The first table below looks at the demand for Risk Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Risk Management over the 3 months to 20 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 Lancashire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Risk Management
Rank 28 33 28
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Contract jobs citing Risk Management 4 11 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.990% 2.552% 1.802%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.226% 4.400% 3.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
Average daily rate £350 £433 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.07% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £388 £425
% change year-on-year
+9.67% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
124 250 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 61.69% 58.00% 52.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 142 53
Average daily rate £315 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £421 £499 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 16
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.90 £16.80 £21.94
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.07 £26.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Risk Management
North West

Risk Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Risk Management Jobs Demand Trend

Risk Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Risk Management Daily Rate Trend

Risk Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Risk Management Hourly Rate Trend

Risk Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Blackpool +5 2 - -
Risk Management
North West

Risk Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Risk 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 Risk Management.

1 4 (50.00%) PMP
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (25.00%) Information Security
2 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
2 2 (25.00%) JSP 440
2 2 (25.00%) RMADS
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (25.00%) JSP
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
3 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) ArcSight

Risk Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Discoverer
1 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Test Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Test Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) RMADS
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Information Security
2 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (25.00%) Time Management
2 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PMP
1 4 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 4 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) HP
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix
1 1 (12.50%) TippingPoint
1 1 (12.50%) ArcSight