South East Critical Path Analysis Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Critical Path Analysis 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 Critical Path Analysis over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Croydon East Midlands England Hampshire Leeds London North West Northampton Northamptonshire Portsmouth Reading South East South West Swindon UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	223	281
Rank change on same period last year	+58
Matching contract IT job ads	8	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.132 %	0.100 %
Daily rates quoted	2	5
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£362
Average daily rate	£328	£394
% change on same period last year	-16.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£330	£425
UK excluding London average daily rate	£370	£349
% change on same period last year	+5.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.50	-
Average hourly rate	£23.75	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.25	-
% change on same period last year	-
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching contract IT job ads	6059	7989
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.832 %	8.721 %
Daily rates quoted	1752	2370
Average minimum daily rate	£355	£351
Average daily rate	£376	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£396	£390
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£373
% change on same period last year	+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	602	859
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.64	£28.90
Average hourly rate	£28.41	£30.52
% change on same period last year	-6.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.17	£32.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.22	£29.56
% change on same period last year	-4.53 %
Critical Path Analysis England

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.

Critical Path Analysis
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Critical Path Analysis 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 Critical Path Analysis across the South East region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Critical Path Analysis 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 Critical Path Analysis across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 December 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 Critical Path Analysis within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 December 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	-	4	£328	-
Hampshire	+29	3	-	-

Critical Path Analysis England

Critical Path Analysis
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Critical Path Analysis 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 Critical Path Analysis.

1 6 (37.50 %) Project Planning 1 6 (37.50 %) Risk Management 2 5 (31.25 %) MS Project 3 4 (25.00 %) Government 4 3 (18.75 %) VisionPLUS 4 3 (18.75 %) Primavera 4 3 (18.75 %) MS Visio 4 3 (18.75 %) Microsoft 4 3 (18.75 %) PRINCE2 4 3 (18.75 %) Finance 5 2 (12.50 %) SAP 5 2 (12.50 %) Project Management 6 1 (6.250 %) Sun 6 1 (6.250 %) PRINCE 6 1 (6.250 %) SOA

6 1 (6.250 %) Java 6 1 (6.250 %) Oracle 6 1 (6.250 %) RUP 6 1 (6.250 %) MS Excel 6 1 (6.250 %) ERP 6 1 (6.250 %) Business Analysis 6 1 (6.250 %) Local Government 6 1 (6.250 %) Change Management 6 1 (6.250 %) Unified Process 6 1 (6.250 %) Risk Assessment 6 1 (6.250 %) Release Management 6 1 (6.250 %) Security Cleared

Critical Path Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Critical Path Analysis 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 Critical Path Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 5 (31.25 %) MS Project 2 3 (18.75 %) MS Visio 3 1 (6.250 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 3 (18.75 %) VisionPLUS
General 1 4 (25.00 %) Government 2 3 (18.75 %) Finance 3 1 (6.250 %) Local Government	Job Titles 1 6 (37.50 %) Project Planner 2 4 (25.00 %) Project Manager 3 3 (18.75 %) Project Controller 4 1 (6.250 %) Software Development Project Manager 4 1 (6.250 %) Software Manager 4 1 (6.250 %) Business Analyst 4 1 (6.250 %) Coordinator 4 1 (6.250 %) Analyst 4 1 (6.250 %) Development Manager 4 1 (6.250 %) Senior Manager 4 1 (6.250 %) Senior Project Manager 4 1 (6.250 %) Project Coordinator 4 1 (6.250 %) Software Development Manager 4 1 (6.250 %) Programme Planner 4 1 (6.250 %) Development Project Manager 4 1 (6.250 %) Software Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (37.50 %) Risk Management 1 6 (37.50 %) Project Planning 2 3 (18.75 %) PRINCE2 3 2 (12.50 %) Project Management 4 1 (6.250 %) Change Management 4 1 (6.250 %) Release Management 4 1 (6.250 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (6.250 %) RUP 4 1 (6.250 %) ERP 4 1 (6.250 %) SOA 4 1 (6.250 %) PRINCE 4 1 (6.250 %) Unified Process 4 1 (6.250 %) Risk Assessment 4 1 (6.250 %) Business Analysis	Programming Languages 1 1 (6.250 %) Java
Vendors 1 3 (18.75 %) Microsoft 1 3 (18.75 %) Primavera 2 2 (12.50 %) SAP 3 1 (6.250 %) Oracle 3 1 (6.250 %) Sun