The first table below looks at the demand for Risk 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 Risk Management 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Risk Management
Rank 94 92 98
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +6
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 26 43 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.086% 1.367% 1.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.652% 2.156% 1.659%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 13
Average daily rate £300 £325 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £255 £326
10% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £590 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £388 £425
% change year-on-year
+9.67% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1574 1994 1869
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.72% 63.40% 62.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 642 769 746
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 £270 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 62 77
Average hourly rate £17.33 £19.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.15% -38.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.45 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Risk Management
South East

Risk Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Risk Management Jobs Demand Trend

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Risk Management Daily Rate Trend

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire Risk Management Daily Rate Histogram

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Risk Management Hourly Rate Trend

Risk Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the Berkshire 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
Reading +3 9 £300 -45.45%
Slough -9 2 £235 -21.79%
Bracknell -13 2 £120 -
Newbury -2 1 - -
Risk Management
South East

Risk Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Risk 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 Risk Management.

1 26 (57.78%) Project Management
2 18 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 17 (37.78%) PRINCE2
4 14 (31.11%) Change Control
5 9 (20.00%) Project Planning
5 9 (20.00%) ITIL
5 9 (20.00%) PMI Certification
6 8 (17.78%) PMP
6 8 (17.78%) Degree
7 7 (15.56%) Radio Access Network
8 6 (13.33%) PMI
8 6 (13.33%) Finance
8 6 (13.33%) Quality Management
9 5 (11.11%) Change Management
9 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
9 5 (11.11%) PRINCE
10 4 (8.889%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (8.889%) Programme Management
10 4 (8.889%) ITIL V3
11 3 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
11 3 (6.667%) Incident Management
11 3 (6.667%) Information Security
11 3 (6.667%) Blackberry
11 3 (6.667%) SLA
11 3 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
11 3 (6.667%) MS Project
11 3 (6.667%) MS Office
11 3 (6.667%) 3G

Risk Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (2.222%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) Lync
2 1 (2.222%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.222%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.667%) MS PowerPoint
1 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 3 (6.667%) MS Project
1 3 (6.667%) MS Office
2 1 (2.222%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.222%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.444%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.56%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (6.667%) 3G
3 1 (2.222%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.222%) 4G
3 1 (2.222%) NGN
3 1 (2.222%) Network Security
3 1 (2.222%) RNC
3 1 (2.222%) 2G
3 1 (2.222%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.222%) Wireless
3 1 (2.222%) Firewall
3 1 (2.222%) 3GPP
3 1 (2.222%) VPN
3 1 (2.222%) 802.11
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (4.444%) MS Access
2 2 (4.444%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.222%) TestPartner
General
1 18 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (4.444%) Automotive
4 1 (2.222%) Retail
4 1 (2.222%) Legal
4 1 (2.222%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 26 (57.78%) Project Manager
2 6 (13.33%) Consultant
3 4 (8.889%) Analyst
4 3 (6.667%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (6.667%) Senior Manager
4 3 (6.667%) Service Analyst
5 2 (4.444%) Security Consultant
5 2 (4.444%) Technical Project Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Business Consultant
5 2 (4.444%) Technical Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Risk Manager
5 2 (4.444%) Business Continuity Consultant
5 2 (4.444%) Business Continuity Specialist
6 1 (2.222%) Transformation Project Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Test Leader
6 1 (2.222%) Data Warehouse Project Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Data Warehouse Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Data Consultant
6 1 (2.222%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) PMI
2 3 (6.667%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.222%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.222%) Windows
1 1 (2.222%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (57.78%) Project Management
2 17 (37.78%) PRINCE2
3 14 (31.11%) Change Control
4 9 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 9 (20.00%) ITIL
5 6 (13.33%) Quality Management
6 5 (11.11%) Change Management
6 5 (11.11%) PRINCE
7 4 (8.889%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (8.889%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (8.889%) Programme Management
7 4 (8.889%) ITIL V3
8 3 (6.667%) Incident Management
8 3 (6.667%) Information Security
9 2 (4.444%) ERP
9 2 (4.444%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (4.444%) GAP Analysis
9 2 (4.444%) Business Continuity
9 2 (4.444%) Data Analysis
9 2 (4.444%) Critical Path Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.444%) VB
2 1 (2.222%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 8 (17.78%) PMP
2 8 (17.78%) Degree
3 3 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (4.444%) CISSP
4 2 (4.444%) CISA
4 2 (4.444%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.444%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.222%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.667%) SLA
2 1 (2.222%) BS25999
2 1 (2.222%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.667%) Ericsson
3 2 (4.444%) SAP
3 2 (4.444%) Primavera
4 1 (2.222%) Cisco
4 1 (2.222%) Juniper
4 1 (2.222%) CheckPoint