The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Improvement
Rank 479 510 525
Rank change year-on-year
+31 +15
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 34 49 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.082% 0.092% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.114% 0.134% 0.120%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 22 27
Average daily rate £475 £428 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £351 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £688 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £308
% change year-on-year
- +30.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.62 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29704 36492 38199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.42% 67.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18148 21397 22087
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1197 1399
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 £13.55 £13.21 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Performance Improvement
UK

Performance Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Performance Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Performance Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Improvement across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Performance Improvement Daily Rate Histogram

Performance Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Performance Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +25 19 £625 +45.34%
South East +17 7 £380 -
North West +16 4 £400 -
East Midlands -2 2 - -
South West +26 1 £425 -5.55%
Yorkshire - 1 £365 -
Performance Improvement
UK

Performance Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement.

1 19 (26.39%) Finance
2 15 (20.83%) Oracle
3 14 (19.44%) SQL
3 14 (19.44%) Retail
4 11 (15.28%) PL/SQL
4 11 (15.28%) ITIL
4 11 (15.28%) MS Access
5 10 (13.89%) Migration
5 10 (13.89%) Project Management
5 10 (13.89%) Data Management
5 10 (13.89%) Oracle 11g
6 9 (12.50%) QA
6 9 (12.50%) Change Management
7 8 (11.11%) Service Management
7 8 (11.11%) Telecoms
7 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (11.11%) PRINCE2
7 8 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (11.11%) Degree
8 7 (9.722%) Oracle APEX
8 7 (9.722%) Performance Management
8 7 (9.722%) Data Cleansing
8 7 (9.722%) Data Validation
8 7 (9.722%) Data Migration
8 7 (9.722%) Analytics
8 7 (9.722%) Oracle Forms
8 7 (9.722%) Microsoft
8 7 (9.722%) Validation
9 6 (8.333%) Service Delivery
9 6 (8.333%) Management Information System

Performance Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (4.167%) Web Services
2 2 (2.778%) WSH
2 2 (2.778%) CSS
2 2 (2.778%) .NET
2 2 (2.778%) HTML
2 2 (2.778%) HTML5
2 2 (2.778%) CSS3
2 2 (2.778%) Modernizr
2 2 (2.778%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (2.778%) jQuery
3 1 (1.389%) XHTML
3 1 (1.389%) ASP
3 1 (1.389%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.389%) COM
3 1 (1.389%) SAP XI
3 1 (1.389%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.944%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.778%) CMS
3 1 (1.389%) Drupal
3 1 (1.389%) WordPress
3 1 (1.389%) CloudStack
3 1 (1.389%) SAS
3 1 (1.389%) SAP EP
Applications
1 6 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.778%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.778%) MS Office
3 1 (1.389%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.389%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.389%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.167%) Unified Communications
2 2 (2.778%) Firewall
3 1 (1.389%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.389%) Broadband
3 1 (1.389%) GSM
3 1 (1.389%) UMTS
3 1 (1.389%) 3G
3 1 (1.389%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.28%) MS Access
2 10 (13.89%) Oracle 11g
3 8 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (6.944%) SQL Server
5 3 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (4.167%) Oracle 10g
6 2 (2.778%) OLAP
6 2 (2.778%) SAP BW
6 2 (2.778%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (1.389%) Data Mart
7 1 (1.389%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (1.389%) Xcelsius
7 1 (1.389%) Star Schema
7 1 (1.389%) Data Mining
7 1 (1.389%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (1.389%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (1.389%) Crystal Analysis
Development Applications
1 7 (9.722%) Oracle APEX
1 7 (9.722%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.389%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.389%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (26.39%) Finance
2 14 (19.44%) Retail
3 8 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.944%) Banking
4 5 (6.944%) Legal
5 2 (2.778%) Back Office
5 2 (2.778%) Games
6 1 (1.389%) Billing
6 1 (1.389%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (26.39%) Analyst
2 10 (13.89%) Business Analyst
3 8 (11.11%) Developer
4 6 (8.333%) Consultant
5 5 (6.944%) Project Manager
5 5 (6.944%) Data Analyst
6 4 (5.556%) Data Migration Analyst
7 3 (4.167%) Windows Administrator
7 3 (4.167%) Windows Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.167%) Oracle DBA
7 3 (4.167%) Oracle Developer
7 3 (4.167%) Administrator
7 3 (4.167%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (4.167%) DBA
8 2 (2.778%) Senior Manager
8 2 (2.778%) Senior Developer
8 2 (2.778%) Operations Manager
8 2 (2.778%) Test Manager
8 2 (2.778%) Information Analyst
8 2 (2.778%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.944%) FMCG
3 3 (4.167%) IIBA
3 3 (4.167%) Smart Meter
3 3 (4.167%) NHS
4 2 (2.778%) PaaS
4 2 (2.778%) IaaS
4 2 (2.778%) Informatics
4 2 (2.778%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.389%) Exotic Derivative
5 1 (1.389%) Derivative
5 1 (1.389%) CMDB
5 1 (1.389%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.389%) Open Source
5 1 (1.389%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.944%) Windows
2 3 (4.167%) UNIX
3 2 (2.778%) Linux
3 2 (2.778%) Android
3 2 (2.778%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.28%) ITIL
2 10 (13.89%) Migration
2 10 (13.89%) Project Management
2 10 (13.89%) Data Management
3 9 (12.50%) Change Management
4 8 (11.11%) Service Management
4 8 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 7 (9.722%) Performance Management
5 7 (9.722%) Data Cleansing
5 7 (9.722%) Data Validation
5 7 (9.722%) Data Migration
5 7 (9.722%) Analytics
5 7 (9.722%) Validation
6 6 (8.333%) Service Delivery
6 6 (8.333%) Data Modelling
6 6 (8.333%) Data Analysis
7 5 (6.944%) Business Analysis
7 5 (6.944%) Data Protection
7 5 (6.944%) Customer Insight
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.44%) SQL
2 11 (15.28%) PL/SQL
3 5 (6.944%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.778%) VBScript
4 2 (2.778%) VBA
4 2 (2.778%) C#
4 2 (2.778%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.778%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.778%) Bash shell
5 1 (1.389%) PHP
5 1 (1.389%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (11.11%) Degree
2 5 (6.944%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.944%) ISEB
3 4 (5.556%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.167%) PMP
4 3 (4.167%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.778%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.778%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.778%) MCITP
6 1 (1.389%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.389%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.389%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (1.389%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.50%) QA
2 2 (2.778%) SLA
3 1 (1.389%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (4.167%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (4.167%) vCloud
2 2 (2.778%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.778%) vSphere
2 2 (2.778%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.389%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.167%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.389%) BladeLogic
2 1 (1.389%) HP Operations Orchestration
Vendors
1 15 (20.83%) Oracle
2 7 (9.722%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.167%) SAP
4 2 (2.778%) VMware
4 2 (2.778%) Business Objects
4 2 (2.778%) Murex
4 2 (2.778%) Calypso
4 2 (2.778%) Dell
4 2 (2.778%) Infoblox
4 2 (2.778%) Facebook
4 2 (2.778%) Twitter
4 2 (2.778%) Google
5 1 (1.389%) Cisco
5 1 (1.389%) Citrix
5 1 (1.389%) HP
5 1 (1.389%) BMC
5 1 (1.389%) Manugistics
5 1 (1.389%) Minitab
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