The first table below looks at the demand for GAP Analysis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GAP Analysis over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
GAP Analysis
Rank 103 108 95
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -13
Contract jobs citing GAP Analysis 9 2 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.484% 0.089% 0.431%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.700% 0.126% 0.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 6
Average daily rate £375 £275 £163
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% +69.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £400 £371
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +7.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £30.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year
- +6.19%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1286 1586 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 69.14% 70.58% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 877 557
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 41 60
Average hourly rate £26.00 £16.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.57% -29.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £170.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire GAP Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire GAP Analysis Daily Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GAP Analysis across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire GAP Analysis Daily Rate Histogram

GAP Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire GAP Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

GAP Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GAP Analysis within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire +8 8 £378 +37.27%
North Yorkshire - 1 £265 -
GAP Analysis
England

GAP Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing GAP Analysis 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 GAP Analysis.

1 9 (47.37%) Finance
1 9 (47.37%) Business Analysis
2 6 (31.58%) UML
3 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (21.05%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (21.05%) Banking
4 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) EFT
5 2 (10.53%) NHS
5 2 (10.53%) MS Office
5 2 (10.53%) SAP
5 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
5 2 (10.53%) Games
5 2 (10.53%) Change Management
5 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
5 2 (10.53%) Business Transformation
5 2 (10.53%) Integration Testing
5 2 (10.53%) QA
5 2 (10.53%) Use Case
5 2 (10.53%) Retail
5 2 (10.53%) SAP PM
6 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.263%) Requirements Management
6 1 (5.263%) Online Games
6 1 (5.263%) Online Gambling
6 1 (5.263%) Online Betting
6 1 (5.263%) Test Management

GAP Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing GAP Analysis 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 GAP Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Office
2 1 (5.263%) MS Project
2 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) SAP PM
2 1 (5.263%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (5.263%) SAP CO
2 1 (5.263%) SAP FI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (5.263%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (47.37%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Games
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.53%) Retail
4 1 (5.263%) Online Betting
4 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Business Analyst
1 14 (73.68%) Analyst
2 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.263%) SAP PM Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) SAP CS Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) Business Change Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) Business Process Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Process Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) Change Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Implementation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) EFT
1 2 (10.53%) NHS
2 1 (5.263%) Online Games
2 1 (5.263%) Online Gambling
2 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Business Analysis
2 6 (31.58%) UML
3 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (21.05%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Process Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.53%) Change Management
5 2 (10.53%) Business Transformation
5 2 (10.53%) Integration Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Use Case
6 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.263%) Requirements Management
6 1 (5.263%) Test Management
6 1 (5.263%) Business Process Improvement
6 1 (5.263%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.263%) Workflow
6 1 (5.263%) Migration
6 1 (5.263%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) SAP
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
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