The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control 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 Change Control over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Control
Rank 30 22 31
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +9
Contract jobs citing Change Control 5 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 2.688% 4.819% 1.449%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.545% 7.339% 2.542%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
Average daily rate £250 £433 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.19% +60.18%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £355 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.40% -5.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £15.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £32.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+15.62% +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
110 109 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 59.14% 65.66% 57.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 54 54
Average daily rate £325 £400 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +15.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £433 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 13
Average hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.05 £22.00 £13.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £26.50 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Change Control
South West

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Change Control Daily Rate Trend

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 Somerset region.

Somerset Change Control Hourly Rate Trend

Change Control
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bath - 2 - - 1
Street - 2 £250 -
Taunton -3 1 - -
Change Control
South West

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Subversion
2 2 (28.57%) UNIX
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Solaris
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) Apache
2 2 (28.57%) FreeBSD
2 2 (28.57%) C
2 2 (28.57%) Perl
2 2 (28.57%) MySQL
2 2 (28.57%) DHCP
2 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X Server
2 2 (28.57%) Git (software)
2 2 (28.57%) nginx
2 2 (28.57%) Open Source
2 2 (28.57%) Puppet
2 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Apache
1 2 (28.57%) nginx
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MySQL
2 1 (14.29%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Subversion
1 2 (28.57%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Support
1 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Change Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Support Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Change Control Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Change Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Governance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Change Manager
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Solaris
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) FreeBSD
1 2 (28.57%) Mac OS X Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) UML
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
2 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) Business Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) MODAF
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C
1 2 (28.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) ISO 9000
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP