The first table below looks at the demand for Process 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 Process Management over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Process Management
Rank 110 124 122
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -2
Contract jobs citing Process Management 7 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.305% 0.253% 0.325%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.431% 0.411% 0.497%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 7
Average daily rate £425 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £251 £295 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £440 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £338
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +18.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £27.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +33.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
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 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Process Management
England

Process Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Process Management Jobs Demand Trend

Process Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Process Management Daily Rate Trend

Process Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Process Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Process Management Daily Rate Histogram

Process Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Process Management Hourly Rate Trend

Process Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Process Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Merseyside - 3 £475 -
Manchester +10 2 £258 -48.50%
Cheshire +6 1 - -
Process Management
England

Process Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Process 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 Process Management.

1 8 (66.67%) Change Management
2 5 (41.67%) Systems Analysis
2 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) SAP
4 3 (25.00%) Linux
4 3 (25.00%) Windows
4 3 (25.00%) IBM
4 3 (25.00%) CRM
4 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 2 (16.67%) Operations Management
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) Resource Management
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) ERP
5 2 (16.67%) Baan
5 2 (16.67%) JD Edwards
5 2 (16.67%) Sun
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) AIX
5 2 (16.67%) HPUX
5 2 (16.67%) Solaris
5 2 (16.67%) Informix
5 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (16.67%) Java

Process Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Process 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 Process Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
2 1 (8.333%) Middleware
2 1 (8.333%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Process Server
1 1 (8.333%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Project
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
1 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (8.333%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (8.333%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (16.67%) DB2
1 2 (16.67%) Informix
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Analyst
2 7 (58.33%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Transition Manager
3 2 (16.67%) SAP Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Applications Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Service Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Business Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Change Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Agile Business Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) AIX
2 2 (16.67%) HPUX
2 2 (16.67%) Solaris
3 1 (8.333%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Change Management
2 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 2 (16.67%) Service Management
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Operations Management
4 2 (16.67%) Resource Management
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (8.333%) ITIL V3
5 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.333%) ITSM
5 1 (8.333%) Migration
5 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Java
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.333%) ISEB
2 1 (8.333%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) SAP
2 3 (25.00%) IBM
3 2 (16.67%) Sun
3 2 (16.67%) Baan
3 2 (16.67%) JD Edwards
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle