The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management 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 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Problem Management
Rank 103 111 109
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -2
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 12 18 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.557% 0.611% 0.875%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.834% 0.942% 1.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 4
Average daily rate £325 £328 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.76% -18.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £300 £323
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
Average hourly rate £17.50 £11.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.09% -68.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1439 1910 1716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.81% 64.81% 65.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 808 936 772
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
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 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 152 192
Average hourly rate £35.03 £30.50 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.83% -5.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.12 £12.04 £14.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Problem Management Daily Rate Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Problem Management across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England Problem Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cambridgeshire +13 5 - -
Hertfordshire +8 5 £325 +8.33%
Essex -5 2 £650 +71.05%
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 12 (48.00%) Change Management
2 10 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (28.00%) ITIL
4 7 (28.00%) Time Management
5 6 (24.00%) Finance
6 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
6 5 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
6 5 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 5 (20.00%) Business Development
7 4 (16.00%) Windows
7 4 (16.00%) VMware
7 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
8 3 (12.00%) Retail
8 3 (12.00%) Lotus Notes
8 3 (12.00%) MCP
8 3 (12.00%) MS Visio
8 3 (12.00%) MS Project
8 3 (12.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (12.00%) Lotus
8 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (12.00%) Windows 7
9 2 (8.000%) Open Source
9 2 (8.000%) Degree
9 2 (8.000%) Computer Science
9 2 (8.000%) QA
9 2 (8.000%) Project Planning
9 2 (8.000%) Test Scripting

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development
1 2 (8.000%) .NET
1 2 (8.000%) XML
1 2 (8.000%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (8.000%) MS Exchange
2 2 (8.000%) Documentum
3 1 (4.000%) CMS
3 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (12.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (12.00%) MS Project
3 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) WAN
1 1 (4.000%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (24.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (12.00%) Retail
4 2 (8.000%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Team Leader
2 3 (12.00%) Applications Support
3 2 (8.000%) Service Analyst
3 2 (8.000%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (8.000%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 2 (8.000%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (8.000%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (8.000%) Help Desk Manager
3 2 (8.000%) Support Analyst
3 2 (8.000%) Graduate
4 1 (4.000%) Tester
4 1 (4.000%) Test Analyst
4 1 (4.000%) Support Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (4.000%) Product Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Applications Support Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Applications Manager
4 1 (4.000%) Web Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.000%) Computer Science
2 2 (8.000%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Change Management
2 7 (28.00%) ITIL
2 7 (28.00%) Time Management
3 5 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
3 5 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 5 (20.00%) Business Development
4 2 (8.000%) Project Planning
4 2 (8.000%) Content Management
4 2 (8.000%) Information Management
4 2 (8.000%) Software Engineering
4 2 (8.000%) Risk Management
4 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.000%) Scrum
4 2 (8.000%) Test Scripting
4 2 (8.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.000%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.000%) Change Control
5 1 (4.000%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (4.000%) Manual Testing
5 1 (4.000%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) C#
1 2 (8.000%) Java
1 2 (8.000%) SQL
1 2 (8.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) MCP
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.000%) MCSE
2 2 (8.000%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) QA
2 1 (4.000%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.000%) XenApp
3 1 (4.000%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) NetBackup
1 1 (4.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) VMware
3 3 (12.00%) Lotus
4 2 (8.000%) Citrix
5 1 (4.000%) Symantec
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