The first table below looks at the demand for Supplier 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 Supplier Management over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Supplier Management
Rank 19 18 20
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +2
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 6 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 4.286% 3.448% 1.258%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.455% 4.938% 1.818%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £375 £363 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -5.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £405 £413
% change year-on-year
+4.93% -1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £48.75 £20.00 £84.50
% change year-on-year
+143.75% -76.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
110 81 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 78.57% 69.83% 69.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 33 36
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 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 4
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -15.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £50.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Supplier Management
Cheshire

Supplier Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Supplier Management Jobs Demand Trend

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Supplier Management Daily Rate Trend

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Supplier Management Hourly Rate Trend

Supplier Management
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Supplier 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 Supplier Management.

1 8 (72.73%) Service Delivery
2 5 (45.45%) Middleware
2 5 (45.45%) Service Management
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) BMC
4 2 (18.18%) Remedy
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) BladeLogic
4 2 (18.18%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management

Supplier Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Supplier 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 Supplier Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (45.45%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Remedy ITSM
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Services Delivery Manager
1 7 (63.64%) Service Manager
1 7 (63.64%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (9.091%) Services Delivery Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Coordinator
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Service Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Service Delivery
2 5 (45.45%) Service Management
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) BMC
1 2 (18.18%) Remedy