The first table below looks at the demand for UML 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 UML over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Rank 70 62 66
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +4
Contract jobs citing UML 40 50 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 2.153% 2.238% 1.750%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.130% 3.177% 2.773%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 20 14
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 £304 £289 £252
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 2
Average hourly rate £38.00 - £36.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+0.71% -2.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1278 1574 1154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 68.78% 70.46% 63.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 868 548
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 40 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 £12.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £170.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
UML
England

UML
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +9 37 £338 -2.17%
South Yorkshire +2 1 - -
UML
England

UML
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 29 (48.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (26.67%) BPMN
3 15 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 13 (21.67%) Finance
5 12 (20.00%) MS Visio
6 11 (18.33%) Migration
7 10 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
8 9 (15.00%) Logistics
8 9 (15.00%) Business Analysis
8 9 (15.00%) Use Case
8 9 (15.00%) Maximo
8 9 (15.00%) Retail
8 9 (15.00%) Asset Management
8 9 (15.00%) CMS
8 9 (15.00%) Oracle
8 9 (15.00%) Data Migration
9 8 (13.33%) Java
10 7 (11.67%) SQL
10 7 (11.67%) .NET
10 7 (11.67%) ITIL
10 7 (11.67%) SOA
11 6 (10.00%) SAS
11 6 (10.00%) Microsoft
11 6 (10.00%) TIBCO
11 6 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
11 6 (10.00%) WebLogic
11 6 (10.00%) Banking
11 6 (10.00%) Problem Management
12 5 (8.333%) JIRA
12 5 (8.333%) Agile Software Development

UML
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 7 (11.67%) .NET
2 4 (6.667%) XML
3 3 (5.000%) REST
3 3 (5.000%) LAMP
3 3 (5.000%) SOAP
3 3 (5.000%) HTML
3 3 (5.000%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.333%) JMS
4 2 (3.333%) CSS
4 2 (3.333%) WinForms
4 2 (3.333%) Java EE
4 2 (3.333%) WCF
4 2 (3.333%) WPF
4 2 (3.333%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (3.333%) RESTful
5 1 (1.667%) Ajax
5 1 (1.667%) jQuery
5 1 (1.667%) Silverlight
5 1 (1.667%) JSON
5 1 (1.667%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 9 (15.00%) CMS
2 6 (10.00%) SAS
2 6 (10.00%) WebLogic
3 4 (6.667%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.333%) ActiveMQ
4 2 (3.333%) ESB
5 1 (1.667%) WordPress
5 1 (1.667%) Drupal
Applications
1 12 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 5 (8.333%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 9 (15.00%) Maximo
2 2 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.333%) Big Data
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.667%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.667%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (8.333%) JIRA
2 2 (3.333%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 2 (3.333%) Subversion
3 1 (1.667%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.667%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (21.67%) Finance
2 9 (15.00%) Retail
3 6 (10.00%) Banking
4 4 (6.667%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.000%) Games
6 2 (3.333%) Legal
6 2 (3.333%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.667%) Online Betting
7 1 (1.667%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.667%) Front Office
7 1 (1.667%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 47 (78.33%) Analyst
2 45 (75.00%) Business Analyst
3 5 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (8.333%) Support Specialist
3 5 (8.333%) Senior Business Analyst
4 4 (6.667%) Applications Support
4 4 (6.667%) Applications Specialist
4 4 (6.667%) Applications Support Specialist
5 3 (5.000%) Agile Business Analyst
5 3 (5.000%) Developer
5 3 (5.000%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.000%) Architect
6 2 (3.333%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (3.333%) .NET Developer
6 2 (3.333%) UML Business Analyst
7 1 (1.667%) Real Time Software Engineer
7 1 (1.667%) Real Time Engineer
7 1 (1.667%) Microsoft Developer
7 1 (1.667%) Financial Business Analyst
7 1 (1.667%) Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.333%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.667%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.667%) Web 2.0
3 1 (1.667%) Online Games
3 1 (1.667%) Online Gambling
3 1 (1.667%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.667%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.667%) Windows
2 3 (5.000%) Linux
3 2 (3.333%) UNIX
4 1 (1.667%) Android
4 1 (1.667%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (1.667%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (48.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (26.67%) BPMN
3 15 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (18.33%) Migration
5 10 (16.67%) Systems Analysis
6 9 (15.00%) Logistics
6 9 (15.00%) Business Analysis
6 9 (15.00%) Use Case
6 9 (15.00%) Asset Management
6 9 (15.00%) Data Migration
7 7 (11.67%) ITIL
7 7 (11.67%) SOA
8 6 (10.00%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (10.00%) Problem Management
9 5 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (8.333%) Workflow
9 5 (8.333%) Scrum
10 4 (6.667%) SSADM
10 4 (6.667%) Data Analysis
11 3 (5.000%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.33%) Java
2 7 (11.67%) SQL
3 5 (8.333%) C#
4 3 (5.000%) C++
4 3 (5.000%) PHP
5 1 (1.667%) Python
5 1 (1.667%) C
5 1 (1.667%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.667%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.667%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (5.000%) Security Cleared
1 3 (5.000%) Degree
1 3 (5.000%) ISEB
2 2 (3.333%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.000%) QA
1 3 (5.000%) SLA
2 1 (1.667%) WAI
2 1 (1.667%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (3.333%) VMware Server
1 2 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.667%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.333%) OpenView
1 2 (3.333%) CA Wily
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 1 (1.667%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) Oracle
2 6 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.00%) TIBCO
3 4 (6.667%) Pega
4 2 (3.333%) HP
4 2 (3.333%) Perforce
4 2 (3.333%) VMware
4 2 (3.333%) hybris
5 1 (1.667%) Remedy
Halifax, Yorkshire
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Posted: 24 May 2013