The first table below looks at the demand for Information Management 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 Information Management over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Management
Rank 68 80 62
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -18
Contract jobs citing Information Management 5 1 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.584% 0.090% 1.650%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.871% 0.144% 2.496%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £288 £450 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.11% +87.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 £350 £331
% change year-on-year
+20.00% +5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £13.35 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+19.85% -41.95%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
574 693 681
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 67.06% 62.71% 66.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 267 304
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 £253 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 16
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 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Information Management
Berkshire

Information Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Information Management Jobs Demand Trend

Information Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Information Management Daily Rate Trend

Information Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Information Management Hourly Rate Trend

Information Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Information 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 Information Management.

1 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
3 3 (23.08%) Change Management
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) XML
3 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Meridio
3 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Information Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) HTTP
4 2 (15.38%) Document Management
4 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (15.38%) StarTeam
4 2 (15.38%) CESG
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (15.38%) Windows
4 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
4 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
4 2 (15.38%) MS Office
4 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
4 2 (15.38%) Borland
4 2 (15.38%) EDRMS

Information Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing Information 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 Information Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) XML
2 1 (7.692%) Web Services
2 1 (7.692%) .NET
2 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) HTTP
2 1 (7.692%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (15.38%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
1 2 (15.38%) EDRMS
2 1 (7.692%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) StarTeam
2 1 (7.692%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (7.692%) QADirector
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Information Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Data Steward
3 2 (15.38%) Lead Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Management Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Tester
4 1 (7.692%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) QA Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) QA Test Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) QA Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Data Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) SharePoint Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Business Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
2 4 (30.77%) Project Management
3 3 (23.08%) Change Management
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Data Analysis
3 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
4 2 (15.38%) Information Architecture
4 2 (15.38%) Document Management
4 2 (15.38%) Information Security
4 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.692%) Service Management
5 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.692%) Regression Testing
5 1 (7.692%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.692%) Workflow
5 1 (7.692%) Validation
5 1 (7.692%) ETL
5 1 (7.692%) Data Management
5 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
1 1 (7.692%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
1 3 (23.08%) Meridio
2 2 (15.38%) Borland
3 1 (7.692%) HP
3 1 (7.692%) Informatica