The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Use Case over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Suffolk 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Use Cases
Rank 24 31 20
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -11
Contract jobs citing Use Case 2 9 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.429% 3.557% 7.477%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.381% 5.590% 11.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
Average daily rate £400 £460 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +70.37%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £418
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -4.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -29.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +13.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
84 161 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 60.00% 63.64% 62.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 82 65
Average daily rate £350 £325 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 6
Average hourly rate £35.00 £29.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.64% +81.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.30 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Use Case
East of England

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk Use Case Jobs Demand Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend

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

Suffolk Use Case Daily Rate Trend

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk Use Case Hourly Rate Trend

Use Case
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Ipswich - 1 £400 -
Use Case
East of England

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing Use Case 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 Use Case.

1 13 (72.22%) UML
2 7 (38.89%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (38.89%) System Testing
3 5 (27.78%) SQL
4 4 (22.22%) Finance
5 3 (16.67%) Migration
5 3 (16.67%) SOAP
5 3 (16.67%) XML
5 3 (16.67%) XSLT
5 3 (16.67%) Data Migration
5 3 (16.67%) soapUI
5 3 (16.67%) Degree
5 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Integration Testing
6 2 (11.11%) WCF
6 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
6 2 (11.11%) IIS
6 2 (11.11%) HTTP
6 2 (11.11%) HTTPS
6 2 (11.11%) Sun
6 2 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 2 (11.11%) General Ledger
7 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.556%) SOA
7 1 (5.556%) Eclipse
7 1 (5.556%) Wireless
7 1 (5.556%) Embedded C

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing Use Case 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 Use Case. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (16.67%) SOAP
1 3 (16.67%) XML
1 3 (16.67%) XSLT
1 3 (16.67%) soapUI
2 2 (11.11%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) IIS
1 2 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) HTTP
1 2 (11.11%) HTTPS
2 1 (5.556%) Wireless
2 1 (5.556%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Analyst
2 13 (72.22%) Business Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Tester
4 3 (16.67%) UML Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Functional Tester
5 1 (5.556%) Non-Functional Tester
5 1 (5.556%) Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Firmware
1 1 (5.556%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) UML
2 7 (38.89%) System Testing
3 3 (16.67%) Migration
3 3 (16.67%) Data Migration
3 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Integration Testing
4 2 (11.11%) Test Scripting
4 2 (11.11%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.556%) SOA
5 1 (5.556%) OO
5 1 (5.556%) Test Management
5 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) Embedded C
2 1 (5.556%) Python
2 1 (5.556%) C
2 1 (5.556%) C#
2 1 (5.556%) C++
2 1 (5.556%) Java
2 1 (5.556%) Perl
2 1 (5.556%) Lua
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Sun
2 1 (5.556%) Red Hat