The first table below looks at the demand for Capacity 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 Capacity Management over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Capacity Management
Rank 108 126 119
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -7
Contract jobs citing Capacity Management 3 13 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.146% 0.394% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.220% 0.578% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 1
Average daily rate £423 £364 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.15% -44.03%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £370 £405
% change year-on-year
-25.67% -8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £22.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+79.77% -40.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1365 2249 1801
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.23% 68.09% 65.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 1391 925
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 £263 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 113 125
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -22.48%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.30 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.50 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Capacity Management
England

Capacity Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Capacity Management Jobs Demand Trend

Capacity Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Capacity Management Daily Rate Trend

Capacity Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Capacity Management Hourly Rate Trend

Capacity Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Capacity Management within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bristol +11 1 £325 -7.47%
Wiltshire 0 1 £423 +16.55%
Capacity Management
England

Capacity Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Capacity 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 Capacity Management.

1 2 (50.00%) SLA
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (25.00%) MCTS
2 1 (25.00%) MCITP
2 1 (25.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010

Capacity Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Capacity 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 Capacity Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (25.00%) MCTS
1 1 (25.00%) MCITP
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCP
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) vSphere
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) VMware
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Dell