The first table below looks at the demand for Strategic 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 Strategic Management 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
Strategic Management
Rank 492 541 526
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -15
Contract jobs citing Strategic Management 20 16 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.047% 0.030% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.066% 0.044% 0.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 20
Average daily rate £475 £525 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.52% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £360 £468
10% offered a daily rate of more than £618 £600 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £513 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+70.83% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £37.50
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%
Strategic Management
UK

Strategic Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Strategic Management Jobs Demand Trend

Strategic Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Strategic Management Daily Rate Trend

Strategic Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Strategic Management Daily Rate Histogram

Strategic Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Strategic Management Hourly Rate Trend

Strategic Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Management 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
London +18 16 £413 -21.42%
West Midlands +13 1 £500 -
North West - 1 - -
South East - 1 £600 -
South West - 1 - -
Strategic Management
UK

Strategic Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (42.42%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Performance Management
3 6 (18.18%) Equities
3 6 (18.18%) Front Office
3 6 (18.18%) Back Office
3 6 (18.18%) Fidessa
3 6 (18.18%) Resource Management
4 5 (15.15%) Marketing
4 5 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
4 5 (15.15%) Programme Management
5 4 (12.12%) MS Excel
5 4 (12.12%) Derivative
5 4 (12.12%) Equity Derivative
5 4 (12.12%) Change Control
6 3 (9.091%) Marketing Strategy
6 3 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (9.091%) Service Delivery
6 3 (9.091%) Intranet
6 3 (9.091%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (9.091%) Legal
7 2 (6.061%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (6.061%) Banking
7 2 (6.061%) Billing
7 2 (6.061%) Middleware
7 2 (6.061%) Project Management
7 2 (6.061%) Microsoft
7 2 (6.061%) CRM
7 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2
7 2 (6.061%) SOA

Strategic Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (6.061%) Middleware
2 1 (3.030%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.030%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.030%) COM
2 1 (3.030%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) SAS
2 1 (3.030%) ESB
2 1 (3.030%) MS Project Server
2 1 (3.030%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.030%) NetWeaver
2 1 (3.030%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.030%) MS Project
2 1 (3.030%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.030%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.091%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) EDMS
2 1 (3.030%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 14 (42.42%) Finance
2 6 (18.18%) Front Office
2 6 (18.18%) Back Office
3 5 (15.15%) Marketing
4 3 (9.091%) Legal
5 2 (6.061%) Banking
5 2 (6.061%) Billing
6 1 (3.030%) Local Government
6 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Business Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Fidessa Business Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Fidessa Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Fidessa Business Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Portfolio Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Business Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Senior Fidessa Analyst
5 3 (9.091%) Data Manager
5 3 (9.091%) Communications Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Contracts Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Commercial Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Chief Information Officer
7 1 (3.030%) Lead Architect
7 1 (3.030%) CRM Analyst
7 1 (3.030%) Data Warehouse Manager
7 1 (3.030%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Equities
2 4 (12.12%) Derivative
2 4 (12.12%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (3.030%) Open Source
3 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.030%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (3.030%) Windows
1 1 (3.030%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (24.24%) Performance Management
2 6 (18.18%) Resource Management
3 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
3 5 (15.15%) Programme Management
4 4 (12.12%) Change Control
5 3 (9.091%) Marketing Strategy
5 3 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (9.091%) Service Delivery
5 3 (9.091%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (6.061%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (6.061%) Project Management
6 2 (6.061%) CRM
6 2 (6.061%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.061%) SOA
6 2 (6.061%) Software Deployment
6 2 (6.061%) IT Governance
6 2 (6.061%) Database Marketing
6 2 (6.061%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.030%) Supplier Management
7 1 (3.030%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.030%) SQL
1 1 (3.030%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.030%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Fidessa
2 2 (6.061%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.061%) Business Objects
2 2 (6.061%) SAP
2 2 (6.061%) Teradata
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle
3 1 (3.030%) IBM
3 1 (3.030%) JBoss
3 1 (3.030%) Northgate