The first table below looks at the demand for Capacity Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Capacity Planning over the 3 months to 22 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 Somerset 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Capacity Planning
Rank 35 - 34
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Capacity Planning 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 0.543% - 0.613%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.980% - 1.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £310 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £375 £360
% change year-on-year
-3.33% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 - £47.50
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
102 99 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 55.43% 58.93% 57.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 53 43
Average daily rate £335 £400 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.25% +12.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +63.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.23 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £25.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Capacity Planning
South West

Capacity Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Capacity Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Capacity Planning
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Capacity Planning across the Somerset region.

Somerset Capacity Planning Daily Rate Trend

Capacity Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Planning within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 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
Taunton - 1 £310 -
Capacity Planning
South West

Capacity Planning
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Capacity Planning 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 Capacity Planning.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Sun
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Exadata

Capacity Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Capacity Planning 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 Capacity Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Exadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Solaris
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Sun