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This section looks at the demand for Change Management skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Change Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkChange Management
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5176
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads19801960
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.639 %1.983 %
As % of the category below4.897 %3.985 %
Daily rates quoted829819
Average minimum daily rate£402£388
Average daily rate£432£419
% change on same period last year+3.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£462£449
UK excluding London average daily rate£393£377
% change on same period last year+4.48 %
Hourly rates quoted106103
Average minimum hourly rate£26.29£25.49
Average hourly rate£27.46£26.88
% change on same period last year+2.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.64£28.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.75£27.21
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads4043049188
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled53.89 %49.76 %
Daily rates quoted1470316173
Average minimum daily rate£388£393
Average daily rate£415£418
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£442£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted23872984
Average minimum hourly rate£27.12£28.72
Average hourly rate£28.90£30.53
% change on same period last year-5.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.67£32.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %

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.

Change Management
Demand Trend

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

Change Management Demand Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Change Management within the UK.

Change Management Daily Rate Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Change Management Daily Rate Histogram

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Change Management within the UK.

Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Change Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Change Management
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the UK over the 3 months to 25 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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+231858£437+4.07 %
LondonUp+20943£460+1.40 %
City of LondonUp+42313£483+8.74 %
South EastUp+17262£397+11.47 %
North WestUp+35151£403+23.01 %
East of EnglandUp+1140£442+9.38 %
South WestUp+24117£385-0.98 %
YorkshireUp+177£345-4.96 %
HertfordshireUp+1776£459+15.75 %
BerkshireUp+867£408+11.90 %
CheshireUp+3066£374+30.24 %
West MidlandsUp+1166£341-11.34 %
ScotlandUp+2259£251-30.31 %
SurreyUp+2655£358-9.94 %
ManchesterUp+1254£436-5.74 %
East MidlandsUp+1154£425+19.83 %
HampshireUp+3650£373+5.97 %
West YorkshireDown-1639£334-0.40 %
WiltshireUp+2038£409+21.25 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2337£525+6.28 %
MidlandsUp+631£525+41.01 %
WalesUp+431£432-9.34 %
Canary WharfUp+2830£531+5.49 %
SwindonUp+1828£434+10.69 %
LeedsDown-628£283-21.29 %
EdinburghUp+228£210-44.38 %
NorwichUp+925£484+2.27 %
MiddlesexUp+425£368-0.67 %
NorfolkUp+825£484+1.82 %
NorthamptonshireDown-522£429+11.10 %

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

11031 (26.99 %)Finance
2721 (18.87 %)Project Management
3586 (15.34 %)Banking
4564 (14.76 %)PRINCE2
5528 (13.82 %)ITIL
6320 (8.377 %)Investment Banking
7313 (8.194 %)UNIX
8303 (7.932 %)Business Analysis
9295 (7.723 %)Windows
10283 (7.408 %)Stakeholder Management
11254 (6.649 %)Government
12240 (6.283 %)SAP
13231 (6.047 %)Oracle
14223 (5.838 %)Microsoft
15219 (5.733 %)Retail
16212 (5.550 %)Derivative
17204 (5.340 %)Service Management
18198 (5.183 %)Solaris
19196 (5.131 %)MS Office
20190 (4.974 %)Migration
21184 (4.817 %)Telecoms
22167 (4.372 %)Security Cleared
23166 (4.346 %)Configuration Management
24160 (4.188 %)Back Office
25153 (4.005 %)Service Delivery
25153 (4.005 %)PRINCE2 Certification
26147 (3.848 %)SQL
27141 (3.691 %)Health
28139 (3.639 %)Risk Management
28139 (3.639 %)MS Project

