The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Control 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 Cheshire 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
Change Control
Rank 49 57 52
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Contract jobs citing Change Control 12 10 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.662% 1.238% 2.111%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.206% 2.037% 3.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 12
Average daily rate £350 £181 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+93.90% -31.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £154 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £375 £359
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 £29.75
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -15.96%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
544 491 690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 75.35% 60.77% 69.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 253 388
Average daily rate £375 £355 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.63% +9.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £270 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +17.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.83 £31.10 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Change Control
North West

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Knutsford - 4 £300 -
Chester -3 1 - -
Change Control
North West

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 8 (57.14%) Finance
1 8 (57.14%) Banking
2 6 (42.86%) Migration
3 4 (28.57%) UNIX
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) Middleware
4 3 (21.43%) IBM
4 3 (21.43%) Service Management
5 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
5 2 (14.29%) Retail
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) QA
5 2 (14.29%) Brocade
5 2 (14.29%) Retail Banking
5 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
5 2 (14.29%) Windows
5 2 (14.29%) AIX
5 2 (14.29%) Oracle
5 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
5 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 2 (14.29%) SAN
5 2 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL V3
6 1 (7.143%) SQL
6 1 (7.143%) Network Management
6 1 (7.143%) BMC
6 1 (7.143%) Hitachi
6 1 (7.143%) NetApp
6 1 (7.143%) PRINCE

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 3 (21.43%) Middleware
2 1 (7.143%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Project
1 1 (7.143%) MS Office
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (7.143%) LAN
2 1 (7.143%) WAN
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
1 8 (57.14%) Banking
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
2 2 (14.29%) Retail Banking
3 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Service Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Support Assistant
2 2 (14.29%) Transition Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Project Support Assistant
3 1 (7.143%) UAT Manager
3 1 (7.143%) AIX Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Senior Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Administrator
3 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (7.143%) Storage Administrator
3 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Commercial Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) UNIX
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) AIX
3 1 (7.143%) Linux
3 1 (7.143%) Windows 2000
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (7.143%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Migration
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 3 (21.43%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
4 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL V3
5 1 (7.143%) Network Management
5 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
5 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.143%) Change Management
5 1 (7.143%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.143%) Information Management
5 1 (7.143%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
5 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
1 1 (7.143%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) BC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (7.143%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) Tivoli
1 1 (7.143%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) IBM
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) Brocade
3 1 (7.143%) SAP
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) HP
3 1 (7.143%) Citrix
3 1 (7.143%) BMC
3 1 (7.143%) Hitachi
3 1 (7.143%) NetApp
3 1 (7.143%) AppSense