The first table below looks at the demand for Incident Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Incident Management over the 3 months to 17 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 Cardiff 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Incident Management
Rank 23 24 28
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 2 8 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 1.220% 3.636% 3.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.923% 5.442% 5.185%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 5
Average daily rate - £120 £108
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +11.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £328 £300
% change year-on-year
-16.03% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £54.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.88 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-13.28% +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
104 147 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 63.41% 66.82% 58.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 91 78
Average daily rate £375 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.83% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £500 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 4
Average hourly rate £17.00 £14.50 £100.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% -85.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £12.10 £20.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.80 £16.90 £104.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Incident Management
South Wales

Incident Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff Incident Management Jobs Demand Trend

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cardiff Incident Management Daily Rate Trend

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cardiff Incident Management Hourly Rate Trend

Incident Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing Incident 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 Incident Management.

1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) Internet
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) MCP
2 2 (22.22%) HTML
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
2 2 (22.22%) MCSE
2 2 (22.22%) SLA
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Retail Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
3 1 (11.11%) ISEB
3 1 (11.11%) BCP
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management

Incident Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region citing Incident 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 Incident Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Test Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security
3 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
3 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) BCP
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MCP
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The suitable test analyst must have covered one of the following areas: Credit Risk UAT. Digital web based UAT. Insurance UAT... Suitable candidates must be fully competent on...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £330.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Management Reporting to the IT Programme Managers and other forums as required *Frequent status reporting of the Project portfolio *Management of all Project resources Skills Required *Good knowledge...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The suitable Test lead will be responsible for: The provision of assurance, through the testing of 'Proving cycles' so that the Implementation process is robust and fit for...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
To be responsible for defining the test strategy and approach for each phase of the programme and also be responsible for ensuring the correct toolsets are in place...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013