The first table below looks at the demand for Waterfall 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 Waterfall 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
Waterfall Model
Rank 87 90 89
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -1
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 23 22 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.238% 0.985% 0.492%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.800% 1.398% 0.780%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 3
Average daily rate £320 £356 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.17% -10.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £301 £360
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £375 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £38.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-16.12% +38.39%
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%
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Waterfall Jobs Demand Trend

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Waterfall Daily Rate Trend

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Waterfall across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire Waterfall Daily Rate Histogram

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Waterfall Hourly Rate Trend

Waterfall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall 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 +1 18 £323 -9.47%
South Yorkshire - 2 £288 -
North Yorkshire +1 1 - -
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Waterfall 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 Waterfall.

1 14 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 12 (35.29%) ISEB
3 11 (32.35%) Project Management
4 9 (26.47%) ISTQB
5 8 (23.53%) V-Model
6 7 (20.59%) User Acceptance Testing
6 7 (20.59%) Oracle
6 7 (20.59%) PRINCE2
7 6 (17.65%) SQL
7 6 (17.65%) Banking
7 6 (17.65%) Retail
7 6 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
8 5 (14.71%) Java
9 4 (11.76%) JavaScript
9 4 (11.76%) Linux
9 4 (11.76%) RAD
9 4 (11.76%) Apache
9 4 (11.76%) Tomcat
9 4 (11.76%) CRM
9 4 (11.76%) Migration
9 4 (11.76%) Open Source
9 4 (11.76%) Retail Banking
10 3 (8.824%) Business Analysis
10 3 (8.824%) Oracle CRM
10 3 (8.824%) Scrum
10 3 (8.824%) Windows 7
10 3 (8.824%) Windows
10 3 (8.824%) HTML

Waterfall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Waterfall 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 Waterfall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (8.824%) HTML
1 3 (8.824%) CSS
2 2 (5.882%) Web Services
2 2 (5.882%) .NET
2 2 (5.882%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.941%) WCF
3 1 (2.941%) Ajax
3 1 (2.941%) jQuery
3 1 (2.941%) HTML5
3 1 (2.941%) XHTML
3 1 (2.941%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) Apache
1 4 (11.76%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.941%) WordPress
2 1 (2.941%) CMS
2 1 (2.941%) MSMQ
2 1 (2.941%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Project
2 1 (2.941%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (2.941%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.824%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.882%) MySQL
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (2.941%) TOAD
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.941%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (2.941%) JIRA
2 1 (2.941%) LoadRunner
2 1 (2.941%) WinRunner
2 1 (2.941%) TestDirector
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 6 (17.65%) Banking
2 6 (17.65%) Retail
3 4 (11.76%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.941%) Law
4 1 (2.941%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Analyst
2 9 (26.47%) Project Manager
3 6 (17.65%) Test Analyst
4 5 (14.71%) Test Leader
4 5 (14.71%) Test Manager
5 4 (11.76%) Business Analyst
6 3 (8.824%) UAT Manager
6 3 (8.824%) Developer
6 3 (8.824%) UAT Test Manager
7 2 (5.882%) .NET Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Software Manager
8 1 (2.941%) Performance Test Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) UAT Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Performance Analyst
8 1 (2.941%) Senior Project Manager
8 1 (2.941%) Software Tester
8 1 (2.941%) Systems Developer
8 1 (2.941%) ASP.NET Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Implementation Consultant
8 1 (2.941%) Senior Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Open Source
2 2 (5.882%) EPoS
3 1 (2.941%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Linux
2 3 (8.824%) Windows 7
2 3 (8.824%) Windows
3 2 (5.882%) UNIX
4 1 (2.941%) Windows Vista
4 1 (2.941%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.941%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.941%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.941%) Windows 2000
4 1 (2.941%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (32.35%) Project Management
3 8 (23.53%) V-Model
4 7 (20.59%) User Acceptance Testing
4 7 (20.59%) PRINCE2
5 6 (17.65%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
7 4 (11.76%) RAD
7 4 (11.76%) CRM
7 4 (11.76%) Migration
8 3 (8.824%) Business Analysis
8 3 (8.824%) Scrum
9 2 (5.882%) Risk Management
9 2 (5.882%) PRINCE
9 2 (5.882%) UML
9 2 (5.882%) Test Automation
9 2 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (5.882%) Test Strategy
9 2 (5.882%) Unit Testing
9 2 (5.882%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) SQL
2 5 (14.71%) Java
3 4 (11.76%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.882%) C#
4 2 (5.882%) PHP
5 1 (2.941%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.941%) VBScript
5 1 (2.941%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) ISEB
2 9 (26.47%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.941%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Oracle
2 2 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.941%) Pega
3 1 (2.941%) HP
3 1 (2.941%) SAP
West Yorkshire
SCRUM certification is essential for this role, as is knowledge of one or more Agile project management frameworks, excellent verbal and written communication skills and previous experience of...
Hudson
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013