The first table below looks at the demand for Operations 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 Operations Management over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Management
Rank 116 130 125
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -5
Contract jobs citing Operations Management 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.086% 0.064% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.121% 0.104% 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £425 £441 £357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.51% +23.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £450 £372
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +20.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £50.00
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1655 1920 1976
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 71.00% 61.72% 64.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 814 983 1018
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £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 81 96
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.00 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -11.30%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.30 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.00 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Operations Management
England

Operations Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Operations Management Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Operations Management Daily Rate Trend

Operations Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Operations Management Hourly Rate Trend

Operations Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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 -1 1 - -
Operations Management
England

Operations Management
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Operations 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 Operations Management.

1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Process Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) SLA
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (25.00%) MS Project
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL V3
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms

Operations Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Operations 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 Operations Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (25.00%) MS Project
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Operations Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Service Operations Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Service Desk Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Transition Manager
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) Process Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL V3
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP