The first table below looks at the demand for Change 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 Change Management over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Management
Rank 40 37 36
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -1
Contract jobs citing Change Management 97 134 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 4.809% 4.142% 4.240%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.217% 6.080% 6.511%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 105 68
Average daily rate £376 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.13% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £304 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £472 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £361
% change year-on-year
- +3.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
Average hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.48% -58.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £10.10 £20.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.30 £18.90 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £15.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+152.00% -40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1344 2204 1843
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.63% 68.13% 65.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 1360 953
Average daily rate £375 £390 £384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £265 £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 62 110 129
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £16.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.75 £39.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Change Management
England

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Change Management Jobs Demand Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Change Management Daily Rate Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Change Management Daily Rate Histogram

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Change Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Change Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 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 +3 33 £355 -0.35%
Dorset +7 21 £450 +41.17%
Bristol -1 17 £320 -15.23%
Somerset +13 13 £458 +5.89%
Gloucestershire +20 4 - -
Devon -1 3 £268 -32.70%
Change Management
England

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Change 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 Change Management.

1 113 (53.81%) Finance
2 84 (40.00%) Banking
3 60 (28.57%) Retail
4 54 (25.71%) Retail Banking
5 47 (22.38%) Project Management
6 46 (21.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (20.95%) Microsoft
8 42 (20.00%) MS Project
8 42 (20.00%) PRINCE2
9 36 (17.14%) Change Control
10 34 (16.19%) ITIL
11 26 (12.38%) Security Cleared
12 21 (10.00%) Service Management
13 20 (9.524%) Business Analysis
14 18 (8.571%) Project Planning
14 18 (8.571%) Oracle
15 17 (8.095%) Configuration Management
16 16 (7.619%) SQL
16 16 (7.619%) MS Excel
17 15 (7.143%) ISEB
18 14 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
18 14 (6.667%) Problem Management
18 14 (6.667%) SC Cleared
19 13 (6.190%) Migration
20 12 (5.714%) Release Management
20 12 (5.714%) PRINCE
20 12 (5.714%) WAN
20 12 (5.714%) Business Transformation
20 12 (5.714%) SWIFT
21 11 (5.238%) Information Assurance

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Change 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 Change Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (3.810%) XML
2 4 (1.905%) .NET
2 4 (1.905%) Middleware
3 3 (1.429%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.429%) ASP
3 3 (1.429%) CSS
3 3 (1.429%) XSL
3 3 (1.429%) HTML
3 3 (1.429%) J2EE
3 3 (1.429%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.429%) WCF
3 3 (1.429%) WPF
3 3 (1.429%) WF
4 1 (0.476%) REST
4 1 (0.476%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.476%) JMS
4 1 (0.476%) EDI
4 1 (0.476%) Flash
4 1 (0.476%) JSON
4 1 (0.476%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (4.762%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.857%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (1.905%) SAS
4 3 (1.429%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (1.429%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.476%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.476%) LiveCycle
5 1 (0.476%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.476%) Oracle 10gAS
5 1 (0.476%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.476%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (0.476%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 42 (20.00%) MS Project
2 16 (7.619%) MS Excel
3 11 (5.238%) MS Office
4 3 (1.429%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.952%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.381%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (1.905%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.905%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (1.429%) Agresso
4 1 (0.476%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 1 (0.476%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.476%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.714%) WAN
2 11 (5.238%) LAN
3 8 (3.810%) Firewall
3 8 (3.810%) SAN
4 7 (3.333%) NAS
4 7 (3.333%) VoIP
4 7 (3.333%) VPN
4 7 (3.333%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (2.857%) SMS
6 3 (1.429%) PABX
7 2 (0.952%) Internet
8 1 (0.476%) HTTP
8 1 (0.476%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (2.381%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 4 (1.905%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.905%) Oracle BI EE
4 3 (1.429%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.429%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.429%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.952%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.476%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.476%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (1.429%) Oracle Forms
1 3 (1.429%) Visual Studio
1 3 (1.429%) Subversion
General
1 113 (53.81%) Finance
2 84 (40.00%) Banking
3 60 (28.57%) Retail
4 54 (25.71%) Retail Banking
5 6 (2.857%) Financial Institution
6 5 (2.381%) Telecoms
6 5 (2.381%) Marketing
7 3 (1.429%) Legal
7 3 (1.429%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.952%) Local Government
8 2 (0.952%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.476%) Back Office
9 1 (0.476%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.476%) Billing
9 1 (0.476%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.476%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 59 (28.10%) Analyst
2 50 (23.81%) Project Manager
3 28 (13.33%) PMO Analyst
4 22 (10.48%) Programme Analyst
4 22 (10.48%) Programme Office Analyst
5 20 (9.524%) Business Analyst
6 14 (6.667%) Change Manager
7 11 (5.238%) Business Manager
8 10 (4.762%) Architect
9 9 (4.286%) Business Change Manager
10 7 (3.333%) Programme Manager
10 7 (3.333%) Developer
10 7 (3.333%) Network Engineer
11 6 (2.857%) Infrastructure Team Leader
11 6 (2.857%) PMO Manager
11 6 (2.857%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (2.857%) Team Leader
11 6 (2.857%) Consultant
12 5 (2.381%) Business Change Consultant
12 5 (2.381%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.714%) SWIFT
2 10 (4.762%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.333%) Mainframe
4 3 (1.429%) Blackberry
4 3 (1.429%) IVR
5 2 (0.952%) Economics
5 2 (0.952%) Reference Data
5 2 (0.952%) Mobile Payment
6 1 (0.476%) NHS
6 1 (0.476%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.476%) PKI
6 1 (0.476%) Derivative
6 1 (0.476%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.762%) Windows
2 6 (2.857%) Windows 7
3 2 (0.952%) UNIX
3 2 (0.952%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.476%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.476%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.476%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (22.38%) Project Management
2 46 (21.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 36 (17.14%) Change Control
5 34 (16.19%) ITIL
6 21 (10.00%) Service Management
7 20 (9.524%) Business Analysis
8 18 (8.571%) Project Planning
9 17 (8.095%) Configuration Management
10 14 (6.667%) Problem Management
11 13 (6.190%) Migration
12 12 (5.714%) Release Management
12 12 (5.714%) PRINCE
12 12 (5.714%) Business Transformation
13 11 (5.238%) Information Assurance
13 11 (5.238%) Workflow
14 10 (4.762%) Programme Management
14 10 (4.762%) Incident Management
15 9 (4.286%) TOGAF
16 8 (3.810%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.619%) SQL
2 9 (4.286%) C
2 9 (4.286%) Java
3 7 (3.333%) VB
4 5 (2.381%) VBA
5 4 (1.905%) C#
5 4 (1.905%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.429%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.429%) VBScript
6 3 (1.429%) VB6
7 1 (0.476%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.476%) XPath
Qualifications
1 26 (12.38%) Security Cleared
2 15 (7.143%) ISEB
3 14 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 14 (6.667%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.286%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (3.333%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.333%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.333%) ISTQB
6 6 (2.857%) Degree
7 4 (1.905%) ISEB Practitioner
8 3 (1.429%) BC Cleared
8 3 (1.429%) OCP
8 3 (1.429%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (1.429%) MCP
8 3 (1.429%) MCSD
8 3 (1.429%) MCITP
9 2 (0.952%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.476%) ACCA
