The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management 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 Change Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Management
Rank 48 43 46
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +3
Contract jobs citing Change Management 1702 1964 2183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 3.933% 3.709% 3.813%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.497% 5.386% 5.628%
Number of daily rates quoted 1025 1149 1330
Average daily rate £420 £420 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £255 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £567 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £363
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 48 59
Average hourly rate £27.08 £19.42 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.44% -22.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.10 £12.05 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.25 £35.60 £38.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £15.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+43.33% -40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30962 36467 38788
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.55% 68.86% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 18973 21328 22498
Average daily rate £420 £408 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.06% -7.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1180 1380
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.74 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.43% -9.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Change Management
UK

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Change Management Jobs Demand Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Change Management Daily Rate Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Change Management Daily Rate Histogram

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

England Change Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Change Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London 0 935 £435 -3.33% 131
South East -8 253 £400 +5.26% 54
South West +8 108 £393 +4.66% 19
Yorkshire +5 103 £375 +3.09% 22
North West +5 88 £333 -11.92% 35
East of England +8 71 £363 +7.40% 32
West Midlands -19 55 £341 -9.80% 18
East Midlands -7 51 £458 +1.66% 18
North East +21 20 £320 -24.70% 5
Midlands +1 5 £438 +20.68% 1
Change Management
UK

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Change 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 Change Management.

1 1135 (35.91%) Finance
2 915 (28.95%) Project Management
3 649 (20.53%) ITIL
4 607 (19.20%) Banking
5 525 (16.61%) PRINCE2
6 503 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 385 (12.18%) Microsoft
8 335 (10.60%) Windows
9 317 (10.03%) Retail
10 306 (9.680%) Oracle
11 294 (9.301%) MS Office
12 292 (9.238%) MS Excel
13 286 (9.048%) Migration
14 268 (8.478%) Service Management
15 251 (7.941%) SQL
15 251 (7.941%) Business Analysis
16 224 (7.086%) SAP
17 210 (6.643%) Linux
18 207 (6.549%) Security Cleared
19 195 (6.169%) Service Delivery
20 192 (6.074%) Degree
21 191 (6.042%) Risk Management
21 191 (6.042%) Configuration Management
21 191 (6.042%) MS Project
22 185 (5.853%) UNIX
23 181 (5.726%) SharePoint
24 180 (5.694%) Problem Management
25 175 (5.536%) Change Control
26 172 (5.441%) User Acceptance Testing
26 172 (5.441%) Incident Management

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Change 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 Change Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 78 (2.468%) .NET
2 75 (2.373%) Middleware
3 67 (2.120%) XML
4 31 (0.981%) Oracle Fusion
5 30 (0.949%) WebSphere
5 30 (0.949%) Web Services
6 28 (0.886%) .NET Framework
7 22 (0.696%) ASP.NET
8 19 (0.601%) WCF
9 17 (0.538%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 15 (0.475%) Rendezvous
11 14 (0.443%) XSL
11 14 (0.443%) J2EE
12 13 (0.411%) HTML
13 11 (0.348%) WPF
13 11 (0.348%) WebSphere MQ
13 11 (0.348%) CSS
13 11 (0.348%) SAP XI
13 11 (0.348%) SAP Basis
14 10 (0.316%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 181 (5.726%) SharePoint
2 94 (2.974%) MS Exchange
3 51 (1.613%) WebLogic
