The first table below looks at the demand for Risk Analysis 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 Risk Analysis 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
Risk Analysis
Rank 106 119 118
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -1
Contract jobs citing Risk Analysis 12 13 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.515% 0.418% 0.262%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.725% 0.677% 0.405%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 7
Average daily rate £425 £460 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.60% +15.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £450 £413
% change year-on-year
-27.77% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £49.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
- +78.18%
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%
Risk Analysis
England

Risk Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Risk Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Risk Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Risk Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Risk Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Risk Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Risk Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Analysis 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 +2 8 - -
Manchester +10 3 £425 -
Cumbria - 1 - -
Risk Analysis
England

Risk Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (55.56%) ITIL
1 15 (55.56%) Information Security
2 14 (51.85%) Risk Assessment
2 14 (51.85%) CISSP
3 11 (40.74%) Service Management
4 9 (33.33%) SAP
4 9 (33.33%) SAP GRC
5 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
6 7 (25.93%) MS Visio
6 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 7 (25.93%) Legal
7 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
8 5 (18.52%) UNIX
8 5 (18.52%) MS PowerPoint
9 4 (14.81%) VBScript
9 4 (14.81%) MS Access
9 4 (14.81%) Cisco
9 4 (14.81%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (14.81%) BS7799
10 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
10 3 (11.11%) VB
11 2 (7.407%) Finance
11 2 (7.407%) SAP Security
11 2 (7.407%) Business Objects
11 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
11 2 (7.407%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (7.407%) CheckPoint
12 1 (3.704%) Acrobat
12 1 (3.704%) Workflow
12 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery

Risk Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 7 (25.93%) MS Visio
2 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
3 5 (18.52%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (3.704%) Acrobat
4 1 (3.704%) MS Project
4 1 (3.704%) MS Office
4 1 (3.704%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 9 (33.33%) SAP GRC
2 1 (3.704%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.704%) Firewall
2 1 (3.704%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) MS Access
2 2 (7.407%) BusinessObjects
General
1 7 (25.93%) Legal
2 2 (7.407%) Finance
3 1 (3.704%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 21 (77.78%) Consultant
2 14 (51.85%) Security Consultant
3 9 (33.33%) Risk Consultant
4 7 (25.93%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (18.52%) SAP GRC Consultant
6 3 (11.11%) Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Process Consultant
6 3 (11.11%) Information Security Consultant
7 2 (7.407%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (7.407%) Business Objects Consultant
8 1 (3.704%) IT Consultant
8 1 (3.704%) Service Analyst
8 1 (3.704%) Web Analyst
8 1 (3.704%) IT Security Consultant
8 1 (3.704%) IT Risk Consultant
8 1 (3.704%) Services Delivery Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.704%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) UNIX
2 1 (3.704%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) ITIL
1 15 (55.56%) Information Security
2 14 (51.85%) Risk Assessment
3 11 (40.74%) Service Management
4 7 (25.93%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 2 (7.407%) SAP Security
7 1 (3.704%) Workflow
7 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.704%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.704%) Change Control
7 1 (3.704%) Analytics
7 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.704%) Programme Management
7 1 (3.704%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (3.704%) Data Management
7 1 (3.704%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) VBScript
2 3 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) CISSP
2 4 (14.81%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.704%) Postgraduate
3 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) BS7799
2 1 (3.704%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) SAP
2 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.81%) Cisco
4 2 (7.407%) Business Objects
4 2 (7.407%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.704%) Adobe
5 1 (3.704%) Google