The first table below looks at the demand for Root Cause 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 Root Cause Analysis over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Root Cause Analysis
Rank 109 121 111
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -10
Contract jobs citing Root Cause Analysis 14 9 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.595% 0.283% 0.498%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.841% 0.458% 0.763%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 8
Average daily rate £325 £333 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.25% +2.30%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £500 £350
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £33.75 £18.25
% change year-on-year
-33.33% +84.93%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1664 1963 1966
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.69% 61.81% 65.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 818 1011 1024
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 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 87 97
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.06% -10.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.28 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.92 £37.50 £37.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Root Cause Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Root Cause Analysis Daily Rate Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Root Cause Analysis Hourly Rate Trend

Root Cause Analysis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Root Cause Analysis within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Manchester +21 10 £325 -4.41%
Cheshire +2 2 - -
Merseyside - 2 - -
Root Cause Analysis
England

Root Cause Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Root Cause 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 Root Cause Analysis.

1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (33.33%) .NET
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL
2 6 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (27.78%) Service Management
3 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 4 (22.22%) Retail
4 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
4 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
4 4 (22.22%) C#
4 4 (22.22%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (22.22%) Analytics
4 4 (22.22%) Knowledge Management
4 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (22.22%) .NET Framework
4 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
5 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (16.67%) Windows
5 3 (16.67%) NetApp
5 3 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 3 (16.67%) Banking
6 2 (11.11%) Information Security

Root Cause Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Root Cause 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 Root Cause Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (33.33%) .NET
2 4 (22.22%) ASP.NET
2 4 (22.22%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 4 (22.22%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (16.67%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (11.11%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
4 1 (5.556%) CICS
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) VoIP
1 1 (5.556%) CTI
1 1 (5.556%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (22.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (5.556%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.556%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) MI Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Administrator
4 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Support
4 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Support Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Solaris Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Design Leader
5 1 (5.556%) Coordinator
5 1 (5.556%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Incident Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Operations Manager
5 1 (5.556%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.556%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.556%) CMDB
2 1 (5.556%) Visualisation
2 1 (5.556%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.556%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (5.556%) IVR
2 1 (5.556%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Solaris
2 2 (11.11%) UNIX
2 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (5.556%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) ITIL
2 5 (27.78%) Service Management
3 4 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 4 (22.22%) Analytics
3 4 (22.22%) Knowledge Management
3 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
4 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.11%) Information Security
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) System Testing
6 1 (5.556%) Performance Management
6 1 (5.556%) UML
6 1 (5.556%) Benchmarking
6 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
6 1 (5.556%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (5.556%) Data Management
6 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) C#
2 1 (5.556%) COBOL
2 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
2 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (5.556%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Forefront TMG
1 2 (11.11%) UAG
2 1 (5.556%) vSphere
2 1 (5.556%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
1 1 (5.556%) SCOM
1 1 (5.556%) Foglight
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) NetApp
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) EMC
3 1 (5.556%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco
3 1 (5.556%) CA
3 1 (5.556%) Nokia
3 1 (5.556%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.556%) Remedy
3 1 (5.556%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) Saba
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