The first table below looks at the demand for Stakeholder Engagement 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 Stakeholder Engagement 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
Stakeholder Engagement
Rank 58 49 69
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +20
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 5 14 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.691% 1.752% 0.310%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.907% 2.846% 0.452%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 3
Average daily rate £398 £388 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.64% -13.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £385
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £95.00 £17.75 £25.66
% change year-on-year
+435.21% -30.82%
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%
Stakeholder Engagement
North West

Stakeholder Engagement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Stakeholder Engagement Jobs Demand Trend

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Stakeholder Engagement Daily Rate Trend

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Cheshire Stakeholder Engagement Daily Rate Histogram

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Stakeholder Engagement Hourly Rate Trend

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 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
Chester -4 1 - -
Warrington -4 1 - -
Knutsford -8 1 £333 -1.33%
Stakeholder Engagement
North West

Stakeholder Engagement
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Banking
3 6 (50.00%) Middleware
3 6 (50.00%) UNIX
4 4 (33.33%) Windows
4 4 (33.33%) Internet
5 3 (25.00%) Project Management
5 3 (25.00%) Siebel
5 3 (25.00%) IBM
5 3 (25.00%) Workflow
5 3 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (16.67%) French Language
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Retail
6 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
6 2 (16.67%) SAP
6 2 (16.67%) Ariba
7 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma
7 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
7 1 (8.333%) PMI
7 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
7 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
7 1 (8.333%) Resource Management
7 1 (8.333%) Investment Banking
7 1 (8.333%) CIPD
7 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
7 1 (8.333%) Back Office
7 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
7 1 (8.333%) Information Security

Stakeholder Engagement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (50.00%) Middleware
2 2 (16.67%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) French Language
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (8.333%) Investment Banking
4 1 (8.333%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Implementation Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Change Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (8.333%) PMI
2 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) UNIX
2 4 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Project Management
1 3 (25.00%) Workflow
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma
3 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
3 1 (8.333%) Resource Management
3 1 (8.333%) Risk Management
3 1 (8.333%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
1 1 (8.333%) CIPD
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Siebel
1 3 (25.00%) IBM
2 2 (16.67%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Ariba