North West Process Management Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Process Management skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Process Management over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Process Management
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Burgess Hill Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Croydon East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Guildford Hampshire Liverpool London Macclesfield Merseyside Midlands Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland South East South West Surrey Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	129	135
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	2	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.107 %	0.559 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£450	£230
Average daily rate	£450	£230
% change on same period last year	+95.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£450	£230
UK excluding London average daily rate	£416	£393
% change on same period last year	+6.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£28.38
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1876	1968
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.653 %	1.992 %
Daily rates quoted	485	475
Average minimum daily rate	£357	£334
Average daily rate	£379	£351
% change on same period last year	+7.93 %
Average maximum daily rate	£401	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	183	161
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.20	£26.25
Average hourly rate	£26.70	£28.29
% change on same period last year	-5.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.21	£30.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.42	£29.97
% change on same period last year	-1.81 %
Process Management England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Process Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Process Management across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Process Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Process Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheshire	+12	1	£450	-
Merseyside	-	1	-	-

Process Management England

Process Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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 7 (43.75 %) ITIL 1 7 (43.75 %) ITIL Certification 2 5 (31.25 %) Finance 3 4 (25.00 %) Problem Management 4 3 (18.75 %) Project Management 5 2 (12.50 %) PRINCE 5 2 (12.50 %) Enterprise Architecture 6 1 (6.250 %) Pensions 6 1 (6.250 %) ISO27001 6 1 (6.250 %) Wealth Management 6 1 (6.250 %) CRAMM 6 1 (6.250 %) QMS 6 1 (6.250 %) Document Management 6 1 (6.250 %) Insurance 6 1 (6.250 %) Business Analysis

6 1 (6.250 %) Knowledge Management 6 1 (6.250 %) Education 6 1 (6.250 %) Government 6 1 (6.250 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (6.250 %) GIAC 6 1 (6.250 %) Military 6 1 (6.250 %) Risk Assessment 6 1 (6.250 %) Information Security 6 1 (6.250 %) PLM 6 1 (6.250 %) PDM 6 1 (6.250 %) Teamcenter 6 1 (6.250 %) UGS 6 1 (6.250 %) C++ 6 1 (6.250 %) Java 6 1 (6.250 %) SAP

Process Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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.

Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) Teamcenter
General 1 5 (31.25 %) Finance 2 1 (6.250 %) Education 2 1 (6.250 %) Government 2 1 (6.250 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (6.250 %) Military 2 1 (6.250 %) Insurance 2 1 (6.250 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 5 (31.25 %) Analyst 2 4 (25.00 %) Problem Analyst 3 3 (18.75 %) Project Manager 4 2 (12.50 %) Junior 4 2 (12.50 %) Architect 4 2 (12.50 %) Junior Project Manager 5 1 (6.250 %) Enterprise Architect 5 1 (6.250 %) Implementation Manager 5 1 (6.250 %) Applications Architect 5 1 (6.250 %) Consultant 5 1 (6.250 %) Security Consultant 5 1 (6.250 %) Java Developer 5 1 (6.250 %) C++ Developer 5 1 (6.250 %) Developer 5 1 (6.250 %) ITIL Manager 5 1 (6.250 %) Process Manager 5 1 (6.250 %) C++/Java Developer
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (43.75 %) ITIL 2 4 (25.00 %) Problem Management 3 3 (18.75 %) Project Management 4 2 (12.50 %) PRINCE 4 2 (12.50 %) Enterprise Architecture 5 1 (6.250 %) Wealth Management 5 1 (6.250 %) ERP 5 1 (6.250 %) SOA 5 1 (6.250 %) CRAMM 5 1 (6.250 %) QMS 5 1 (6.250 %) CMMI 5 1 (6.250 %) Change Management 5 1 (6.250 %) Risk Assessment 5 1 (6.250 %) Information Security 5 1 (6.250 %) PLM 5 1 (6.250 %) PDM 5 1 (6.250 %) Document Management 5 1 (6.250 %) Business Analysis 5 1 (6.250 %) Knowledge Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (6.250 %) C++ 1 1 (6.250 %) Java
Qualifications 1 7 (43.75 %) ITIL Certification 2 1 (6.250 %) CISA 2 1 (6.250 %) CISM 2 1 (6.250 %) GIAC 2 1 (6.250 %) CISSP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (6.250 %) ISO27001
Vendors 1 1 (6.250 %) SAP 1 1 (6.250 %) UGS