London Change Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Change Manager role in IT contracts within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Change Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Bedfordshire Benfleet Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Canterbury Cheltenham Cheshire Chichester City of London Coventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Lothian Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Scotland Scunthorpe Sheffield Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	262	350
Rank change on same period last year	+88
Matching contract IT job ads	112	113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.178 %	0.120 %
As % of the category below	0.466 %	0.286 %
Daily rates quoted	41	39
Average minimum daily rate	£473	£457
Average daily rate	£521	£496
% change on same period last year	+5.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£570	£536
UK excluding London average daily rate	£419	£393
% change on same period last year	+6.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	£36.00
Average hourly rate	£21.50	£39.50
% change on same period last year	-45.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.00	£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.00	£32.52
% change on same period last year	-16.97 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	24057	39555
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	38.15 %	42.10 %
Daily rates quoted	9752	14901
Average minimum daily rate	£388	£424
Average daily rate	£416	£452
% change on same period last year	-7.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£444	£480
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	1457	2056
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.18	£25.29
Average hourly rate	£24.60	£26.82
% change on same period last year	-8.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.02	£28.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
Change Manager England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Change Manager across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Change Manager across the London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Manager across the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Change Manager across the London region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Manager within the London region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	+24	27	£544	-22.32 %
Docklands, London	+34	1	-	-
Uxbridge	-	1	£525	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Change Manager in their job title 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 with Change Manager in their job title.

1 131 (46.62 %) Change Management 2 69 (24.56 %) Project Management 3 59 (21.00 %) PRINCE2 4 51 (18.15 %) Banking 4 51 (18.15 %) Finance 5 49 (17.44 %) ITIL 6 38 (13.52 %) Government 7 28 (9.964 %) Stakeholder Management 7 28 (9.964 %) SAP 7 28 (9.964 %) Security Cleared 8 26 (9.253 %) Investment Banking 9 17 (6.050 %) Retail 10 16 (5.694 %) SC Cleared 11 15 (5.338 %) Business Analysis 12 13 (4.626 %) PRINCE2 Certification

13 12 (4.270 %) SAP BW 13 12 (4.270 %) Configuration Management 13 12 (4.270 %) Oracle 14 11 (3.915 %) MS Project 14 11 (3.915 %) BPR 14 11 (3.915 %) ITIL Certification 14 11 (3.915 %) Management Information System 15 10 (3.559 %) Telecoms 15 10 (3.559 %) Criminal Justice 15 10 (3.559 %) Police 15 10 (3.559 %) Derivative 16 9 (3.203 %) FMCG 16 9 (3.203 %) Release Management 16 9 (3.203 %) PMP 16 9 (3.203 %) PMI Certification

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Change Manager in their job title 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 with Change Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (1.068 %) SAML 2 2 (0.712 %) .NET 2 2 (0.712 %) ASP 2 2 (0.712 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (0.356 %) COM	Application Platforms 1 2 (0.712 %) MQSeries 1 2 (0.712 %) SharePoint 2 1 (0.356 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (0.356 %) SAS 2 1 (0.356 %) Exchange Server 2007
Applications 1 11 (3.915 %) MS Project 2 8 (2.847 %) MS Visio 3 6 (2.135 %) MS Office 3 6 (2.135 %) MS PowerPoint 4 5 (1.779 %) MS Excel 5 3 (1.068 %) Acrobat 6 2 (0.712 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 4 (1.423 %) SAP ERP 2 2 (0.712 %) Oracle EBS 3 1 (0.356 %) SAP FI/CO 3 1 (0.356 %) SAP CO 3 1 (0.356 %) assyst 3 1 (0.356 %) Loan IQ 3 1 (0.356 %) INSURE/90 3 1 (0.356 %) Oracle EBS R12 3 1 (0.356 %) Oracle 11i 3 1 (0.356 %) SAP FI
Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.068 %) LDAP 1 3 (1.068 %) X.500 2 2 (0.712 %) Firewall 3 1 (0.356 %) Wireless 3 1 (0.356 %) PPP 3 1 (0.356 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (4.270 %) SAP BW 2 6 (2.135 %) SQL Server 3 3 (1.068 %) GIS 4 2 (0.712 %) Oracle OLAP 4 2 (0.712 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (0.712 %) OLAP 4 2 (0.712 %) ETL 5 1 (0.356 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (0.356 %) Datawarehouse 5 1 (0.356 %) Reference Data
Development Applications 1 6 (2.135 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (0.712 %) RequisitePro 2 2 (0.712 %) VSS/SourceSafe 2 2 (0.712 %) ClearCase 3 1 (0.356 %) Eclipse	General 1 51 (18.15 %) Finance 1 51 (18.15 %) Banking 2 38 (13.52 %) Government 3 26 (9.253 %) Investment Banking 4 17 (6.050 %) Retail 5 10 (3.559 %) Criminal Justice 5 10 (3.559 %) Police 5 10 (3.559 %) Telecoms 6 9 (3.203 %) FMCG 7 8 (2.847 %) Insurance 8 7 (2.491 %) Marketing 8 7 (2.491 %) Front Office 9 6 (2.135 %) Back Office 9 6 (2.135 %) Financial Institution 9 6 (2.135 %) Local Government 10 5 (1.779 %) Retail Banking 10 5 (1.779 %) Legal 11 3 (1.068 %) Construction 12 2 (0.712 %) Law 12 2 (0.712 %) Home Office
Miscellaneous 1 11 (3.915 %) Management Information System 2 10 (3.559 %) Derivative 3 6 (2.135 %) Fixed Income 4 5 (1.779 %) NHS 5 4 (1.423 %) PMI 5 4 (1.423 %) Interest Rate Derivative 5 4 (1.423 %) Equities 6 3 (1.068 %) PKI 6 3 (1.068 %) Equity Derivative 6 3 (1.068 %) Smartcard 6 3 (1.068 %) Market Risk 7 2 (0.712 %) CMDB 7 2 (0.712 %) E-Learning 7 2 (0.712 %) Taxonomies 8 1 (0.356 %) Dutch Language 8 1 (0.356 %) French Language 8 1 (0.356 %) German Language 8 1 (0.356 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.356 %) LLPG 8 1 (0.356 %) NLPG	Processes & Methodologies 1 131 (46.62 %) Change Management 2 69 (24.56 %) Project Management 3 59 (21.00 %) PRINCE2 4 49 (17.44 %) ITIL 5 28 (9.964 %) Stakeholder Management 5 28 (9.964 %) Security Cleared 6 16 (5.694 %) SC Cleared 7 15 (5.338 %) Business Analysis 8 12 (4.270 %) Configuration Management 9 11 (3.915 %) BPR 10 9 (3.203 %) ERP 10 9 (3.203 %) Release Management 11 8 (2.847 %) CTC Cleared 12 7 (2.491 %) PRINCE 12 7 (2.491 %) Asset Management 13 6 (2.135 %) Knowledge Management 13 6 (2.135 %) Risk Management 13 6 (2.135 %) Six Sigma 14 5 (1.779 %) Programme Management 15 4 (1.423 %) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages 1 2 (0.712 %) C# 1 2 (0.712 %) VBScript 1 2 (0.712 %) VBA 2 1 (0.356 %) Embedded C++ 2 1 (0.356 %) C++ 2 1 (0.356 %) Java	Qualifications 1 13 (4.626 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 11 (3.915 %) ITIL Certification 3 9 (3.203 %) PMP 3 9 (3.203 %) PMI Certification 4 6 (2.135 %) Degree 5 2 (0.712 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 2 (0.712 %) CCAB 5 2 (0.712 %) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (1.779 %) QA 2 3 (1.068 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 2 (0.712 %) MiFID 4 1 (0.356 %) ISO17799 4 1 (0.356 %) SLA 4 1 (0.356 %) BS7799 4 1 (0.356 %) Basel II 4 1 (0.356 %) BS7666 4 1 (0.356 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 2 (0.712 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 3 (1.068 %) OpenView 1 3 (1.068 %) AssetCenter 2 2 (0.712 %) ServiceCenter	Vendors 1 28 (9.964 %) SAP 2 12 (4.270 %) Oracle 3 8 (2.847 %) Microsoft 4 6 (2.135 %) Siebel 5 5 (1.779 %) Cognos 6 4 (1.423 %) Remedy 7 3 (1.068 %) Accenture 7 3 (1.068 %) HP 7 3 (1.068 %) Adobe 7 3 (1.068 %) Peregrine 8 2 (0.712 %) VMware 8 2 (0.712 %) Altiris 8 2 (0.712 %) IBM 9 1 (0.356 %) Cerner 9 1 (0.356 %) Anite 9 1 (0.356 %) ESRI 9 1 (0.356 %) Murex 9 1 (0.356 %) Calypso 9 1 (0.356 %) Business Objects 9 1 (0.356 %) GGP