The first table below looks at the demand for Asset Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Asset Management over the 3 months to 17 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 South West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Asset Management
Rank 102 114 90
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -24
Contract jobs citing Asset Management 13 25 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.635% 0.754% 0.964%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.960% 1.108% 1.503%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 9
Average daily rate £325 £314 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.54% +4.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £310 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £382 £412
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £390 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.97% +11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.70% +13.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £17.00 £16.10
% change year-on-year
-8.82% +5.59%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Asset Management
England

Asset Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Asset Management Jobs Demand Trend

Asset Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Asset Management Daily Rate Trend

Asset Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Asset Management across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Asset Management Daily Rate Histogram

Asset Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Asset Management Hourly Rate Trend

Asset Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Asset Management within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wiltshire +10 6 £325 -27.77%
Gloucestershire +30 4 £150 -50.00%
Bristol +4 2 £293 -13.33%
Dorset -4 1 - -
Asset Management
England

Asset Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Asset 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 Asset Management.

1 10 (25.64%) ITIL
1 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 9 (23.08%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Windows
3 8 (20.51%) MS Office
3 8 (20.51%) SLA
3 8 (20.51%) Windows 7
4 7 (17.95%) Change Management
4 7 (17.95%) Service Management
5 6 (15.38%) Configuration Management
5 6 (15.38%) Project Management
5 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
6 5 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.82%) Incident Management
6 5 (12.82%) SQL
6 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
6 5 (12.82%) ITIL V3
7 4 (10.26%) Change Control
7 4 (10.26%) Software Deployment
7 4 (10.26%) Windows XP
7 4 (10.26%) MCP
7 4 (10.26%) IBM
7 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (10.26%) Problem Management
7 4 (10.26%) Information Assurance
7 4 (10.26%) Budget Control
7 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
7 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared

Asset Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Asset 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 Asset Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.128%) XML
1 2 (5.128%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.564%) .NET
2 1 (2.564%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.128%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (5.128%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.564%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 8 (20.51%) MS Office
2 3 (7.692%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.564%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Maximo
2 2 (5.128%) FRx
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.692%) HTTP
2 2 (5.128%) LDAP
2 2 (5.128%) SSL
2 2 (5.128%) Firewall
3 1 (2.564%) VoIP
3 1 (2.564%) DHCP
3 1 (2.564%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.564%) DNS
3 1 (2.564%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.128%) DB2
2 2 (5.128%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (5.128%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.564%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.564%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.564%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (23.08%) Finance
2 2 (5.128%) General Ledger
3 1 (2.564%) Back Office
3 1 (2.564%) Legal
3 1 (2.564%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (17.95%) Project Manager
1 7 (17.95%) Desktop Support
2 6 (15.38%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Developer
4 4 (10.26%) IT Support
4 4 (10.26%) Maximo Specialist
5 3 (7.692%) Desktop Technician
5 3 (7.692%) Data Centre Project Manager
5 3 (7.692%) Desktop Support Technician
5 3 (7.692%) Data Manager
5 3 (7.692%) Deployment Engineer
5 3 (7.692%) Data Centre Manager
5 3 (7.692%) Support Technician
5 3 (7.692%) Support Analyst
5 3 (7.692%) IT Support Analyst
5 3 (7.692%) Desktop Engineer
6 2 (5.128%) Administrator
6 2 (5.128%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (5.128%) Consultant
6 2 (5.128%) Maximo Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.692%) Blackberry
3 2 (5.128%) SaaS
3 2 (5.128%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.08%) Windows
2 8 (20.51%) Windows 7
3 4 (10.26%) Windows XP
4 2 (5.128%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (5.128%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.564%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) ITIL
2 7 (17.95%) Service Management
2 7 (17.95%) Change Management
3 6 (15.38%) Configuration Management
3 6 (15.38%) Project Management
4 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
4 5 (12.82%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (12.82%) Incident Management
4 5 (12.82%) ITIL V3
5 4 (10.26%) Change Control
5 4 (10.26%) Software Deployment
5 4 (10.26%) Information Assurance
5 4 (10.26%) Budget Control
5 4 (10.26%) Problem Management
6 3 (7.692%) Migration
6 3 (7.692%) ERP
7 2 (5.128%) Process Management
7 2 (5.128%) Business Analysis
7 2 (5.128%) CAFM
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) SQL
2 3 (7.692%) VBA
3 2 (5.128%) Java
3 2 (5.128%) PHP
4 1 (2.564%) VB
4 1 (2.564%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.564%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
2 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (10.26%) MCP
2 4 (10.26%) MCITP
3 1 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.564%) MCSE
3 1 (2.564%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.564%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.564%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.692%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.564%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.564%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) Tivoli
1 2 (5.128%) Netcool
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) IBM
3 3 (7.692%) Apple
4 2 (5.128%) HP
4 2 (5.128%) Oracle
4 2 (5.128%) Business Objects
4 2 (5.128%) CA
4 2 (5.128%) Epicor
5 1 (2.564%) Dell
5 1 (2.564%) VMware
5 1 (2.564%) ION Trading
5 1 (2.564%) Twitter