The first table below looks at the demand for GAP 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 GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 18 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.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GAP Analysis
Rank 255 243 238
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -5
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 357 427 456
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.733% 0.735% 0.733%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.031% 1.078% 1.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 247 299
Average daily rate £438 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £310 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £605 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £411 £420 £380
% change year-on-year
-2.08% +10.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 16
Average hourly rate £35.72 £29.71 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.22% +2.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £19.42 £19.69
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.94 £40.00 £44.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £29.71 £28.00
% change year-on-year
+21.17% +6.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34628 39600 41874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.14% 68.19% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20769 22604 23882
Average daily rate £413 £400 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 996 1271 1448
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.11 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

GAP Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

GAP Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 18 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -10 334 £440 -2.22% 72
London -15 202 £450 -5.26% 25
City of London +1 76 £450 - 9
South East +6 36 £356 +9.61% 16
East Midlands +15 32 £458 +8.28% 3
South West +25 18 £413 -2.94%
Wiltshire +10 15 £411 -8.61%
Swindon +4 15 £411 -8.35%
Berkshire +32 13 £350 - 3
West Midlands +6 11 £438 +15.13% 1
North West +6 10 £365 -16.57% 10
Scotland -21 10 £350 -24.32% 2
Derbyshire - 10 £575 -
East of England +12 8 £388 +29.16% 1
Nottinghamshire +8 8 £325 -7.14% 1
Hampshire -6 7 £350 -12.50% 1
Glasgow -14 7 £350 -
North East - 7 £275 -
Yorkshire -2 6 £415 -12.63% 3
Tyne and Wear - 6 £275 -
Manchester +15 5 £365 - 9
Reading +14 5 £370 -
Birmingham +10 5 £450 +7.14%
Surrey +6 5 £350 - 1
West Yorkshire -1 5 £380 -20.00% 2
Hertfordshire +18 4 £388 +29.16% 1
Buckinghamshire -2 4 £338 +19.46%
Newcastle upon Tyne - 4 £278 -
Nottingham - 4 £325 - 1
Oxfordshire +5 3 £438 - 5

GAP Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 238 (34.54%) Finance
2 186 (27.00%) Business Analysis
3 147 (21.34%) Banking
4 120 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 98 (14.22%) SAP
6 96 (13.93%) SQL
7 94 (13.64%) Project Management
8 83 (12.05%) Migration
9 77 (11.18%) Change Management
10 76 (11.03%) Oracle
11 72 (10.45%) Data Analysis
12 71 (10.30%) UML
13 67 (9.724%) User Acceptance Testing
14 64 (9.289%) Retail
15 61 (8.853%) Business Intelligence
16 59 (8.563%) MS Visio
17 58 (8.418%) Data Modelling
17 58 (8.418%) Data Mapping
18 57 (8.273%) Requirements Analysis
19 55 (7.983%) CRM
20 50 (7.257%) Business Transformation
21 48 (6.967%) Degree
22 47 (6.821%) Microsoft
23 46 (6.676%) Telecoms
24 44 (6.386%) PRINCE2
25 43 (6.241%) Investment Banking
26 42 (6.096%) Siebel
26 42 (6.096%) Risk Management
27 41 (5.951%) ITIL
28 39 (5.660%) Asset Management

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 21 (3.048%) SAP XI
2 15 (2.177%) XML
3 12 (1.742%) .NET
4 10 (1.451%) J2EE
4 10 (1.451%) CSS
5 9 (1.306%) HTML
6 8 (1.161%) Middleware
7 5 (0.726%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (0.726%) ASP.NET
7 5 (0.726%) SAP MI
7 5 (0.726%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.581%) SAP CO-PA
8 4 (0.581%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.581%) SAML
9 3 (0.435%) WebCenter
9 3 (0.435%) RESTful
9 3 (0.435%) FpML
9 3 (0.435%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.435%) Spring
10 2 (0.290%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 25 (3.628%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.338%) WebLogic
3 18 (2.612%) IIS
4 17 (2.467%) Tomcat
5 16 (2.322%) Apache
6 5 (0.726%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.435%) FileNet
7 3 (0.435%) CMS
