The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change 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 Kent 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
Change Management
Rank 26 32 33
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +1
Contract jobs citing Change Management 12 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 3.987% 1.124% 3.514%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.316% 1.613% 6.077%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 4
Average daily rate £290 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.55% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £360
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £15.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+152.00% -31.81%
All Processes & Methodologies
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
190 186 181
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 63.12% 69.66% 57.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 97 108
Average daily rate £303 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.92% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £138 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 15
Average hourly rate £19.39 £17.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.80% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.15 £8.75 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.25 £67.50 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Change Management
South East

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Change Management Jobs Demand Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Change Management Daily Rate Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Kent Change Management Daily Rate Histogram

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (73.33%) DNS
1 11 (73.33%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (73.33%) CCNP
2 10 (66.67%) Internet
2 10 (66.67%) Juniper
2 10 (66.67%) MPLS
2 10 (66.67%) OSPF
2 10 (66.67%) BGP
2 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (66.67%) RHCE
2 10 (66.67%) IPv6
2 10 (66.67%) MCSE
2 10 (66.67%) VoIP
2 10 (66.67%) DHCP
2 10 (66.67%) Wireless
2 10 (66.67%) Legal
2 10 (66.67%) HP
2 10 (66.67%) JNCIP
2 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 9 (60.00%) Aruba
4 6 (40.00%) Cisco
5 4 (26.67%) Junos
6 3 (20.00%) SLA
6 3 (20.00%) ITIL
6 3 (20.00%) Project Management
7 2 (13.33%) Linux
7 2 (13.33%) CRM
7 2 (13.33%) SAS
7 2 (13.33%) Network Management
7 2 (13.33%) CMDB

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) DNS
2 10 (66.67%) Internet
2 10 (66.67%) MPLS
2 10 (66.67%) OSPF
2 10 (66.67%) BGP
2 10 (66.67%) IPv6
2 10 (66.67%) VoIP
2 10 (66.67%) DHCP
2 10 (66.67%) Wireless
3 4 (26.67%) Junos
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (13.33%) IP Telephony
5 1 (6.667%) Firewall
5 1 (6.667%) VPN
5 1 (6.667%) NetScreen
General
1 10 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (6.667%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Analyst
1 10 (66.67%) Network Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL Service Manager
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Service Desk Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Service Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Change Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Operations Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Business Change Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Business Manager
3 1 (6.667%) Firewall Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) CMDB
1 2 (13.33%) Wiki
2 1 (6.667%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) ITIL
1 3 (20.00%) Project Management
2 2 (13.33%) CRM
2 2 (13.33%) Network Management
2 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (6.667%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (6.667%) Network Architecture
3 1 (6.667%) Load Balancing
3 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.667%) Process Management
3 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
3 1 (6.667%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 11 (73.33%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (73.33%) CCNP
2 10 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (66.67%) RHCE
2 10 (66.67%) MCSE
2 10 (66.67%) JNCIP
2 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 1 (6.667%) PMP
3 1 (6.667%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.667%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Juniper
1 10 (66.67%) HP
2 9 (60.00%) Aruba
3 6 (40.00%) Cisco
4 2 (13.33%) BT
5 1 (6.667%) Blue Coat
5 1 (6.667%) TippingPoint
5 1 (6.667%) F5
5 1 (6.667%) SAP
5 1 (6.667%) Remedy
5 1 (6.667%) Nokia
5 1 (6.667%) CheckPoint
Kent, South East
Sand Resources have a need for an Experienced Service Desk Manager. I'm looking for someone to implement change management of the Service Desk (ITIL Process) and associated...
Sand Resources
Rate: £275 - £330 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013