The first table below looks at the demand for WFM 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 WFM over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Workforce Management (WFM)
Rank 490 508 535
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +27
Contract jobs citing WFM 20 50 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.048% 0.094% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% 0.137% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 26 22
Average daily rate £388 £416 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.90% -7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £198 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £700 £543
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £6.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £6.00
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29662 36423 38448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.36% 68.27% 68.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 18133 21396 22256
Average daily rate £425 £410 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.53% -8.88%
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 £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 1186 1394
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.99 £13.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
WFM
UK

WFM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England WFM Jobs Demand Trend

WFM
Daily Rate Trend

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

England WFM Daily Rate Trend

WFM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WFM across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England WFM Daily Rate Histogram

WFM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England WFM Hourly Rate Trend

WFM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WFM within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +10 10 £325 -23.52%
South East +30 7 £398 +13.57%
North West +8 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £400 -
WFM
UK

WFM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WFM 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 WFM.

1 10 (26.32%) Avaya
1 10 (26.32%) Telecoms
2 9 (23.68%) Finance
3 8 (21.05%) MS Excel
3 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 8 (21.05%) Verint
4 7 (18.42%) IVR
4 7 (18.42%) Retail
4 7 (18.42%) ITIL
4 7 (18.42%) Genesys
5 6 (15.79%) CTI
6 5 (13.16%) Windows
6 5 (13.16%) CRM
7 4 (10.53%) SLA
7 4 (10.53%) Cisco
7 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
7 4 (10.53%) Linux
7 4 (10.53%) MS Office
7 4 (10.53%) Quality Management
7 4 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
7 4 (10.53%) CMS
8 3 (7.895%) Mitel
8 3 (7.895%) Business Analysis
8 3 (7.895%) Business Transformation
8 3 (7.895%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (7.895%) Performance Management
8 3 (7.895%) SharePoint 2010
8 3 (7.895%) Management Information System
8 3 (7.895%) Remedy
8 3 (7.895%) PRINCE2

WFM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WFM 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 WFM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.263%) SAP Basis
2 1 (2.632%) HTML
2 1 (2.632%) CSS
2 1 (2.632%) Flash
2 1 (2.632%) VXML
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.53%) CMS
2 3 (7.895%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (7.895%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.05%) MS Excel
2 4 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (10.53%) MS Office
3 1 (2.632%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.632%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.632%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.632%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.632%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.632%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) CTI
2 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
3 3 (7.895%) PBX
3 3 (7.895%) VoIP
4 2 (5.263%) WAN
4 2 (5.263%) Wireless
4 2 (5.263%) LAN
4 2 (5.263%) BSS
4 2 (5.263%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.632%) Symposium
5 1 (2.632%) IP Telephony
5 1 (2.632%) PSTN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Expression Studio
General
1 10 (26.32%) Telecoms
2 9 (23.68%) Finance
3 7 (18.42%) Retail
4 2 (5.263%) Billing
4 2 (5.263%) Back Office
5 1 (2.632%) Front Office
5 1 (2.632%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (31.58%) Analyst
2 5 (13.16%) Business Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Support Analyst
4 3 (7.895%) Developer
4 3 (7.895%) Consultant
4 3 (7.895%) Report Analyst
4 3 (7.895%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (7.895%) Designer
5 2 (5.263%) Avaya Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Solutions Analyst
5 2 (5.263%) SAP Administrator
5 2 (5.263%) SAP Basis Administrator
5 2 (5.263%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.263%) Administrator
5 2 (5.263%) Telephony Engineer
5 2 (5.263%) Team Leader
6 1 (2.632%) Project Support Officer
6 1 (2.632%) Project Analyst
6 1 (2.632%) Resource Manager
6 1 (2.632%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) IVR
2 3 (7.895%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.263%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.632%) NHS
4 1 (2.632%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Linux
3 3 (7.895%) UNIX
4 2 (5.263%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.42%) ITIL
2 5 (13.16%) CRM
3 4 (10.53%) Quality Management
4 3 (7.895%) PRINCE2
4 3 (7.895%) Business Analysis
4 3 (7.895%) Performance Management
4 3 (7.895%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (7.895%) Business Transformation
5 2 (5.263%) Information Architecture
5 2 (5.263%) Time Management
5 2 (5.263%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.263%) BCP
5 2 (5.263%) Project Management
5 2 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (5.263%) Workflow
5 2 (5.263%) TOGAF
5 2 (5.263%) Information Management
5 2 (5.263%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.263%) Java
1 2 (5.263%) ABAP
2 1 (2.632%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.632%) SQL
2 1 (2.632%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (5.263%) Degree
1 2 (5.263%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.632%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.263%) Cisco UCCE
1 2 (5.263%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Avaya
2 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.05%) Verint
3 7 (18.42%) Genesys
4 4 (10.53%) Cisco
5 3 (7.895%) Remedy
5 3 (7.895%) Mitel
6 2 (5.263%) SAP
6 2 (5.263%) Oracle
7 1 (2.632%) Business Objects
7 1 (2.632%) Polycom
7 1 (2.632%) Adobe