The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management 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 Management over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Management
Rank 20 29 29
Rank change year-on-year
+9 0
Contract jobs citing Change Management 50 38 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 6.803% 4.720% 5.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.107% 7.708% 7.313%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 32
Average daily rate £425 £400 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +53.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £300 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £605 £460 £374
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £360
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £15.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+152.00% -31.81%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
549 493 670
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 74.69% 61.24% 68.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 250 374
Average daily rate £375 £353 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.30% +8.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £271 £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 £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Change Management
North West

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Change Management Jobs Demand Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Change Management Daily Rate Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Change Management Daily Rate Histogram

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Chester +4 13 £400 +6.66%
Macclesfield +9 9 £388 -6.62%
Crewe +12 7 - -
Knutsford -4 3 £458 -
Warrington -3 1 - -
Change Management
North West

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Change 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 Change Management.

1 34 (40.96%) ITIL
2 32 (38.55%) Finance
3 25 (30.12%) Project Management
4 17 (20.48%) Service Management
4 17 (20.48%) Risk Management
5 16 (19.28%) PRINCE2
6 15 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (18.07%) Configuration Management
7 12 (14.46%) SQL Server
8 11 (13.25%) Windows
8 11 (13.25%) Banking
9 10 (12.05%) SQL
9 10 (12.05%) Information Security
10 9 (10.84%) Service Delivery
10 9 (10.84%) Oracle
10 9 (10.84%) CMDB
11 8 (9.639%) Retail
11 8 (9.639%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (9.639%) Business Continuity
12 7 (8.434%) SAP
12 7 (8.434%) UNIX
12 7 (8.434%) Security Cleared
13 6 (7.229%) Unit Testing
13 6 (7.229%) Supplier Management
13 6 (7.229%) Degree
13 6 (7.229%) T-SQL
13 6 (7.229%) Migration
14 5 (6.024%) VMware
14 5 (6.024%) Disaster Recovery
14 5 (6.024%) Telecoms

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Change 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 Change Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (4.819%) WebSphere
1 4 (4.819%) Middleware
2 2 (2.410%) Spring
2 2 (2.410%) Apache Flex
2 2 (2.410%) REST
2 2 (2.410%) HTML
2 2 (2.410%) J2EE
2 2 (2.410%) SOAP
2 2 (2.410%) Flash
2 2 (2.410%) Hibernate
3 1 (1.205%) Web Services
3 1 (1.205%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.819%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (1.205%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.205%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.205%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.205%) iPlanet
2 1 (1.205%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.205%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.205%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (6.024%) MS Office
2 3 (3.614%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.614%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.205%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.205%) MS Project
3 1 (1.205%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.205%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.205%) SAP R/3
1 1 (1.205%) SAP APO
1 1 (1.205%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.614%) DNS
1 3 (3.614%) LAN
2 2 (2.410%) SAN
2 2 (2.410%) SNMP
2 2 (2.410%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.410%) WAN
2 2 (2.410%) LDAP
2 2 (2.410%) TELNET
3 1 (1.205%) Firewall
3 1 (1.205%) Wireless
3 1 (1.205%) SMS
3 1 (1.205%) WLAN
3 1 (1.205%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.46%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.614%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (3.614%) OLTP
2 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2012
2 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (3.614%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (3.614%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.410%) IDMS
3 2 (2.410%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.410%) VLDB
3 2 (2.410%) MySQL
3 2 (2.410%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.614%) ClearQuest
1 3 (3.614%) InstallShield
1 3 (3.614%) Visual Studio
1 3 (3.614%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (3.614%) FinalBuilder
2 2 (2.410%) Selenium
2 2 (2.410%) JIRA
2 2 (2.410%) TestNG
2 2 (2.410%) MyEclipse
2 2 (2.410%) Mercurial
2 2 (2.410%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.410%) JUnit
2 2 (2.410%) Eclipse
General
1 32 (38.55%) Finance
2 11 (13.25%) Banking
3 8 (9.639%) Retail
4 5 (6.024%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.819%) Retail Banking
6 3 (3.614%) French Language
7 2 (2.410%) Marketing
7 2 (2.410%) Billing
8 1 (1.205%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.205%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.205%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (26.51%) Analyst
2 17 (20.48%) Project Manager
3 10 (12.05%) Change Analyst
4 8 (9.639%) Security Project Manager
4 8 (9.639%) Security Manager
4 8 (9.639%) Configuration Analyst
5 7 (8.434%) Coordinator
6 6 (7.229%) Implementation Manager
6 6 (7.229%) Service Manager
7 5 (6.024%) DBA
7 5 (6.024%) Configuration Management Analyst
8 4 (4.819%) Technical Manager
8 4 (4.819%) Risk Manager
8 4 (4.819%) Technical Implementation Manager
9 3 (3.614%) Developer
9 3 (3.614%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (3.614%) Change Manager
9 3 (3.614%) Programme Manager
9 3 (3.614%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.614%) Information Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) CMDB
2 5 (6.024%) PMI
3 4 (4.819%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.614%) Replication
4 3 (3.614%) Clustering
4 3 (3.614%) Mainframe
4 3 (3.614%) Data Integration
5 2 (2.410%) Computer Science
5 2 (2.410%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.410%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.205%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.25%) Windows
2 7 (8.434%) UNIX
3 4 (4.819%) AIX
3 4 (4.819%) Linux
3 4 (4.819%) Tru64
4 2 (2.410%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.410%) Android
4 2 (2.410%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (2.410%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.205%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.205%) Windows NT
5 1 (1.205%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.205%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.96%) ITIL
2 25 (30.12%) Project Management
3 17 (20.48%) Service Management
3 17 (20.48%) Risk Management
4 16 (19.28%) PRINCE2
5 15 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (18.07%) Configuration Management
6 10 (12.05%) Information Security
7 9 (10.84%) Service Delivery
8 8 (9.639%) Business Continuity
9 6 (7.229%) Unit Testing
9 6 (7.229%) Supplier Management
9 6 (7.229%) Migration
10 5 (6.024%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (6.024%) Resource Management
11 4 (4.819%) Agile Software Development
11 4 (4.819%) Lean Six Sigma
11 4 (4.819%) Time Management
11 4 (4.819%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (4.819%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.05%) SQL
2 6 (7.229%) T-SQL
3 3 (3.614%) Shell Script
3 3 (3.614%) VB
3 3 (3.614%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 3 (3.614%) VB6
4 2 (2.410%) Java
5 1 (1.205%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.205%) VBA
5 1 (1.205%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (9.639%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (8.434%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.229%) Degree
4 5 (6.024%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.614%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.410%) PMP
7 1 (1.205%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.819%) QA
1 4 (4.819%) COBIT
2 2 (2.410%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.819%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.410%) XenApp
2 2 (2.410%) PowerHA
2 2 (2.410%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.205%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.205%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (1.205%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.205%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.410%) SCCM
1 2 (2.410%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.205%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) Oracle
2 7 (8.434%) SAP
3 5 (6.024%) VMware
3 5 (6.024%) IBM
4 3 (3.614%) Remedy
4 3 (3.614%) HP
4 3 (3.614%) Citrix
5 2 (2.410%) AppSense
5 2 (2.410%) Ariba
5 2 (2.410%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.410%) Dell
5 2 (2.410%) Adobe
6 1 (1.205%) webMethods
6 1 (1.205%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.205%) Cisco
6 1 (1.205%) Juniper
6 1 (1.205%) BEA
6 1 (1.205%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.205%) NetApp
6 1 (1.205%) TSYS
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