4 46 (1.455%) Exchange Server 2010
5 44 (1.392%) IIS
6 41 (1.297%) ESB
7 34 (1.076%) SharePoint 2010
8 31 (0.981%) Exchange Server 2003
9 30 (0.949%) Apache
9 30 (0.949%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 28 (0.886%) Oracle Application Server
10 28 (0.886%) Oracle 10gAS
11 25 (0.791%) Oracle Service Bus
11 25 (0.791%) Exchange Server 2007
11 25 (0.791%) Tomcat
12 21 (0.664%) IBM Notes
12 21 (0.664%) CMS
13 19 (0.601%) SAS
14 15 (0.475%) Lync
15 10 (0.316%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 294 (9.301%) MS Office
2 292 (9.238%) MS Excel
3 191 (6.042%) MS Project
4 141 (4.461%) MS Visio
5 80 (2.531%) MS PowerPoint
6 11 (0.348%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.316%) Office 365
8 7 (0.221%) Windchill
9 4 (0.127%) Mingle
10 3 (0.095%) Open Workbench
11 2 (0.063%) InfoPath
11 2 (0.063%) PowerPivot
12 1 (0.032%) Adobe Captivate
12 1 (0.032%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.032%) CPLEX
12 1 (0.032%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.032%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 29 (0.917%) Remedy ITSM
2 20 (0.633%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.538%) Oracle EBS R12
4 15 (0.475%) SAP FI
5 13 (0.411%) Endur
6 12 (0.380%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 11 (0.348%) Oracle EBS
8 10 (0.316%) SAP ERP
8 10 (0.316%) SAP BPC
9 9 (0.285%) Agresso
9 9 (0.285%) Dynamics AX
9 9 (0.285%) SAP CO
9 9 (0.285%) VisionPLUS
10 8 (0.253%) Maximo
10 8 (0.253%) Teamcenter
10 8 (0.253%) SAP SD
10 8 (0.253%) Oracle Applications
10 8 (0.253%) SAP FI/CO
11 7 (0.221%) ENOVIA
12 6 (0.190%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 90 (2.847%) LAN
1 90 (2.847%) Firewall
2 82 (2.594%) SAN
3 71 (2.246%) WAN
4 68 (2.151%) Internet
5 64 (2.025%) DNS
6 50 (1.582%) VPN
7 38 (1.202%) VoIP
8 37 (1.171%) DHCP
9 36 (1.139%) TCP/IP
10 30 (0.949%) Wireless
11 29 (0.917%) Intranet
12 28 (0.886%) LDAP
13 27 (0.854%) HTTP
14 24 (0.759%) MPLS
14 24 (0.759%) Network Security
15 23 (0.728%) 3G
16 22 (0.696%) BGP
17 19 (0.601%) OSPF
18 18 (0.569%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (5.283%) SQL Server
2 52 (1.645%) Data Warehouse
3 51 (1.613%) Oracle 11g
4 41 (1.297%) Oracle 10g
5 35 (1.107%) SQL Server 2008
6 30 (0.949%) SQL Server 2005
6 30 (0.949%) Oracle Reports
7 25 (0.791%) Oracle 8/8i
8 24 (0.759%) MySQL
8 24 (0.759%) Oracle ODI
9 21 (0.664%) Data Mining
10 20 (0.633%) SAP BW
10 20 (0.633%) Oracle Exadata
11 18 (0.569%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 18 (0.569%) Oracle BI EE
12 16 (0.506%) BusinessObjects
13 15 (0.475%) DB2
14 14 (0.443%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.443%) RDBMS
14 14 (0.443%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 27 (0.854%) JIRA
2 23 (0.728%) Subversion
3 18 (0.569%) ClearQuest
3 18 (0.569%) Team Foundation Server
4 17 (0.538%) Git (software)
5 13 (0.411%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.411%) ClearCase
6 12 (0.380%) MSI
7 9 (0.285%) Ant
7 9 (0.285%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.221%) AdminStudio
9 6 (0.190%) Maven
9 6 (0.190%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 6 (0.190%) Gerrit
10 5 (0.158%) DbUnit
10 5 (0.158%) JUnit
11 4 (0.127%) Hudson
11 4 (0.127%) Wise Package Studio
12 3 (0.095%) FinalBuilder
12 3 (0.095%) Selenium
General
1 1135 (35.91%) Finance
2 607 (19.20%) Banking
3 317 (10.03%) Retail
4 167 (5.283%) Retail Banking
5 158 (4.998%) Investment Banking
6 137 (4.334%) Telecoms
7 79 (2.499%) Front Office
8 75 (2.373%) Legal
9 71 (2.246%) Marketing
10 68 (2.151%) Financial Institution
11 67 (2.120%) Manufacturing
12 61 (1.930%) Back Office
13 38 (1.202%) Publishing
14 34 (1.076%) Automotive
15 24 (0.759%) Corporate Banking
16 20 (0.633%) Law
17 19 (0.601%) Pharmaceutical
17 19 (0.601%) Billing
18 17 (0.538%) Local Government
19 15 (0.475%) French Language
Job Titles
1 802 (25.37%) Analyst
2 696 (22.02%) Project Manager
3 420 (13.29%) Business Analyst
4 204 (6.454%) Change Manager
5 130 (4.113%) Consultant
6 106 (3.353%) Developer
7 102 (3.227%) Change Analyst
8 100 (3.164%) Administrator
9 97 (3.069%) Programme Manager
10 94 (2.974%) Architect
11 86 (2.721%) Service Manager
12 85 (2.689%) Business Manager
13 72 (2.278%) Support Analyst
