The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Management over the 3 months to 21 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 Berkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Management
Rank 79 62 36
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -26
Contract jobs citing Change Management 46 85 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.862% 2.724% 4.131%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.834% 4.328% 6.594%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 36 41
Average daily rate £400 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £316 £206 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £630 £538 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £360
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £53.00 £33.82
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +56.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £15.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+152.00% -31.81%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1964 1835
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.71% 62.95% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 743 727
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 63 74
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -42.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Change Management
South East

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Change Management Jobs Demand Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Change Management Daily Rate Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Change Management Daily Rate Histogram

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Reading -10 16 £344 -1.71%
Slough -9 7 £400 +6.66%
Maidenhead - 4 £415 -
Bracknell - 2 - -
Change Management
South East

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Change 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 Change Management.

1 30 (31.58%) ITIL
2 23 (24.21%) Project Management
2 23 (24.21%) Telecoms
3 16 (16.84%) Windows
4 15 (15.79%) Finance
5 12 (12.63%) MS Excel
5 12 (12.63%) SAP
5 12 (12.63%) Microsoft
6 11 (11.58%) SLA
6 11 (11.58%) MS Office
7 10 (10.53%) Service Management
7 10 (10.53%) Project Planning
7 10 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
7 10 (10.53%) Business Transformation
8 9 (9.474%) SQL
9 8 (8.421%) Citrix
9 8 (8.421%) VMware
9 8 (8.421%) Data Analysis
10 7 (7.368%) Business Analysis
10 7 (7.368%) Validation
10 7 (7.368%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (7.368%) Waterfall
10 7 (7.368%) Problem Management
10 7 (7.368%) QA
10 7 (7.368%) Degree
10 7 (7.368%) Remedy
10 7 (7.368%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (7.368%) Six Sigma
10 7 (7.368%) Active Directory
10 7 (7.368%) VB

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Change 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 Change Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (4.211%) .NET
2 3 (3.158%) J2EE
3 1 (1.053%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.053%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.053%) Middleware
3 1 (1.053%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.211%) CMS
2 3 (3.158%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.105%) Lync
4 1 (1.053%) FileNet
4 1 (1.053%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (1.053%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.053%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (1.053%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 12 (12.63%) MS Excel
2 11 (11.58%) MS Office
3 2 (2.105%) MS Project
4 1 (1.053%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.053%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (6.316%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (3.158%) SAP HCM
2 3 (3.158%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.053%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (1.053%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.053%) CA Clarity
3 1 (1.053%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.263%) 3G
1 5 (5.263%) 2G
2 3 (3.158%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (3.158%) Wireless
2 3 (3.158%) VPN
3 2 (2.105%) WAN
3 2 (2.105%) HTTP
3 2 (2.105%) Internet
3 2 (2.105%) DSL
3 2 (2.105%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.053%) SSH
4 1 (1.053%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.053%) 4G
4 1 (1.053%) LTE
4 1 (1.053%) SS7
4 1 (1.053%) MPLS
4 1 (1.053%) SAN
4 1 (1.053%) DNS
4 1 (1.053%) SSL
4 1 (1.053%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.368%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.158%) MS Access
3 2 (2.105%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.105%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (2.105%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (2.105%) EDMS
4 1 (1.053%) Siebel EIM
4 1 (1.053%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.053%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.053%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (1.053%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.053%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (5.263%) MSI
2 4 (4.211%) Wise Package Studio
3 2 (2.105%) ClearQuest
3 2 (2.105%) Subversion
4 1 (1.053%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.053%) PVCS
4 1 (1.053%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 1 (1.053%) Eclipse
General
1 23 (24.21%) Telecoms
2 15 (15.79%) Finance
3 4 (4.211%) Publishing
4 3 (3.158%) Marketing
4 3 (3.158%) Back Office
5 2 (2.105%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (2.105%) Advertising
6 1 (1.053%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.053%) Retail
6 1 (1.053%) Billing
6 1 (1.053%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 15 (15.79%) Analyst
1 15 (15.79%) Project Manager
2 9 (9.474%) Architect
3 8 (8.421%) Business Analyst
3 8 (8.421%) Change Manager
4 7 (7.368%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (7.368%) Administrator
4 7 (7.368%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (5.263%) Applications Packager
5 5 (5.263%) Senior Business Analyst
6 4 (4.211%) Developer
6 4 (4.211%) Support Engineer
7 3 (3.158%) Data Analyst
7 3 (3.158%) Service Manager
7 3 (3.158%) Project Analyst
7 3 (3.158%) SAP Business Analyst
7 3 (3.158%) Senior SAP Business Analyst
7 3 (3.158%) SAP Analyst
7 3 (3.158%) Data Steward
7 3 (3.158%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.158%) Economics
2 2 (2.105%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.105%) CMDB
3 1 (1.053%) Clustering
3 1 (1.053%) CLARiiON
3 1 (1.053%) Replication
3 1 (1.053%) FMCG
3 1 (1.053%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.053%) Chemistry
3 1 (1.053%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.053%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.053%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (16.84%) Windows
2 6 (6.316%) UNIX
3 5 (5.263%) Windows XP
4 4 (4.211%) Linux
5 2 (2.105%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.105%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (2.105%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.053%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (31.58%) ITIL
2 23 (24.21%) Project Management
3 10 (10.53%) Service Management
3 10 (10.53%) Project Planning
3 10 (10.53%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (10.53%) Business Transformation
4 8 (8.421%) Data Analysis
5 7 (7.368%) Business Analysis
5 7 (7.368%) Validation
5 7 (7.368%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (7.368%) Waterfall
5 7 (7.368%) Problem Management
5 7 (7.368%) Six Sigma
5 7 (7.368%) PRINCE2
6 6 (6.316%) ERP
6 6 (6.316%) ITSM
6 6 (6.316%) Lean Six Sigma
6 6 (6.316%) Change Control
6 6 (6.316%) Incident Management
7 5 (5.263%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.474%) SQL
2 7 (7.368%) VB
3 5 (5.263%) VBScript
4 3 (3.158%) PL/SQL
4 3 (3.158%) VBA
5 1 (1.053%) ABAP
5 1 (1.053%) C
5 1 (1.053%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (7.368%) Degree
1 7 (7.368%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (4.211%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.105%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.105%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.053%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.053%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.053%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.053%) HNC
4 1 (1.053%) HND
4 1 (1.053%) ISEB
4 1 (1.053%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.053%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.58%) SLA
2 7 (7.368%) QA
3 2 (2.105%) GxP
System Software
1 7 (7.368%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (5.263%) XenApp
3 1 (1.053%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.053%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (1.053%) vSphere
3 1 (1.053%) NDS
Systems Management
1 2 (2.105%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.053%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.053%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 12 (12.63%) SAP
1 12 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.421%) Citrix
2 8 (8.421%) VMware
3 7 (7.368%) Remedy
4 6 (6.316%) BMC
5 5 (5.263%) Altiris
6 4 (4.211%) Oracle
7 3 (3.158%) Cramer
7 3 (3.158%) Ericsson
8 2 (2.105%) LANDesk
9 1 (1.053%) Huawei
9 1 (1.053%) Verint
9 1 (1.053%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 1 (1.053%) Primavera
9 1 (1.053%) McAfee
9 1 (1.053%) TIBCO
9 1 (1.053%) Symantec
9 1 (1.053%) Informatica
9 1 (1.053%) Lotus
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