The first table below looks at the demand for Budget Control 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 Budget Control 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
Budget Control
Rank - 130 112
Contract jobs citing Budget Control 0 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.272% 0.179%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.399% 0.278%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 3
Average daily rate - £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - £45.00
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%
Budget Control
England

Budget Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Budget Control Jobs Demand Trend

Budget Control
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Budget Control Daily Rate Trend

Budget Control
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Budget Control Hourly Rate Trend

Budget Control
Top 19 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
1 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (80.00%) Information Assurance
1 4 (80.00%) Change Control
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL V3
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Migration

Budget Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (60.00%) Data Manager
2 3 (60.00%) Data Centre Manager
2 3 (60.00%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) PRINCE2
1 4 (80.00%) Configuration Management
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
1 4 (80.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (80.00%) Information Assurance
1 4 (80.00%) Change Control
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL V3
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) SLA