The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Management over the 3 months to 21 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 Midlands 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Management
Rank 16 22 27
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +5
Contract jobs citing Change Management 10 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 5.848% 3.309% 1.471%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.929% 6.818% 2.283%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 0
Average daily rate £463 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.14% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £360
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £15.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+152.00% -31.81%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
112 132 219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.50% 48.53% 64.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 58 52
Average daily rate £450 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £645 £550 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 58
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 (37.50%) ITIL
2 5 (31.25%) Service Management
3 4 (25.00%) SAP
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (18.75%) Supplier Management
4 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
4 3 (18.75%) ITSM
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 2 (12.50%) Automotive
5 2 (12.50%) Migration
5 2 (12.50%) CRM
5 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL V3
5 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (6.250%) Retail Banking
6 1 (6.250%) Marketing
6 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
6 1 (6.250%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (6.250%) QA
6 1 (6.250%) CMDB
6 1 (6.250%) Spotfire
6 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
6 1 (6.250%) Quantitative Analysis
6 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
6 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
6 1 (6.250%) Financial Modelling

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
1 1 (6.250%) EJB
1 1 (6.250%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
1 1 (6.250%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) Spotfire
1 1 (6.250%) SAP HANA
1 1 (6.250%) Data Mining
1 1 (6.250%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (6.250%) SAP BW
1 1 (6.250%) SAP BI
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Automotive
4 1 (6.250%) Retail Banking
4 1 (6.250%) Marketing
4 1 (6.250%) Banking
4 1 (6.250%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Service Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Change Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Transition Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Services Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (6.250%) SAP Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Change Manager
4 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Developer
4 1 (6.250%) SharePoint Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.250%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) CMDB
1 1 (6.250%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 5 (31.25%) Service Management
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (18.75%) Supplier Management
4 3 (18.75%) ITSM
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 2 (12.50%) Migration
5 2 (12.50%) CRM
5 2 (12.50%) Data Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL V3
5 2 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (6.250%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
6 1 (6.250%) Quantitative Analysis
6 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
6 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
6 1 (6.250%) Financial Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (6.250%) Tableau
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (6.250%) TIBCO
2 1 (6.250%) Business Objects