The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control skills in IT contracts advertised for the Knutsford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Control 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 Knutsford 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 Control
Rank 18 - 22
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Change Control 4 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 3.960% - 2.564%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.000% - 3.670%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £300 - £359
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 - £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £360 - £442
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £29.75
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -15.96%
All Processes & Methodologies
Knutsford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
80 35 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Knutsford 79.21% 47.95% 69.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 22 93
Average daily rate £343 £325 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.38% +22.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £535 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £22.50 - £70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Change Control
Cheshire

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford Change Control Jobs Demand Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend

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

Knutsford Change Control Daily Rate Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Knutsford Change Control Daily Rate Histogram

Change Control
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) MS Project
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
3 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (20.00%) SLA
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) BMC
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL V3

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (40.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
General
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Assistant
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Transition Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Support Assistant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Information Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) BMC