The first table below looks at the demand for Requirements Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Requirements Management over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Requirements Management
Rank 89 - 87
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Requirements Management 7 0 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.416% - 0.376%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.619% - 0.596%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £363 £425
% change year-on-year
-2.06% -14.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
Average hourly rate £37.80 - £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.65 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+50.60% -16.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1130 1411 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.22% 62.79% 63.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 665 544
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 67
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -15.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Requirements Management
England

Requirements Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Requirements Management Jobs Demand Trend

Requirements Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Requirements Management across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Requirements Management Daily Rate Trend

Requirements Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Requirements Management across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Requirements Management Hourly Rate Trend

Requirements Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Requirements Management within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Coventry - 7 - -
Requirements Management
England

Requirements Management
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Requirements Management 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 Requirements Management.

1 13 (59.09%) ClearCase
1 13 (59.09%) ClearQuest
1 13 (59.09%) Project Management
1 13 (59.09%) Manufacturing
1 13 (59.09%) Validation
1 13 (59.09%) ENOVIA
1 13 (59.09%) Time Management
1 13 (59.09%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (54.55%) PLM
2 12 (54.55%) SAP
3 6 (27.27%) TOGAF
3 6 (27.27%) Data Modelling
3 6 (27.27%) SOA
3 6 (27.27%) Finance
4 2 (9.091%) Service Management
4 2 (9.091%) TIBCO
4 2 (9.091%) Tomcat
4 2 (9.091%) J2EE
4 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (9.091%) Business Analysis
4 2 (9.091%) WebSphere
4 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 1 (4.545%) Smart Meter
5 1 (4.545%) Banking
5 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.545%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.545%) IBM

Requirements Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Requirements Management 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 Requirements Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (9.091%) J2EE
1 2 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) Tomcat
1 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Message Broker
Business Applications
1 13 (59.09%) ENOVIA
Development Applications
1 13 (59.09%) ClearCase
1 13 (59.09%) ClearQuest
1 13 (59.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (59.09%) Manufacturing
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 1 (4.545%) Banking
3 1 (4.545%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Requirements Engineer
2 10 (45.45%) Applications Engineer
3 6 (27.27%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Applications Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Head of Business Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.545%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Project Management
1 13 (59.09%) Validation
1 13 (59.09%) Time Management
2 12 (54.55%) PLM
3 6 (27.27%) TOGAF
3 6 (27.27%) Data Modelling
3 6 (27.27%) SOA
4 2 (9.091%) Service Management
4 2 (9.091%) Business Analysis
5 1 (4.545%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) SAP
2 2 (9.091%) TIBCO
3 1 (4.545%) IBM