South East Change Management Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Change Management skills within the South East 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 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Cheshunt Chester Chichester Chippenham City of London Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh Egham England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hitchin Home Counties Huddersfield Isle of Wight Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Helens Staines Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Truro Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	69	81
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	252	337
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.341 %	0.332 %
As % of the category below	3.538 %	3.812 %
Daily rates quoted	68	98
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£330
Average daily rate	£386	£352
% change on same period last year	+9.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£410	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£385	£362
% change on same period last year	+6.22 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	41
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.27	£31.71
Average hourly rate	£36.23	£33.19
% change on same period last year	+9.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.18	£34.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.24	£31.10
% change on same period last year	-18.85 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	7123	8841
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.629 %	8.718 %
Daily rates quoted	2053	2588
Average minimum daily rate	£351	£359
Average daily rate	£372	£379
% change on same period last year	-1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£378	£375
% change on same period last year	+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted	646	837
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.29	£30.03
Average hourly rate	£30.99	£31.91
% change on same period last year	-2.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.68	£33.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.41
% change on same period last year	+0.01 %
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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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Change Management across the South East 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 IT contract jobs citing Change Management across the South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Change Management across the South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

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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 South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
Berkshire	+8	76	£403	+11.73 %
Surrey	+2	43	£363	+11.89 %
Hampshire	+41	39	£370	-1.54 %
Middlesex	+18	29	£351	+6.88 %
Oxfordshire	+12	13	£413	-
Buckinghamshire	-16	7	-	-
Kent	-5	6	£400	+23.07 %
West Sussex	+3	5	£379	-31.06 %
East Sussex	-2	5	£300	-25.00 %
Thames Valley	-	4	-	-
Isle of Wight	-	4	-	-
Home Counties	+15	4	£400	-
M4 Corridor	0	2	£450	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 119 (22.50 %) Project Management 2 95 (17.96 %) ITIL 3 93 (17.58 %) Finance 4 78 (14.74 %) PRINCE2 5 72 (13.61 %) SAP 6 56 (10.59 %) Telecoms 7 52 (9.830 %) Windows 8 44 (8.318 %) UNIX 9 41 (7.750 %) Service Management 9 41 (7.750 %) Incident Management 10 40 (7.561 %) Oracle 11 36 (6.805 %) Microsoft 11 36 (6.805 %) Government 12 35 (6.616 %) Business Analysis 12 35 (6.616 %) Problem Management

