East of England Resource Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Resource Management skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Resource Management over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Crewe Derbyshire Devon East Midlands East of England England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds London M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Renfrew Renfrewshire Rugby Salisbury Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Staines Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Twickenham UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	129	133
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	10	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	0.473 %	0.822 %
Daily rates quoted	4	9
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£342
Average daily rate	£394	£361
% change on same period last year	+9.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£438	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£365
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.50	£36.94
% change on same period last year	-41.79 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2115	2432
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.819 %	2.426 %
Daily rates quoted	712	836
Average minimum daily rate	£378	£354
Average daily rate	£402	£374
% change on same period last year	+7.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£427	£395
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	217	282
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.59	£30.76
Average hourly rate	£29.90	£32.13
% change on same period last year	-6.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.22	£33.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Resource Management across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Resource Management across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Resource Management across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Resource Management across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Management within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Norfolk	+6	5	£475	+35.71 %
Hertfordshire	+15	3	£438	+59.09 %
Essex	+2	1	-	-
Bedfordshire	+23	1	£225	-40.00 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Resource 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 Resource Management.

1 14 (66.67 %) Project Management 2 8 (38.10 %) PRINCE2 3 6 (28.57 %) Microsoft 3 6 (28.57 %) Finance 4 5 (23.81 %) Security Cleared 4 5 (23.81 %) ISEB 5 4 (19.05 %) Stakeholder Management 5 4 (19.05 %) Government 5 4 (19.05 %) Local Government 6 3 (14.29 %) Change Management 6 3 (14.29 %) MS Project 6 3 (14.29 %) SAP 7 2 (9.524 %) Java 7 2 (9.524 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 2 (9.524 %) RAD

7 2 (9.524 %) MS Excel 7 2 (9.524 %) Telecoms 7 2 (9.524 %) MS PowerPoint 7 2 (9.524 %) Project Planning 7 2 (9.524 %) Degree 8 1 (4.762 %) QMS 8 1 (4.762 %) Data Conversion 8 1 (4.762 %) SAP ALE 8 1 (4.762 %) PKI 8 1 (4.762 %) Pensions 8 1 (4.762 %) Requirements Management 8 1 (4.762 %) Education 8 1 (4.762 %) i-GRasp 8 1 (4.762 %) Health 8 1 (4.762 %) Migration

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Resource 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 Resource Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (4.762 %) .NET 1 1 (4.762 %) J2EE 1 1 (4.762 %) Web Dynpro 1 1 (4.762 %) SAP Smart Forms 1 1 (4.762 %) SAP XI 1 1 (4.762 %) SAP BSP 1 1 (4.762 %) SAP ALE	Applications 1 3 (14.29 %) MS Project 2 2 (9.524 %) MS Excel 2 2 (9.524 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (4.762 %) MS Office
Development Applications 1 1 (4.762 %) LSMW 1 1 (4.762 %) Subversion	General 1 6 (28.57 %) Finance 2 4 (19.05 %) Government 2 4 (19.05 %) Local Government 3 2 (9.524 %) Telecoms 4 1 (4.762 %) Pensions 4 1 (4.762 %) Health 4 1 (4.762 %) Education
Job Titles 1 14 (66.67 %) Project Manager 2 3 (14.29 %) Resource Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Infrastructure Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Test Consultant 3 1 (4.762 %) Delivery Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Software Project Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Business Project Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Business Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Technical Lead 3 1 (4.762 %) Senior Business Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Software Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Junior 3 1 (4.762 %) Analyst 3 1 (4.762 %) Test Analyst 3 1 (4.762 %) Consultant 3 1 (4.762 %) Senior Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Change Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Senior Project Manager 3 1 (4.762 %) Test Engineer 3 1 (4.762 %) Coordinator	Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.762 %) Client/Server 1 1 (4.762 %) PKI 1 1 (4.762 %) Data Conversion
Operating Systems 1 1 (4.762 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (66.67 %) Project Management 2 8 (38.10 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (23.81 %) Security Cleared 4 4 (19.05 %) Stakeholder Management 5 3 (14.29 %) Change Management 6 2 (9.524 %) RAD 6 2 (9.524 %) Project Planning 7 1 (4.762 %) QMS 7 1 (4.762 %) Programme Management 7 1 (4.762 %) Automated Testing 7 1 (4.762 %) Business Analysis 7 1 (4.762 %) Supplier Management 7 1 (4.762 %) Requirements Management 7 1 (4.762 %) CRM 7 1 (4.762 %) OO 7 1 (4.762 %) Migration 7 1 (4.762 %) Process Management
Programming Languages 1 2 (9.524 %) Java 2 1 (4.762 %) ABAP 2 1 (4.762 %) Python 2 1 (4.762 %) SAPscript 2 1 (4.762 %) C	Qualifications 1 5 (23.81 %) ISEB 2 2 (9.524 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 2 (9.524 %) Degree
Vendors 1 6 (28.57 %) Microsoft 2 3 (14.29 %) SAP 3 1 (4.762 %) CheckPoint 3 1 (4.762 %) i-GRasp