TeamCity
4 1 (2.500%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.500%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (42.50%) Finance
2 13 (32.50%) Banking
2 13 (32.50%) Retail
3 11 (27.50%) Corporate Banking
4 4 (10.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) Developer
2 13 (32.50%) Consultant
3 7 (17.50%) Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Software Developer
4 5 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Software Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Development Manager
6 3 (7.500%) Data Consultant
6 3 (7.500%) Test Analyst
6 3 (7.500%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Analyst Developer
7 2 (5.000%) Development Project Manager
7 2 (5.000%) Service Analyst
7 2 (5.000%) Oracle Analyst
7 2 (5.000%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.500%) Business Analyst
8 1 (2.500%) Programme Manager
8 1 (2.500%) QA Analyst
8 1 (2.500%) Software Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.500%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.500%) UNIX
1 1 (2.500%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
1 15 (37.50%) TOGAF
1 15 (37.50%) UML
2 13 (32.50%) Business Analysis
2 13 (32.50%) ETL
3 12 (30.00%) Data Modelling
3 12 (30.00%) Zachman Framework
3 12 (30.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 12 (30.00%) Inmon Methodology
3 12 (30.00%) Metadata Management
4 11 (27.50%) OO
4 11 (27.50%) SOA
5 9 (22.50%) Configuration Management
6 7 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (15.00%) PRINCE2
8 5 (12.50%) RAD
8 5 (12.50%) ITIL
8 5 (12.50%) Multithreading
9 4 (10.00%) Performance Management
9 4 (10.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) C#
2 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 9 (22.50%) SQL
4 7 (17.50%) C
5 5 (12.50%) XQuery
5 5 (12.50%) MATLAB
5 5 (12.50%) VBScript
5 5 (12.50%) VB
5 5 (12.50%) VB.NET
5 5 (12.50%) C++
5 5 (12.50%) XPath
5 5 (12.50%) VB6
6 4 (10.00%) Java
7 2 (5.000%) PHP
8 1 (2.500%) Delphi
8 1 (2.500%) VBA
8 1 (2.500%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (47.50%) Security Cleared
2 14 (35.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.00%) Degree
3 6 (15.00%) MCSD
3 6 (15.00%) ISEB
3 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 4 (10.00%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (5.000%) MCAD
6 1 (2.500%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.500%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.00%) Data Quality
2 5 (12.50%) ISO 9000
3 4 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (10.00%) TickIT
4 3 (7.500%) COBIT
5 2 (5.000%) QA
5 2 (5.000%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Oracle
2 7 (17.50%) Informatica
3 6 (15.00%) Ab Initio
3 6 (15.00%) DataFlux
3 6 (15.00%) IBM
3 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.500%) Siebel
4 1 (2.500%) webMethods
4 1 (2.500%) Temenos
4 1 (2.500%) HP
4 1 (2.500%) BEA