13 34 (6.427 %) Security Cleared 14 32 (6.049 %) ITIL Certification 15 31 (5.860 %) MS Office 16 28 (5.293 %) Risk Management 17 27 (5.104 %) Configuration Management 18 26 (4.915 %) MS Excel 19 24 (4.537 %) Insurance 20 23 (4.348 %) CRM 20 23 (4.348 %) Service Delivery 21 22 (4.159 %) MS PowerPoint 21 22 (4.159 %) Degree 21 22 (4.159 %) Stakeholder Management 21 22 (4.159 %) Banking 22 21 (3.970 %) Migration 22 21 (3.970 %) SC Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 8 (1.512 %) WebSphere 2 7 (1.323 %) .NET 3 3 (0.567 %) J2EE 3 3 (0.567 %) SAP Basis 4 1 (0.189 %) Spring 4 1 (0.189 %) .NET Framework 4 1 (0.189 %) Java EE 4 1 (0.189 %) ASP 4 1 (0.189 %) SOAP 4 1 (0.189 %) WebServices 4 1 (0.189 %) XML 4 1 (0.189 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 20 (3.781 %) MS Exchange 2 7 (1.323 %) WebSphere MQ 3 6 (1.134 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 4 (0.756 %) Exchange Server 5.5 4 4 (0.756 %) IIS 5 3 (0.567 %) Lotus Notes 5 3 (0.567 %) NetWeaver 6 2 (0.378 %) SharePoint 7 1 (0.189 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 1 (0.189 %) SharePoint Server 2007 7 1 (0.189 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 1 (0.189 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (0.189 %) SAS 7 1 (0.189 %) CMS 7 1 (0.189 %) Oracle Application Server 7 1 (0.189 %) Live Communications Server
Applications 1 31 (5.860 %) MS Office 2 26 (4.915 %) MS Excel 3 22 (4.159 %) MS PowerPoint 4 21 (3.970 %) MS Project 5 20 (3.781 %) MS Visio 6 2 (0.378 %) CA Clarity 6 2 (0.378 %) Spreadsheet 7 1 (0.189 %) AutoCAD	Business Applications 1 17 (3.214 %) SAP HR 2 4 (0.756 %) SAP MM 3 3 (0.567 %) SAP WM 3 3 (0.567 %) SAP SD 3 3 (0.567 %) Oracle Financials 4 2 (0.378 %) SAP APO 4 2 (0.378 %) SAP R/3 4 2 (0.378 %) SAP FI 4 2 (0.378 %) SAP SRM 5 1 (0.189 %) SAP ERP 5 1 (0.189 %) Remedy AR System 5 1 (0.189 %) SAP HCM 5 1 (0.189 %) SAP FI-AR 5 1 (0.189 %) Endur 5 1 (0.189 %) SAP SEM 5 1 (0.189 %) SAP Payroll 5 1 (0.189 %) SAP FI/CO 5 1 (0.189 %) SAP CO 5 1 (0.189 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 17 (3.214 %) LAN 2 14 (2.647 %) WAN 3 12 (2.268 %) SAN 4 8 (1.512 %) Intranet 5 7 (1.323 %) TCP/IP 6 6 (1.134 %) Firewall 7 5 (0.945 %) Network Security 7 5 (0.945 %) VPN 8 4 (0.756 %) SDH 9 3 (0.567 %) VoIP 9 3 (0.567 %) Internet 9 3 (0.567 %) Extranet 10 2 (0.378 %) 3G 10 2 (0.378 %) 2G 10 2 (0.378 %) ATM 10 2 (0.378 %) DNS 11 1 (0.189 %) DHCP 11 1 (0.189 %) Ethernet 11 1 (0.189 %) Broadband 11 1 (0.189 %) ISDN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (2.647 %) SQL Server 2 9 (1.701 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 9 (1.701 %) MS Access 3 6 (1.134 %) Datawarehouse 3 6 (1.134 %) Oracle 9i 3 6 (1.134 %) SAP BW 3 6 (1.134 %) SQL Server 2000 4 5 (0.945 %) SQL Server 2005 5 3 (0.567 %) Crystal Reports 6 2 (0.378 %) Oracle 10g 6 2 (0.378 %) BusinessObjects 7 1 (0.189 %) Data Cleansing 7 1 (0.189 %) EDRMS 7 1 (0.189 %) GIS 7 1 (0.189 %) IDOL 7 1 (0.189 %) DB2 7 1 (0.189 %) Ingres 7 1 (0.189 %) Data Mining 7 1 (0.189 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 3 (0.567 %) ClearCase 1 3 (0.567 %) TestDirector 1 3 (0.567 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (0.378 %) MSI 2 2 (0.378 %) InstallShield 2 2 (0.378 %) Visual Studio 3 1 (0.189 %) PVCS 3 1 (0.189 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 1 (0.189 %) Flash 3 1 (0.189 %) Rational Performance Tester	General 1 93 (17.58 %) Finance 2 56 (10.59 %) Telecoms 3 36 (6.805 %) Government 4 24 (4.537 %) Insurance 5 22 (4.159 %) Banking 6 18 (3.403 %) Retail 6 18 (3.403 %) Health 7 15 (2.836 %) Local Government 8 11 (2.079 %) Billing 9 10 (1.890 %) Pensions 10 9 (1.701 %) Publishing 10 9 (1.701 %) Pharmaceutical 11 8 (1.512 %) Marketing 12 7 (1.323 %) Law 13 6 (1.134 %) Education 13 6 (1.134 %) Manufacturing 14 5 (0.945 %) Investment Banking 15 4 (0.756 %) Back Office 16 3 (0.567 %) Front Office 16 3 (0.567 %) Legal
