England CRAMM Contracts

This section looks at the demand for CCTA Risk Analysis and Method Management (CRAMM) skills within the 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 CRAMM over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

CCTA Risk Analysis and Method Management (CRAMM)
Location Basingstoke Cardiff City of London England Hampshire London Shropshire South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Telford UK Wales West Midlands	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	545	621
Rank change on same period last year	+76
Matching contract IT job ads	15	17
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	0.039 %	0.036 %
Daily rates quoted	8	4
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£370
Average daily rate	£397	£416
% change on same period last year	-4.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£406	£463
UK excluding London average daily rate	£550	£450
% change on same period last year	+22.22 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies England
Matching contract IT job ads	38387	47195
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	51.16 %	47.08 %
Daily rates quoted	14367	16004
Average minimum daily rate	£389	£390
Average daily rate	£417	£415
% change on same period last year	+0.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£445	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	2318	3059
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.07	£28.51
Average hourly rate	£29.91	£30.38
% change on same period last year	-1.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.74	£32.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
CRAMM UK

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.

CRAMM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CRAMM across the 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 CRAMM across the England region.

CRAMM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing CRAMM across the 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 CRAMM across the 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 CRAMM within the 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
London	+58	11	£375	-7.40 %
West Midlands	+3	2	£550	-
South West	-	1	-	-
South East	-	1	-	-

CRAMM UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing CRAMM 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 CRAMM.

1 13 (59.09 %) PRINCE2 2 11 (50.00 %) Risk Management 2 11 (50.00 %) Risk Assessment 2 11 (50.00 %) ISO27001 3 10 (45.45 %) COBIT 3 10 (45.45 %) ITIL 4 9 (40.91 %) ISO17799 4 9 (40.91 %) Wiki 5 7 (31.82 %) Project Management 5 7 (31.82 %) CISSP 5 7 (31.82 %) Service Management 6 6 (27.27 %) CISA 6 6 (27.27 %) CISM 6 6 (27.27 %) CMMI 6 6 (27.27 %) VBA

6 6 (27.27 %) MS Office 6 6 (27.27 %) Education 7 5 (22.73 %) Banking 7 5 (22.73 %) Investment Banking 7 5 (22.73 %) Government 8 4 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 8 4 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 8 4 (18.18 %) CCNP 8 4 (18.18 %) CCNA 8 4 (18.18 %) MCSE 8 4 (18.18 %) Cisco Certification 8 4 (18.18 %) Microsoft Certification 8 4 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Certification 9 3 (13.64 %) Degree 9 3 (13.64 %) Information Security

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 1 (4.545 %) HTML 1 1 (4.545 %) .NET 1 1 (4.545 %) ASP 1 1 (4.545 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (4.545 %) CSS 1 1 (4.545 %) Middleware 1 1 (4.545 %) MVC	Applications 1 6 (27.27 %) MS Office 2 1 (4.545 %) MS Excel
General 1 6 (27.27 %) Education 2 5 (22.73 %) Government 2 5 (22.73 %) Banking 2 5 (22.73 %) Investment Banking 3 1 (4.545 %) Telecoms 3 1 (4.545 %) Finance 3 1 (4.545 %) Health 3 1 (4.545 %) Law	Job Titles 1 12 (54.55 %) Analyst 2 10 (45.45 %) Security Analyst 2 10 (45.45 %) Risk Analyst 3 7 (31.82 %) Security Risk Analyst 4 6 (27.27 %) Technical Manager 5 4 (18.18 %) IT Manager 6 2 (9.091 %) Consultant 7 1 (4.545 %) Technical Project Manager 7 1 (4.545 %) Security Consultant 7 1 (4.545 %) Project Manager 7 1 (4.545 %) Business Analyst 7 1 (4.545 %) Web Project Manager 7 1 (4.545 %) Web Manager
Miscellaneous 1 9 (40.91 %) Wiki 2 2 (9.091 %) RMADS 2 2 (9.091 %) NHS 2 2 (9.091 %) CESG 3 1 (4.545 %) CESG CLAS 3 1 (4.545 %) Cryptography 3 1 (4.545 %) French Language 3 1 (4.545 %) Biometrics 3 1 (4.545 %) N-Tier	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (59.09 %) PRINCE2 2 11 (50.00 %) Risk Management 2 11 (50.00 %) Risk Assessment 3 10 (45.45 %) ITIL 4 7 (31.82 %) Project Management 4 7 (31.82 %) Service Management 5 6 (27.27 %) CMMI 6 4 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 6 4 (18.18 %) Security Cleared 7 3 (13.64 %) Information Security 8 2 (9.091 %) Supplier Management 8 2 (9.091 %) Risk Analysis 9 1 (4.545 %) Data Protection 9 1 (4.545 %) SOA 9 1 (4.545 %) Business Analysis 9 1 (4.545 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 6 (27.27 %) VBA 2 1 (4.545 %) C#	Qualifications 1 7 (31.82 %) CISSP 2 6 (27.27 %) CISA 2 6 (27.27 %) CISM 3 4 (18.18 %) MCSE 3 4 (18.18 %) CCNP 3 4 (18.18 %) CCNA 3 4 (18.18 %) Cisco Certification 3 4 (18.18 %) Microsoft Certification 3 4 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 3 (13.64 %) Degree 5 1 (4.545 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (4.545 %) PMP 5 1 (4.545 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (50.00 %) ISO27001 2 10 (45.45 %) COBIT 3 9 (40.91 %) ISO17799 4 2 (9.091 %) BS7799 4 2 (9.091 %) HMG Infosec	Vendors 1 1 (4.545 %) Microsoft