The first table below looks at the demand for Waterfall 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 Waterfall 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Waterfall Model
Rank 28 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 2 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 1.242% 3.200% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.942% 4.908% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £275 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.29% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £32.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year
-2.98% +4.68%
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
103 163 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 63.98% 65.20% 64.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 95 53
Average daily rate £375 £325 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £285 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 6
Average hourly rate £15.16 £29.50 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.61% +114.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Waterfall
East of England

Waterfall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Waterfall Daily 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 Suffolk 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
Bury St Edmunds - 1 £275 -
Lowestoft - 1 - -
Waterfall
East of England

Waterfall
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 10 (76.92%) Project Management
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
3 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (15.38%) MySQL
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle
5 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) UML
5 2 (15.38%) OO
5 2 (15.38%) OOD
5 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
5 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Change Control
6 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
6 1 (7.692%) ISTQB
6 1 (7.692%) QA
6 1 (7.692%) Test Management
6 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.692%) Information Assurance
6 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (7.692%) Financial Institution
6 1 (7.692%) LAMP
6 1 (7.692%) ISEB
6 1 (7.692%) NHS
6 1 (7.692%) PHP
6 1 (7.692%) SQL

Waterfall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 1 (7.692%) LAMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) MySQL
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Project Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Applications Architect
5 1 (7.692%) QA Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Project Management
2 7 (53.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) UML
4 2 (15.38%) OO
4 2 (15.38%) OOD
4 2 (15.38%) Change Control
5 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Test Management
5 1 (7.692%) Information Assurance
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) PHP
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) ISEB
1 1 (7.692%) ISTQB
1 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) ISO 9001
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle