The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Leeds 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Management
Rank 45 29 36
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +7
Contract jobs citing Change Management 29 41 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 3.924% 4.718% 2.830%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.370% 6.645% 4.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 28 8
Average daily rate £400 £378 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.96% -11.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £257 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £513 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £361
% change year-on-year
- +3.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £15.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+152.00% -40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
540 617 429
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.07% 71.00% 67.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 367 208
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £243 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 23
Average hourly rate £34.00 £13.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+151.85% -22.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Change Management
West Yorkshire

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds 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 Leeds region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 20 (44.44%) ITIL
2 14 (31.11%) Finance
3 12 (26.67%) Service Management
4 11 (24.44%) Configuration Management
5 8 (17.78%) SLA
5 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.78%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (17.78%) MS Office
6 7 (15.56%) Telecoms
6 7 (15.56%) Project Planning
6 7 (15.56%) Degree
7 6 (13.33%) Games
7 6 (13.33%) PRINCE2
8 5 (11.11%) Windows
8 5 (11.11%) PMP
8 5 (11.11%) PMI Certification
9 4 (8.889%) Retail
9 4 (8.889%) CMDB
9 4 (8.889%) Release Management
9 4 (8.889%) Linux
9 4 (8.889%) SQL
9 4 (8.889%) Change Control
10 3 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (6.667%) Migration
10 3 (6.667%) Service Delivery
10 3 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (6.667%) Remedy
10 3 (6.667%) Marketing
11 2 (4.444%) WebSphere
11 2 (4.444%) Software Testing

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 Development
1 2 (4.444%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.222%) UIKit
2 1 (2.222%) HTML
2 1 (2.222%) SOAP
2 1 (2.222%) XML
2 1 (2.222%) REST
2 1 (2.222%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.222%) jQuery
2 1 (2.222%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (2.222%) BREW
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) WebLogic
1 2 (4.444%) IIS
2 1 (2.222%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) MS Office
2 2 (4.444%) MS Project
3 1 (2.222%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.222%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.222%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (2.222%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.444%) Internet
2 1 (2.222%) Firewall
2 1 (2.222%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.444%) CouchDB
1 2 (4.444%) MongoDB
1 2 (4.444%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.222%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.222%) MySQL
2 1 (2.222%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.222%) SQLite
2 1 (2.222%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Maven
1 2 (4.444%) CruiseControl
1 2 (4.444%) Subversion
1 2 (4.444%) Git (software)
1 2 (4.444%) Hudson
1 2 (4.444%) Ant
1 2 (4.444%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.222%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.222%) Capistrano
General
1 14 (31.11%) Finance
2 7 (15.56%) Telecoms
3 6 (13.33%) Games
4 4 (8.889%) Retail
5 3 (6.667%) Marketing
6 1 (2.222%) Legal
6 1 (2.222%) Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (28.89%) Analyst
2 7 (15.56%) Project Manager
2 7 (15.56%) Service Manager
3 6 (13.33%) Release Analyst
4 5 (11.11%) Change Manager
5 3 (6.667%) Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Service Analyst
6 2 (4.444%) Transition Manager
6 2 (4.444%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (4.444%) Release Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) Change Analyst
6 2 (4.444%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (4.444%) Senior Project Manager
6 2 (4.444%) Configuration Engineer
6 2 (4.444%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.444%) Programme Manager
6 2 (4.444%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (4.444%) Configuration Manager
6 2 (4.444%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.222%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.889%) CMDB
2 2 (4.444%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.222%) Firmware
3 1 (2.222%) iPad
3 1 (2.222%) Heroku
3 1 (2.222%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.222%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.222%) iPhone
3 1 (2.222%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Windows
2 4 (8.889%) Linux
3 2 (4.444%) UNIX
4 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.222%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.222%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (44.44%) ITIL
2 12 (26.67%) Service Management
3 11 (24.44%) Configuration Management
4 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (15.56%) Project Planning
6 6 (13.33%) PRINCE2
7 4 (8.889%) Release Management
7 4 (8.889%) Change Control
8 3 (6.667%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.667%) Migration
8 3 (6.667%) Service Delivery
9 2 (4.444%) Software Testing
9 2 (4.444%) Programme Management
9 2 (4.444%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (4.444%) Investment Management
9 2 (4.444%) Refactoring
9 2 (4.444%) Problem Management
9 2 (4.444%) Project Management
9 2 (4.444%) E-Commerce
9 2 (4.444%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.889%) SQL
2 2 (4.444%) Java
3 1 (2.222%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.222%) C#
3 1 (2.222%) C++
3 1 (2.222%) VB
3 1 (2.222%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.222%) Ruby
3 1 (2.222%) XPath
Qualifications
1 8 (17.78%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (15.56%) Degree
3 5 (11.11%) PMP
3 5 (11.11%) PMI Certification
4 3 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.222%) CCSP
5 1 (2.222%) CCNP
5 1 (2.222%) CCNA
5 1 (2.222%) ISEB
5 1 (2.222%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.222%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.222%) MCSE
5 1 (2.222%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.78%) SLA
2 1 (2.222%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) ZENworks
1 1 (2.222%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 3 (6.667%) Remedy
2 2 (4.444%) Oracle
2 2 (4.444%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.222%) Novell
3 1 (2.222%) JD Edwards
3 1 (2.222%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.222%) Cisco
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