The first table below looks at the demand for Supplier 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 Supplier 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Supplier Management
Rank 55 67 61
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -6
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 4 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.612% 0.519% 0.824%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.858% 0.787% 1.321%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 6
Average daily rate £433 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.76% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £427 £400 £388
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £460 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £420 £403
% change year-on-year
+1.19% +4.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £48.75 £25.21 £145.00
% change year-on-year
+93.41% -82.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
466 635 530
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.25% 65.94% 62.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 291 228
Average daily rate £401 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.80% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £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 79
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 £11.95 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Supplier Management
East of England

Supplier Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Supplier Management Jobs Demand Trend

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Supplier Management Daily Rate Trend

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Supplier Management Hourly Rate Trend

Supplier Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Management within the Hertfordshire 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
Watford - 2 £433 -
Supplier Management
East of England

Supplier Management
Top 24 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (44.44%) Retail
2 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 3 (33.33%) SLA
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
3 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (22.22%) Back Office
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
3 2 (22.22%) Operations Management
3 2 (22.22%) MS Office
3 2 (22.22%) Office 365
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (11.11%) Lotus
4 1 (11.11%) EPoS

Supplier Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
1 2 (22.22%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (44.44%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Back Office
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Services Director
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery Director
3 1 (11.11%) Payments Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Operations Management
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Lotus