The first table below looks at the demand for Budget Control skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Budget Control over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Budget Control
Rank 473 490 474
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -16
Contract jobs citing Budget Control 39 67 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.092% 0.125% 0.146%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.129% 0.183% 0.215%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 46 55
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.39%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £308 £282 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £20.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% -55.55%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - £45.00
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30182 36546 37754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.34% 68.30% 68.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18435 21484 21848
Average daily rate £425 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £595 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 936 1202 1371
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.12 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £46.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Budget Control
UK

Budget Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Budget Control Jobs Demand Trend

Budget Control
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Budget Control Daily Rate Trend

Budget Control
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Budget Control across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Budget Control Daily Rate Histogram

Budget Control
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Budget Control Hourly Rate Trend

Budget Control
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Budget Control within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
South East +18 18 £326 -13.57%
London +6 14 £438 +9.37%
North West - 5 £425 -
South West +17 1 £350 +12.90%
Yorkshire +3 1 £340 +4.61%
Budget Control
UK

Budget Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Budget 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 Budget Control.

1 40 (43.01%) Project Management
2 36 (38.71%) Finance
2 36 (38.71%) PRINCE2
3 28 (30.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (25.81%) Change Management
5 23 (24.73%) Telecoms
6 18 (19.35%) ITIL
7 15 (16.13%) Oracle
8 14 (15.05%) Banking
9 13 (13.98%) Windows
10 12 (12.90%) SLA
10 12 (12.90%) Asset Management
10 12 (12.90%) Incident Management
11 11 (11.83%) Migration
11 11 (11.83%) Scrum
11 11 (11.83%) Service Management
11 11 (11.83%) Configuration Management
11 11 (11.83%) PRINCE
11 11 (11.83%) SQL
12 10 (10.75%) Degree
12 10 (10.75%) Change Control
13 9 (9.677%) VMware Infrastructure
13 9 (9.677%) MS Project
13 9 (9.677%) MS Excel
13 9 (9.677%) VMware
13 9 (9.677%) Risk Management
14 8 (8.602%) Citrix
15 7 (7.527%) Microsoft
15 7 (7.527%) E-Commerce
15 7 (7.527%) MS Office

