The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Control 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 Reading 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
Change Control
Rank 52 63 53
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -10
Contract jobs citing Change Control 18 21 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 2.156% 1.883% 3.071%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.261% 2.991% 4.624%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 13
Average daily rate £400 £360 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.03% +5.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £233 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £464 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £354 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+1.07% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -9.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 702 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.11% 62.96% 66.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 270 310
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Change Control
Berkshire

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Change Control across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Reading Change Control Jobs Demand Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Change Control across the Reading region.

Reading Change Control Daily Rate Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Control across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading Change Control Daily Rate Histogram

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Change Control across the Reading region.

Reading Change Control Hourly Rate Trend

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Change Control 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 Change Control.

1 11 (39.29%) Project Management
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 7 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 7 (25.00%) Finance
3 7 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 7 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (21.43%) Incident Management
4 6 (21.43%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (21.43%) Internet
4 6 (21.43%) MS Project
4 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
5 5 (17.86%) Oracle
5 5 (17.86%) MS Excel
5 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
5 5 (17.86%) Firewall
5 5 (17.86%) Information Security
5 5 (17.86%) Network Security
5 5 (17.86%) PCI DSS
5 5 (17.86%) Security Testing
6 4 (14.29%) RMADS
6 4 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
6 4 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (14.29%) CESG
6 4 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (14.29%) TOGAF
6 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (14.29%) Tivoli
6 4 (14.29%) CA

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Change Control 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 Change Control. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.571%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.571%) CMS
2 1 (3.571%) Apache
2 1 (3.571%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) MS Project
2 5 (17.86%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.571%) MS Office
3 1 (3.571%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) SAP ERP
2 1 (3.571%) SAP SD
2 1 (3.571%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Intrusion Detection
1 6 (21.43%) Internet
2 5 (17.86%) Firewall
2 5 (17.86%) Network Security
3 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.571%) IPsec
4 1 (3.571%) ATM
4 1 (3.571%) VPN
4 1 (3.571%) DNS
4 1 (3.571%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) MySQL
General
1 7 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 7 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 5 (17.86%) Security Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Technical Security Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 4 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Change Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Network Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) PMO Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Lead Network Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Programme Support Officer
6 1 (3.571%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Change Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) RMADS
1 4 (14.29%) CESG
2 2 (7.143%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.571%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.143%) Linux
2 1 (3.571%) OpenBSD
2 1 (3.571%) FreeBSD
2 1 (3.571%) UNIX
2 1 (3.571%) Windows
2 1 (3.571%) AIX
2 1 (3.571%) HPUX
2 1 (3.571%) Solaris
2 1 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Project Management
2 7 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 7 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 6 (21.43%) Incident Management
3 6 (21.43%) PRINCE2
4 5 (17.86%) Information Security
4 5 (17.86%) Security Testing
5 4 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
5 4 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 4 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
6 3 (10.71%) Migration
6 3 (10.71%) Security Architecture
6 3 (10.71%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (7.143%) Information Assurance
7 2 (7.143%) ERP
7 2 (7.143%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
2 1 (3.571%) C++
2 1 (3.571%) Perl
2 1 (3.571%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) RHCE
3 1 (3.571%) PMP
3 1 (3.571%) HPUX Certification
3 1 (3.571%) CCNP
3 1 (3.571%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.571%) SCSA
3 1 (3.571%) Degree
3 1 (3.571%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (3.571%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (3.571%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) PCI DSS
2 4 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (10.71%) SLA
4 1 (3.571%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.571%) Postfix
1 1 (3.571%) Sendmail
1 1 (3.571%) Veritas Cluster Server
1 1 (3.571%) VirtualBox
1 1 (3.571%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) Tivoli
2 1 (3.571%) NetBackup
2 1 (3.571%) OpenView
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle
3 4 (14.29%) CA
4 3 (10.71%) SAP
5 1 (3.571%) VMware
5 1 (3.571%) Veritas
5 1 (3.571%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.571%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.571%) Remedy
5 1 (3.571%) IBM
5 1 (3.571%) Sun
5 1 (3.571%) HP
5 1 (3.571%) Intel
5 1 (3.571%) JBoss
5 1 (3.571%) Qualys
5 1 (3.571%) Egenera
5 1 (3.571%) F5