The first table below looks at the demand for the Change Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Manager
Rank 45 46 45
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Change Manager 11 19 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.340% 1.748% 2.199%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.423% 1.865% 2.322%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 22
Average daily rate £463 £370 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -4.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £351 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £520 £573
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £56.50 - -
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
773 1019 1249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.15% 93.74% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 504 609
Average daily rate £400 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £237 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 36
Average hourly rate £13.93 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.43% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.60 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Change Manager
Scotland

Change Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Change Manager across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Change Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Change Manager across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Change Manager Daily Rate Trend

Change Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Change Manager in their job title 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 with Change Manager in their job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Finance
1 7 (43.75%) Banking
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) Project Management
2 6 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
3 3 (18.75%) Retail
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Retail Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 2 (12.50%) Six Sigma
4 2 (12.50%) RTP
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.250%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (6.250%) Service Management
5 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (6.250%) PMI
5 1 (6.250%) PMI Certification
5 1 (6.250%) MS Project
5 1 (6.250%) MS Office
5 1 (6.250%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (6.250%) ITIL
5 1 (6.250%) Degree
5 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.250%) Strategic Planning

Change Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Change Manager in their job title 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 with Change Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Project
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) RTP
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
1 7 (43.75%) Banking
2 3 (18.75%) Retail
3 2 (12.50%) Retail Banking
4 1 (6.250%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) PMI
1 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (37.50%) Project Management
2 6 (37.50%) Change Management
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
4 2 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 2 (12.50%) Six Sigma
4 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (12.50%) Lean Six Sigma
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
5 1 (6.250%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (6.250%) Service Management
5 1 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.250%) ITIL
5 1 (6.250%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (6.250%) Programme Office Management
5 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
Qualifications
1 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (6.250%) PMI Certification
1 1 (6.250%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.250%) PeopleSoft