The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Problem Management over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Dorset 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Problem Management
Rank 32 31 39
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +8
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 2 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 0.877% 1.087% 1.385%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.143% 1.515% 1.938%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £375 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.06% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
- +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
175 198 258
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 76.75% 71.74% 71.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 122 142
Average daily rate £358 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £300 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 10
Average hourly rate £32.00 £34.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.24% -13.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.53 £25.00 £26.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £48.00 £128.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Problem Management
South West

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Problem Management Hourly Rate Trend

Problem Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth -1 2 £375 +0.06%
Problem Management
South West

Problem Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Service Management
2 5 (62.50%) SLA
2 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
3 4 (50.00%) CMDB
3 4 (50.00%) ServiceCenter
3 4 (50.00%) Financial Institution
3 4 (50.00%) Peregrine
3 4 (50.00%) Mainframe
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) Change Management
4 3 (37.50%) Sun
4 3 (37.50%) Demand Management
5 2 (25.00%) ISEB
5 2 (25.00%) ITSM
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Release Management
6 1 (12.50%) QA
6 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
6 1 (12.50%) Validation
6 1 (12.50%) Migration
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (12.50%) Internet
6 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 4 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Applications Support
3 2 (25.00%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Problem Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Manager
4 1 (12.50%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) CMDB
1 4 (50.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Service Management
2 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
3 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (37.50%) Demand Management
4 2 (25.00%) ITSM
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
5 1 (12.50%) Release Management
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Peregrine
2 3 (37.50%) Sun