The first table below looks at the demand for Benchmarking skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Benchmarking 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 Milton Keynes 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
Benchmarking
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Benchmarking 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.191% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.264% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £163 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £264 £245 £283
% change year-on-year
+7.65% -13.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £16.31 -
% change year-on-year
+160.53% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
379 474 347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.33% 66.02% 58.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 218 154
Average daily rate £345 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.15% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £409 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 27 32
Average hourly rate £18.45 £15.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.96% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £17.00 £46.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Benchmarking
Buckinghamshire

Benchmarking
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Benchmarking Jobs Demand Trend

Benchmarking
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Benchmarking across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Benchmarking Daily Rate Trend

Benchmarking
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking.

1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) COM
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet

Benchmarking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Benchmarking 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 Benchmarking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) COM
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Report Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft