The first table below looks at the demand for Risk 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 Risk Management over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Risk Management
Rank 45 44 43
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 18 19 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.486% 2.378% 2.993%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.267% 3.862% 4.367%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 22
Average daily rate £425 £390 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.97% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £83 £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £658 £474 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £388 £425
% change year-on-year
+9.67% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
551 492 664
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.10% 61.58% 68.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 249 364
Average daily rate £375 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.84% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £250 £227
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 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +12.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Risk Management
North West

Risk Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Risk Management Jobs Demand Trend

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Risk Management Daily Rate Trend

Risk Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Risk Management across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire Risk Management Daily Rate Histogram

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Risk Management Hourly Rate Trend

Risk Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 -1 6 - -
Macclesfield 0 1 £350 -15.66%
Warrington -4 1 - -
Risk Management
North West

Risk Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Risk 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 Risk Management.

1 24 (68.57%) Finance
2 17 (48.57%) Change Management
3 14 (40.00%) Project Management
3 14 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (34.29%) Information Security
5 11 (31.43%) Banking
5 11 (31.43%) ITIL
5 11 (31.43%) PRINCE2
6 9 (25.71%) Business Continuity
7 6 (17.14%) UNIX
8 5 (14.29%) Windows
8 5 (14.29%) Mainframe
8 5 (14.29%) Service Management
8 5 (14.29%) Migration
9 4 (11.43%) PMI Certification
9 4 (11.43%) PMI
9 4 (11.43%) Supplier Management
9 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (11.43%) COBIT
10 3 (8.571%) CRISC
10 3 (8.571%) QA
10 3 (8.571%) Retail
10 3 (8.571%) Quality Management
10 3 (8.571%) CISA
10 3 (8.571%) Middleware
11 2 (5.714%) CISM
11 2 (5.714%) Workflow
11 2 (5.714%) PMP
11 2 (5.714%) Oracle
11 2 (5.714%) SQL Server

Risk Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Risk 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 Risk Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (8.571%) Middleware
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.714%) LDAP
2 1 (2.857%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.714%) SQL Server
General
1 24 (68.57%) Finance
2 11 (31.43%) Banking
3 3 (8.571%) Retail
4 1 (2.857%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 9 (25.71%) Security Manager
2 9 (25.71%) Security Project Manager
3 8 (22.86%) Risk Manager
4 5 (14.29%) Programme Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Designer
6 3 (8.571%) Information Security Project Manager
6 3 (8.571%) Information Security Manager
6 3 (8.571%) Information Manager
6 3 (8.571%) Solutions Designer
7 2 (5.714%) Change Manager
7 2 (5.714%) Information Security Risk Manager
7 2 (5.714%) Information Risk Manager
8 1 (2.857%) Telecoms Project Manager
8 1 (2.857%) Change Project Manager
8 1 (2.857%) Business Project Manager
8 1 (2.857%) Business Manager
8 1 (2.857%) Infrastructure Designer
8 1 (2.857%) Service Manager
8 1 (2.857%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Mainframe
2 4 (11.43%) PMI
3 2 (5.714%) Tandem
3 2 (5.714%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (2.857%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) UNIX
2 5 (14.29%) Windows
3 2 (5.714%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Change Management
2 14 (40.00%) Project Management
2 14 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (34.29%) Information Security
4 11 (31.43%) ITIL
4 11 (31.43%) PRINCE2
5 9 (25.71%) Business Continuity
6 5 (14.29%) Service Management
6 5 (14.29%) Migration
7 4 (11.43%) Supplier Management
7 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (8.571%) Quality Management
9 2 (5.714%) Workflow
9 2 (5.714%) Risk Assessment
9 2 (5.714%) Resource Management
9 2 (5.714%) Time Management
10 1 (2.857%) Budget Control
10 1 (2.857%) Business Analysis
10 1 (2.857%) Problem Management
10 1 (2.857%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) PMI Certification
2 3 (8.571%) CRISC
2 3 (8.571%) CISA
3 2 (5.714%) CISM
3 2 (5.714%) PMP
3 2 (5.714%) CGEIT
4 1 (2.857%) CIPD
4 1 (2.857%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) COBIT
2 3 (8.571%) QA
3 1 (2.857%) Basel III
3 1 (2.857%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (5.714%) Oracle
1 2 (5.714%) IBM
2 1 (2.857%) Dell
2 1 (2.857%) Nortel
2 1 (2.857%) Avaya
2 1 (2.857%) Genesys
2 1 (2.857%) Verint