Scotland Change Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Change Management skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Change Management over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aldershot Amersham Avon Aylesbury Barnet Barnsley Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Billingham Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chalfont St Giles Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham Chorley City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Croydon Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Flintshire Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Huntingdon Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knottingley Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staines Stevenage Stourbridge Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	52	51
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	58	70
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.074 %	0.079 %
As % of the category below	4.924 %	5.364 %
Daily rates quoted	14	22
Average minimum daily rate	£308	£333
Average daily rate	£313	£342
% change on same period last year	-8.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£319	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£406	£392
% change on same period last year	+3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£11.60	£21.69
Average hourly rate	£11.95	£21.97
% change on same period last year	-45.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£12.30	£22.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.26	£26.14
% change on same period last year	+0.45 %
Processes & Methodologies Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	1178	1305
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.511 %	1.466 %
Daily rates quoted	297	279
Average minimum daily rate	£326	£314
Average daily rate	£344	£330
% change on same period last year	+4.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£345
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£376
% change on same period last year	+2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	49	69
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.73	£27.78
Average hourly rate	£23.68	£29.43
% change on same period last year	-19.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.63	£31.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.61	£29.48
% change on same period last year	-2.93 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Change Management across the Scotland 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Change Management across the Scotland region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Change Management across the Scotland region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the Scotland region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Glasgow	+8	33	£280	-15.02 %
2	Edinburgh	-8	18	£346	+10.44 %
3	North Lanarkshire	-	2	-	-
4	Renfrewshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Change Management also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Change Management.

1 35 (27.56 %) Finance 2 28 (22.05 %) ITIL 3 21 (16.54 %) Project Management 4 19 (14.96 %) PRINCE2 5 14 (11.02 %) Unix 5 14 (11.02 %) MS Office 5 14 (11.02 %) Cisco 6 13 (10.24 %) Active Directory 7 12 (9.449 %) Service Management 7 12 (9.449 %) Banking 8 10 (7.874 %) Retail 8 10 (7.874 %) Cisco Certification 9 9 (7.087 %) CCNA 9 9 (7.087 %) Windows 9 9 (7.087 %) RPG

9 9 (7.087 %) Configuration Management 9 9 (7.087 %) Problem Management 10 8 (6.299 %) QA 10 8 (6.299 %) Release Management 10 8 (6.299 %) AS400 10 8 (6.299 %) SAN 10 8 (6.299 %) Oracle 10 8 (6.299 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 8 (6.299 %) MS Exchange 11 7 (5.512 %) CCNP 12 6 (4.724 %) Firewall 12 6 (4.724 %) Financial Institution 12 6 (4.724 %) CheckPoint 12 6 (4.724 %) SLA 12 6 (4.724 %) HP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Change Management also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Change Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (0.787 %) CSS 1 1 (0.787 %) XML 1 1 (0.787 %) Windows SharePoint Services 1 1 (0.787 %) ISPF	Application Platforms 1 8 (6.299 %) MS Exchange 2 3 (2.362 %) IIS 2 3 (2.362 %) Oracle Application Server 3 1 (0.787 %) SharePoint Portal Server 3 1 (0.787 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 1 (0.787 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (0.787 %) SharePoint 3 1 (0.787 %) LiveLink
Applications 1 14 (11.02 %) MS Office 2 5 (3.937 %) MS Project 3 4 (3.150 %) MS Excel 4 1 (0.787 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.787 %) CA Clarity	Communications & Networking 1 8 (6.299 %) SAN 2 6 (4.724 %) Firewall 3 4 (3.150 %) TCP/IP 4 3 (2.362 %) PBX 4 3 (2.362 %) CTI 4 3 (2.362 %) Intranet 5 2 (1.575 %) MPLS 5 2 (1.575 %) IP Telephony 5 2 (1.575 %) ATM 5 2 (1.575 %) VoIP 5 2 (1.575 %) DNS 6 1 (0.787 %) WINS 6 1 (0.787 %) LDAP 6 1 (0.787 %) SMS 6 1 (0.787 %) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (2.362 %) Oracle 9i 1 3 (2.362 %) Oracle 10g 2 2 (1.575 %) SQL Server 2005 2 2 (1.575 %) RDBMS 2 2 (1.575 %) SQL Server 3 1 (0.787 %) DB2 3 1 (0.787 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (0.787 %) SAP BI	Development Applications 1 5 (3.937 %) PVCS 2 3 (2.362 %) ClearCase 3 1 (0.787 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.787 %) Subversion
General 1 35 (27.56 %) Finance 2 12 (9.449 %) Banking 3 10 (7.874 %) Retail 4 6 (4.724 %) Financial Institution 5 5 (3.937 %) Telecoms 6 4 (3.150 %) Pensions 7 3 (2.362 %) Retail Banking 8 2 (1.575 %) Health 8 2 (1.575 %) Legal 8 2 (1.575 %) Education 9 1 (0.787 %) Government 9 1 (0.787 %) Back Office 9 1 (0.787 %) Investment Banking 9 1 (0.787 %) Insurance	Job Titles 1 40 (31.50 %) Analyst 2 31 (24.41 %) Project Manager 3 10 (7.874 %) Business Analyst 3 10 (7.874 %) Change Analyst 4 9 (7.087 %) Support Analyst 5 7 (5.512 %) DBA 6 6 (4.724 %) Oracle DBA 7 5 (3.937 %) Administrator 7 5 (3.937 %) Network Engineer 8 4 (3.150 %) Developer 8 4 (3.150 %) Consultant 8 4 (3.150 %) Change Manager 8 4 (3.150 %) Data Analyst 8 4 (3.150 %) Technical Specialist 8 4 (3.150 %) Business Manager 9 3 (2.362 %) AS400 Developer 9 3 (2.362 %) Storage Specialist 9 3 (2.362 %) SAN Specialist 9 3 (2.362 %) RPG Developer 9 3 (2.362 %) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 8 (6.299 %) AS400 2 3 (2.362 %) Mainframe 2 3 (2.362 %) Management Information System 3 2 (1.575 %) CLARiiON 3 2 (1.575 %) E-Learning 4 1 (0.787 %) Asset Management 4 1 (0.787 %) Blackberry 4 1 (0.787 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 14 (11.02 %) Unix 2 9 (7.087 %) Windows 3 5 (3.937 %) AIX 3 5 (3.937 %) Linux 4 3 (2.362 %) Windows NT 4 3 (2.362 %) Solaris 4 3 (2.362 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (1.575 %) Tru64 5 2 (1.575 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (0.787 %) Windows XP 6 1 (0.787 %) OS/390
Processes & Methodologies 1 28 (22.05 %) ITIL 2 21 (16.54 %) Project Management 3 19 (14.96 %) PRINCE2 4 12 (9.449 %) Service Management 5 9 (7.087 %) Configuration Management 5 9 (7.087 %) Problem Management 6 8 (6.299 %) Release Management 7 5 (3.937 %) Risk Management 8 4 (3.150 %) Disaster Recovery 8 4 (3.150 %) BPR 8 4 (3.150 %) Stakeholder Management 8 4 (3.150 %) Programme Management 8 4 (3.150 %) User Acceptance Testing 9 3 (2.362 %) Investment Management 9 3 (2.362 %) Workflow 9 3 (2.362 %) Migration 9 3 (2.362 %) Business Analysis 9 3 (2.362 %) ERP 10 2 (1.575 %) Data Modelling 10 2 (1.575 %) PRINCE	Programming Languages 1 9 (7.087 %) RPG 2 3 (2.362 %) Shell Script 3 2 (1.575 %) SQL 4 1 (0.787 %) VB 4 1 (0.787 %) JCL 4 1 (0.787 %) Java
Qualifications 1 10 (7.874 %) Cisco Certification 2 9 (7.087 %) CCNA 3 8 (6.299 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 7 (5.512 %) CCNP 5 6 (4.724 %) Degree 6 5 (3.937 %) CCDP 7 4 (3.150 %) Microsoft Certification 8 3 (2.362 %) MCSE 8 3 (2.362 %) ITIL Certification 9 2 (1.575 %) MCSA 9 2 (1.575 %) MCP 10 1 (0.787 %) HND 10 1 (0.787 %) Postgraduate 10 1 (0.787 %) CCIE 10 1 (0.787 %) MCDST	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (6.299 %) QA 2 6 (4.724 %) SLA 3 1 (0.787 %) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software 1 13 (10.24 %) Active Directory 2 3 (2.362 %) NetBackup 3 1 (0.787 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (0.787 %) Oracle RAC 3 1 (0.787 %) NFS	Systems Management 1 3 (2.362 %) OpenView 2 2 (1.575 %) CiscoWorks 2 2 (1.575 %) Tivoli 3 1 (0.787 %) ServiceCenter
Vendors 1 14 (11.02 %) Cisco 2 8 (6.299 %) Oracle 3 6 (4.724 %) HP 3 6 (4.724 %) CheckPoint 4 5 (3.937 %) Remedy 4 5 (3.937 %) SAP 4 5 (3.937 %) Red Hat 5 4 (3.150 %) Microsoft 5 4 (3.150 %) VERITAS 6 3 (2.362 %) Avaya 6 3 (2.362 %) EMC 6 3 (2.362 %) Crossbeam 7 2 (1.575 %) VMware 7 2 (1.575 %) Planview 7 2 (1.575 %) Symantec 7 2 (1.575 %) IBM 7 2 (1.575 %) Genesys 8 1 (0.787 %) BMC 8 1 (0.787 %) CA 8 1 (0.787 %) Lotus