The first table below looks at the demand for Business Transformation skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Transformation 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 Yorkshire 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
Business Transformation
Rank 78 82 64
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -18
Contract jobs citing Business Transformation 14 13 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.090% 0.810% 0.731%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.530% 1.113% 1.117%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 3
Average daily rate £330 £395 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.45% -24.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £307 £445
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £505 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £464 £438
% change year-on-year
-8.46% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £27.50 £33.50
% change year-on-year
+37.45% -17.91%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
915 1168 716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 71.26% 72.82% 65.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 669 346
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £459 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 24 27
Average hourly rate £23.75 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.37% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.78 £12.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Business Transformation
Yorkshire

Business Transformation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Business Transformation Jobs Demand Trend

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Transformation across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Business Transformation Daily Rate Trend

Business Transformation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Transformation across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire Business Transformation Daily Rate Histogram

Business Transformation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Transformation within the West Yorkshire 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
Halifax +12 7 £330 -13.72%
Leeds -8 5 £530 +21.14%
Business Transformation
Yorkshire

Business Transformation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Business Transformation 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 Business Transformation.

1 17 (73.91%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Banking
2 8 (34.78%) Retail
3 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (21.74%) Retail Banking
5 4 (17.39%) Project Management
5 4 (17.39%) SQL
5 4 (17.39%) .NET
5 4 (17.39%) Oracle
6 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
6 3 (13.04%) OOP
6 3 (13.04%) OO
6 3 (13.04%) NHibernate
6 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
6 3 (13.04%) Migration
6 3 (13.04%) TDD
6 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
7 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (8.696%) MSTest
7 2 (8.696%) NUnit
7 2 (8.696%) Project Planning
7 2 (8.696%) Change Management
7 2 (8.696%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (8.696%) MVC
7 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
7 2 (8.696%) PL/SQL
8 1 (4.348%) VB.NET
8 1 (4.348%) MS Project
8 1 (4.348%) MS Office

Business Transformation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (17.39%) .NET
2 3 (13.04%) NHibernate
3 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.348%) XHTML
4 1 (4.348%) CSS
4 1 (4.348%) SOAP
4 1 (4.348%) Ajax
4 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.348%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.348%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (4.348%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Project
1 1 (4.348%) MS Office
1 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (4.348%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MSTest
1 2 (8.696%) NUnit
2 1 (4.348%) Visual Studio
General
1 17 (73.91%) Finance
2 8 (34.78%) Banking
2 8 (34.78%) Retail
3 5 (21.74%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Test Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.696%) .NET Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Architect
4 2 (8.696%) Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Test Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Data Architect
5 1 (4.348%) Project Planner
5 1 (4.348%) Tester
5 1 (4.348%) Junior
5 1 (4.348%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (4.348%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (4.348%) Oracle Financials Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Junior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Programme Planner
5 1 (4.348%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (4.348%) Applications Architect
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) User Acceptance Testing
1 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (17.39%) Project Management
3 3 (13.04%) OOP
3 3 (13.04%) OO
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
3 3 (13.04%) Migration
3 3 (13.04%) TDD
3 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
4 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (8.696%) Project Planning
4 2 (8.696%) Change Management
4 2 (8.696%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (8.696%) MVC
5 1 (4.348%) Six Sigma
5 1 (4.348%) Scrum
5 1 (4.348%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.348%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (4.348%) Unit Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.696%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.348%) VB.NET
4 1 (4.348%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle
West Yorkshire
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Rate: £330.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £390.00 per day
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