Budget Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Budget 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 Budget Control. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.151%) Middleware
1 2 (2.151%) .NET
2 1 (1.075%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.075%) CSS
2 1 (1.075%) XML
2 1 (1.075%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.075%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.376%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.301%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (4.301%) MS Exchange
3 3 (3.226%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (2.151%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.075%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.075%) Apache
5 1 (1.075%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (9.677%) MS Project
1 9 (9.677%) MS Excel
2 7 (7.527%) MS Office
3 5 (5.376%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (4.301%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.151%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.075%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (1.075%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.301%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (3.226%) VoIP
2 3 (3.226%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.151%) Broadband
3 2 (2.151%) SMS
4 1 (1.075%) ATM
4 1 (1.075%) 3G
4 1 (1.075%) Intranet
4 1 (1.075%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.301%) SQL Server
1 4 (4.301%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (2.151%) MS Access
3 1 (1.075%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.075%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (1.075%) QlikView
3 1 (1.075%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.075%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.075%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (38.71%) Finance
2 23 (24.73%) Telecoms
3 14 (15.05%) Banking
4 7 (7.527%) Marketing
5 5 (5.376%) Retail
6 3 (3.226%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.151%) Retail Banking
7 2 (2.151%) German Language
7 2 (2.151%) Electronics
7 2 (2.151%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.075%) Publishing
8 1 (1.075%) Legal
8 1 (1.075%) Front Office
8 1 (1.075%) Back Office
8 1 (1.075%) Interactive Media
8 1 (1.075%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (70.97%) Project Manager
2 8 (8.602%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 8 (8.602%) Infrastructure Manager
2 8 (8.602%) Technical Manager
2 8 (8.602%) Programme Manager
3 7 (7.527%) Technical Project Manager
4 6 (6.452%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 6 (6.452%) Business Manager
5 4 (4.301%) Business Project Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Senior Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Analyst
6 3 (3.226%) Data Centre Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Business Change Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Change Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Data Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Digital Project Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Agile Project Manager
6 3 (3.226%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.226%) NHS
2 2 (2.151%) Digital Media
2 2 (2.151%) DTV
3 1 (1.075%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.075%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.075%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.075%) Derivative
3 1 (1.075%) SWIFT
3 1 (1.075%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.98%) Windows
2 7 (7.527%) UNIX
3 5 (5.376%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (5.376%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.075%) Solaris
4 1 (1.075%) Linux
4 1 (1.075%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (1.075%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (43.01%) Project Management
2 36 (38.71%) PRINCE2
3 28 (30.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (25.81%) Change Management
5 18 (19.35%) ITIL
6 12 (12.90%) Asset Management
6 12 (12.90%) Incident Management
7 11 (11.83%) Migration
7 11 (11.83%) Scrum
7 11 (11.83%) Service Management
7 11 (11.83%) Configuration Management
7 11 (11.83%) PRINCE
8 10 (10.75%) Change Control
9 9 (9.677%) Risk Management
10 7 (7.527%) E-Commerce
10 7 (7.527%) Security Management
10 7 (7.527%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (7.527%) Matrix Management
11 6 (6.452%) Project Planning
11 6 (6.452%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.83%) SQL
2 1 (1.075%) C#
2 1 (1.075%) Java
2 1 (1.075%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (10.75%) Degree
2 6 (6.452%) PMP
2 6 (6.452%) PMI Certification
3 5 (5.376%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 4 (4.301%) Security Cleared
5 3 (3.226%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.075%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.075%) APMP
6 1 (1.075%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.90%) SLA
2 1 (1.075%) Solvency II
2 1 (1.075%) QA
2 1 (1.075%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (9.677%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.301%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.075%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.075%) UAG
3 1 (1.075%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 15 (16.13%) Oracle
2 9 (9.677%) VMware
3 8 (8.602%) Citrix
4 7 (7.527%) Microsoft
5 6 (6.452%) Ericsson
6 4 (4.301%) SAP
7 3 (3.226%) Lotus
7 3 (3.226%) BT
8 1 (1.075%) Siebel
8 1 (1.075%) Reuters
8 1 (1.075%) Remedy
8 1 (1.075%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.075%) NetApp
8 1 (1.075%) Novell
8 1 (1.075%) Pegasus
8 1 (1.075%) EMC
Crawley, West Sussex
Infrastructure Project Manager / Prince2 / MSP / Airline / Infrastructure / Databases / Applications / Agile / Scrum / Technical / Crawley - £300 - £325 per day required to run projects with stakeholders and teams based in multiple...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £325 per day + Potential to extend
Posted: 14 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
the people , process and technology change You will liaise with the wider business to drive projects to completion What I'm looking for: You will come from a...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £325 per day + Potential to extend
Posted: 14 May 2013
West Sussex
Project Management Takes full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful delivery of complex projects To be responsible for all aspects of business change projects i.e. the...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £350 - 400 Per Day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
A solid understanding of budget control and project governance... - Superb communication and organisational skills - Adept at reporting and producing documents to a high standard - MS Project, MS Office...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £330 - 350 Per Day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Technical Project Manager - Prince 2 - Agile - Waterfall - SharePoint... One of the projects is based around SharePoint. The client are looking for people who have delivered/implemented SharePoint Projects.
Austin Fraser
Rate: NEG
Posted: 14 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
This SOA Project Manager role represents a 6 month opportunity to work within a reputable organisation. The primary responsibilities for the role involves project managing the adoption and...
Hudson
Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
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VMware, Citrix, Hyper V and Exchange 2010, Active Directory, SharePoint, SAN / Windows Server consolidation, Novell then this could be the right role for you!... Windows Server 2008 / 2003 /...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Technology environment: Operating Systems: Solaris 10, Red Hat Linux 5, Microsoft Windows 2003 / 2008, VMWare ESX 5 Databases: Oracle 10g / 11i, SQL Server 2008 Web Technologies: Apache, Weblogic...
Clearwater People Solutions
Rate: £330 - 350 Per Day
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