The first table below looks at the demand for Time Management 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 Time Management 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
Time Management
Rank 100 119 92
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -27
Contract jobs citing Time Management 18 13 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.772% 0.418% 1.115%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.088% 0.677% 1.721%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 19
Average daily rate £350 £380 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +21.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £118 £174 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £530 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £9.56 £26.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -63.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £16.72 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+86.90% -27.30%
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%
Time Management
England

Time Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Time Management Jobs Demand Trend

Time Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Time Management Daily Rate Trend

Time Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Time Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Time Management Daily Rate Histogram

Time Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Time Management Hourly Rate Trend

Time Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Time Management 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
Manchester +10 9 £223 -1.11%
Cheshire +3 6 £350 -30.00%
Lancashire +8 2 £350 -7.89%
Time Management
England

Time Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (27.50%) Project Management
2 10 (25.00%) ITIL
3 9 (22.50%) Finance
4 7 (17.50%) Banking
4 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (17.50%) MS Excel
5 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (15.00%) Degree
6 5 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 5 (12.50%) Windows
6 5 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 4 (10.00%) Change Management
7 4 (10.00%) Service Management
7 4 (10.00%) SLA
7 4 (10.00%) HTML
8 3 (7.500%) PMI
8 3 (7.500%) OOD
8 3 (7.500%) Eclipse
8 3 (7.500%) PMI Certification
8 3 (7.500%) Code Coverage
8 3 (7.500%) Java
8 3 (7.500%) J2EE
8 3 (7.500%) SQL
8 3 (7.500%) OO
8 3 (7.500%) Python
8 3 (7.500%) SharePoint
8 3 (7.500%) Hibernate
8 3 (7.500%) Spring
8 3 (7.500%) MS PowerPoint

Time Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (10.00%) HTML
2 3 (7.500%) J2EE
2 3 (7.500%) Hibernate
2 3 (7.500%) Spring
2 3 (7.500%) Django
2 3 (7.500%) Memcached
3 2 (5.000%) Ajax
4 1 (2.500%) Middleware
4 1 (2.500%) COM
4 1 (2.500%) CSS
4 1 (2.500%) Web Services
4 1 (2.500%) XHTML
4 1 (2.500%) MDX
4 1 (2.500%) jQuery
4 1 (2.500%) MooTools
4 1 (2.500%) HTML5
4 1 (2.500%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.500%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.500%) CMS
3 1 (2.500%) Joomla!
3 1 (2.500%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (17.50%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.500%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (5.000%) Photoshop
3 2 (5.000%) MS Office
4 1 (2.500%) MS Project
4 1 (2.500%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.500%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.500%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) SAP HR
1 1 (2.500%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (2.500%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.000%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.500%) Internet
2 1 (2.500%) Firewall
2 1 (2.500%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.500%) Redis
2 2 (5.000%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (5.000%) OLAP
3 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.500%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (2.500%) Sybase ASE
3 1 (2.500%) PerformancePoint
3 1 (2.500%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
Development Applications
1 3 (7.500%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.500%) TestDirector
2 1 (2.500%) Xcode
2 1 (2.500%) Subversion
General
1 9 (22.50%) Finance
2 7 (17.50%) Banking
3 1 (2.500%) Games
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Project Manager
1 7 (17.50%) Developer
2 6 (15.00%) Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Architect
4 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.500%) Java Developer
5 3 (7.500%) Risk Manager
5 3 (7.500%) Security Manager
5 3 (7.500%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 3 (7.500%) Security Project Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Information Security Project Manager
6 2 (5.000%) SharePoint Project Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Service Operations Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Designer
6 2 (5.000%) Information Risk Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 2 (5.000%) Information Security Risk Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Project Officer
6 2 (5.000%) Information Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Information Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.500%) PMI
1 3 (7.500%) Mathematics
1 3 (7.500%) Computer Science
1 3 (7.500%) Mobile Payment
2 2 (5.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.500%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.500%) Replication
3 1 (2.500%) Clustering
3 1 (2.500%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.500%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.500%) Social Network
3 1 (2.500%) Open Source
3 1 (2.500%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
2 3 (7.500%) Android
3 2 (5.000%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.500%) NetWare
4 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.500%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.500%) UNIX
4 1 (2.500%) Linux
4 1 (2.500%) Windows 2000
4 1 (2.500%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Project Management
2 10 (25.00%) ITIL
3 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
5 4 (10.00%) Change Management
5 4 (10.00%) Service Management
6 3 (7.500%) OOD
6 3 (7.500%) Code Coverage
6 3 (7.500%) OO
6 3 (7.500%) Project Planning
6 3 (7.500%) Matrix Management
6 3 (7.500%) Unit Testing
6 3 (7.500%) Integration Testing
7 2 (5.000%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.000%) Performance Management
7 2 (5.000%) Operations Management
7 2 (5.000%) Migration
7 2 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (5.000%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (7.500%) Java
2 3 (7.500%) SQL
2 3 (7.500%) Python
3 2 (5.000%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.500%) PHP
4 1 (2.500%) Objective-C
4 1 (2.500%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Degree
2 3 (7.500%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.000%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.000%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.000%) ISEB
3 2 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (5.000%) PMP
4 1 (2.500%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.500%) CISSP
4 1 (2.500%) ECDL
4 1 (2.500%) CISA
4 1 (2.500%) CISM
4 1 (2.500%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.500%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.500%) CGEIT
4 1 (2.500%) CRISC
4 1 (2.500%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.00%) SLA
2 3 (7.500%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.000%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) VMware ESX
1 1 (2.500%) XenApp
1 1 (2.500%) vSphere
1 1 (2.500%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (7.500%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.500%) SCCM
2 1 (2.500%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.500%) Remedy
2 1 (2.500%) McAfee
2 1 (2.500%) BMC
2 1 (2.500%) Novell
2 1 (2.500%) SAP
2 1 (2.500%) Oracle
2 1 (2.500%) Sybase
2 1 (2.500%) VMware
2 1 (2.500%) AppSense