The first table below looks at the demand for Performance 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 Performance Management over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Management
Rank 49 55 68
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +13
Contract jobs citing Performance Management 13 11 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.778% 1.378% 0.404%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.355% 2.254% 0.588%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £435 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £440
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £18.31 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -33.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 488 680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 75.51% 61.15% 68.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 249 375
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% +7.76%
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 £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.57 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.03% +12.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.28 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Performance Management
North West

Performance Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Performance Management Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Performance Management Daily Rate Trend

Performance Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Performance Management Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Management within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 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 -3 3 - -
Knutsford - 1 - -
Performance Management
North West

Performance Management
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Performance 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 Performance Management.

1 11 (64.71%) SAP
1 11 (64.71%) HP
1 11 (64.71%) SAP Implementation
1 11 (64.71%) QuickTest Pro
1 11 (64.71%) SAP HR
1 11 (64.71%) Test Automation
1 11 (64.71%) HP Quality Center
2 10 (58.82%) Test Scripting
3 1 (5.882%) Project Planning
3 1 (5.882%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) Dell
3 1 (5.882%) ITIL
3 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.882%) Process Management
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Legal
3 1 (5.882%) Banking

Performance Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Performance 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 Performance Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 11 (64.71%) SAP HR
Development Applications
1 11 (64.71%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 1 (5.882%) Finance
1 1 (5.882%) Legal
1 1 (5.882%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Analyst
2 11 (64.71%) Test Analyst
3 10 (58.82%) Automation Analyst
4 7 (41.18%) SAP Analyst
4 7 (41.18%) SAP Test Analyst
5 6 (35.29%) Automation Test Analyst
6 4 (23.53%) Test Automation Analyst
7 2 (11.76%) Architect
8 1 (5.882%) SAP HR Analyst
8 1 (5.882%) Automated Test Analyst
8 1 (5.882%) PMO Analyst
8 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) SAP Implementation
1 11 (64.71%) Test Automation
2 10 (58.82%) Test Scripting
3 1 (5.882%) Project Planning
3 1 (5.882%) ITIL
3 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.882%) Process Management
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
Systems Management
1 11 (64.71%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) SAP
1 11 (64.71%) HP
2 1 (5.882%) Dell