The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Management 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 Performance Management over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Management
Rank 51 62 51
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -11
Contract jobs citing Performance Management 3 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.578% 0.418% 0.505%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.800% 0.629% 0.862%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Average daily rate £225 £308 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.82% -23.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £454
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -17.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.39 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £18.31 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -33.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
375 477 348
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.25% 66.43% 58.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 219 156
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 £213 £210 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £413 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 28 34
Average hourly rate £18.45 £15.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.96% -40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £10.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £17.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Performance Management
Buckinghamshire

Performance Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Performance Management Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes Performance Management Daily Rate Trend

Performance Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Performance Management across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Performance Management Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Performance 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 Performance Management.

1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) HP
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) OVSD
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (20.00%) BPEL4WS
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) BODI
2 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) ESB
2 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Performance Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
1 1 (20.00%) WSDL
1 1 (20.00%) BPEL4WS
1 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (20.00%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) BODI
1 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Services Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Business Development
2 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) OpenView
1 1 (20.00%) OVSD
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) Business Objects
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft