The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control 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 Change Control over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Control
Rank 88 100 101
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +1
Contract jobs citing Change Control 27 36 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.251% 1.225% 0.930%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.879% 1.900% 1.420%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 8
Average daily rate £313 £288 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% -23.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £214 £309
10% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £390 £427
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
Average hourly rate £44.50 £37.50 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.66% +10.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £37.50 £32.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.05 £37.50 £35.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £29.75
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -15.96%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1437 1895 1690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.56% 64.50% 65.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 809 921 762
Average daily rate £375 £373 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.67% -0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 154 190
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.50 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.80% -2.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.39 £12.32 £14.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Change Control
England

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Change Control Jobs Demand Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Change Control Daily Rate Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Control across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East of England Change Control Daily Rate Histogram

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Change Control Hourly Rate Trend

Change Control
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 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
Essex +5 9 £249 -21.96%
Hertfordshire -3 8 £225 -10.00%
Suffolk - 6 £350 -
Bedfordshire +5 2 £338 -
Cambridgeshire +11 1 £255 -53.63%
Norfolk 0 1 £300 +50.00%
Change Control
England

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Change Control 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 Change Control.

1 42 (56.76%) Finance
2 34 (45.95%) Project Management
3 28 (37.84%) Microsoft
4 25 (33.78%) Time Management
5 24 (32.43%) ITIL
6 18 (24.32%) PRINCE2
7 17 (22.97%) IBM
7 17 (22.97%) Configuration Management
8 16 (21.62%) MS Project
8 16 (21.62%) Waterfall
9 14 (18.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 13 (17.57%) Java
11 12 (16.22%) J2EE
11 12 (16.22%) E-Commerce
11 12 (16.22%) Capacity Planning
11 12 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (16.22%) Retail
11 12 (16.22%) WebSphere
12 11 (14.86%) Build Automation
12 11 (14.86%) Games
12 11 (14.86%) Citrix
12 11 (14.86%) Windows
13 10 (13.51%) SQL Server
13 10 (13.51%) Change Management
14 9 (12.16%) VMware
14 9 (12.16%) SLA
14 9 (12.16%) Cisco
14 9 (12.16%) Active Directory
15 8 (10.81%) Thin Client
15 8 (10.81%) MS Excel

