The first table below looks at the demand for Strategic Planning 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 Strategic Planning over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Strategic Planning
Rank 117 124 120
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Contract jobs citing Strategic Planning 1 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.043% 0.160% 0.226%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.260% 0.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Average daily rate £500 £458 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.28% +28.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £14.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+114.28% -44.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1664 1925 2014
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.99% 61.66% 64.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 991 1044
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 £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 84 96
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 £13.35 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.47 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Strategic Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Strategic Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Strategic Planning Daily Rate Trend

Strategic Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Strategic Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Strategic Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Merseyside - 1 £500 -
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Strategic Planning 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 Strategic Planning.

1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (44.44%) Internet
2 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
2 4 (44.44%) Information Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) Agile Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
4 2 (22.22%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) AIX
4 2 (22.22%) HPUX
4 2 (22.22%) Solaris
4 2 (22.22%) Linux
4 2 (22.22%) Informix
4 2 (22.22%) ERP
4 2 (22.22%) IBM
4 2 (22.22%) Sun
4 2 (22.22%) Baan
4 2 (22.22%) JD Edwards
4 2 (22.22%) NHS
4 2 (22.22%) Process Management
4 2 (22.22%) Java
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 2 (22.22%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server

Strategic Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Strategic Planning 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 Strategic Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Informix
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) DB2
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) NHS Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) NHS
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) AIX
1 2 (22.22%) HPUX
1 2 (22.22%) Solaris
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (44.44%) Software Testing
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2
2 4 (44.44%) Information Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) Agile Project Management
3 3 (33.33%) Matrix Management
4 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) ERP
4 2 (22.22%) Process Management
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
5 1 (11.11%) Information Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
5 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) BC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) IBM
1 2 (22.22%) Sun
1 2 (22.22%) Baan
1 2 (22.22%) JD Edwards
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
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Posted: 22 May 2013