The first table below looks at the demand for Incident 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 Incident 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
Incident Management
Rank 47 57 55
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -2
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 16 9 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.177% 1.118% 2.158%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.914% 1.826% 3.134%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 14
Average daily rate £294 £375 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.66% +41.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £126 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £390 £334
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.88 £16.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-13.28% +6.66%
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%
Incident Management
North West

Incident Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Incident Management Daily Rate Trend

Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Cheshire Incident Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Incident Management Hourly Rate Trend

Incident Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident 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
Warrington -1 4 £338 +206.81%
Chester -2 2 - -
Knutsford -7 1 £239 +59.00%
Macclesfield - 1 £350 -
Incident Management
North West

Incident Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 27 (62.79%) Windows
2 23 (53.49%) Active Directory
3 22 (51.16%) Security Cleared
4 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
5 20 (46.51%) MS Excel
5 20 (46.51%) ISO 9000
5 20 (46.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 20 (46.51%) SC Cleared
6 17 (39.53%) MS Exchange
7 16 (37.21%) SLA
8 13 (30.23%) VPN
8 13 (30.23%) Windows NT
8 13 (30.23%) ITIL
8 13 (30.23%) C
8 13 (30.23%) Citrix
8 13 (30.23%) DV Cleared
8 13 (30.23%) Statistics
9 10 (23.26%) Windows 7
10 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (20.93%) MCSE
10 9 (20.93%) MCITP
11 8 (18.60%) Windows XP
12 7 (16.28%) MS Visio
12 7 (16.28%) OpenView
12 7 (16.28%) HP
12 7 (16.28%) Lotus Notes
12 7 (16.28%) MCP
12 7 (16.28%) MS Project
12 7 (16.28%) MS Office
12 7 (16.28%) Lotus

Incident Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (9.302%) VXML
2 3 (6.977%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 17 (39.53%) MS Exchange
2 7 (16.28%) Lotus Notes
3 4 (9.302%) LiveLink
3 4 (9.302%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (9.302%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (6.977%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (4.651%) SharePoint
5 2 (4.651%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (2.326%) IIS
6 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 20 (46.51%) MS Excel
2 7 (16.28%) MS Visio
2 7 (16.28%) MS Project
2 7 (16.28%) MS Office
2 7 (16.28%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (4.651%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 13 (30.23%) VPN
2 4 (9.302%) Cisco ICM
2 4 (9.302%) SMTP
3 2 (4.651%) Firewall
4 1 (2.326%) NAS
4 1 (2.326%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.326%) DNS
4 1 (2.326%) Internet
4 1 (2.326%) SAN
4 1 (2.326%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.326%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (16.28%) Telecoms
1 7 (16.28%) Finance
2 2 (4.651%) Banking
3 1 (2.326%) Legal
3 1 (2.326%) Billing
Job Titles
1 20 (46.51%) Analyst
2 13 (30.23%) Help Desk Support
3 10 (23.26%) Help Desk Analyst
3 10 (23.26%) IT Support
4 7 (16.28%) Support Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 5 (11.63%) Service Manager
7 4 (9.302%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (9.302%) Voice Engineer
7 4 (9.302%) Cisco Voice Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Technical Support
8 3 (6.977%) Support Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (6.977%) Technical Support Engineer
9 2 (4.651%) Senior Support Engineer
9 2 (4.651%) Service Desk Manager
9 2 (4.651%) Information Security Analyst
9 2 (4.651%) Security Analyst
9 2 (4.651%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.23%) Statistics
2 4 (9.302%) IVR
2 4 (9.302%) Clustering
2 4 (9.302%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.302%) Blackberry
3 2 (4.651%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (62.79%) Windows
2 13 (30.23%) Windows NT
3 10 (23.26%) Windows 7
4 8 (18.60%) Windows XP
5 5 (11.63%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (11.63%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) ITIL
2 7 (16.28%) Service Delivery
3 6 (13.95%) Service Management
3 6 (13.95%) Capacity Management
4 4 (9.302%) Migration
4 4 (9.302%) Problem Management
5 3 (6.977%) Change Management
6 2 (4.651%) Information Security
6 2 (4.651%) Workflow
6 2 (4.651%) Release Management
6 2 (4.651%) Computer Security
6 2 (4.651%) Data Protection
6 2 (4.651%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (4.651%) Software Engineering
6 2 (4.651%) Quality Management
6 2 (4.651%) RUP
7 1 (2.326%) ITIL V3
7 1 (2.326%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (2.326%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.326%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.23%) C
2 5 (11.63%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.651%) C#
3 2 (4.651%) SQL
4 1 (2.326%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.326%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (51.16%) Security Cleared
2 20 (46.51%) SC Cleared
3 13 (30.23%) DV Cleared
4 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (20.93%) MCSE
4 9 (20.93%) MCITP
5 7 (16.28%) MCP
5 7 (16.28%) MCDST
6 4 (9.302%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (6.977%) Degree
8 2 (4.651%) MCTS
8 2 (4.651%) MCSA
9 1 (2.326%) CISSP
9 1 (2.326%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (2.326%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (2.326%) EnCE
9 1 (2.326%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (46.51%) ISO 9000
1 20 (46.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (37.21%) SLA
3 7 (16.28%) BS25999
System Software
1 23 (53.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.326%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 7 (16.28%) OpenView
1 7 (16.28%) ServiceCenter
2 4 (9.302%) Cisco UCCE
3 3 (6.977%) SCCM
4 1 (2.326%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (2.326%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (2.326%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (48.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (30.23%) Citrix
3 7 (16.28%) HP
3 7 (16.28%) Lotus
4 4 (9.302%) Cisco
5 1 (2.326%) SAP
5 1 (2.326%) Symantec
5 1 (2.326%) IronPort
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