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1124 (3.246 %)Middleware
276 (1.990 %)WebSphere
362 (1.623 %).NET
445 (1.178 %)XML
538 (0.995 %)ASP.NET
629 (0.759 %)J2EE
629 (0.759 %)WebServices
727 (0.707 %)WBIMB
826 (0.681 %)HTML
924 (0.628 %)XSLT
1014 (0.366 %)DOM
1014 (0.366 %)AJAX
1113 (0.340 %)ADO.NET
1211 (0.288 %)WPF
1310 (0.262 %)FpML
148 (0.209 %)Windows SharePoint Services
157 (0.183 %)SAP Basis
166 (0.157 %)CSS
175 (0.131 %)JSP
175 (0.131 %)Application Packaging
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
148 (1.257 %)SharePoint
148 (1.257 %)WebSphere MQ
237 (0.969 %)MS Exchange
332 (0.838 %)WebSphere Application Server
429 (0.759 %)IIS
528 (0.733 %)Gentran
624 (0.628 %)Exchange Server 2003
723 (0.602 %)Lotus Notes
821 (0.550 %)Tomcat
919 (0.497 %)CMS
1017 (0.445 %)Oracle Application Server
1116 (0.419 %)JBoss
1116 (0.419 %)Oracle 10gAS
1116 (0.419 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1214 (0.366 %)Apache
1214 (0.366 %)BizTalk Server
1313 (0.340 %)WebLogic
1412 (0.314 %)Exchange Server 2000
1511 (0.288 %)MQSeries
167 (0.183 %)NetWeaver
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1196 (5.131 %)MS Office
2139 (3.639 %)MS Project
3136 (3.560 %)MS Excel
4113 (2.958 %)MS Visio
557 (1.492 %)MS PowerPoint
630 (0.785 %)CA Clarity
713 (0.340 %)Spreadsheet
84 (0.105 %)InfoPath
93 (0.079 %)Photoshop
93 (0.079 %)Pro/ENGINEER
102 (0.052 %)Open Workbench
111 (0.026 %)Adobe Captivate
111 (0.026 %)AutoCAD
111 (0.026 %)MATLAB
111 (0.026 %)Simulink
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
125 (0.654 %)SAP HR
217 (0.445 %)Oracle EBS
217 (0.445 %)Oracle Applications
316 (0.419 %)Summit
415 (0.393 %)Oracle Financials
513 (0.340 %)assyst
610 (0.262 %)SAP FI
610 (0.262 %)Oracle ERP
79 (0.236 %)Oracle 11i
88 (0.209 %)SAP CO
88 (0.209 %)SAP FI/CO
88 (0.209 %)SAP EHS
97 (0.183 %)SAP CRM
97 (0.183 %)SAP SD
97 (0.183 %)SAP MM
106 (0.157 %)Great Plains
106 (0.157 %)SAP R/3
106 (0.157 %)HFM
106 (0.157 %)SAP ERP
106 (0.157 %)Remedy AR System
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
181 (2.120 %)SAN
257 (1.492 %)Firewall
351 (1.335 %)Internet
441 (1.073 %)TCP/IP
540 (1.047 %)LAN
637 (0.969 %)WAN
729 (0.759 %)SSL
828 (0.733 %)VoIP
926 (0.681 %)DNS
1021 (0.550 %)CTI
1119 (0.497 %)Intranet
1119 (0.497 %)VPN
1119 (0.497 %)LDAP
1119 (0.497 %)IP Telephony
1217 (0.445 %)FTP
1316 (0.419 %)HTTP
1415 (0.393 %)MPLS
1513 (0.340 %)SMS
1513 (0.340 %)SMTP
1612 (0.314 %)DHCP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
199 (2.592 %)SQL Server
236 (0.942 %)Oracle 10g
335 (0.916 %)Oracle 8/8i
426 (0.681 %)Oracle 9i
523 (0.602 %)MS Access
523 (0.602 %)SQL Server 2005
621 (0.550 %)Reference Data
621 (0.550 %)BusinessObjects
714 (0.366 %)SAP BW
714 (0.366 %)Datawarehouse
714 (0.366 %)DB2
812 (0.314 %)ETL
911 (0.288 %)RDBMS
911 (0.288 %)SQL Server 2000
108 (0.209 %)Data Cleansing
108 (0.209 %)Oracle Reports
117 (0.183 %)SQL Server 7
126 (0.157 %)TOAD
135 (0.131 %)MySQL
135 (0.131 %)SQL Server Integration Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
144 (1.152 %)ClearQuest
231 (0.812 %)ClearCase
330 (0.785 %)RequisitePro
418 (0.471 %)TestDirector
517 (0.445 %)VSS/SourceSafe
616 (0.419 %)Oracle Forms
712 (0.314 %)PVCS
810 (0.262 %)Flash
98 (0.209 %)Visual Studio