Job Titles 1 130 (24.57 %) Analyst 2 125 (23.63 %) Project Manager 3 55 (10.40 %) Business Analyst 4 51 (9.641 %) Change Manager 5 48 (9.074 %) Consultant 6 28 (5.293 %) Change Analyst 7 14 (2.647 %) SAP Consultant 8 13 (2.457 %) Process Analyst 9 12 (2.268 %) Systems Analyst 9 12 (2.268 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 9 12 (2.268 %) Infrastructure Manager 10 11 (2.079 %) Coordinator 10 11 (2.079 %) Business Manager 11 10 (1.890 %) SAP Analyst 11 10 (1.890 %) Change Consultant 12 9 (1.701 %) Programme Manager 12 9 (1.701 %) Developer 12 9 (1.701 %) Business Process Analyst 12 9 (1.701 %) Support Analyst 12 9 (1.701 %) Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 17 (3.214 %) Clustering 2 15 (2.836 %) NHS 3 12 (2.268 %) PMI 4 11 (2.079 %) Management Information System 5 10 (1.890 %) CMDB 6 4 (0.756 %) AS400 6 4 (0.756 %) NPfIT 7 3 (0.567 %) HACMP 8 2 (0.378 %) Client/Server 8 2 (0.378 %) Video Conferencing 8 2 (0.378 %) Derivative 8 2 (0.378 %) Data Protection Act 8 2 (0.378 %) Informatics 8 2 (0.378 %) Computer Science 8 2 (0.378 %) Fixed Income 9 1 (0.189 %) Economics 9 1 (0.189 %) Replication 9 1 (0.189 %) Mainframe 9 1 (0.189 %) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems 1 52 (9.830 %) Windows 2 44 (8.318 %) UNIX 3 19 (3.592 %) Windows Server 2003 4 12 (2.268 %) Windows 2000 5 9 (1.701 %) Windows XP 5 9 (1.701 %) Linux 6 8 (1.512 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 7 (1.323 %) MVS 7 7 (1.323 %) Windows NT 8 6 (1.134 %) Solaris 9 5 (0.945 %) AIX 10 3 (0.567 %) VMS 10 3 (0.567 %) Tru64 11 1 (0.189 %) NetWare 11 1 (0.189 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 119 (22.50 %) Project Management 2 95 (17.96 %) ITIL 3 78 (14.74 %) PRINCE2 4 41 (7.750 %) Service Management 4 41 (7.750 %) Incident Management 5 35 (6.616 %) Problem Management 5 35 (6.616 %) Business Analysis 6 34 (6.427 %) Security Cleared 7 28 (5.293 %) Risk Management 8 27 (5.104 %) Configuration Management 9 23 (4.348 %) CRM 9 23 (4.348 %) Service Delivery 10 22 (4.159 %) Stakeholder Management 11 21 (3.970 %) BPR 11 21 (3.970 %) Migration 11 21 (3.970 %) SC Cleared 12 20 (3.781 %) Programme Management 13 18 (3.403 %) Release Management 13 18 (3.403 %) Project Planning 13 18 (3.403 %) Six Sigma
Programming Languages 1 21 (3.970 %) SQL 2 7 (1.323 %) PL/SQL 3 6 (1.134 %) Java 4 5 (0.945 %) C 4 5 (0.945 %) C# 4 5 (0.945 %) Shell Script 4 5 (0.945 %) ABAP 5 3 (0.567 %) VB 6 2 (0.378 %) VBScript 6 2 (0.378 %) Korn 7 1 (0.189 %) VB6 7 1 (0.189 %) VBA 7 1 (0.189 %) VC++ 7 1 (0.189 %) Python 7 1 (0.189 %) VB.NET 7 1 (0.189 %) C++ 7 1 (0.189 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 32 (6.049 %) ITIL Certification 2 22 (4.159 %) Degree 3 17 (3.214 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 17 (3.214 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 8 (1.512 %) PMP 4 8 (1.512 %) PMI Certification 5 7 (1.323 %) ISEB 6 4 (0.756 %) Cisco Certification 6 4 (0.756 %) Microsoft Certification 6 4 (0.756 %) MCTS 7 3 (0.567 %) CCNA 7 3 (0.567 %) Citrix Certification 8 2 (0.378 %) CCNP 9 1 (0.189 %) HNC 9 1 (0.189 %) CISA 9 1 (0.189 %) MBA 9 1 (0.189 %) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 19 (3.592 %) SLA 2 7 (1.323 %) QA 3 6 (1.134 %) ISO27001 4 4 (0.756 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 4 (0.756 %) TickIT 5 3 (0.567 %) BS7799 6 2 (0.378 %) 21 CFR Part 11 6 2 (0.378 %) GCP 6 2 (0.378 %) GMP 6 2 (0.378 %) GLP 6 2 (0.378 %) ISO9000 6 2 (0.378 %) GxP 7 1 (0.189 %) COBIT 7 1 (0.189 %) ISO9001	System Software 1 7 (1.323 %) Active Directory 2 5 (0.945 %) NetBackup 3 4 (0.756 %) Oracle RMAN 4 2 (0.378 %) Oracle RAC 5 1 (0.189 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 8 (1.512 %) OpenView 2 7 (1.323 %) Tivoli 2 7 (1.323 %) CONTROL-M 3 6 (1.134 %) ServiceCenter 4 2 (0.378 %) CiscoWorks 5 1 (0.189 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 72 (13.61 %) SAP 2 40 (7.561 %) Oracle 3 36 (6.805 %) Microsoft 4 17 (3.214 %) HP 5 15 (2.836 %) Remedy 6 11 (2.079 %) PeopleSoft 7 9 (1.701 %) Sage 8 8 (1.512 %) Citrix 9 7 (1.323 %) Cisco 9 7 (1.323 %) Ab Initio 10 6 (1.134 %) Lotus 10 6 (1.134 %) IBM 11 5 (0.945 %) Intel 11 5 (0.945 %) Nortel 12 4 (0.756 %) VERITAS 13 3 (0.567 %) Lagan 13 3 (0.567 %) Dell 13 3 (0.567 %) Sun 13 3 (0.567 %) Cognos 13 3 (0.567 %) Peregrine