The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Problem 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 Coventry 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
Problem Management
Rank 31 26 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 0.935% 1.181% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.212% 1.734% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £400 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £300 £323
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £29.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
165 173 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 77.10% 68.11% 74.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 67 61
Average daily rate £375 £340 £404
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -15.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 17 4
Average hourly rate £37.80 £30.00 £31.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -3.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Problem Management
West Midlands

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry Problem Management Jobs Demand Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Coventry Problem Management Daily Rate Trend

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Coventry Problem Management Hourly Rate Trend

Problem Management
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BW
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BI
1 1 (33.33%) 3G
1 1 (33.33%) 2G
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Telematics
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
1 1 (33.33%) 4G

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) 3G
1 1 (33.33%) 2G
1 1 (33.33%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BW
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BI
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP