The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 46 51 36
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -15
Contract jobs citing Change Management 24 34 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 2.469% 2.794% 3.314%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.609% 4.381% 5.288%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 19
Average daily rate £305 £300 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.66% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £205 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £400 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £363
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Average hourly rate - £23.75 £11.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +111.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £15.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+43.33% -40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
665 776 643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 68.42% 63.76% 62.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 382 304
Average daily rate £338 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 32 35
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £12.01 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £35.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Change Management
North West

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

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 Manchester 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.

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Change Management
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Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 19 (41.30%) Project Management
2 13 (28.26%) Finance
3 12 (26.09%) PRINCE2
4 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (19.57%) SQL
4 9 (19.57%) NHS
5 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
5 8 (17.39%) Windows
6 7 (15.22%) UNIX
7 6 (13.04%) ITIL
8 5 (10.87%) CRM
8 5 (10.87%) VPN
8 5 (10.87%) Shell Script
8 5 (10.87%) Banking
8 5 (10.87%) Dynamics CRM
9 4 (8.696%) Project Planning
9 4 (8.696%) IBM
9 4 (8.696%) PRINCE
9 4 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 4 (8.696%) SharePoint
9 4 (8.696%) MS Project
9 4 (8.696%) Test Management
9 4 (8.696%) Change Control
9 4 (8.696%) Test Strategy
10 3 (6.522%) Unified Communications
10 3 (6.522%) Performance Improvement
10 3 (6.522%) Business Analysis
10 3 (6.522%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (6.522%) Oracle 11g
10 3 (6.522%) Data Guard

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (6.522%) Middleware
2 2 (4.348%) .NET
2 2 (4.348%) XML
2 2 (4.348%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
2 2 (4.348%) SPNEGO
3 1 (2.174%) Software Packaging
3 1 (2.174%) XSLT
3 1 (2.174%) COM
3 1 (2.174%) EDI
3 1 (2.174%) EDIFACT
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.696%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.522%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.696%) MS Project
2 3 (6.522%) MS Office
2 3 (6.522%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.174%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.174%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.87%) VPN
2 3 (6.522%) Unified Communications
2 3 (6.522%) Internet
2 3 (6.522%) Firewall
3 2 (4.348%) X.509
3 2 (4.348%) NetScreen
3 2 (4.348%) Kerberos
3 2 (4.348%) SMS
3 2 (4.348%) LDAP
3 2 (4.348%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (4.348%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (4.348%) Network Security
4 1 (2.174%) VoIP
4 1 (2.174%) WAN
4 1 (2.174%) LAN
4 1 (2.174%) SAN
4 1 (2.174%) EIGRP
4 1 (2.174%) OSPF
4 1 (2.174%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.522%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (6.522%) SQL Server
1 3 (6.522%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (2.174%) DB2
2 1 (2.174%) EDMS
2 1 (2.174%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.174%) RequisitePro
General
1 13 (28.26%) Finance
2 5 (10.87%) Banking
3 3 (6.522%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) Project Manager
2 11 (23.91%) Analyst
3 8 (17.39%) Business Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 4 (8.696%) Programme Manager
5 4 (8.696%) NHS Project Manager
6 3 (6.522%) PMO Manager
6 3 (6.522%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 3 (6.522%) DBA
6 3 (6.522%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (6.522%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (4.348%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) Business Systems Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) Systems Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.348%) Developer
7 2 (4.348%) NHS Business Analyst
8 1 (2.174%) PMO Analyst
8 1 (2.174%) Server Technician
8 1 (2.174%) ICT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (19.57%) NHS
2 3 (6.522%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.174%) FMCG
3 1 (2.174%) iPad
3 1 (2.174%) IIBA
3 1 (2.174%) iSeries
3 1 (2.174%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.174%) PMI
3 1 (2.174%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.174%) BBC
3 1 (2.174%) Handset
3 1 (2.174%) CLARiiON
3 1 (2.174%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.39%) Windows
2 7 (15.22%) UNIX
3 2 (4.348%) VMS
3 2 (4.348%) AIX
3 2 (4.348%) HPUX
3 2 (4.348%) Solaris
3 2 (4.348%) Linux
3 2 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.174%) i5/OS
4 1 (2.174%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (41.30%) Project Management
2 12 (26.09%) PRINCE2
3 9 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (13.04%) ITIL
5 5 (10.87%) CRM
6 4 (8.696%) Project Planning
6 4 (8.696%) PRINCE
6 4 (8.696%) Test Management
6 4 (8.696%) Change Control
6 4 (8.696%) Test Strategy
7 3 (6.522%) Performance Improvement
7 3 (6.522%) Business Analysis
7 3 (6.522%) Budget Control
7 3 (6.522%) Data Management
7 3 (6.522%) Information Management
7 3 (6.522%) Business Continuity
8 2 (4.348%) Migration
8 2 (4.348%) Programme Management
8 2 (4.348%) Asset Management
8 2 (4.348%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (19.57%) SQL
2 5 (10.87%) Shell Script
3 3 (6.522%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.348%) Java
4 2 (4.348%) Perl
5 1 (2.174%) VB
5 1 (2.174%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.174%) VBA
5 1 (2.174%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (6.522%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.348%) CCNP
3 2 (4.348%) CCNA
3 2 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.174%) CBAP
4 1 (2.174%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.174%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.348%) QA
2 1 (2.174%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.522%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (6.522%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.348%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 3 (6.522%) Data Guard
2 2 (4.348%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (4.348%) Tivoli
2 2 (4.348%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 2 (4.348%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (4.348%) SCCM
3 1 (2.174%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (2.174%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.696%) IBM
3 3 (6.522%) Oracle
3 3 (6.522%) Citrix
3 3 (6.522%) Cisco
4 2 (4.348%) Symantec
4 2 (4.348%) Veritas
4 2 (4.348%) Avaya
4 2 (4.348%) Kaspersky
5 1 (2.174%) SAP
5 1 (2.174%) Cognos
5 1 (2.174%) EMC
5 1 (2.174%) Intel
5 1 (2.174%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.174%) Brocade