The first table below looks at the demand for Change 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 Change Control over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Control
Rank 69 76 80
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +4
Contract jobs citing Change Control 50 64 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 2.433% 1.946% 1.417%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.676% 2.858% 2.200%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 42 17
Average daily rate £339 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.21% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £270 £181
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £405 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 3
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -28.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £29.75
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -15.96%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1360 2239 1773
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.18% 68.10% 64.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 850 1384 912
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 £499 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 111 125
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £16.85 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.75 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Change Control
England

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Change Control Jobs Demand Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Change Control Daily Rate Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Control across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South West Change Control Daily Rate Histogram

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Change Control Hourly Rate Trend

Change Control
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Control across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South West Change Control Hourly Rate Histogram

Change Control
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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 +11 19 £346 +0.36%
Bristol +2 11 £325 -7.14%
Gloucestershire +26 8 £380 +11.76%
Somerset 0 4 £460 +10.51%
Dorset +5 3 £318 +27.20%
Cornwall - 1 - -
Change Control
England

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Change 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 Change Control.

1 66 (64.71%) Finance
2 40 (39.22%) Microsoft
3 36 (35.29%) Change Management
4 30 (29.41%) Banking
4 30 (29.41%) PRINCE2
5 29 (28.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (27.45%) Retail
7 26 (25.49%) Risk Management
7 26 (25.49%) MS Project
8 23 (22.55%) Retail Banking
9 22 (21.57%) Security Cleared
10 20 (19.61%) Information Assurance
10 20 (19.61%) Document Management
11 19 (18.63%) Requirements Management
11 19 (18.63%) DV Cleared
12 18 (17.65%) Project Management
13 17 (16.67%) C
13 17 (16.67%) MS Excel
13 17 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (15.69%) QA
15 13 (12.75%) Data Warehouse
16 11 (10.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 11 (10.78%) Configuration Management
17 10 (9.804%) SQL
18 9 (8.824%) User Acceptance Testing
19 7 (6.863%) MS PowerPoint
19 7 (6.863%) Windows
20 6 (5.882%) MS Office
20 6 (5.882%) Internet
20 6 (5.882%) Business Intelligence

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (2.941%) HTML
2 2 (1.961%) ODBC
3 1 (0.980%) COM
3 1 (0.980%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.961%) Apache
1 2 (1.961%) nginx
2 1 (0.980%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.980%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 26 (25.49%) MS Project
2 17 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 7 (6.863%) MS PowerPoint
4 6 (5.882%) MS Office
5 3 (2.941%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.980%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.980%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.882%) Internet
2 5 (4.902%) DHCP
2 5 (4.902%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.941%) DNS
3 3 (2.941%) LAN
3 3 (2.941%) WAN
3 3 (2.941%) Firewall
3 3 (2.941%) Network Security
4 1 (0.980%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.75%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (4.902%) MySQL
3 4 (3.922%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.941%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (2.941%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.961%) MS Access
5 2 (1.961%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.980%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.980%) OLTP
6 1 (0.980%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.980%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.980%) GIS
6 1 (0.980%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.980%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (1.961%) Subversion
1 2 (1.961%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.980%) Oracle Forms
General
1 66 (64.71%) Finance
2 30 (29.41%) Banking
3 28 (27.45%) Retail
4 23 (22.55%) Retail Banking
5 4 (3.922%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.941%) Wholesale Banking
7 2 (1.961%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.961%) Local Government
8 1 (0.980%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (28.43%) Analyst
2 26 (25.49%) Project Manager
3 24 (23.53%) PMO Analyst
4 21 (20.59%) Programme Analyst
4 21 (20.59%) Programme Office Analyst
5 12 (11.76%) Project Officer
5 12 (11.76%) Project Support Officer
6 6 (5.882%) Junior Project Manager
6 6 (5.882%) Junior
7 5 (4.902%) Developer
7 5 (4.902%) Architect
8 4 (3.922%) Senior Manager
8 4 (3.922%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.922%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.922%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (3.922%) Senior Programme Analyst
8 4 (3.922%) Data Manager
8 4 (3.922%) Senior Programme Office Analyst
9 3 (2.941%) PMO Manager
9 3 (2.941%) Data Centre Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.961%) Management Information System
1 2 (1.961%) Statistics
1 2 (1.961%) Open Source
1 2 (1.961%) SWIFT
2 1 (0.980%) Digital Media
2 1 (0.980%) Clustering
2 1 (0.980%) PACS
2 1 (0.980%) Economics
2 1 (0.980%) PMI
2 1 (0.980%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.863%) Windows
2 3 (2.941%) UNIX
2 3 (2.941%) Linux
3 2 (1.961%) FreeBSD
3 2 (1.961%) Mac OS X Server
3 2 (1.961%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.961%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (35.29%) Change Management
2 30 (29.41%) PRINCE2
3 29 (28.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (25.49%) Risk Management
5 20 (19.61%) Document Management
5 20 (19.61%) Information Assurance
6 19 (18.63%) Requirements Management
7 18 (17.65%) Project Management
8 17 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (10.78%) Configuration Management
10 9 (8.824%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (4.902%) ITIL
12 5 (4.902%) Service Management
12 5 (4.902%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (4.902%) Incident Management
13 4 (3.922%) Migration
13 4 (3.922%) Asset Management
13 4 (3.922%) ETL
13 4 (3.922%) Budget Control
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.67%) C
2 10 (9.804%) SQL
3 3 (2.941%) PHP
4 2 (1.961%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.961%) Perl
5 1 (0.980%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 19 (18.63%) DV Cleared
3 11 (10.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (1.961%) HND
4 2 (1.961%) Degree
4 2 (1.961%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (0.980%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.980%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.980%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.980%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.69%) QA
2 5 (4.902%) SLA
3 2 (1.961%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.980%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.980%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (2.941%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.961%) Puppet
Vendors
1 40 (39.22%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.922%) Business Objects
2 4 (3.922%) SAP
3 3 (2.941%) Primavera
3 3 (2.941%) VMware
4 2 (1.961%) Citrix
5 1 (0.980%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.980%) Oracle
Swindon, Wiltshire
Key skills required are project governance, programme governance, project communication, liaising with senior managers, maintaining plans in Microsoft Project, maintaining & monitoring RAID Logs - Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies.....
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £335 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013