The first table below looks at the demand for the Change Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bedfordshire 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
Change Manager
Rank - 33 -
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 1.083% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 1.167% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £56.50 - -
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
179 257 272
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 95.72% 92.78% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 125 129
Average daily rate £356 £363 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.72% +11.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 12
Average hourly rate £20.70 £29.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.63% +114.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.96 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Change Manager
East of England

Change Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Change Manager across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedfordshire Change Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Change Manager Daily Rate Trend

Change Manager
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Change Manager in their job title 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 with Change Manager in their job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) TickIT
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics

Change Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Change Manager in their job title 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 with Change Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) XML
General
1 2 (40.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (20.00%) TickIT
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001