14 71 (2.246%) Senior Manager
15 70 (2.214%) Senior Analyst
16 58 (1.835%) PMO Analyst
17 53 (1.677%) Business Change Manager
18 51 (1.613%) Delivery Manager
19 49 (1.550%) Technical Manager
20 46 (1.455%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 155 (4.904%) Management Information System
2 63 (1.993%) NHS
3 57 (1.803%) PMI
4 54 (1.708%) Derivative
5 44 (1.392%) CMDB
6 42 (1.329%) Fixed Income
6 42 (1.329%) Clustering
7 40 (1.265%) Credit Risk
8 37 (1.171%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 32 (1.012%) FMCG
10 31 (0.981%) SWIFT
11 29 (0.917%) Economics
12 27 (0.854%) E-Learning
13 24 (0.759%) Mainframe
14 23 (0.728%) Computer Science
14 23 (0.728%) Wiki
14 23 (0.728%) Blackberry
15 21 (0.664%) Data Integration
16 20 (0.633%) Mathematics
16 20 (0.633%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 335 (10.60%) Windows
2 210 (6.643%) Linux
3 185 (5.853%) UNIX
4 101 (3.195%) Windows Server 2008
5 85 (2.689%) Windows Server 2003
6 66 (2.088%) Windows 7
7 61 (1.930%) Solaris
7 61 (1.930%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 54 (1.708%) AIX
9 38 (1.202%) HPUX
10 36 (1.139%) Windows XP
11 34 (1.076%) SUSE
12 32 (1.012%) Oracle Linux
13 10 (0.316%) Windows 2000
13 10 (0.316%) Tru64
14 7 (0.221%) Android
15 6 (0.190%) Apple iOS
16 5 (0.158%) VMS
16 5 (0.158%) Windows Vista
17 4 (0.127%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 915 (28.95%) Project Management
2 649 (20.53%) ITIL
3 525 (16.61%) PRINCE2
4 503 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 286 (9.048%) Migration
6 268 (8.478%) Service Management
7 251 (7.941%) Business Analysis
8 195 (6.169%) Service Delivery
9 191 (6.042%) Risk Management
9 191 (6.042%) Configuration Management
10 180 (5.694%) Problem Management
11 175 (5.536%) Change Control
12 172 (5.441%) User Acceptance Testing
12 172 (5.441%) Incident Management
13 161 (5.093%) Release Management
14 156 (4.935%) Project Planning
15 135 (4.271%) Programme Management
16 127 (4.018%) CRM
17 123 (3.891%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 109 (3.448%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 251 (7.941%) SQL
2 87 (2.752%) Java
3 70 (2.214%) Perl
4 56 (1.772%) C#
5 55 (1.740%) Shell Script
6 53 (1.677%) PowerShell
7 47 (1.487%) C
8 35 (1.107%) VB
9 31 (0.981%) VBScript
10 30 (0.949%) Python
11 28 (0.886%) VBA
12 27 (0.854%) JavaScript
13 26 (0.823%) PL/SQL
14 23 (0.728%) Korn
15 17 (0.538%) T-SQL
16 15 (0.475%) Bash shell
17 10 (0.316%) VB6
17 10 (0.316%) C++
17 10 (0.316%) PHP
18 9 (0.285%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 207 (6.549%) Security Cleared
2 192 (6.074%) Degree
3 149 (4.714%) SC Cleared
4 95 (3.005%) PMI Certification
5 87 (2.752%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 85 (2.689%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 75 (2.373%) ISEB
8 70 (2.214%) ITIL Certification
9 61 (1.930%) Microsoft Certification
10 53 (1.677%) PMP
11 51 (1.613%) Cisco Certification
12 35 (1.107%) CCNP
13 34 (1.076%) MCSE
14 32 (1.012%) CCNA
15 31 (0.981%) DV Cleared
16 24 (0.759%) RHCE
17 17 (0.538%) CCIE
18 15 (0.475%) MCP
19 13 (0.411%) ACCA
20 12 (0.380%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (3.986%) QA
2 108 (3.417%) SLA
3 40 (1.265%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (0.633%) COBIT
5 16 (0.506%) ISO 9001
6 13 (0.411%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (0.380%) Data Quality
8 11 (0.348%) WCAG
9 10 (0.316%) FATCA
10 9 (0.285%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.253%) TickIT
12 7 (0.221%) Basel III
12 7 (0.221%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.221%) ISO 14001
13 4 (0.127%) ISO 9000
13 4 (0.127%) Basel II
13 4 (0.127%) Solvency II
14 3 (0.095%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.095%) GxP
15 1 (0.032%) HL7
System Software
1 146 (4.619%) Active Directory
2 115 (3.638%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (1.297%) XenApp
4 36 (1.139%) VMware ESX
5 27 (0.854%) XenServer
5 27 (0.854%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 25 (0.791%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 21 (0.664%) Hyper-V
8 19 (0.601%) Oracle RAC
9 18 (0.569%) vSphere
10 17 (0.538%) Microsoft App-V
11 12 (0.380%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 10 (0.316%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
13 9 (0.285%) SRDF
13 9 (0.285%) Oracle RMAN
14 8 (0.253%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 8 (0.253%) Veritas File System
15 7 (0.221%) VMware Server
16 6 (0.190%) Forefront TMG
17 5 (0.158%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 54 (1.708%) SCCM
2 44 (1.392%) SCOM
3 30 (0.949%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 30 (0.949%) Tivoli
4 25 (0.791%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 25 (0.791%) NetBackup
5 17 (0.538%) Backup Exec
6 15 (0.475%) Puppet
7 14 (0.443%) WMI
7 14 (0.443%) BladeLogic
8 13 (0.411%) Data Guard
8 13 (0.411%) Control-M
9 10 (0.316%) OVSD
9 10 (0.316%) HP Quality Center
9 10 (0.316%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 8 (0.253%) Norton AntiVirus
11 6 (0.190%) Tivoli Identity Manager
11 6 (0.190%) Nagios
12 5 (0.158%) Cacti
12 5 (0.158%) Ionix
Vendors
1 385 (12.18%) Microsoft
2 306 (9.680%) Oracle
3 224 (7.086%) SAP
4 170 (5.378%) VMware
5 129 (4.081%) Citrix
6 113 (3.575%) Cisco
7 101 (3.195%) HP
8 94 (2.974%) Remedy
9 83 (2.626%) IBM
10 74 (2.341%) Red Hat
11 54 (1.708%) EMC
12 49 (1.550%) Altiris
13 47 (1.487%) Veritas
14 44 (1.392%) Sun
15 40 (1.265%) CheckPoint
16 35 (1.107%) Business Objects
17 34 (1.076%) Cognos
18 33 (1.044%) Sybase
19 31 (0.981%) BMC
20 30 (0.949%) Reuters
Surrey
Change Manager required with strong project management experience focused on change management principles. Large-scale Oracle organisational change experience is essential and the Project Manager will have a...
Square One Resources
Rate: Up to £500 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Essential Skills: *Project Support Experience including Planning, Reporting, Analysing and documentation *MS Office skills *ITIL Foundation Certificate *Good understanding of core programme and project management control concepts (e...
Roc Search
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will be responsible for monitoring and co-ordinating activities throughout the full IT project Lifecycle, from the initial outset in terms of gathering information or the requirement...
Spring Technology
Rate: £150.00 - £200.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Berkshire
You should have excellent Business Analysis and Change Management experience (Functional analysis; requirements gathering, documentation, development of Functional specs etc...); strong Financial Services experience, particularly in the Asset...
I.T. Skillfinder
Rate: £0.0000 per month
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
You will complete the necessary project documentation in accordance with the Change Management Framework and as required by the Head of Technical Services... Essential skills and experience: * Experience...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
E-Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 13 June 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £200.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
Hertfordshire
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 14 June 2013
West Yorkshire
Senitor Associates
Rate: £17 - £22 per hour
Posted: 12 June 2013
Northamptonshire
MINT Recruitment
Rate: £450 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Northamptonshire
MINT Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Mint
Rate: £450 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Mint
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Sand Resources
Rate: £350 - £490 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Barnsley, Yorkshire
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Reed Technology
Posted: 18 June 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
Networking People
Posted: 13 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £300.00 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013
City of London
Sand Resources
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Randstad Technologies
Rate: Competitive Rates.
Posted: 18 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Competitive
Posted: 30 May 2013
Southport, Merseyside
MINT Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013