The first table below looks at the demand for Asset Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Asset Management over the 3 months to 17 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 North West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Asset Management
Rank 108 122 107
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -15
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 9 10 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.392% 0.316% 0.812%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.555% 0.514% 1.243%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 12
Average daily rate £239 £425 £366
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.88% +16.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £385 £289
10% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £445 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £390 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.97% +11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -2.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £17.00 £16.10
% change year-on-year
-8.82% +5.59%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Asset Management
England

Asset Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Asset Management Jobs Demand Trend

Asset Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Asset Management across the North West region.

North West Asset Management Daily Rate Trend

Asset Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Asset Management across the North West region.

North West Asset Management Hourly Rate Trend

Asset Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Asset Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 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.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +9 4 £232 -
Lancashire - 2 £265 -
Merseyside +9 1 - -
Manchester +8 1 - -
Asset Management
England

Asset Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Asset 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 Asset Management.

1 7 (30.43%) Windows
1 7 (30.43%) MS Excel
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
1 7 (30.43%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Banking
3 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
3 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
3 4 (17.39%) SQL
3 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
4 3 (13.04%) VPN
4 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
4 3 (13.04%) ITIL
4 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
4 3 (13.04%) Internet
4 3 (13.04%) Application Packaging
4 3 (13.04%) SCCM
4 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (8.696%) Kaspersky
5 2 (8.696%) Feature Driven Development
5 2 (8.696%) Release Management
5 2 (8.696%) XenServer
5 2 (8.696%) CMDB
5 2 (8.696%) Software Packaging
5 2 (8.696%) WCF
5 2 (8.696%) WPF
5 2 (8.696%) WebSphere
5 2 (8.696%) .NET Framework

Asset Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Asset 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 Asset Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (13.04%) Application Packaging
2 2 (8.696%) Software Packaging
2 2 (8.696%) WCF
2 2 (8.696%) WPF
2 2 (8.696%) .NET
2 2 (8.696%) ASP.NET
2 2 (8.696%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 2 (8.696%) WebSphere
2 2 (8.696%) .NET Framework
2 2 (8.696%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
1 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.348%) SAS
2 1 (4.348%) CMS
2 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (30.43%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.696%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) VPN
1 3 (13.04%) Internet
2 2 (8.696%) NetScreen
2 2 (8.696%) Wireless
2 2 (8.696%) WAN
2 2 (8.696%) Ethernet
3 1 (4.348%) LAN
3 1 (4.348%) SMS
3 1 (4.348%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (30.43%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Banking
3 2 (8.696%) Investment Banking
4 1 (4.348%) Retail Banking
4 1 (4.348%) Private Banking
4 1 (4.348%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Administrator
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Desktop Support
4 2 (8.696%) Software Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (8.696%) Server Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Configuration Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Financial Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) IT Audit Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Server Specialist
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Server Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Configuration Management Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Client/Server
1 2 (8.696%) NHS
1 2 (8.696%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.696%) CMDB
2 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
3 2 (8.696%) VMS
4 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.348%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.348%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (13.04%) ITIL
1 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
1 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (8.696%) Change Management
2 2 (8.696%) Feature Driven Development
2 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (8.696%) Release Management
2 2 (8.696%) Migration
2 2 (8.696%) Scrum
2 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (8.696%) Data Management
2 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
3 1 (4.348%) Supplier Management
3 1 (4.348%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (4.348%) Wealth Management
3 1 (4.348%) Integration Testing
3 1 (4.348%) Network Architecture
3 1 (4.348%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) SQL
2 2 (8.696%) VBScript
2 2 (8.696%) VB
2 2 (8.696%) C#
2 2 (8.696%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (8.696%) Degree
2 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) CISA
2 1 (4.348%) CISM
2 1 (4.348%) ISEB
2 1 (4.348%) CISSP
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.696%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) SCCM
2 2 (8.696%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (8.696%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) Oracle
2 2 (8.696%) SAP
2 2 (8.696%) IBM
2 2 (8.696%) Intel
2 2 (8.696%) Citrix
2 2 (8.696%) Veritas
2 2 (8.696%) Symantec
2 2 (8.696%) Kaspersky
3 1 (4.348%) Websense
3 1 (4.348%) SurfControl
3 1 (4.348%) Dell
3 1 (4.348%) EMC
Cheshire
My Banking client requires an asset and configuration management consultant. * To capture complete and accurate configuration information for all infrastructure, applications, networks and services and load this accurately...
Spring Technology
Rate: £252.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, North West
I am currently looking for a Senior BA/PM to work an IT build within a top asset management firm's regulatory risk department.The role will see...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire
Job Role To capture complete and accurate configuration information for all infrastructure, applications, networks and services and load this accurately into the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) To provide...
Experis IT
Rate: £225 - £252 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
KEY SKILLS - Proven Maximo experience - Enterprise Asset Management - Strong systems background - Excellent communication skills - Stakeholder management - Ability to explain complex technical information effectively Full details given on application.
Vertical IT
Rate: £400 - £550 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013