The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton 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 Luton 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 13 7 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Contract jobs citing Change Management 4 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 5.000% 8.065% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.557% 10.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £338 £185 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+82.43% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £361
% change year-on-year
- +3.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £15.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+152.00% -40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
61 50 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 76.25% 80.65% 72.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 33 23
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £187 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £35.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +222.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Change Management
Bedfordshire

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Change Management Daily Rate Trend

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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton 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 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) Web Services
2 5 (55.56%) XML
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
2 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Internet
2 5 (55.56%) TDD
2 5 (55.56%) Unit Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Integration
2 5 (55.56%) Refactoring
3 4 (44.44%) AOP
3 4 (44.44%) .NET Framework
3 4 (44.44%) N-Tier
3 4 (44.44%) SOA
3 4 (44.44%) C#
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle
4 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (33.33%) Use Case
4 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
5 2 (22.22%) Windows
5 2 (22.22%) ETL
5 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
5 2 (22.22%) ISEB

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 5 (55.56%) Web Services
1 5 (55.56%) XML
1 5 (55.56%) .NET
2 4 (44.44%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
1 2 (22.22%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (11.11%) Papyrus
2 1 (11.11%) Exstream Dialogue
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) DOC1
2 1 (11.11%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (11.11%) GIS
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Development Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) N-Tier
2 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) TDD
1 5 (55.56%) Unit Testing
1 5 (55.56%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (55.56%) Refactoring
2 4 (44.44%) AOP
2 4 (44.44%) SOA
3 3 (33.33%) Use Case
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
4 2 (22.22%) ETL
5 1 (11.11%) OO
5 1 (11.11%) Workflow
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (11.11%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) XMPie