The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Benchmarking 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 East Midlands 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
Benchmarking
Rank 84 80 79
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 2 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.158% 0.429% 0.367%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.234% 0.665% 0.562%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
Average daily rate £85 £245 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-65.30% +63.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £263 £245 £275
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £16.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £16.31 -
% change year-on-year
+160.53% -
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
854 902 889
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 67.67% 64.52% 65.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 460 380
Average daily rate £375 £375 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 52 64
Average hourly rate £27.50 £34.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.11% +30.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.00 £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Benchmarking
England

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Benchmarking across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Benchmarking across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Benchmarking Hourly Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Benchmarking within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leicestershire - 2 £85 -
Benchmarking
England

Benchmarking
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Remedy
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy