The first table below looks at the demand for Cost-Benefit Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cost-Benefit Analysis over the 3 months to 20 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.

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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Rank 503 523 525
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +2
Contract jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis 30 50 63
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.064% 0.086% 0.105%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 0.127% 0.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 42
Average daily rate £500 £375 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £325 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £425 £573
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £370 £401
% change year-on-year
+1.35% -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £25.00 -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32994 39524 40808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.91% 67.75% 67.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 19705 22725 23185
Average daily rate £413 £400 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 981 1273 1454
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.75 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cost-Benefit Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis within the UK.

Cost-Benefit Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cost-Benefit Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis within the UK.

Cost-Benefit Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Top 23 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cost-Benefit Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +41 26 £500 +33.33%
London +17 16 £550 +33.33%
South West +24 4 £445 +21.91%
City of London +22 4 £525 -
Bristol +14 4 £445 +21.91%
Scotland - 3 - -
North West +16 2 £200 -43.26%
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Canary Wharf - 2 £619 -
Cheshire +8 1 - -
Yorkshire -2 1 - -
West Yorkshire -3 1 - -
Durham - 1 £313 -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
North East - 1 £313 -
Halifax - 1 - -
Northampton - 1 - -
Chester - 1 - -
Aberdeen - 1 - -
County Antrim - 1 £375 -
Belfast - 1 £375 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £375 -

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cost-Benefit 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 Cost-Benefit Analysis.

1 28 (33.33%) Finance
2 21 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (17.86%) Banking
4 12 (14.29%) Project Management
4 12 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 12 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 11 (13.10%) Change Management
6 9 (10.71%) Investment Banking
6 9 (10.71%) PRINCE2
7 8 (9.524%) BPR
7 8 (9.524%) Retail
8 7 (8.333%) Asset Management
8 7 (8.333%) C#
8 7 (8.333%) Requirements Management
8 7 (8.333%) QA
9 6 (7.143%) Project Planning
9 6 (7.143%) .NET
9 6 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (7.143%) ISEB
10 5 (5.952%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (5.952%) CRM
10 5 (5.952%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (5.952%) Local Government
10 5 (5.952%) Front Office
10 5 (5.952%) Investment Management
10 5 (5.952%) Security Cleared
10 5 (5.952%) Product Management
11 4 (4.762%) Data Architecture
11 4 (4.762%) Use Case

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Cost-Benefit 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 Cost-Benefit Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (7.143%) .NET
2 4 (4.762%) Middleware
2 4 (4.762%) .NET Framework
3 3 (3.571%) MapReduce
4 2 (2.381%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.190%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.762%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.571%) Lync
2 3 (3.571%) Apache Pig
3 1 (1.190%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 4 (4.762%) MS Visio
2 3 (3.571%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.381%) MS Office
4 1 (1.190%) MS Project
4 1 (1.190%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.381%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (2.381%) Eagle PACE
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.762%) VoIP
1 4 (4.762%) Internet
2 1 (1.190%) OSPF
2 1 (1.190%) BGP
2 1 (1.190%) RTP
2 1 (1.190%) H.323
2 1 (1.190%) Firewall
2 1 (1.190%) Softphone
2 1 (1.190%) HTTP
2 1 (1.190%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.190%) ATM
2 1 (1.190%) Broadband
2 1 (1.190%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.571%) Hadoop
2 3 (3.571%) Apache Hive
2 3 (3.571%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.571%) HBase
2 3 (3.571%) Mahout
2 3 (3.571%) Big Data
3 2 (2.381%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.190%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.571%) TestDirector
1 3 (3.571%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 28 (33.33%) Finance
2 15 (17.86%) Banking
3 9 (10.71%) Investment Banking
4 8 (9.524%) Retail
5 5 (5.952%) Front Office
5 5 (5.952%) Local Government
6 4 (4.762%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.571%) Back Office
7 3 (3.571%) Retail Banking
8 2 (2.381%) Legal
9 1 (1.190%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 52 (61.90%) Analyst
2 47 (55.95%) Business Analyst
3 13 (15.48%) Project Manager
4 5 (5.952%) Data Analyst
5 4 (4.762%) Developer
5 4 (4.762%) C# Developer
5 4 (4.762%) IT Business Analyst
6 3 (3.571%) Voice Engineer
6 3 (3.571%) Business Data Analyst
6 3 (3.571%) Business Change Analyst
6 3 (3.571%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (3.571%) Product Manager
6 3 (3.571%) Change Analyst
6 3 (3.571%) Consultant
7 2 (2.381%) Senior Manager
7 2 (2.381%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (2.381%) Tester
7 2 (2.381%) Architect
7 2 (2.381%) QA Tester
7 2 (2.381%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.952%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (4.762%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.571%) Telematics
3 3 (3.571%) Smart Meter
4 2 (2.381%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.190%) Derivative
5 1 (1.190%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (1.190%) NHS
5 1 (1.190%) Handset
5 1 (1.190%) Streaming Video
5 1 (1.190%) Equities
5 1 (1.190%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.190%) Windows
1 1 (1.190%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
2 12 (14.29%) Project Management
2 12 (14.29%) Business Analysis
3 11 (13.10%) Change Management
4 9 (10.71%) PRINCE2
5 8 (9.524%) BPR
6 7 (8.333%) Asset Management
6 7 (8.333%) Requirements Management
7 6 (7.143%) Project Planning
7 6 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (5.952%) CRM
8 5 (5.952%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (5.952%) Investment Management
8 5 (5.952%) Product Management
9 4 (4.762%) Data Architecture
9 4 (4.762%) Use Case
9 4 (4.762%) Web Development
9 4 (4.762%) Lean Six Sigma
9 4 (4.762%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.333%) C#
2 1 (1.190%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.190%) SQL
2 1 (1.190%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.190%) VBScript
2 1 (1.190%) VBA
2 1 (1.190%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (7.143%) ISEB
2 5 (5.952%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.762%) Degree
3 4 (4.762%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 3 (3.571%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.571%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (2.381%) CBAP
6 1 (1.190%) CCNA
6 1 (1.190%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.190%) Avaya Certification
6 1 (1.190%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.333%) QA
2 4 (4.762%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (1.190%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.190%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (1.190%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (3.571%) Microsoft
1 3 (3.571%) Avaya
2 2 (2.381%) Symantec
2 2 (2.381%) BT
2 2 (2.381%) Cisco
2 2 (2.381%) Vermilion
3 1 (1.190%) Twitter
3 1 (1.190%) CyberTech
3 1 (1.190%) IBM
3 1 (1.190%) Citrix
3 1 (1.190%) Acme Packet
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