The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Improvement
Rank 117 132 128
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -4
Contract jobs citing Performance Improvement 5 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.207% 0.066% 0.131%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.295% 0.105% 0.206%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £400 - £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £366 £290
% change year-on-year
-1.70% +26.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1696 1913 1945
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.37% 62.82% 63.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 994 1025
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 87 90
Average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Performance Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Improvement
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Performance Improvement Daily Rate Trend

Performance Improvement
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Performance Improvement Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Improvement
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Manchester +15 3 - -
Cheshire - - - - 1
Performance Improvement
England

Performance Improvement
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement.

1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 3 (60.00%) UNIX
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (60.00%) Shell Script
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (60.00%) Data Guard
2 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB
4 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

Performance Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) DBA
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle DBA
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Release Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (60.00%) Data Management
1 3 (60.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle