The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Problem Management over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Aberdeen 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Problem Management
Rank 26 22 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 1 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.625% 4.369% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.952% 6.818% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £413 £463 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £321 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.94% -1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £48.78 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.99 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+3.01% -19.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
105 132 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 65.63% 64.08% 69.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 62 41
Average daily rate £350 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £282 £240 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £431 £525 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
Average hourly rate £26.25 £45.00 £34.47
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.66% +30.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.25 £35.20 £22.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.25 £52.55 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Problem Management
Scotland

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Problem Management Jobs Demand Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Problem Management Daily Rate Trend

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Problem Management Hourly Rate Trend

Problem Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Problem Management 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 Problem Management.

1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) LAN
2 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 4 (80.00%) HP
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) CMDB
2 4 (80.00%) Release Management
3 3 (60.00%) NetScreen
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) CCSP
3 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (60.00%) Juniper
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) VPN
3 3 (60.00%) C
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
4 1 (20.00%) MPLS
4 1 (20.00%) OSPF
4 1 (20.00%) BGP
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (20.00%) Fat Client

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Problem Management 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 Problem Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) LAN
1 4 (80.00%) WAN
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) NetScreen
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) OSPF
3 1 (20.00%) BGP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) CMDB
2 1 (20.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (20.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
2 4 (80.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCSP
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle