The first table below looks at the demand for Supplier 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 Supplier Management over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Supplier Management
Rank 96 130 104
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -26
Contract jobs citing Supplier Management 19 9 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.928% 0.272% 0.464%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.403% 0.399% 0.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 6
Average daily rate £448 £258 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+73.78% -39.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £199 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £507 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £420 £401
% change year-on-year
+1.19% +4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £48.75 £25.21 £145.00
% change year-on-year
+93.41% -82.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
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 £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Supplier Management
England

Supplier Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Supplier Management Jobs Demand Trend

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Supplier Management Daily Rate Trend

Supplier Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Supplier Management across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West Supplier Management Daily Rate Histogram

Supplier Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Supplier Management Hourly Rate Trend

Supplier Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Supplier Management within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Somerset +9 7 £200 -14.71%
Wiltshire +9 6 £475 -5.00%
Bristol +14 5 £438 -
Devon - 1 £310 -
Supplier Management
England

Supplier Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Supplier 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 Supplier Management.

1 17 (50.00%) Finance
2 12 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (32.35%) Project Management
4 7 (20.59%) PRINCE2
5 6 (17.65%) IVR
5 6 (17.65%) PABX
6 5 (14.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (11.76%) Change Management
7 4 (11.76%) LAN
7 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (11.76%) Data Analysis
7 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
7 4 (11.76%) Data Mapping
7 4 (11.76%) Data Governance
8 3 (8.824%) Change Control
8 3 (8.824%) Unified Communications
8 3 (8.824%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (8.824%) Handset
8 3 (8.824%) Information Management
8 3 (8.824%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (8.824%) ETL
8 3 (8.824%) VoIP
8 3 (8.824%) WAN
8 3 (8.824%) TCP/IP
8 3 (8.824%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (8.824%) Business Objects
8 3 (8.824%) SAP
8 3 (8.824%) ITIL
8 3 (8.824%) Telecoms
8 3 (8.824%) Siemens

Supplier Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Supplier 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 Supplier Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.941%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.882%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.941%) SharePoint 2010
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) PABX
2 4 (11.76%) LAN
3 3 (8.824%) VoIP
3 3 (8.824%) WAN
3 3 (8.824%) TCP/IP
3 3 (8.824%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.941%) Firewall
4 1 (2.941%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.824%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (8.824%) BusinessObjects
1 3 (8.824%) SAP Data Services
General
1 17 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (8.824%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.882%) Legal
4 1 (2.941%) Banking
4 1 (2.941%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 21 (61.76%) Project Manager
2 7 (20.59%) Senior Manager
3 5 (14.71%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Programme Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Commercial Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Supplier Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Vendor Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Senior Vendor Manager
7 1 (2.941%) SharePoint Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.941%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Voice Support Technician
7 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Technical Manager
7 1 (2.941%) IT Programme Manager
7 1 (2.941%) ERP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) IVR
2 3 (8.824%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.941%) Windows
1 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (32.35%) Project Management
3 7 (20.59%) PRINCE2
4 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (11.76%) Change Management
4 4 (11.76%) Data Analysis
4 4 (11.76%) Data Governance
4 4 (11.76%) Data Mapping
5 3 (8.824%) Change Control
5 3 (8.824%) Information Management
5 3 (8.824%) ITIL
5 3 (8.824%) ETL
6 2 (5.882%) Project Planning
6 2 (5.882%) Programme Management
6 2 (5.882%) Migration
6 2 (5.882%) Data Migration
7 1 (2.941%) Data Validation
7 1 (2.941%) Test Strategy
7 1 (2.941%) Business Transformation
7 1 (2.941%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.882%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.882%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.941%) ACCA
4 1 (2.941%) CIMA
4 1 (2.941%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
1 1 (2.941%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.941%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (8.824%) Business Objects
1 3 (8.824%) SAP
1 3 (8.824%) Siemens
2 1 (2.941%) BT