The first table below looks at the demand for Resource 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 Resource Management over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Resource Management
Rank 103 115 107
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -8
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 8 26 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.398% 0.801% 0.696%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.600% 1.174% 1.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 21 12
Average daily rate £311 £350 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.14% -21.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £342 £650 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £380
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.58 £32.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-39.76% +85.71%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1334 2214 1871
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.37% 68.23% 65.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 835 1369 966
Average daily rate £375 £390 £382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +2.16%
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 62 111 129
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 £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Resource Management
England

Resource Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Resource Management Jobs Demand Trend

Resource Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Resource Management Daily Rate Trend

Resource Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 23 May 2013.

South West Resource Management Daily Rate Histogram

Resource Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Resource Management Hourly Rate Trend

Resource Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Management within the South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Dorset 0 3 £311 -30.50%
Bristol -1 3 £250 -7.40%
Wiltshire +3 2 £368 -
Resource Management
England

Resource Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 16 (57.14%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 7 (25.00%) Project Management
3 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (25.00%) Banking
3 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (21.43%) MS PowerPoint
5 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
5 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
6 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
6 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 4 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (14.29%) QA
6 4 (14.29%) Retail
6 4 (14.29%) SWIFT
6 4 (14.29%) Change Control
7 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (10.71%) Data Management
7 3 (10.71%) Zachman Framework
7 3 (10.71%) Information Management
7 3 (10.71%) Migration
7 3 (10.71%) Retail Banking
7 3 (10.71%) Data Modelling
7 3 (10.71%) SAP
8 2 (7.143%) UML
8 2 (7.143%) MS Project
8 2 (7.143%) MS Office
8 2 (7.143%) C
8 2 (7.143%) C++
8 2 (7.143%) Java

Resource Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 Platforms
1 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 6 (21.43%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (7.143%) MS Project
3 2 (7.143%) MS Office
4 1 (3.571%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) Firewall
1 1 (3.571%) Intranet
1 1 (3.571%) SNMP
1 1 (3.571%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle Exadata
General
1 16 (57.14%) Finance
2 7 (25.00%) Banking
3 4 (14.29%) Retail
4 3 (10.71%) Retail Banking
5 2 (7.143%) Wholesale Banking
5 2 (7.143%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.571%) Military
6 1 (3.571%) Automotive
6 1 (3.571%) Legal
6 1 (3.571%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 3 (10.71%) PMO Analyst
2 3 (10.71%) Analyst
3 2 (7.143%) Programme Manager
3 2 (7.143%) Developer
3 2 (7.143%) Administrator
3 2 (7.143%) PMO Manager
3 2 (7.143%) Support Manager
3 2 (7.143%) Data Modeller
4 1 (3.571%) Project Support Analyst
4 1 (3.571%) Test Engineer
4 1 (3.571%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (3.571%) Project Analyst
4 1 (3.571%) Programme Planner
4 1 (3.571%) PMO Administrator
4 1 (3.571%) PMO Assistant
4 1 (3.571%) Test Manager
4 1 (3.571%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (3.571%) Network Engineer
4 1 (3.571%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) SWIFT
2 1 (3.571%) Open Source
2 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.571%) Solaris
1 1 (3.571%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) Project Management
1 7 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 4 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (14.29%) Change Control
3 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (10.71%) Data Management
3 3 (10.71%) Zachman Framework
3 3 (10.71%) Information Management
3 3 (10.71%) Migration
3 3 (10.71%) Data Modelling
4 2 (7.143%) UML
4 2 (7.143%) Quality Management
4 2 (7.143%) Change Management
4 2 (7.143%) Software Engineering
4 2 (7.143%) Programme Management
4 2 (7.143%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.571%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (3.571%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.143%) C
1 2 (7.143%) C++
1 2 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.143%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.571%) Degree
4 1 (3.571%) CCNP
4 1 (3.571%) CCNA
4 1 (3.571%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) SAP
3 2 (7.143%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.571%) Cisco
4 1 (3.571%) Oracle
4 1 (3.571%) Sun