The first table below looks at the demand for Use Case 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 Use Case over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Use Cases
Rank 82 99 90
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -9
Contract jobs citing Use Case 15 13 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.880% 0.574% 0.579%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.367% 0.884% 0.911%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 4
Average daily rate £345 £340 £358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.47% -5.02%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £278 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £374 £346 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £420
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
Average hourly rate £31.50 £38.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £33.08 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+5.82% +10.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1097 1471 1208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 64.38% 65.00% 63.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 702 512
Average daily rate £350 £341 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.79% -2.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 65 75
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Use Case
England

Use Case
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Use Case Jobs Demand Trend

Use Case
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Use Case Daily Rate Trend

Use Case
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Use Case Hourly Rate Trend

Use Case
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Use Case within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Coventry +9 6 - -
Warwickshire -7 4 £300 +6.48%
Birmingham +9 1 £375 -
Staffordshire - 1 £320 -
Sutton Coldfield - - - -
Shropshire - - - -
Worcestershire - - - -
Use Case
England

Use Case
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Use Case 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 Use Case.

1 13 (44.83%) Automotive
2 8 (27.59%) Business Analysis
3 6 (20.69%) Validation
3 6 (20.69%) UML
4 5 (17.24%) PLM
4 5 (17.24%) Test Scripting
5 4 (13.79%) Android
5 4 (13.79%) Mobile App
5 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
5 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (13.79%) Process Management
5 4 (13.79%) Java
5 4 (13.79%) Data Modelling
6 3 (10.34%) J2EE
6 3 (10.34%) ERP
6 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
6 3 (10.34%) Internet
6 3 (10.34%) Electronics
6 3 (10.34%) Finance
6 3 (10.34%) Scrum
6 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
6 3 (10.34%) Migration
6 3 (10.34%) Apple iOS
6 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
6 3 (10.34%) ENOVIA
7 2 (6.897%) Operations Research
7 2 (6.897%) Project Planning
7 2 (6.897%) Ajax
7 2 (6.897%) MS PowerPoint

Use Case
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Use Case 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 Use Case. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (10.34%) J2EE
2 2 (6.897%) Ajax
2 2 (6.897%) HTML
2 2 (6.897%) HTML5
3 1 (3.448%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.448%) CSS
3 1 (3.448%) XML
3 1 (3.448%) Flash
3 1 (3.448%) JMS
3 1 (3.448%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Project
1 2 (6.897%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (3.448%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) ENOVIA
2 1 (3.448%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Internet
2 1 (3.448%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.448%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.448%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Selenium
2 1 (3.448%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (44.83%) Automotive
2 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.34%) Electronics
3 3 (10.34%) Finance
4 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.448%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.448%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Analyst
2 14 (48.28%) Business Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Tester
3 3 (10.34%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Web Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) UML Business Analyst
4 2 (6.897%) Test Engineer
4 2 (6.897%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Architect
5 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Test Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.448%) WebSphere Portal Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Lead Business Analyst
5 1 (3.448%) Non-Functional Tester
5 1 (3.448%) Portal Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Designer
5 1 (3.448%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.897%) iPhone
2 2 (6.897%) Client/Server
2 2 (6.897%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.897%) Telematics
3 1 (3.448%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.448%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.448%) NHS
3 1 (3.448%) W3C
3 1 (3.448%) Semantic Web
3 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Android
2 3 (10.34%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.448%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Business Analysis
2 6 (20.69%) UML
2 6 (20.69%) Validation
3 5 (17.24%) Test Scripting
3 5 (17.24%) PLM
4 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (13.79%) Data Modelling
4 4 (13.79%) Process Management
4 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Scrum
5 3 (10.34%) Migration
5 3 (10.34%) ERP
5 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
6 2 (6.897%) Automated Testing
6 2 (6.897%) Software Engineering
6 2 (6.897%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (6.897%) Information Management
6 2 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (6.897%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) Java
2 2 (6.897%) SQL
3 1 (3.448%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.448%) HND
1 1 (3.448%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) OpenView
1 1 (3.448%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle
2 2 (6.897%) IBM
3 1 (3.448%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.448%) Cognos
3 1 (3.448%) HP
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