The first table below looks at the demand for Demand 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 Demand Management over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Demand Management
Rank - 129 124
Contract jobs citing Demand Management 0 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.031% 0.066%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.051% 0.102%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £350 £425
% change year-on-year
+21.42% -17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.75 -
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1664 1963 1966
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.69% 61.81% 65.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 818 1011 1024
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 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 87 97
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.06% -10.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.28 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.92 £37.50 £37.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Demand Management
England

Demand Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Demand Management Jobs Demand Trend

Demand Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Demand Management Daily Rate Trend

Demand Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Demand Management Hourly Rate Trend

Demand Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Demand 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 Demand Management.

1 5 (55.56%) Portfolio Management
2 4 (44.44%) LINQ to SQL
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) LINQ
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) .NET
2 4 (44.44%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) SAP
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Bourne shell
4 2 (22.22%) Bash shell
4 2 (22.22%) jQuery
4 2 (22.22%) Korn
4 2 (22.22%) Business Development
4 2 (22.22%) C
4 2 (22.22%) Java
4 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 2 (22.22%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
4 2 (22.22%) UNIX
4 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) SAP BW
4 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
4 2 (22.22%) SAP BI
4 2 (22.22%) OLE
4 2 (22.22%) Banking
4 2 (22.22%) Logistics

Demand Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Demand 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 Demand Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (44.44%) LINQ to SQL
1 4 (44.44%) LINQ
1 4 (44.44%) .NET
1 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
2 2 (22.22%) jQuery
2 2 (22.22%) OLE
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (22.22%) SAP BW
1 2 (22.22%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) .NET Developer
2 2 (22.22%) C# .NET Developer
2 2 (22.22%) C# ASP.NET Developer
2 2 (22.22%) C# Developer
2 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Leader
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SAP BW Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Portfolio Management
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Business Development
4 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Logistics
5 1 (11.11%) Service Management
5 1 (11.11%) Migration
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
1 4 (44.44%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) Bourne shell
2 2 (22.22%) Bash shell
2 2 (22.22%) Korn
2 2 (22.22%) C
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SAP