The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Problem Management 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 Hertfordshire 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
Problem Management
Rank 58 66 51
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -15
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 5 2 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.778% 0.207% 1.728%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.085% 0.312% 2.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £325 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £300 £323
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £17.50 £11.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.09% -68.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -28.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
461 642 540
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.70% 66.32% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 297 229
Average daily rate £410 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 54 80
Average hourly rate £21.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.84% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.88 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Problem Management
East of England

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Problem Management Jobs Demand Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Problem Management Daily Rate Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Problem Management Daily Rate Histogram

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Problem Management Hourly Rate Trend

Problem Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Problem 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 Problem Management.

1 7 (53.85%) Time Management
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) Change Management
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Business Development
3 4 (30.77%) VMware
4 3 (23.08%) MS Project
4 3 (23.08%) MCP
4 3 (23.08%) Windows
4 3 (23.08%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
4 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (23.08%) Lotus
4 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (23.08%) Retail
4 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
5 2 (15.38%) C#
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) VB
5 2 (15.38%) XML
5 2 (15.38%) XSLT
5 2 (15.38%) MCSE
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Scrum
5 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) XML
1 2 (15.38%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Project
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
1 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.692%) MS Office
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Retail
2 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Help Desk Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Team Leader
4 1 (7.692%) Web Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Chief Operating Officer
4 1 (7.692%) Web Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Web Tester
4 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Operations Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Time Management
2 5 (38.46%) Business Development
2 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 5 (38.46%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Scrum
3 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
3 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.692%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Web Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Business Continuity
4 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.692%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) C#
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
1 2 (15.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) MCP
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) MCSE
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.692%) XenApp
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) NetBackup
1 1 (7.692%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) VMware
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Lotus
3 1 (7.692%) Symantec
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix