The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Problem 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 Solihull 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
Problem Management
Rank 13 - 12
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 3.333% - 2.857%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.444% - 4.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £300 £323
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -31.81%
All Processes & Methodologies
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
45 52 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 75.00% 64.20% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 6
Average daily rate £350 £271 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.03% +20.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £165 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £460 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
Average hourly rate £14.50 £8.50 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.58% -10.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Problem Management
West Midlands

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull Problem Management Jobs Demand Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Solihull Problem Management Daily Rate Trend

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Solihull Problem Management Hourly Rate Trend

Problem Management
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Management
3 3 (60.00%) Broadband
4 2 (40.00%) SLA
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Capacity Management
4 2 (40.00%) MS Office
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Services Delivery Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Service Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Problem Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Services Delivery Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Management
3 2 (40.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
A Global IT Services Company requires a Capacity Manager - Capacity Manager required in the Home Phone and broadband managed service... The role holder manages the Capacity and Performance...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £1 per hour
Posted: 20 May 2013