The first table below looks at the demand for Knowledge 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 Knowledge Management over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Knowledge Management
Rank 105 119 119
Rank change year-on-year
+14 0
Contract jobs citing Knowledge Management 13 10 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.555% 0.320% 0.258%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.781% 0.519% 0.397%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 1
Average daily rate - £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £320 £350
% change year-on-year
+40.62% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year
-28.00% +29.87%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1664 1925 2014
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.99% 61.66% 64.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 991 1044
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 £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 84 96
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 £13.35 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.47 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Knowledge Management
England

Knowledge Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Knowledge Management Jobs Demand Trend

Knowledge Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Knowledge Management Daily Rate Trend

Knowledge Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Knowledge Management Hourly Rate Trend

Knowledge Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Knowledge Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Manchester +16 6 - -
Cheshire +5 6 - -
Knowledge Management
England

Knowledge Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Knowledge 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 Knowledge Management.

1 19 (65.52%) PHP
1 19 (65.52%) Telecoms
1 19 (65.52%) Web Development
1 19 (65.52%) Drupal
2 6 (20.69%) Problem Management
2 6 (20.69%) ITIL
3 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
3 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 3 (10.34%) Workflow
4 3 (10.34%) CMDB
4 3 (10.34%) Remedy
4 3 (10.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.897%) ITSM
5 2 (6.897%) Service Management
5 2 (6.897%) Benchmarking
5 2 (6.897%) Web Services
5 2 (6.897%) BMC
5 2 (6.897%) Data Modelling
5 2 (6.897%) UNIX
5 2 (6.897%) SQL
5 2 (6.897%) Oracle
5 2 (6.897%) C
5 2 (6.897%) Java
5 2 (6.897%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (6.897%) Remedy AR System
5 2 (6.897%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.897%) Degree

Knowledge Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Knowledge 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 Knowledge Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.897%) Web Services
2 1 (3.448%) LAMP
2 1 (3.448%) DWR
2 1 (3.448%) jQuery
2 1 (3.448%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 19 (65.52%) Drupal
2 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (6.897%) Remedy AR System
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.448%) MySQL
1 1 (3.448%) GIS
General
1 19 (65.52%) Telecoms
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 1 (3.448%) Law
3 1 (3.448%) Legal
3 1 (3.448%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 22 (75.86%) Developer
2 19 (65.52%) Drupal Developer
3 18 (62.07%) PHP Drupal Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Help Desk Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Coordinator
5 2 (6.897%) Help Desk Support
5 2 (6.897%) Help Desk Support Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Remedy Developer
6 1 (3.448%) IT Services Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Designer
6 1 (3.448%) Web Developer
6 1 (3.448%) Applications Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) CMDB
2 1 (3.448%) Statistics
2 1 (3.448%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.897%) UNIX
2 1 (3.448%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Web Development
2 6 (20.69%) Problem Management
2 6 (20.69%) ITIL
3 4 (13.79%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Workflow
4 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
5 2 (6.897%) ITSM
5 2 (6.897%) Service Management
5 2 (6.897%) Benchmarking
5 2 (6.897%) Data Modelling
5 2 (6.897%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.448%) Supplier Management
6 1 (3.448%) Migration
6 1 (3.448%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.448%) Quality Management
6 1 (3.448%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (65.52%) PHP
2 2 (6.897%) SQL
2 2 (6.897%) C
2 2 (6.897%) Java
3 1 (3.448%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.897%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (6.897%) COBIT
3 1 (3.448%) QA
3 1 (3.448%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Remedy
2 2 (6.897%) BMC
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle
3 1 (3.448%) Mitel
Manchester, Lancashire
Sharepoint, Service Manager 7) Understand and comply with SOX, Information Risk Management and Trust Domain policies and guidelines in daily work routines... Solid base knowledge of support processes...
Eaglecliff
Rate: From £15 to £20 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
This ever growing organisation is seeking an IT Services Manager to provide management and training of 1st & 2nd line analysts, seniors and team leaders. You will also be...
Hudson
Rate: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013