South West Resource Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Resource Management skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Resource Management over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Crewe Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds London Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Rugby Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	144
Rank change on same period last year	+37
Matching contract IT job ads	26	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.034 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	1.052 %	0.482 %
Daily rates quoted	7	6
Average minimum daily rate	£390	£493
Average daily rate	£417	£502
% change on same period last year	-16.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£445	£512
UK excluding London average daily rate	£367	£381
% change on same period last year	-3.47 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.18	£39.32
% change on same period last year	-41.04 %
Processes & Methodologies South West
Matching contract IT job ads	2472	2906
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.260 %	3.083 %
Daily rates quoted	958	907
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£363
Average daily rate	£401	£384
% change on same period last year	+4.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£428	£406
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	245	346
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.88	£30.12
Average hourly rate	£33.45	£31.92
% change on same period last year	+4.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.02	£33.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Resource Management England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Resource Management across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Resource Management across the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Resource Management within the South West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	+20	14	£430	-
Bristol	+1	4	£375	-27.46 %
Gloucestershire	-	3	-	-
Devon	-	2	£416	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Resource 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 Resource Management.

1 11 (29.73 %) Finance 2 10 (27.03 %) Project Management 3 6 (16.22 %) ITIL 3 6 (16.22 %) PRINCE2 3 6 (16.22 %) Retail 4 5 (13.51 %) Insurance 4 5 (13.51 %) Project Planning 5 4 (10.81 %) Test Management 5 4 (10.81 %) Migration 6 3 (8.108 %) Government 6 3 (8.108 %) Service Management 6 3 (8.108 %) SAP 6 3 (8.108 %) Microsoft 6 3 (8.108 %) Pensions 6 3 (8.108 %) Retail Banking

6 3 (8.108 %) Data Migration 6 3 (8.108 %) Banking 7 2 (5.405 %) MS PowerPoint 7 2 (5.405 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 2 (5.405 %) MS Project 7 2 (5.405 %) HP 7 2 (5.405 %) WinRunner 7 2 (5.405 %) TestDirector 7 2 (5.405 %) QuickTest Pro 7 2 (5.405 %) LoadRunner 7 2 (5.405 %) DSDM 7 2 (5.405 %) E-Commerce 7 2 (5.405 %) Change Management 7 2 (5.405 %) Stakeholder Management 7 2 (5.405 %) Scrum

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Resource 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 Resource Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.703 %) .NET 1 1 (2.703 %) .NET Framework	Applications 1 2 (5.405 %) MS Project 1 2 (5.405 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (2.703 %) MS Visio
Business Applications 1 1 (2.703 %) Summit	Communications & Networking 1 1 (2.703 %) LAN 1 1 (2.703 %) VoIP 1 1 (2.703 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.703 %) Oracle Reports 1 1 (2.703 %) Oracle 8/8i 1 1 (2.703 %) TOAD 1 1 (2.703 %) Oracle Discoverer	Development Applications 1 2 (5.405 %) WinRunner 1 2 (5.405 %) TestDirector 1 2 (5.405 %) QuickTest Pro 1 2 (5.405 %) LoadRunner
General 1 11 (29.73 %) Finance 2 6 (16.22 %) Retail 3 5 (13.51 %) Insurance 4 3 (8.108 %) Pensions 4 3 (8.108 %) Retail Banking 4 3 (8.108 %) Government 4 3 (8.108 %) Banking 5 1 (2.703 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 10 (27.03 %) Test Manager 2 9 (24.32 %) Project Manager 3 4 (10.81 %) Service Manager 3 4 (10.81 %) Performance Manager 3 4 (10.81 %) Performance Test Manager 4 3 (8.108 %) Analyst 4 3 (8.108 %) Resource Manager 5 2 (5.405 %) Implementation Manager 5 2 (5.405 %) Development Manager 5 2 (5.405 %) Business Manager 6 1 (2.703 %) Business Change Project Manager 6 1 (2.703 %) Quality Analyst 6 1 (2.703 %) Data Quality Analyst 6 1 (2.703 %) PMO Analyst 6 1 (2.703 %) Server Support 6 1 (2.703 %) Support Engineer 6 1 (2.703 %) Senior Business Analyst 6 1 (2.703 %) Senior Analyst 6 1 (2.703 %) Release Manager 6 1 (2.703 %) Change Manager
Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.703 %) PMI 1 1 (2.703 %) Mainframe 1 1 (2.703 %) Management Information System 1 1 (2.703 %) IBM Mainframe	Operating Systems 1 1 (2.703 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (27.03 %) Project Management 2 6 (16.22 %) ITIL 2 6 (16.22 %) PRINCE2 3 5 (13.51 %) Project Planning 4 4 (10.81 %) Test Management 4 4 (10.81 %) Migration 5 3 (8.108 %) Data Migration 5 3 (8.108 %) Service Management 6 2 (5.405 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 2 (5.405 %) Change Management 6 2 (5.405 %) Stakeholder Management 6 2 (5.405 %) Scrum 6 2 (5.405 %) Programme Management 6 2 (5.405 %) Agile Software Development 6 2 (5.405 %) DSDM 6 2 (5.405 %) E-Commerce 7 1 (2.703 %) Data Modelling 7 1 (2.703 %) OOD 7 1 (2.703 %) UML 7 1 (2.703 %) OOA/OOD	Programming Languages 1 1 (2.703 %) C++ 1 1 (2.703 %) SQL 1 1 (2.703 %) VBScript 1 1 (2.703 %) Embedded C++
Qualifications 1 1 (2.703 %) ITIL Certification 1 1 (2.703 %) PMP 1 1 (2.703 %) PMI Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (2.703 %) SLA
System Software 1 1 (2.703 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 3 (8.108 %) SAP 1 3 (8.108 %) Microsoft 2 2 (5.405 %) HP 3 1 (2.703 %) Dell 3 1 (2.703 %) IBM 3 1 (2.703 %) Oracle