North West Risk Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Risk 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 Risk Management over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Alderley Edge Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Croydon Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hampshire Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Preston Reading Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Shropshire Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Staines Stevenage Stirling Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wetherby Wiltshire Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	105	74
Rank change on same period last year	-31
Matching contract IT job ads	39	58
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.050 %	0.065 %
As % of the category below	1.919 %	3.732 %
Daily rates quoted	7	13
Average minimum daily rate	£376	£425
Average daily rate	£390	£445
% change on same period last year	-12.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£404	£464
UK excluding London average daily rate	£410	£403
% change on same period last year	+1.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.88	-
Average hourly rate	£22.19	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.25	£37.94
% change on same period last year	-22.89 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	2032	1554
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.607 %	1.746 %
Daily rates quoted	606	381
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£340
Average daily rate	£362	£353
% change on same period last year	+2.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£366
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	165	98
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.32	£24.92
Average hourly rate	£26.41	£26.31
% change on same period last year	+0.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.49	£27.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.72	£29.49
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Risk 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Risk Management across the North West region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Risk Management across the North West region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Management within the North West region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Cheshire	-27	11	£320	-17.41 %
2	Manchester	-18	10	£475	-2.56 %
3	Lancashire	-6	6	-	-
4	Merseyside	-8	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West region citing Risk Management also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Risk Management.

1 21 (29.17 %) Project Management 2 20 (27.78 %) PRINCE2 3 17 (23.61 %) Finance 4 16 (22.22 %) ITIL 5 15 (20.83 %) Risk Assessment 6 14 (19.44 %) Information Security 6 14 (19.44 %) CISSP 7 13 (18.06 %) ISO27001 8 12 (16.67 %) Government 9 11 (15.28 %) BS7799 10 10 (13.89 %) Management Information System 11 8 (11.11 %) ISO17799 12 7 (9.722 %) Microsoft 12 7 (9.722 %) Service Management 13 6 (8.333 %) Degree

13 6 (8.333 %) Stakeholder Management 13 6 (8.333 %) MS Excel 14 5 (6.944 %) MS Project 14 5 (6.944 %) Health 14 5 (6.944 %) Change Management 14 5 (6.944 %) Configuration Management 14 5 (6.944 %) Risk Analysis 15 4 (5.556 %) Performance Management 15 4 (5.556 %) Business Analysis 15 4 (5.556 %) Supplier Management 15 4 (5.556 %) ITIL Certification 16 3 (4.167 %) SLA 16 3 (4.167 %) MS Office 16 3 (4.167 %) MS Visio 16 3 (4.167 %) VoIP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West region citing Risk Management also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Risk Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.389 %) .NET 1 1 (1.389 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (1.389 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 2 (2.778 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 6 (8.333 %) MS Excel 2 5 (6.944 %) MS Project 3 3 (4.167 %) MS Office 3 3 (4.167 %) MS Visio 3 3 (4.167 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 3 (4.167 %) VoIP 1 3 (4.167 %) WAN 2 1 (1.389 %) SAN 2 1 (1.389 %) Intranet 2 1 (1.389 %) Internet 2 1 (1.389 %) Firewall 2 1 (1.389 %) Symposium 2 1 (1.389 %) IP Telephony 2 1 (1.389 %) Network Security
General 1 17 (23.61 %) Finance 2 12 (16.67 %) Government 3 5 (6.944 %) Health 4 3 (4.167 %) Pharmaceutical 5 2 (2.778 %) Banking 6 1 (1.389 %) Pensions 6 1 (1.389 %) Law	Job Titles 1 22 (30.56 %) Project Manager 2 10 (13.89 %) Security Specialist 2 10 (13.89 %) IT Security Specialist 3 7 (9.722 %) Infrastructure Manager 3 7 (9.722 %) Service Manager 4 5 (6.944 %) Analyst 4 5 (6.944 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 5 4 (5.556 %) Project Planner 6 3 (4.167 %) Senior Manager 6 3 (4.167 %) Risk Manager 6 3 (4.167 %) Team Leader 7 2 (2.778 %) Voice Specialist 7 2 (2.778 %) Information Manager 7 2 (2.778 %) Information Security Manager 7 2 (2.778 %) Build Manager 7 2 (2.778 %) Business Project Manager 7 2 (2.778 %) Business Manager 7 2 (2.778 %) Compliance Manager 7 2 (2.778 %) Security Manager 7 2 (2.778 %) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 10 (13.89 %) Management Information System 2 3 (4.167 %) NHS 2 3 (4.167 %) Asset Management 3 2 (2.778 %) Freedom of Information 4 1 (1.389 %) RMADS 4 1 (1.389 %) Video Conferencing 4 1 (1.389 %) PMI 4 1 (1.389 %) Replication	Operating Systems 1 1 (1.389 %) Unix 1 1 (1.389 %) Windows 1 1 (1.389 %) Solaris 1 1 (1.389 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (29.17 %) Project Management 2 20 (27.78 %) PRINCE2 3 16 (22.22 %) ITIL 4 15 (20.83 %) Risk Assessment 5 14 (19.44 %) Information Security 6 7 (9.722 %) Service Management 7 6 (8.333 %) Stakeholder Management 8 5 (6.944 %) Change Management 8 5 (6.944 %) Configuration Management 8 5 (6.944 %) Risk Analysis 9 4 (5.556 %) Performance Management 9 4 (5.556 %) Business Analysis 9 4 (5.556 %) Supplier Management 10 3 (4.167 %) Project Planning 11 2 (2.778 %) Resource Management 11 2 (2.778 %) Data Protection 11 2 (2.778 %) Service Delivery 11 2 (2.778 %) IT Governance 11 2 (2.778 %) Programme Management 11 2 (2.778 %) Security Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (1.389 %) C#
Qualifications 1 14 (19.44 %) CISSP 2 6 (8.333 %) Degree 3 4 (5.556 %) ITIL Certification 4 2 (2.778 %) CISA 4 2 (2.778 %) CISM 4 2 (2.778 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (1.389 %) CCVP 5 1 (1.389 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (1.389 %) PMP 5 1 (1.389 %) PMI Certification 5 1 (1.389 %) Cisco Certification 5 1 (1.389 %) CCNP 5 1 (1.389 %) CCNA 5 1 (1.389 %) ISEB 5 1 (1.389 %) Citrix Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 13 (18.06 %) ISO27001 2 11 (15.28 %) BS7799 3 8 (11.11 %) ISO17799 4 3 (4.167 %) SLA 5 2 (2.778 %) COBIT 6 1 (1.389 %) QA 6 1 (1.389 %) GAMP 6 1 (1.389 %) GxP 6 1 (1.389 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors 1 7 (9.722 %) Microsoft 2 2 (2.778 %) Lotus 3 1 (1.389 %) Primavera 3 1 (1.389 %) Polycom 3 1 (1.389 %) Oracle 3 1 (1.389 %) Cisco 3 1 (1.389 %) Nortel 3 1 (1.389 %) Citrix 3 1 (1.389 %) Siemens