The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Control 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Buckinghamshire 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 Control
Rank 57 55 67
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +12
Contract jobs citing Change Control 10 18 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.233% 1.824% 0.828%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.754% 2.761% 1.382%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 5
Average daily rate £300 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £204 £194
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £395 £322
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
570 652 651
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 70.28% 66.06% 59.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 306 273
Average daily rate £340 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 29 47
Average hourly rate £17.75 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Change Control
South East

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Change Control Jobs Demand Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Change Control Daily Rate Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Control across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Change Control Daily Rate Histogram

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Change Control Hourly Rate Trend

Change Control
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Milton Keynes +2 9 £220 -37.14%
Change Control
South East

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Change Control 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 Control.

1 7 (58.33%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Programme Management
2 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) MS Office
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
5 1 (8.333%) Logistics
5 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
5 1 (8.333%) SAP ERP
5 1 (8.333%) QMS
5 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.333%) Capacity Management
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (8.333%) Windows
5 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
5 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
5 1 (8.333%) EDI
5 1 (8.333%) ERP
5 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
5 1 (8.333%) SLA
5 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.333%) SAP SD
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Change Control 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 Control. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
1 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) SAP ERP
1 1 (8.333%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Programme Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Analyst
1 2 (16.67%) Planning Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Programme Planning Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Programme Planner
2 1 (8.333%) Messaging Architect
2 1 (8.333%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) PMO Manager
2 1 (8.333%) Senior Programme Planner
2 1 (8.333%) Assistant Project Manager
2 1 (8.333%) Project Assistant
2 1 (8.333%) Coordinator
2 1 (8.333%) Architect
2 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
2 1 (8.333%) DBA
2 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
2 1 (8.333%) Junior
2 1 (8.333%) Project Planner
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Programme Management
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
5 1 (8.333%) Logistics
5 1 (8.333%) Business Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
5 1 (8.333%) QMS
5 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.333%) Capacity Management
5 1 (8.333%) ERP
5 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
5 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (8.333%) Validation
5 1 (8.333%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) C
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle
1 1 (8.333%) SAP