The first table below looks at the demand for UML 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 UML over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank 59 59 58
Rank change year-on-year
0 -1
Contract jobs citing UML 35 33 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.760% 2.037% 1.376%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.876% 2.780% 2.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 7
Average daily rate £338 £348 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.87% -13.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £286 £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.50 £34.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+2.15% -2.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
903 1187 716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 71.21% 73.27% 65.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 684 345
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 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 23 28
Average hourly rate £24.00 £18.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.68 £12.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
UML
Yorkshire

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire UML Jobs Demand Trend

UML
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire UML Daily Rate Trend

UML
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UML across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Yorkshire UML Daily Rate Histogram

UML
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire UML Hourly Rate Trend

UML
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UML within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Leeds +17 27 £310 -4.61%
Halifax +4 4 £478 +12.35%
Bradford +3 1 £335 +11.66%
UML
Yorkshire

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing UML 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 UML.

1 28 (49.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (26.32%) BPMN
3 14 (24.56%) Use Case
4 13 (22.81%) Retail
5 12 (21.05%) User Acceptance Testing
5 12 (21.05%) Finance
6 10 (17.54%) MS Visio
6 10 (17.54%) Systems Analysis
6 10 (17.54%) Banking
7 9 (15.79%) CMS
7 9 (15.79%) Logistics
7 9 (15.79%) .NET
8 8 (14.04%) Oracle
8 8 (14.04%) Asset Management
8 8 (14.04%) Migration
8 8 (14.04%) Maximo
8 8 (14.04%) Data Migration
9 7 (12.28%) SQL Server
9 7 (12.28%) C#
9 7 (12.28%) Java
9 7 (12.28%) MS Excel
9 7 (12.28%) SOA
9 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
10 6 (10.53%) TIBCO
10 6 (10.53%) Telecoms
10 6 (10.53%) XML
10 6 (10.53%) ITIL
10 6 (10.53%) SQL
10 6 (10.53%) Retail Banking
10 6 (10.53%) Business Analysis

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (15.79%) .NET
2 6 (10.53%) XML
3 5 (8.772%) SOAP
3 5 (8.772%) ASP.NET
4 4 (7.018%) CSS
4 4 (7.018%) HTML
5 3 (5.263%) LAMP
5 3 (5.263%) Silverlight
5 3 (5.263%) REST
6 2 (3.509%) RESTful
6 2 (3.509%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (3.509%) WCF
6 2 (3.509%) WPF
6 2 (3.509%) WinForms
6 2 (3.509%) Java EE
6 2 (3.509%) JMS
7 1 (1.754%) Middleware
7 1 (1.754%) ASP
7 1 (1.754%) JSON
7 1 (1.754%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 9 (15.79%) CMS
2 5 (8.772%) WebLogic
2 5 (8.772%) SAS
3 3 (5.263%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.509%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (3.509%) ESB
5 1 (1.754%) Drupal
5 1 (1.754%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (17.54%) MS Visio
2 7 (12.28%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.509%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Maximo
2 2 (3.509%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.509%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (3.509%) Big Data
4 1 (1.754%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.754%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.018%) JIRA
2 3 (5.263%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.263%) ClearCase
3 2 (3.509%) Subversion
3 2 (3.509%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 13 (22.81%) Retail
2 12 (21.05%) Finance
3 10 (17.54%) Banking
4 6 (10.53%) Retail Banking
4 6 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 5 (8.772%) Front Office
6 3 (5.263%) Games
7 2 (3.509%) Legal
8 1 (1.754%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.754%) Back Office
8 1 (1.754%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 44 (77.19%) Analyst
2 42 (73.68%) Business Analyst
3 5 (8.772%) Developer
3 5 (8.772%) Senior Business Analyst
3 5 (8.772%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (7.018%) Applications Support Specialist
4 4 (7.018%) Applications Specialist
4 4 (7.018%) Support Specialist
4 4 (7.018%) Applications Support
4 4 (7.018%) UML Business Analyst
5 3 (5.263%) Architect
5 3 (5.263%) Agile Business Analyst
5 3 (5.263%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.263%) .NET Developer
6 2 (3.509%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (1.754%) C# Developer
7 1 (1.754%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (1.754%) Financial Business Analyst
7 1 (1.754%) Technical Business Analyst
7 1 (1.754%) Microsoft Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.018%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.509%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.754%) Online Games
3 1 (1.754%) Online Gambling
3 1 (1.754%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.754%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.754%) NHS
3 1 (1.754%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.263%) Windows
2 2 (3.509%) Linux
2 2 (3.509%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (49.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (26.32%) BPMN
3 14 (24.56%) Use Case
4 12 (21.05%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (17.54%) Systems Analysis
6 9 (15.79%) Logistics
7 8 (14.04%) Migration
7 8 (14.04%) Asset Management
7 8 (14.04%) Data Migration
8 7 (12.28%) SOA
9 6 (10.53%) ITIL
9 6 (10.53%) Business Analysis
10 5 (8.772%) Problem Management
10 5 (8.772%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (8.772%) Scrum
10 5 (8.772%) Workflow
11 4 (7.018%) GAP Analysis
12 3 (5.263%) RUP
12 3 (5.263%) Data Modelling
12 3 (5.263%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.28%) C#
1 7 (12.28%) Java
2 6 (10.53%) SQL
3 3 (5.263%) PHP
4 2 (3.509%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (8.772%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.509%) Degree
2 2 (3.509%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.263%) SLA
2 1 (1.754%) WAI
2 1 (1.754%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.509%) VMware Server
1 2 (3.509%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.754%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.509%) OpenView
1 2 (3.509%) CA Wily
2 1 (1.754%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (1.754%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 8 (14.04%) Oracle
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.53%) TIBCO
4 4 (7.018%) Pega
5 2 (3.509%) hybris
5 2 (3.509%) Perforce
5 2 (3.509%) VMware
5 2 (3.509%) HP
6 1 (1.754%) Remedy
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Skills: - Experience within workshop facilitation - Worked across all stages of the lifecycle - Capacity to put together functional specifications, technical specifications - Able to effectively manage stakeholders - Experience in requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £380.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Skills: - Experience within workshop facilitation - Worked across all stages of the lifecycle - Capacity to put together functional specifications, technical specifications - Able to effectively manage stakeholders - Experience in requirements...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013