The first table below looks at the demand for Capacity Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Capacity Management over the 3 months to 17 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 Chester 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Capacity Management
Rank 22 18 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing Capacity Management 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 1.460% 3.478% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.818% 5.195% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £390 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £365 £405
% change year-on-year
-24.65% -9.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £22.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+79.77% -40.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
110 77 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 80.29% 66.96% 69.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 32 38
Average daily rate £388 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £435 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -15.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Capacity Management
Cheshire

Capacity Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Capacity Management Jobs Demand Trend

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Capacity Management Daily Rate Trend

Capacity Management
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Capacity 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 Capacity Management.

1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) Billing
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL V3
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management

Capacity Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Capacity 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 Capacity Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Billing
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SQL DBA
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Services Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Information Management
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL V3
1 1 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) VMware