North West Business Change Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Change Manager role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Change Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Change Manager
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Cheshire City of London Devon East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds London Manchester Midlands Newbury North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Taunton Thames Valley UK Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	134
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	8	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	0.264 %	0.222 %
Daily rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum daily rate	£200	£340
Average daily rate	£225	£345
% change on same period last year	-34.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£250	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£439	£374
% change on same period last year	+17.36 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3033	4058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.873 %	4.358 %
Daily rates quoted	676	805
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£326
Average daily rate	£339	£342
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	437	479
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.06	£19.41
Average hourly rate	£21.74	£21.18
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.43	£22.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Business Change Manager England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Business Change Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Change Manager across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Business Change Manager
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Change Manager across the North West region.

Business Change Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Change Manager within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Lancashire	-	2	-	-
Manchester	-	2	£225	-
Cheshire	-6	1	-	-

Business Change Manager England

Business Change Manager
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business Change Manager in their job title 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 with Business Change Manager in their job title.

1 4 (36.36 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (27.27 %) Project Management 3 2 (18.18 %) Stakeholder Management 3 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE 3 2 (18.18 %) Pensions 3 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (9.091 %) Marketing 4 1 (9.091 %) Change Management 4 1 (9.091 %) GAP Analysis 4 1 (9.091 %) Finance 4 1 (9.091 %) Government 4 1 (9.091 %) Advertising 4 1 (9.091 %) Six Sigma 4 1 (9.091 %) NHS 4 1 (9.091 %) Local Government

Business Change Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business Change Manager in their job title 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 with Business Change Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General 1 2 (18.18 %) Pensions 2 1 (9.091 %) Marketing 2 1 (9.091 %) Finance 2 1 (9.091 %) Government 2 1 (9.091 %) Advertising 2 1 (9.091 %) Local Government	Miscellaneous 1 1 (9.091 %) NHS
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (36.36 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (27.27 %) Project Management 3 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE 3 2 (18.18 %) Stakeholder Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Six Sigma 4 1 (9.091 %) Change Management 4 1 (9.091 %) GAP Analysis	Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner