The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis 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 Swindon 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
GAP Analysis
Rank 31 32 28
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 8 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 2.740% 1.657% 2.795%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.620% 2.449% 3.879%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 9
Average daily rate £410 £449 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.63% +2.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £386 £427 £415
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £468 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £400 £371
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +7.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
- +6.19%
All Processes & Methodologies
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
221 245 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 75.68% 67.68% 72.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 178 140
Average daily rate £425 £425 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 10
Average hourly rate £14.50 £22.50 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.55% +3.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £15.70 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £30.50 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
GAP Analysis
Wiltshire

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon GAP Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Swindon GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon GAP Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon region citing GAP Analysis 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 GAP Analysis.

1 16 (100.00%) Finance
1 16 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 16 (100.00%) Business Transformation
2 15 (93.75%) Requirements Analysis
2 15 (93.75%) Banking
2 15 (93.75%) BPR
3 14 (87.50%) UML
3 14 (87.50%) SSADM
3 14 (87.50%) DSDM
4 13 (81.25%) MS Visio
5 9 (56.25%) Basel II
5 9 (56.25%) Basel III
6 8 (50.00%) Solvency II
7 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
8 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
8 1 (6.250%) Change Management
8 1 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (6.250%) Stress Testing
8 1 (6.250%) Data Mapping
8 1 (6.250%) Business Process Improvement
8 1 (6.250%) Retail
8 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
8 1 (6.250%) Retail Banking

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 13 (81.25%) MS Visio
General
1 16 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (93.75%) Banking
3 1 (6.250%) Retail
3 1 (6.250%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Business Analyst
1 15 (93.75%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Financial Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Financial Services Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 16 (100.00%) Business Transformation
2 15 (93.75%) Requirements Analysis
2 15 (93.75%) BPR
3 14 (87.50%) UML
3 14 (87.50%) SSADM
3 14 (87.50%) DSDM
4 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
5 1 (6.250%) Change Management
5 1 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (6.250%) Stress Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Data Mapping
5 1 (6.250%) Business Process Improvement
5 1 (6.250%) Business Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (56.25%) Basel II
1 9 (56.25%) Basel III
2 8 (50.00%) Solvency II
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