The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management 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 Management over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Management
Rank 23 18 32
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +14
Contract jobs citing Change Management 11 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 6.011% 7.514% 2.392%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.09% 11.30% 4.132%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
Average daily rate £275 £433 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.41% +57.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £350 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £445 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £363
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £15.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+43.33% -40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
109 115 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 59.56% 66.47% 57.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 59 56
Average daily rate £325 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £253 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £433 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
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 £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Change Management
South West

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Change Management Jobs Demand Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset Change Management Daily Rate Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Somerset Change Management Daily Rate Histogram

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 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
Taunton +2 8 £458 +5.89%
Street - 2 £250 -
Change Management
South West

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Change 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 Change Management.

1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
1 6 (37.50%) UML
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) TOGAF
2 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
2 5 (31.25%) Service Management
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 4 (25.00%) SOA
3 4 (25.00%) ISO 9000
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (25.00%) ISEB
3 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 4 (25.00%) Change Control
4 3 (18.75%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
4 3 (18.75%) PABX
4 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
4 3 (18.75%) COBIT
4 3 (18.75%) WCF
4 3 (18.75%) WPF
4 3 (18.75%) WF
4 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Management
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (18.75%) MCSD

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Change 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 Change Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
1 3 (18.75%) WCF
1 3 (18.75%) WPF
1 3 (18.75%) WF
1 3 (18.75%) HTML
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
1 3 (18.75%) ASP
1 3 (18.75%) CSS
1 3 (18.75%) XML
1 3 (18.75%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) PABX
2 1 (6.250%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Visual Studio
1 3 (18.75%) Subversion
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
1 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 2 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (6.250%) Investment Banking
2 1 (6.250%) General Ledger
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Project Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Change Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Business Change Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Business Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Change Control Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Change Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Business Transformation Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Governance Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Service Transition Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Transition Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Business Manager
4 1 (6.250%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Service Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Server Support
4 1 (6.250%) Development Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) IVR
2 1 (6.250%) Reference Data
2 1 (6.250%) Derivative
2 1 (6.250%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
1 6 (37.50%) UML
2 5 (31.25%) TOGAF
2 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
2 5 (31.25%) Service Management
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) SOA
3 4 (25.00%) Supplier Management
3 4 (25.00%) Change Control
4 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
4 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Management
4 3 (18.75%) RAD
4 3 (18.75%) Pair Programming
5 2 (12.50%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) MODAF
6 1 (6.250%) Business Transformation
6 1 (6.250%) ITIL V3
6 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C
1 3 (18.75%) C#
1 3 (18.75%) Java
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
1 3 (18.75%) VBScript
1 3 (18.75%) VB
1 3 (18.75%) VB6
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) ISEB Practitioner
3 4 (25.00%) ISEB
3 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (18.75%) MCSD
5 2 (12.50%) BC Cleared
6 1 (6.250%) CIMA
6 1 (6.250%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) ISO 9000
1 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (18.75%) COBIT
2 3 (18.75%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.250%) VMware Workstation
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Oracle
3 1 (6.250%) Wall Street Systems
3 1 (6.250%) VMware