West Midlands SSADM Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SSADM over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM)
Location Berkshire Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Brentwood Bridgend Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheshire City of London Croydon Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Lancashire Leamington Spa Leicester Leicestershire London Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Scotland Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	114	116
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	8	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.014 %
As % of the category below	0.448 %	0.828 %
Daily rates quoted	8	4
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£425
Average daily rate	£341	£463
% change on same period last year	-26.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£344	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£432	£379
% change on same period last year	+14.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.00	£34.00
% change on same period last year	+2.94 %
Processes & Methodologies West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1787	1691
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.382 %	1.711 %
Daily rates quoted	447	401
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£345
Average daily rate	£360	£364
% change on same period last year	-1.14 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£384
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	95	195
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.17	£25.72
Average hourly rate	£27.72	£28.13
% change on same period last year	-1.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.27	£30.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
SSADM England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SSADM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SSADM across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

SSADM
Daily Rate Trend

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

SSADM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SSADM across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SSADM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SSADM
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SSADM within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Warwickshire	+11	7	£350	-
Staffordshire	-4	1	£275	-38.88 %

SSADM England

SSADM
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SSADM 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 SSADM.

1 25 (89.29 %) UML 2 21 (75.00 %) Pensions 3 16 (57.14 %) Finance 3 16 (57.14 %) E-Commerce 3 16 (57.14 %) EDI 4 7 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 5 5 (17.86 %) Government 6 4 (14.29 %) Project Management 6 4 (14.29 %) Systems Analysis 6 4 (14.29 %) QA 6 4 (14.29 %) RAD 6 4 (14.29 %) RUP 7 3 (10.71 %) Java 7 3 (10.71 %) JavaScript 7 3 (10.71 %) N-Tier

7 3 (10.71 %) Client/Server 7 3 (10.71 %) Service Delivery 7 3 (10.71 %) Internet 7 3 (10.71 %) WebSphere MQ 7 3 (10.71 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 3 (10.71 %) WebSphere 8 1 (3.571 %) GAP Analysis 8 1 (3.571 %) Data Modelling 8 1 (3.571 %) PRINCE2 8 1 (3.571 %) Requirements Analysis

SSADM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SSADM 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 SSADM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 16 (57.14 %) EDI 2 3 (10.71 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 3 (10.71 %) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking 1 3 (10.71 %) Internet	General 1 21 (75.00 %) Pensions 2 16 (57.14 %) Finance 3 5 (17.86 %) Government
Job Titles 1 24 (85.71 %) Business Analyst 1 24 (85.71 %) Analyst 2 4 (14.29 %) IT Business Analyst 3 2 (7.143 %) Team Leader 3 2 (7.143 %) Developer 4 1 (3.571 %) Consultant 4 1 (3.571 %) Business Consultant 4 1 (3.571 %) Financial Business Analyst 4 1 (3.571 %) Financial Analyst 4 1 (3.571 %) Financial Services Business Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 3 (10.71 %) Client/Server 1 3 (10.71 %) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies 1 25 (89.29 %) UML 2 16 (57.14 %) E-Commerce 3 7 (25.00 %) Business Analysis 4 4 (14.29 %) RAD 4 4 (14.29 %) RUP 4 4 (14.29 %) Project Management 4 4 (14.29 %) Systems Analysis 5 3 (10.71 %) Service Delivery 5 3 (10.71 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 1 (3.571 %) Requirements Analysis 6 1 (3.571 %) GAP Analysis 6 1 (3.571 %) PRINCE2 6 1 (3.571 %) Data Modelling	Programming Languages 1 3 (10.71 %) Java 1 3 (10.71 %) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (14.29 %) QA