The first table below looks at the demand for Resource 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 Resource Management 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Resource Management
Rank 57 68 62
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -6
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 6 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.942% 0.205% 0.228%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.313% 0.309% 0.366%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £425 £413 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% +37.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £400 £385
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +3.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.58 £32.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-39.76% +85.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
457 647 547
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.74% 66.22% 62.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 289 238
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 55 78
Average hourly rate £21.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.29% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.75 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Resource Management
East of England

Resource Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Resource Management Jobs Demand Trend

Resource Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Resource Management Daily Rate Trend

Resource Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Management within the Hertfordshire 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
Rickmansworth - 2 - -
Resource Management
East of England

Resource Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Resource 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 Resource Management.

1 5 (50.00%) Project Management
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) VoIP
4 2 (20.00%) PMP
4 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Service Management
5 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
5 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (10.00%) ISEB
5 1 (10.00%) NetWeaver
5 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (10.00%) OLTP
5 1 (10.00%) RDBMS
5 1 (10.00%) .NET
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle
5 1 (10.00%) MS Project
5 1 (10.00%) MS Office
5 1 (10.00%) SAP
5 1 (10.00%) Windows
5 1 (10.00%) Linux
5 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (10.00%) CRM

Resource Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Resource 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 Resource Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) NetWeaver
1 1 (10.00%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Project
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Office 365
1 1 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) OLTP
2 1 (10.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Bugzilla
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) DBA
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Database Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) SQL DBA
3 1 (10.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis Administrator
3 1 (10.00%) Test Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) ETL
4 1 (10.00%) Change Control
4 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Document Management
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (10.00%) V-Model
4 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) PMP
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) SAP