The first table below looks at the demand for Resource Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Resource Management over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Resource Management
Rank 35 - 29
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 4 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.190% - 1.646%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.139% - 2.857%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £398 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £385 £385
% change year-on-year
-2.59% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.58 £32.50 £19.72
% change year-on-year
-39.76% +64.80%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
187 222 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.65% 53.49% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 109 85
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £274 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 19
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £37.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £57.20 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Resource Management
Cambridgeshire

Resource Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Resource Management Jobs Demand Trend

Resource Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Resource Management Daily Rate Trend

Resource Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Resource Management Hourly Rate Trend

Resource Management
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing Resource 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 Resource Management.

1 14 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 11 (78.57%) .NET
2 11 (78.57%) Migration
2 11 (78.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (78.57%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (78.57%) Project Management
3 7 (50.00%) Degree
4 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 3 (21.43%) QA
5 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Performance Management
5 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
5 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
5 3 (21.43%) Automated Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
5 3 (21.43%) ISTQB
5 3 (21.43%) ITIL
5 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
5 3 (21.43%) ISEB

Resource Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 11 (78.57%) .NET
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Software Manager
2 11 (78.57%) Project Manager
2 11 (78.57%) Software Project Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Test Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Software Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 11 (78.57%) Project Management
2 11 (78.57%) Migration
2 11 (78.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (78.57%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (21.43%) Automated Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Performance Management
3 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
3 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (21.43%) ISEB
2 3 (21.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA