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The table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills within the Lancashire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Problem Management over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Problem Management
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-40
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads04
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.000 %1.365 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£240
Average daily rate-£240
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£240
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£310
% change on same period last year+9.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.55£20.74
% change on same period last year+8.74 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads189293
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.307 %0.320 %
Daily rates quoted3756
Average minimum daily rate£331£325
Average daily rate£353£341
% change on same period last year+3.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£375£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted5949
Average minimum hourly rate£25.88£25.11
Average hourly rate£27.09£27.32
% change on same period last year-0.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.30£29.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
Problem Management North WestProblem Management
North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Problem Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Problem Management across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Lancashire Problem Management Demand Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Problem Management Daily Rate Trend

Problem Management
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

12 (100.00 %)AIX
12 (100.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)HPUX
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)HP
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (50.00 %)Shell Script
21 (50.00 %)Middleware
21 (50.00 %)Mainframe
21 (50.00 %)Clustering
21 (50.00 %)Jython
21 (50.00 %)Spring

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)Middleware
21 (50.00 %)Spring
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (50.00 %)WebSphere MQ
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Consultant
11 (50.00 %)Administrator
11 (50.00 %)UNIX Administrator
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)Mainframe
11 (50.00 %)Clustering
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)HPUX
21 (50.00 %)Solaris
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)Shell Script
11 (50.00 %)Jython
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)HP