The first table below looks at the demand for Capacity Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Capacity Planning 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 of England 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
Capacity Planning
Rank 104 124 124
Rank change year-on-year
+20 0
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 12 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.551% 0.235% 0.230%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.828% 0.363% 0.353%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 2
Average daily rate £375 £363 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -19.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £269 £410
10% offered a daily rate of more than £427 £430 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £360
% change year-on-year
-3.33% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 - £47.50
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1449 1926 1701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.56% 64.61% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 822 932 771
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 160 183
Average hourly rate £35.14 £30.50 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.19% -4.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.39 £12.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Capacity Planning
England

Capacity Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Capacity Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Capacity Planning across the East of England region.

East of England Capacity Planning Daily Rate Trend

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Capacity Planning across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Capacity Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Capacity Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Capacity Planning across the East of England region.

East of England Capacity Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Capacity Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +16 8 £394 +57.50%
Bedfordshire - 3 £335 -
Essex - 1 - -
Capacity Planning
England

Capacity Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Capacity Planning 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 Planning.

1 16 (43.24%) SQL
2 14 (37.84%) SQL Server
2 14 (37.84%) Windows
3 12 (32.43%) Change Control
4 11 (29.73%) VMware
5 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
6 9 (24.32%) Hyper-V
7 8 (21.62%) SLA
8 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
8 7 (18.92%) Citrix
8 7 (18.92%) Thin Client
8 7 (18.92%) ITIL
8 7 (18.92%) Clustering
8 7 (18.92%) Change Management
8 7 (18.92%) NetBackup
8 7 (18.92%) Load Balancing
8 7 (18.92%) Release Management
8 7 (18.92%) Fat Client
8 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
8 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
8 7 (18.92%) Build Automation
9 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
9 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2012
9 6 (16.22%) SCOM
9 6 (16.22%) XenApp
9 6 (16.22%) Telecoms
9 6 (16.22%) Finance
9 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
9 6 (16.22%) Symantec

Capacity Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (2.703%) CSS
1 1 (2.703%) .NET
1 1 (2.703%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.405%) IIS
2 1 (2.703%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (2.703%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.703%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 2 (5.405%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
2 3 (8.108%) VPN
2 3 (8.108%) DNS
2 3 (8.108%) SAN
2 3 (8.108%) Firewall
3 2 (5.405%) Network Security
3 2 (5.405%) DHCP
3 2 (5.405%) FTP
4 1 (2.703%) LDAP
4 1 (2.703%) WAN
4 1 (2.703%) MPLS
4 1 (2.703%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.703%) IPsec
4 1 (2.703%) WAAS
4 1 (2.703%) NAS
4 1 (2.703%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (37.84%) SQL Server
2 6 (16.22%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (8.108%) Sybase IQ
4 2 (5.405%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (2.703%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (2.703%) Oracle 9i
5 1 (2.703%) MySQL
5 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.703%) OLTP
5 1 (2.703%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.703%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (16.22%) Telecoms
1 6 (16.22%) Finance
2 4 (10.81%) Marketing
3 2 (5.405%) Publishing
4 1 (2.703%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Consultant
2 6 (16.22%) SQL DBA
2 6 (16.22%) DBA
3 5 (13.51%) Analyst
3 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.108%) SQL Server Consultant
4 3 (8.108%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Forecast Analyst
5 2 (5.405%) Architect
5 2 (5.405%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.405%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.405%) Database Consultant
6 1 (2.703%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (2.703%) Administrator
6 1 (2.703%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.703%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (2.703%) Web Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) Teradata DBA
6 1 (2.703%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (2.703%) Senior Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Thin Client
1 7 (18.92%) Clustering
1 7 (18.92%) Fat Client
2 3 (8.108%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.405%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (5.405%) SaaS
3 2 (5.405%) Replication
4 1 (2.703%) Symmetrix DMX
4 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.703%) PaaS
4 1 (2.703%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 14 (37.84%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.703%) UNIX
3 1 (2.703%) Linux
3 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Change Control
2 7 (18.92%) ITIL
2 7 (18.92%) Change Management
2 7 (18.92%) Load Balancing
2 7 (18.92%) Release Management
2 7 (18.92%) Build Automation
3 4 (10.81%) Data Analysis
3 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
4 3 (8.108%) Project Management
4 3 (8.108%) Data Protection
4 3 (8.108%) Programme Office Management
4 3 (8.108%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (8.108%) Database Security
5 2 (5.405%) Configuration Management
5 2 (5.405%) PRINCE2
6 1 (2.703%) ERP
6 1 (2.703%) SOA
6 1 (2.703%) Project Planning
6 1 (2.703%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.703%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (43.24%) SQL
2 7 (18.92%) PowerShell
3 4 (10.81%) Java
4 2 (5.405%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (10.81%) MCSE
5 3 (8.108%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (8.108%) CCEE
6 1 (2.703%) MCDBA
6 1 (2.703%) CCSP
6 1 (2.703%) CCNP
6 1 (2.703%) CCNA
6 1 (2.703%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.703%) MCITP
6 1 (2.703%) Degree
6 1 (2.703%) CCSE
6 1 (2.703%) JNCIA
6 1 (2.703%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (24.32%) Hyper-V
2 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (16.22%) XenApp
4 5 (13.51%) VMware ESX
5 4 (10.81%) vSphere
5 4 (10.81%) XenServer
5 4 (10.81%) XenDesktop
6 3 (8.108%) IAG
7 1 (2.703%) NFS
7 1 (2.703%) ProxySG
7 1 (2.703%) Snort
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) NetBackup
2 6 (16.22%) SCOM
3 5 (13.51%) Backup Exec
4 1 (2.703%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (2.703%) SCVMM
4 1 (2.703%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 11 (29.73%) VMware
2 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
3 7 (18.92%) Citrix
4 6 (16.22%) Symantec
4 6 (16.22%) IBM
5 5 (13.51%) AppSense
6 4 (10.81%) Wyse
7 3 (8.108%) Oracle
7 3 (8.108%) Cisco
8 2 (5.405%) Brocade
8 2 (5.405%) HP
8 2 (5.405%) Juniper
9 1 (2.703%) SAP
9 1 (2.703%) JBoss
9 1 (2.703%) EMC
9 1 (2.703%) BMC
9 1 (2.703%) NetApp
9 1 (2.703%) Veritas
9 1 (2.703%) CheckPoint
9 1 (2.703%) Crossbeam