7 3 (0.435%) MS Exchange
7 3 (0.435%) Documentum
7 3 (0.435%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.290%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.290%) Lotus Domino
8 2 (0.290%) SAP Portal
8 2 (0.290%) ESB
9 1 (0.145%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 1 (0.145%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.145%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.145%) Lync
Applications
1 59 (8.563%) MS Visio
2 35 (5.080%) MS Office
3 33 (4.790%) MS Excel
4 21 (3.048%) MS PowerPoint
5 17 (2.467%) MS Project
6 1 (0.145%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.145%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 9 (1.306%) VisionPLUS
2 6 (0.871%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (0.726%) SAP BPC
3 5 (0.726%) Temenos T24
3 5 (0.726%) SAP CO
3 5 (0.726%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.726%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.581%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.581%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.581%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.435%) FLEXCUBE
5 3 (0.435%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.435%) SAP EHS
5 3 (0.435%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.435%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.435%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.435%) CSG Singleview
5 3 (0.435%) Summit
5 3 (0.435%) Hyperion Planning
6 2 (0.290%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.048%) 3G
2 20 (2.903%) 4G
3 19 (2.758%) 2G
4 14 (2.032%) LAN
5 13 (1.887%) ATM
6 12 (1.742%) WAN
7 9 (1.306%) Internet
8 8 (1.161%) Network Security
9 7 (1.016%) HTTP
10 5 (0.726%) SDH
10 5 (0.726%) MPLS
10 5 (0.726%) Firewall
10 5 (0.726%) Wireless
10 5 (0.726%) BSS
11 4 (0.581%) CTI
12 3 (0.435%) Extranet
13 2 (0.290%) WLAN
13 2 (0.290%) IPv6
13 2 (0.290%) SAN
13 2 (0.290%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.919%) Data Warehouse
2 24 (3.483%) Oracle Reports
3 23 (3.338%) Oracle BI EE
4 22 (3.193%) BusinessObjects XI
5 21 (3.048%) ReportNet
5 21 (3.048%) BusinessObjects
6 13 (1.887%) SAP BW
7 11 (1.597%) Oracle 10g
8 10 (1.451%) Star Schema
8 10 (1.451%) Oracle 11g
9 9 (1.306%) OLAP
10 8 (1.161%) Data Mining
10 8 (1.161%) Oracle OLAP
11 7 (1.016%) Siebel EIM
11 7 (1.016%) Essbase
12 6 (0.871%) SAP Data Services
12 6 (0.871%) Oracle 8/8i
13 5 (0.726%) SQL Server
13 5 (0.726%) SAP BI
14 4 (0.581%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (2.322%) JIRA
2 8 (1.161%) JUnit
3 3 (0.435%) Rational Rose
3 3 (0.435%) PeopleTools
3 3 (0.435%) Balsamiq Mockups
4 2 (0.290%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.290%) ERwin
4 2 (0.290%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.290%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.145%) ClearCase
5 1 (0.145%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.145%) TestDirector
5 1 (0.145%) Maven
General
1 238 (34.54%) Finance
2 147 (21.34%) Banking
3 64 (9.289%) Retail
4 46 (6.676%) Telecoms
5 43 (6.241%) Investment Banking
6 39 (5.660%) Retail Banking
7 27 (3.919%) Legal
8 22 (3.193%) Front Office
9 20 (2.903%) Marketing
10 14 (2.032%) Back Office
10 14 (2.032%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.306%) Billing
11 9 (1.306%) Publishing
12 8 (1.161%) Advertising
12 8 (1.161%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.016%) General Ledger
14 6 (0.871%) French Language
14 6 (0.871%) Automotive
14 6 (0.871%) Law
15 5 (0.726%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 434 (62.99%) Analyst
2 378 (54.86%) Business Analyst
3 86 (12.48%) Consultant
4 44 (6.386%) Developer
5 39 (5.660%) Data Analyst
6 34 (4.935%) Project Manager
7 32 (4.644%) Architect
8 29 (4.209%) Systems Analyst
9 27 (3.919%) Senior Analyst
10 23 (3.338%) Service Manager
10 23 (3.338%) Senior Business Analyst
10 23 (3.338%) Banking Business Analyst
11 22 (3.193%) Siebel Analyst
12 21 (3.048%) SAP Consultant
13 20 (2.903%) Siebel Business Analyst
13 20 (2.903%) Transition Manager
14 19 (2.758%) Performance Manager
14 19 (2.758%) Service Performance Manager
15 17 (2.467%) Process Analyst
16 16 (2.322%) Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.919%) Derivative
2 24 (3.483%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 22 (3.193%) Credit Risk
4 21 (3.048%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.758%) Computer Science
6 16 (2.322%) Reference Data
7 15 (2.177%) Market Risk
8 12 (1.742%) FMCG
9 9 (1.306%) Data Extraction
9 9 (1.306%) NHS
10 8 (1.161%) Equities
11 7 (1.016%) SWIFT
12 5 (0.726%) IIBA
12 5 (0.726%) Visualisation
12 5 (0.726%) Fixed Income
12 5 (0.726%) Interest Rate Derivative
13 4 (0.581%) AS400
13 4 (0.581%) iPad
13 4 (0.581%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.435%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 26 (3.774%) Windows
2 13 (1.887%) Linux
3 12 (1.742%) UNIX
4 3 (0.435%) AIX
4 3 (0.435%) Solaris
4 3 (0.435%) VMS
5 2 (0.290%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.290%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.145%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.145%) Android
6 1 (0.145%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (27.00%) Business Analysis
2 120 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 94 (13.64%) Project Management
4 83 (12.05%) Migration
5 77 (11.18%) Change Management
6 72 (10.45%) Data Analysis
7 71 (10.30%) UML
8 67 (9.724%) User Acceptance Testing
9 61 (8.853%) Business Intelligence
10 58 (8.418%) Data Modelling
10 58 (8.418%) Data Mapping
11 57 (8.273%) Requirements Analysis
12 55 (7.983%) CRM
13 50 (7.257%) Business Transformation
14 44 (6.386%) PRINCE2
15 42 (6.096%) Risk Management
16 41 (5.951%) ITIL
17 39 (5.660%) Asset Management
18 38 (5.515%) Use Case
19 37 (5.370%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 96 (13.93%) SQL
2 26 (3.774%) Java
2 26 (3.774%) PL/SQL
3 10 (1.451%) C
4 7 (1.016%) C#
5 4 (0.581%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.581%) VBA
5 4 (0.581%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.435%) PeopleCode
6 3 (0.435%) ABAP
6 3 (0.435%) Perl
6 3 (0.435%) C++
7 2 (0.290%) Python
8 1 (0.145%) Tcl
8 1 (0.145%) Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
8 1 (0.145%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.145%) PHP
Qualifications
1 48 (6.967%) Degree
2 24 (3.483%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.758%) SC Cleared
3 19 (2.758%) ISEB
4 6 (0.871%) CISSP
5 5 (0.726%) MOS
5 5 (0.726%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (0.726%) CISM
6 3 (0.435%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 3 (0.435%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.435%) CCIE
6 3 (0.435%) PMP
6 3 (0.435%) PMI Certification
6 3 (0.435%) JNCIE
7 2 (0.290%) BC Cleared
7 2 (0.290%) ISEB Practitioner
7 2 (0.290%) CIMA
7 2 (0.290%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.145%) MBA
8 1 (0.145%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.322%) QA
2 14 (2.032%) Basel III
3 13 (1.887%) Solvency II
3 13 (1.887%) Basel II
3 13 (1.887%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.597%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.597%) FATCA
5 9 (1.306%) SLA
6 5 (0.726%) COBIT
7 4 (0.581%) ISO 9000
8 2 (0.290%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.145%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.145%) BS25999
9 1 (0.145%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (0.581%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.435%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.435%) Forefront TMG
2 3 (0.435%) UAG
3 2 (0.290%) VMware ESX
3 2 (0.290%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (2.758%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.435%) SCOM
3 2 (0.290%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.145%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.145%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.145%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.145%) Legato
4 1 (0.145%) Netcool
4 1 (0.145%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 1 (0.145%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 98 (14.22%) SAP
2 76 (11.03%) Oracle
3 47 (6.821%) Microsoft
4 42 (6.096%) Siebel
5 26 (3.774%) Cognos
6 24 (3.483%) Business Objects
7 18 (2.612%) Informatica
8 17 (2.467%) Cisco
9 16 (2.322%) IBM
10 9 (1.306%) PeopleSoft
11 8 (1.161%) Juniper
12 7 (1.016%) Sybase
12 7 (1.016%) Teradata
13 6 (0.871%) Charles River
14 5 (0.726%) Fidessa
15 4 (0.581%) HP
15 4 (0.581%) Citrix
15 4 (0.581%) Hyperion
15 4 (0.581%) VMware
16 3 (0.435%) ATG
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
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Rate: £500.00 - £550.00 per day
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Rate: £280 per day
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Oxfordshire
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