10 1 (0.476%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.476%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.810%) SLA
2 6 (2.857%) JSP 440
3 4 (1.905%) QA
3 4 (1.905%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.905%) ISO 9000
4 3 (1.429%) TickIT
4 3 (1.429%) COBIT
5 1 (0.476%) Solvency II
5 1 (0.476%) Basel III
5 1 (0.476%) Basel II
5 1 (0.476%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (3.810%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.429%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.476%) XenApp
3 1 (0.476%) VMware ESX
3 1 (0.476%) VMware Workstation
3 1 (0.476%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.476%) Tivoli
1 1 (0.476%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 1 (0.476%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 44 (20.95%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.571%) Oracle
3 11 (5.238%) Business Objects
4 9 (4.286%) VMware
5 8 (3.810%) SAP
6 7 (3.333%) SolarWinds
6 7 (3.333%) Remedy
6 7 (3.333%) Cisco
7 3 (1.429%) Pega
7 3 (1.429%) Citrix
7 3 (1.429%) Hyperion
7 3 (1.429%) Apple
7 3 (1.429%) Stellent
8 1 (0.476%) Niku
8 1 (0.476%) Informatica
8 1 (0.476%) JBoss
8 1 (0.476%) Adobe
8 1 (0.476%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.476%) Fundtech
8 1 (0.476%) Wall Street Systems
Poole, Dorset
Technical Skills and Knowledge Essential Proven Project Management and Change Management skills and expertise across all aspects of projects from inception to delivery and handover to BAU... Payment...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 - £550.00 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
YOU MUST BE PRINCE 2 QUALIFIED TO APPLY... Produce a Mandate and Business Case for agreed project scope making the case for change, management arrangements and implementation plan...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £30 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
My client is looking for a candidate to join the team as a Project Manager with extensive global payment and change management experience... May include knowledge of the...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £550 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
South West England
The successful candidate will be expected to have skills and experience in the following areas: - Payroll implementation skills - Project and change management skill - Proven Programme management - Ideally EU/...
Annapurna HR
Rate: £400 - £750 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
My client is looking for a Project Manager who has a wealth of experience within Payments and particularly knowledge about PEGAsystems... *Qualify as a PRINCE2 Practitioner and MSP...
Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
Technical Skills and Knowledge Essential Proven Project Management and Change Management skills and expertise across all aspects of projects from inception to delivery and handover to BAU... Payment...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £500.00 - £550.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Ideally Prince II certified... With a strong Financial services background, you MUST have Release Management, etc and exceptional stakeholder management and 3rd party relationship management... Ideally you'll...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
In order to be successful for this role you must have the following skills and experience Business facing Change Management. Payments - SWIFT - BACS - Faster Payments. PEGA... Lean Six...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Dorset
Tags: Business Change Manager, Business Manager, Change Manager, Project Manager, PM, Project, MS Project, Project Plans, Prince, Prince 2, Prince II, Change, Implementation, ERP, Agresso, Systems, Processes, Stakeholder,...
Roc Search
Posted: 23 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Peoplesoft Financials essential... Prince II certified, APM advantageous... You must have experience of Peoplesoft Financials projects along with experience of business process outsourcing, business process transformation or business...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £425 - £501 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Poole, South West
PEGA Project/Change Manager-Global Payments-Contract-Poole-£500-550/Day My Client, A top tier bank is looking for an experienced Project/Change Manager with experience in...
Real Staffing
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Dorset, South West
First and foremost this is not a technical role and is much more focused towards the business side. Having said that you will need to consider not only...
Rate: £350 - £425 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
Change Management skills and expertise across all aspects of projects from inception to delivery... Educated to degree or MBA level to be able to meet the intellectual demands...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £550.00 - £650.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
Change Management skills and expertise across all aspects of projects from inception to delivery... Educated to degree or MBA level to be able to meet the intellectual demands...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £550.00 - £650.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
The required candidate will have excellent, proven Business architecture and defining of business process through set up and delivery with Change Management skills and expertise across all aspects...
Aston Carter
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Poole, South West
An opportunity has arisen to join a leading bank to work within a large Payments monitoring Application programme;a Business Architect is urgently required to be accountable for...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £500.00 - £650.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Poole, Dorset
You must be a strong Business Architect with proven Business architecture and defining of business process through set up and delivery with Change Management skills and expertise across...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £500.00 - £650.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013