North West Stakeholder Management Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Stakeholder 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 Stakeholder Management over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Stakeholder Management
Location Aberdeenshire Alderley Edge Aylesbury Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheshire Cheshunt Chester Chichester City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Harlow Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Renfrew Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Wokingham Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	47	92
Rank change on same period last year	+45
Matching contract IT job ads	93	55
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.131 %	0.056 %
As % of the category below	4.960 %	2.799 %
Daily rates quoted	34	16
Average minimum daily rate	£456	£395
Average daily rate	£481	£407
% change on same period last year	+18.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£506	£420
UK excluding London average daily rate	£446	£450
% change on same period last year	-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.00	-
Average hourly rate	£22.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.75	£35.79
% change on same period last year	+2.69 %
Processes & Methodologies North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1875	1965
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.640 %	1.986 %
Daily rates quoted	483	480
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£332
Average daily rate	£377	£350
% change on same period last year	+7.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£399	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£370
% change on same period last year	+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	183	163
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.20	£26.23
Average hourly rate	£26.70	£28.30
% change on same period last year	-5.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.21	£30.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.44	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
Stakeholder 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.

Stakeholder Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Stakeholder 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 IT contract jobs citing Stakeholder 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 Stakeholder Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Stakeholder Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 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
Manchester	+21	37	£502	+37.61 %
Cheshire	-1	14	£468	+56.00 %
Merseyside	+5	8	£470	+44.61 %
Lancashire	+9	6	£378	+4.87 %

Stakeholder Management England

Stakeholder Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Stakeholder 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 Stakeholder Management.

1 50 (31.45 %) Finance 2 42 (26.42 %) Project Management 3 32 (20.13 %) PRINCE2 4 24 (15.09 %) Banking 5 19 (11.95 %) NHS 6 18 (11.32 %) Business Analysis 7 16 (10.06 %) Retail 8 15 (9.434 %) Pensions 9 13 (8.176 %) Insurance 9 13 (8.176 %) Change Management 10 12 (7.547 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 12 (7.547 %) Government 10 12 (7.547 %) Retail Banking 11 10 (6.289 %) Health 12 9 (5.660 %) Pharmaceutical

12 9 (5.660 %) SAP 12 9 (5.660 %) Project Planning 13 8 (5.031 %) Marketing 13 8 (5.031 %) Programme Management 14 7 (4.403 %) Migration 14 7 (4.403 %) PRINCE 14 7 (4.403 %) CTC Cleared 14 7 (4.403 %) Security Cleared 14 7 (4.403 %) Degree 15 6 (3.774 %) Matrix Management 15 6 (3.774 %) UML 15 6 (3.774 %) MS Project 15 6 (3.774 %) Microsoft 15 6 (3.774 %) MS Visio 16 5 (3.145 %) GAP Analysis

Stakeholder Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Stakeholder 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 Stakeholder Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (0.629 %) HTML 1 1 (0.629 %) .NET 1 1 (0.629 %) CSS 1 1 (0.629 %) Middleware 1 1 (0.629 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 1 (0.629 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 6 (3.774 %) MS Project 1 6 (3.774 %) MS Visio 2 5 (3.145 %) MS Excel 3 4 (2.516 %) MS PowerPoint 4 3 (1.887 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 4 (2.516 %) SAP FI 1 4 (2.516 %) SAP FI/CO 1 4 (2.516 %) SAP CO 2 1 (0.629 %) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking 1 3 (1.887 %) Internet 2 1 (0.629 %) Network Security 2 1 (0.629 %) CTI	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (1.887 %) Crystal Reports 1 3 (1.887 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 1 (0.629 %) Flash	General 1 50 (31.45 %) Finance 2 24 (15.09 %) Banking 3 16 (10.06 %) Retail 4 15 (9.434 %) Pensions 5 13 (8.176 %) Insurance 6 12 (7.547 %) Retail Banking 6 12 (7.547 %) Government 7 10 (6.289 %) Health 8 9 (5.660 %) Pharmaceutical 9 8 (5.031 %) Marketing 10 3 (1.887 %) Local Government 10 3 (1.887 %) Education 11 2 (1.258 %) Electric 11 2 (1.258 %) FMCG 11 2 (1.258 %) Financial Institution 11 2 (1.258 %) Front Office 11 2 (1.258 %) Back Office 11 2 (1.258 %) Legal 11 2 (1.258 %) Publishing 12 1 (0.629 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 74 (46.54 %) Project Manager 2 36 (22.64 %) Analyst 3 29 (18.24 %) Business Analyst 4 19 (11.95 %) Programme Manager 5 10 (6.289 %) Senior Manager 6 9 (5.660 %) Consultant 7 8 (5.031 %) Senior Project Manager 7 8 (5.031 %) Infrastructure Manager 7 8 (5.031 %) NHS Project Manager 8 7 (4.403 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 9 6 (3.774 %) Business Consultant 10 5 (3.145 %) Service Manager 11 4 (2.516 %) IT Project Manager 11 4 (2.516 %) IT Manager 11 4 (2.516 %) Business Manager 11 4 (2.516 %) Lead Business Analyst 12 3 (1.887 %) Procurement Project Manager 12 3 (1.887 %) Implementation Manager 12 3 (1.887 %) MI Analyst 12 3 (1.887 %) Information Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 19 (11.95 %) NHS 2 3 (1.887 %) Management Information System 3 2 (1.258 %) PACS 4 1 (0.629 %) Informatics 4 1 (0.629 %) Credit Risk 4 1 (0.629 %) Mainframe 4 1 (0.629 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 3 (1.887 %) Windows 2 2 (1.258 %) Windows Vista 2 2 (1.258 %) UNIX 3 1 (0.629 %) VME 3 1 (0.629 %) MVS	Processes & Methodologies 1 42 (26.42 %) Project Management 2 32 (20.13 %) PRINCE2 3 18 (11.32 %) Business Analysis 4 13 (8.176 %) Change Management 5 9 (5.660 %) Project Planning 6 8 (5.031 %) Programme Management 7 7 (4.403 %) Migration 7 7 (4.403 %) PRINCE 7 7 (4.403 %) CTC Cleared 7 7 (4.403 %) Security Cleared 8 6 (3.774 %) Matrix Management 8 6 (3.774 %) UML 9 5 (3.145 %) ITIL 9 5 (3.145 %) GAP Analysis 9 5 (3.145 %) Data Analysis 9 5 (3.145 %) Risk Analysis 9 5 (3.145 %) SC Cleared 10 4 (2.516 %) SAP Implementation 10 4 (2.516 %) Supplier Management 10 4 (2.516 %) Data Management
Programming Languages 1 3 (1.887 %) SQL 2 1 (0.629 %) C 2 1 (0.629 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 12 (7.547 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 7 (4.403 %) Degree 3 2 (1.258 %) ISEB 4 1 (0.629 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (0.629 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.629 %) PMP 4 1 (0.629 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (1.887 %) QA 2 2 (1.258 %) SLA	Vendors 1 9 (5.660 %) SAP 2 6 (3.774 %) Microsoft 3 3 (1.887 %) Teradata 3 3 (1.887 %) Business Objects 4 2 (1.258 %) Oracle 4 2 (1.258 %) Northgate 4 2 (1.258 %) Siemens 5 1 (0.629 %) Macromedia 5 1 (0.629 %) Hyperion 5 1 (0.629 %) IBM