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (16.22%) J2EE
1 12 (16.22%) WebSphere
2 4 (5.405%) .NET
3 3 (4.054%) ASP.NET
3 3 (4.054%) CSS
4 2 (2.703%) XML
4 2 (2.703%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.703%) LINQ
4 2 (2.703%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 2 (2.703%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.703%) IIS
2 1 (1.351%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (1.351%) Documentum
Applications
1 16 (21.62%) MS Project
2 8 (10.81%) MS Excel
3 6 (8.108%) MS Office
4 3 (4.054%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.108%) TCP/IP
2 5 (6.757%) Network Security
3 3 (4.054%) LAN
3 3 (4.054%) WAN
3 3 (4.054%) SAN
4 2 (2.703%) BIG-IP
4 2 (2.703%) NAS
5 1 (1.351%) WAAS
5 1 (1.351%) FWSM
5 1 (1.351%) NetScaler
5 1 (1.351%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (1.351%) MPLS
5 1 (1.351%) Firewall
5 1 (1.351%) Wireless
5 1 (1.351%) IPsec
5 1 (1.351%) DHCP
5 1 (1.351%) VPN
5 1 (1.351%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.703%) MS Access
3 1 (1.351%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.351%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.351%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (2.703%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 42 (56.76%) Finance
2 12 (16.22%) Retail
3 11 (14.86%) Games
4 8 (10.81%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.703%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.703%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.351%) German Language
6 1 (1.351%) Publishing
6 1 (1.351%) Automotive
6 1 (1.351%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.351%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 30 (40.54%) Project Manager
2 12 (16.22%) Analyst
2 12 (16.22%) E-Commerce Project Manager
2 12 (16.22%) E-Commerce Manager
3 7 (9.459%) Business Analyst
4 4 (5.405%) Support Analyst
5 3 (4.054%) Project Analyst
5 3 (4.054%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.054%) Project Support Analyst
5 3 (4.054%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (2.703%) Data Centre Engineer
6 2 (2.703%) Break Fix Engineer
6 2 (2.703%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (2.703%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (2.703%) .NET Developer
6 2 (2.703%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (2.703%) Support Engineer
6 2 (2.703%) Developer
6 2 (2.703%) Consultant
6 2 (2.703%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.81%) Thin Client
1 8 (10.81%) Fat Client
2 2 (2.703%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.703%) Firmware
3 1 (1.351%) NHS
3 1 (1.351%) Physics
3 1 (1.351%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.351%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (1.351%) Open Source
3 1 (1.351%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.86%) Windows
2 3 (4.054%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (2.703%) UNIX
3 2 (2.703%) AIX
3 2 (2.703%) Solaris
3 2 (2.703%) Linux
4 1 (1.351%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.351%) GCOS
4 1 (1.351%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (45.95%) Project Management
2 25 (33.78%) Time Management
3 24 (32.43%) ITIL
4 18 (24.32%) PRINCE2
5 17 (22.97%) Configuration Management
6 16 (21.62%) Waterfall
7 12 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (16.22%) Capacity Planning
7 12 (16.22%) E-Commerce
8 11 (14.86%) Build Automation
9 10 (13.51%) Change Management
10 8 (10.81%) Service Delivery
11 7 (9.459%) Load Balancing
11 7 (9.459%) Release Management
12 6 (8.108%) Quality Management
13 5 (6.757%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (6.757%) Programme Office Management
13 5 (6.757%) Incident Management
14 4 (5.405%) Agile Software Development
15 3 (4.054%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) Java
2 5 (6.757%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.054%) SQL
4 2 (2.703%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.703%) C
4 2 (2.703%) C#
5 1 (1.351%) VB
5 1 (1.351%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 6 (8.108%) SC Cleared
2 6 (8.108%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.757%) MCSE
3 5 (6.757%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.405%) Degree
5 3 (4.054%) CCEE
5 3 (4.054%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (2.703%) HP APS
6 2 (2.703%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.351%) APMP
7 1 (1.351%) CCSA
7 1 (1.351%) CCSE
7 1 (1.351%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.351%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.351%) MCP
7 1 (1.351%) MCSA
7 1 (1.351%) CCSP
7 1 (1.351%) CCNP
7 1 (1.351%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) SLA
2 3 (4.054%) QA
3 2 (2.703%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.351%) JTAG
System Software
1 9 (12.16%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.81%) XenApp
3 7 (9.459%) XenDesktop
4 6 (8.108%) vSphere
4 6 (8.108%) Hyper-V
4 6 (8.108%) XenServer
5 5 (6.757%) IAG
6 4 (5.405%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (1.351%) NFS
7 1 (1.351%) MetaFrame
7 1 (1.351%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (1.351%) ProxySG
7 1 (1.351%) Snort
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) NetBackup
2 6 (8.108%) SCOM
3 5 (6.757%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.351%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (1.351%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.351%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 28 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 17 (22.97%) IBM
3 11 (14.86%) Citrix
4 9 (12.16%) Cisco
4 9 (12.16%) VMware
5 7 (9.459%) AppSense
5 7 (9.459%) Wyse
6 6 (8.108%) Juniper
6 6 (8.108%) HP
7 5 (6.757%) Symantec
8 4 (5.405%) CheckPoint
9 3 (4.054%) EMC
9 3 (4.054%) F5
9 3 (4.054%) Crossbeam
10 2 (2.703%) Brocade
10 2 (2.703%) Nokia
10 2 (2.703%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.703%) JD Edwards
10 2 (2.703%) Dell
11 1 (1.351%) NetApp
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