The first table below looks at the demand for Workflow skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Workflow over the 3 months to 23 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 Staffordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Workflow
Rank 14 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Contract jobs citing Workflow 5 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 5.682% 1.869% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.692% 2.857% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
Average daily rate £380 £190 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £328
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +14.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.50 £16.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+42.42% -8.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
65 140 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 73.86% 65.42% 61.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 56 50
Average daily rate £325 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £370 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
Average hourly rate £21.29 £20.26 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -18.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Workflow
West Midlands

Workflow
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire Workflow Jobs Demand Trend

Workflow
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Workflow across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Workflow Daily Rate Trend

Workflow
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Workflow across the Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Workflow Hourly Rate Trend

Workflow
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Workflow within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 3 £365 -
Workflow
West Midlands

Workflow
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Workflow 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 Workflow.

1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
2 3 (60.00%) Change Control
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) NHS
4 1 (20.00%) Extranet
4 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (20.00%) UML
4 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Document Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (20.00%) Process Management
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle Applications

Workflow
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Workflow 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 Workflow. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
1 4 (80.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Applications Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Applications Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Oracle Developer
3 1 (20.00%) UML Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) UML
2 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Document Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Process Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft