The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Management over the 3 months to 20 June 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 London 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Management
Rank 45 44 44
Rank change year-on-year
-1 0
Contract jobs citing Change Management 949 992 1260
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 4.092% 3.786% 4.000%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.475% 5.279% 5.654%
Number of daily rates quoted 616 653 881
Average daily rate £435 £450 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £338
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £363
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 11
Average hourly rate £27.97 £30.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.76% -25.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.58 £19.10 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £95.90 £36.10 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £15.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+43.33% -40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17334 18791 22287
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.75% 71.71% 70.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 11903 12367 14701
Average daily rate £450 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £303
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 318 347
Average hourly rate £27.50 £26.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.76% +4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.00 £45.00 £53.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Change Management
England

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

London 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 London region.

London Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

London Change Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Change Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -9 250 £440 -2.22% 37
Canary Wharf +17 30 £425 +6.25%
Docklands, London +8 11 £388 -29.54%
Uxbridge -8 9 £418 -2.33%
Croydon +5 5 £450 - 2
Brentford -5 5 £610 -
Harrow +2 4 £381 -9.22%
Bromley -2 1 £350 -17.64%
Kingston Upon Thames -2 1 - -
Paddington -4 1 - -
Surbiton - 1 £425 -
Twickenham - - - -
Hounslow - - - -
Isleworth - - - -
Ealing - - - -
Westminster - - - -
New Malden - - - -
Romford - - - -
Sidcup - - - -
Southall - - - -
Chessington - - - -
Feltham - - - -
Southwark - - - -
Wimbledon - - - -
West Drayton - - - -
Barnet - - - -
Change Management
England

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 622 (36.52%) Finance
2 485 (28.48%) Project Management
3 417 (24.49%) Banking
4 318 (18.67%) ITIL
5 233 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 212 (12.45%) PRINCE2
7 193 (11.33%) Windows
8 188 (11.04%) MS Office
9 179 (10.51%) Microsoft
10 175 (10.28%) Oracle
11 164 (9.630%) Migration
12 157 (9.219%) MS Excel
12 157 (9.219%) Investment Banking
13 151 (8.867%) Retail
14 147 (8.632%) SQL
15 141 (8.280%) Linux
16 138 (8.103%) Business Analysis
17 130 (7.634%) UNIX
18 127 (7.457%) Problem Management
19 123 (7.223%) Service Management
20 122 (7.164%) User Acceptance Testing
21 119 (6.988%) Release Management
21 119 (6.988%) Degree
22 116 (6.812%) SAP
23 112 (6.577%) Incident Management
24 111 (6.518%) SQL Server
25 109 (6.400%) SharePoint
26 104 (6.107%) VMware
27 100 (5.872%) Management Information System
28 99 (5.813%) Service Delivery

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 54 (3.171%) .NET
2 46 (2.701%) XML
3 34 (1.996%) Middleware
4 20 (1.174%) ASP.NET
5 19 (1.116%) .NET Framework
5 19 (1.116%) Web Services
6 17 (0.998%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 17 (0.998%) WebSphere
7 15 (0.881%) Rendezvous
8 13 (0.763%) WCF
9 11 (0.646%) XSL
9 11 (0.646%) SAP Basis
9 11 (0.646%) SAP XI
10 9 (0.528%) HTML
10 9 (0.528%) CSS
11 8 (0.470%) J2EE
11 8 (0.470%) Application Packaging
11 8 (0.470%) jQuery
12 7 (0.411%) COM
13 6 (0.352%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 109 (6.400%) SharePoint
2 51 (2.995%) MS Exchange
3 33 (1.938%) IIS
4 27 (1.585%) Apache
5 25 (1.468%) Tomcat
6 24 (1.409%) SharePoint 2010
6 24 (1.409%) Exchange Server 2010
7 20 (1.174%) WebLogic
8 15 (0.881%) Exchange Server 2003
8 15 (0.881%) ESB
8 15 (0.881%) CMS
9 14 (0.822%) IBM Notes
10 10 (0.587%) Lync
11 9 (0.528%) SAS
12 8 (0.470%) NetWeaver
13 7 (0.411%) Exchange Server 2007
14 6 (0.352%) Oracle Workflow
15 5 (0.294%) Progress Apama
15 5 (0.294%) WebSphere Message Broker
16 4 (0.235%) Confluence
Applications
1 188 (11.04%) MS Office
2 157 (9.219%) MS Excel
3 90 (5.285%) MS Visio
4 79 (4.639%) MS Project
5 50 (2.936%) MS PowerPoint
6 5 (0.294%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.235%) Office 365
8 3 (0.176%) InfoPath
9 2 (0.117%) Open Workbench
9 2 (0.117%) PowerPivot
10 1 (0.059%) CPLEX
10 1 (0.059%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.059%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.059%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 16 (0.940%) Remedy ITSM
2 13 (0.763%) Endur
3 11 (0.646%) SAP FI
4 9 (0.528%) Oracle EBS R12
5 8 (0.470%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 7 (0.411%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.411%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.352%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (0.352%) Dynamics CRM
8 5 (0.294%) Summit
8 5 (0.294%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.294%) SAP SD
9 4 (0.235%) Global One
9 4 (0.235%) Taleo
9 4 (0.235%) SAP BPC
10 3 (0.176%) Oracle iProcurement
10 3 (0.176%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.176%) RMDS
10 3 (0.176%) Oracle Financials
10 3 (0.176%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 58 (3.406%) SAN
2 50 (2.936%) Firewall
3 40 (2.349%) Internet
4 39 (2.290%) WAN
5 37 (2.173%) LAN
6 26 (1.527%) VPN
7 24 (1.409%) HTTP
8 23 (1.351%) TCP/IP
9 22 (1.292%) DNS
10 19 (1.116%) Intranet
11 15 (0.881%) SSL
12 11 (0.646%) VoIP
13 10 (0.587%) BGP
13 10 (0.587%) Cisco PIX
13 10 (0.587%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (0.528%) DHCP
15 8 (0.470%) Cisco Nexus
16 7 (0.411%) NetScaler
16 7 (0.411%) Ethernet
16 7 (0.411%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (6.518%) SQL Server
2 34 (1.996%) Data Warehouse
3 31 (1.820%) SQL Server 2008
4 26 (1.527%) SQL Server 2005
5 20 (1.174%) Oracle Exadata
6 19 (1.116%) Oracle Reports
7 16 (0.940%) MySQL
7 16 (0.940%) Oracle 8/8i
8 14 (0.822%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.763%) BusinessObjects XI
10 12 (0.705%) Data Mining
10 12 (0.705%) DB2
10 12 (0.705%) ReportNet
10 12 (0.705%) SAP BI
10 12 (0.705%) Oracle 11g
11 11 (0.646%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (0.646%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 11 (0.646%) RDBMS
11 11 (0.646%) MS Access
12 9 (0.528%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 26 (1.527%) JIRA
2 15 (0.881%) Subversion
3 14 (0.822%) Team Foundation Server
4 13 (0.763%) Git (software)
4 13 (0.763%) ClearCase
4 13 (0.763%) ClearQuest
5 7 (0.411%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.411%) AdminStudio
5 7 (0.411%) MSI
6 6 (0.352%) Gerrit
7 4 (0.235%) JUnit
8 3 (0.176%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.117%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.117%) Rational Rose
9 2 (0.117%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 2 (0.117%) Ant
9 2 (0.117%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.117%) Synon
9 2 (0.117%) Maven
9 2 (0.117%) Selenium
General
1 622 (36.52%) Finance
2 417 (24.49%) Banking
3 157 (9.219%) Investment Banking
4 151 (8.867%) Retail
5 78 (4.580%) Front Office
6 70 (4.110%) Retail Banking
7 54 (3.171%) Financial Institution
8 52 (3.053%) Legal
9 49 (2.877%) Telecoms
10 46 (2.701%) Back Office
11 29 (1.703%) Marketing
12 25 (1.468%) Publishing
13 22 (1.292%) Corporate Banking
14 15 (0.881%) Law
15 14 (0.822%) General Ledger
16 12 (0.705%) Manufacturing
17 11 (0.646%) Billing
18 10 (0.587%) Pharmaceutical
19 9 (0.528%) Private Banking
20 8 (0.470%) French Language
Job Titles
1 448 (26.31%) Analyst
2 353 (20.73%) Project Manager
3 254 (14.91%) Business Analyst
4 100 (5.872%) Change Manager
5 79 (4.639%) Developer
6 75 (4.404%) Consultant
7 57 (3.347%) Change Analyst
8 52 (3.053%) Architect
9 48 (2.819%) Administrator
10 46 (2.701%) Programme Manager
10 46 (2.701%) Support Analyst
11 37 (2.173%) Business Manager
12 35 (2.055%) Delivery Manager
13 33 (1.938%) Senior Analyst
13 33 (1.938%) Service Analyst
14 32 (1.879%) Senior Manager
14 32 (1.879%) Systems Administrator
15 31 (1.820%) Service Manager
16 27 (1.585%) Technical Manager
17 26 (1.527%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 100 (5.872%) Management Information System
2 52 (3.053%) Derivative
3 41 (2.408%) Fixed Income
4 36 (2.114%) PMI
5 35 (2.055%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 31 (1.820%) Clustering
7 29 (1.703%) FMCG
8 26 (1.527%) Credit Risk
9 22 (1.292%) Economics
10 21 (1.233%) CMDB
10 21 (1.233%) Wiki
11 19 (1.116%) Symmetrix DMX
12 18 (1.057%) E-Learning
12 18 (1.057%) Mathematics
13 17 (0.998%) Computer Science
13 17 (0.998%) Data Integration
13 17 (0.998%) Equities
14 15 (0.881%) Open Source
15 14 (0.822%) Client/Server
15 14 (0.822%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 193 (11.33%) Windows
2 141 (8.280%) Linux
3 130 (7.634%) UNIX
4 60 (3.523%) Windows Server 2008
5 55 (3.230%) Windows Server 2003
6 52 (3.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 47 (2.760%) Solaris
8 39 (2.290%) AIX
9 31 (1.820%) Windows 7
10 28 (1.644%) SUSE
11 11 (0.646%) Windows XP
12 5 (0.294%) Android
12 5 (0.294%) Windows 2000
13 4 (0.235%) Windows Vista
13 4 (0.235%) Oracle Linux
14 3 (0.176%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.176%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.117%) HPUX
16 1 (0.059%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.059%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 485 (28.48%) Project Management
2 318 (18.67%) ITIL
3 233 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
4 212 (12.45%) PRINCE2
5 164 (9.630%) Migration
6 138 (8.103%) Business Analysis
7 127 (7.457%) Problem Management
8 123 (7.223%) Service Management
9 122 (7.164%) User Acceptance Testing
10 119 (6.988%) Release Management
11 112 (6.577%) Incident Management
12 99 (5.813%) Service Delivery
13 90 (5.285%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 88 (5.167%) Project Planning
15 85 (4.991%) Change Control
16 84 (4.932%) Configuration Management
16 84 (4.932%) Risk Management
17 73 (4.287%) CRM
18 66 (3.876%) Asset Management
19 64 (3.758%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (8.632%) SQL
2 70 (4.110%) Java
3 69 (4.052%) Perl
4 38 (2.231%) C#
4 38 (2.231%) Shell Script
5 30 (1.762%) PowerShell
5 30 (1.762%) Python
5 30 (1.762%) C
6 23 (1.351%) Korn
6 23 (1.351%) JavaScript
7 17 (0.998%) VBA
8 15 (0.881%) VB
9 14 (0.822%) Bash shell
10 11 (0.646%) PL/SQL
11 10 (0.587%) VBScript
12 9 (0.528%) PHP
13 8 (0.470%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.411%) VB.NET
15 6 (0.352%) ABAP
15 6 (0.352%) C++
Qualifications
1 119 (6.988%) Degree
2 86 (5.050%) Security Cleared
3 63 (3.699%) SC Cleared
4 56 (3.288%) PMI Certification
5 30 (1.762%) PMP
6 28 (1.644%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 28 (1.644%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (1.644%) ITIL Certification
7 26 (1.527%) ISEB
8 25 (1.468%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 16 (0.940%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (0.822%) RHCE
10 14 (0.822%) DV Cleared
11 13 (0.763%) MCSE
12 12 (0.705%) ACCA
13 11 (0.646%) CCNA
14 6 (0.352%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 4 (0.235%) SCSA
15 4 (0.235%) ISTQB
16 3 (0.176%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (4.815%) QA
2 42 (2.466%) SLA
3 27 (1.585%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (0.763%) COBIT
5 11 (0.646%) WCAG
6 9 (0.528%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.470%) ISO 9001
7 8 (0.470%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.352%) Basel III
9 5 (0.294%) FATCA
9 5 (0.294%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.176%) Solvency II
10 3 (0.176%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 3 (0.176%) Basel II
11 1 (0.059%) COSO
11 1 (0.059%) GxP
11 1 (0.059%) TickIT
System Software
1 73 (4.287%) Active Directory
2 69 (4.052%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (1.644%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 26 (1.527%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 25 (1.468%) XenApp
6 17 (0.998%) VMware ESX
7 16 (0.940%) XenServer
8 13 (0.763%) Hyper-V
9 11 (0.646%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 10 (0.587%) vSphere
11 9 (0.528%) SRDF
11 9 (0.528%) Microsoft App-V
12 8 (0.470%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 8 (0.470%) Oracle RAC
12 8 (0.470%) Veritas File System
13 6 (0.352%) Oracle RMAN
14 5 (0.294%) Varnish
14 5 (0.294%) vCloud
14 5 (0.294%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
15 4 (0.235%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 31 (1.820%) SCCM
2 19 (1.116%) SCOM
3 18 (1.057%) Tivoli
4 17 (0.998%) NetBackup
5 15 (0.881%) Control-M
6 14 (0.822%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 14 (0.822%) WMI
6 14 (0.822%) BladeLogic
6 14 (0.822%) Puppet
7 10 (0.587%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 9 (0.528%) Backup Exec
9 7 (0.411%) HP Quality Center
10 6 (0.352%) Data Guard
11 5 (0.294%) Ionix
11 5 (0.294%) Cacti
11 5 (0.294%) Nagios
12 4 (0.235%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (0.235%) Cisco CUCM
12 4 (0.235%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
13 3 (0.176%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 179 (10.51%) Microsoft
2 175 (10.28%) Oracle
3 116 (6.812%) SAP
4 104 (6.107%) VMware
5 78 (4.580%) Citrix
6 56 (3.288%) Red Hat
7 54 (3.171%) Cisco
7 54 (3.171%) IBM
8 53 (3.112%) HP
9 49 (2.877%) EMC
10 47 (2.760%) Remedy
11 43 (2.525%) Veritas
12 42 (2.466%) Sun
13 36 (2.114%) Altiris
14 33 (1.938%) Sybase
15 32 (1.879%) Cognos
16 30 (1.762%) Reuters
17 25 (1.468%) Siebel
18 20 (1.174%) NetApp
18 20 (1.174%) TIBCO
London
You will complete the necessary project documentation in accordance with the Change Management Framework and as required by the Head of Technical Services... Essential skills and experience: * Experience...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
InterQuest Financial Markets key client a leading financial regulator seeks an IT Change and Configuration Management Analyst.Responsible for the effective operation of the Change Management process and...
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
City of London
This will vary from Data analysis, business process analysis and requirements for tech builds... To be considered for this Dodd Frank Regulator/Compliance BA, you will need: Change...
Real Staffing
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
The successful candidate will be responsible for:*Development of the 'As-Is' (current state) assessment report; *Lead engagement with the user organisations with a view to ensuring business...
Sand Resources
Rate: £350 - £490 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
City of London
Candidates need to have experience of: Straight configuration and service asset based configuration with configuration management systems and databases in an ITIL environment.Service Transition/Configuration Analyst Role:*...
Sand Resources
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
Real Staffing
Rate: £350 - £400 per annum
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Provisio Solutions
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £450.00 - £550.00 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
London
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £450 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: competitve
Posted: 7 June 2013
London
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Personnel IT
Rate: £150 - £175 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Sand Resources
Rate: £450 - £525 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Hir Solutions Ltd
Rate: 500 - 550 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
West London
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
West London
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Croydon, Surrey
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £275 to £290 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Montash
Rate: £550 - £650 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £280 - £320 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
City of London
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Croydon, Surrey
RDF Resources
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Hudson IT London
Rate: £60000 - £75000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 9 June 2013
London, City of
Networkers
Rate: Up to UKP 320 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013