107 (0.183 %)Ant
116 (0.157 %)Subversion
125 (0.131 %)MSI
125 (0.131 %)Rational Rose
125 (0.131 %)LoadRunner
134 (0.105 %)JIRA
143 (0.079 %)InstallShield
143 (0.079 %)Dreamweaver
143 (0.079 %)JUnit
152 (0.052 %)Eclipse
152 (0.052 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11031 (26.99 %)Finance
2586 (15.34 %)Banking
3320 (8.377 %)Investment Banking
4254 (6.649 %)Government
5219 (5.733 %)Retail
6184 (4.817 %)Telecoms
7160 (4.188 %)Back Office
8141 (3.691 %)Health
9130 (3.403 %)Insurance
10128 (3.351 %)Front Office
1175 (1.963 %)Local Government
1274 (1.937 %)Retail Banking
1356 (1.466 %)Pensions
1449 (1.283 %)Education
1548 (1.257 %)Financial Institution
1646 (1.204 %)Legal
1740 (1.047 %)Law
1838 (0.995 %)Marketing
1935 (0.916 %)General Ledger
2030 (0.785 %)Billing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11101 (28.82 %)Analyst
2790 (20.68 %)Project Manager
3740 (19.37 %)Business Analyst
4287 (7.513 %)Change Manager
5274 (7.173 %)Consultant
6169 (4.424 %)Change Analyst
7159 (4.162 %)Programme Manager
8145 (3.796 %)Administrator
9117 (3.063 %)Business Manager
1091 (2.382 %)Developer
1188 (2.304 %)Banking Business Analyst
1279 (2.068 %)Coordinator
1370 (1.832 %)Service Manager
1467 (1.754 %)Senior Analyst
1467 (1.754 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
1566 (1.728 %)Senior Manager
1659 (1.545 %)Support Analyst
1753 (1.387 %)Support Engineer
1851 (1.335 %)SAP Manager
1950 (1.309 %)Business Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1212 (5.550 %)Derivative
2117 (3.063 %)NHS
391 (2.382 %)Mainframe
486 (2.251 %)Fixed Income
583 (2.173 %)Tandem
673 (1.911 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
760 (1.571 %)Management Information System
856 (1.466 %)Equity Derivative
954 (1.414 %)Credit Derivative
1041 (1.073 %)PMI
1041 (1.073 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1139 (1.021 %)Equities
1236 (0.942 %)CMDB
1333 (0.864 %)Clustering
1417 (0.445 %)Credit Risk
1515 (0.393 %)DTCC
1614 (0.366 %)HACMP
1614 (0.366 %)W3C
1713 (0.340 %)Market Risk
1812 (0.314 %)Client/Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1313 (8.194 %)UNIX
2295 (7.723 %)Windows
3198 (5.183 %)Solaris
4127 (3.325 %)AIX
592 (2.408 %)HPUX
677 (2.016 %)Linux
748 (1.257 %)Windows NT
839 (1.021 %)Windows Server 2003
931 (0.812 %)Windows 2000
1021 (0.550 %)Windows XP
117 (0.183 %)MVS
126 (0.157 %)Windows Mobile
135 (0.131 %)Tru64
135 (0.131 %)VMS
144 (0.105 %)zOS
152 (0.052 %)OS/400
152 (0.052 %)NetWare
161 (0.026 %)OS/390
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1721 (18.87 %)Project Management
2564 (14.76 %)PRINCE2
3528 (13.82 %)ITIL
4303 (7.932 %)Business Analysis
5283 (7.408 %)Stakeholder Management
6204 (5.340 %)Service Management
7190 (4.974 %)Migration
8167 (4.372 %)Security Cleared
9166 (4.346 %)Configuration Management
10153 (4.005 %)Service Delivery
11139 (3.639 %)Risk Management
12138 (3.613 %)Project Planning
13132 (3.455 %)BPR
14131 (3.429 %)Incident Management
15128 (3.351 %)Programme Management
16123 (3.220 %)User Acceptance Testing
17111 (2.906 %)PRINCE
18100 (2.618 %)Six Sigma
1991 (2.382 %)Asset Management
2088 (2.304 %)Problem Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1147 (3.848 %)SQL
2118 (3.089 %)Shell Script
356 (1.466 %)Java
448 (1.257 %)C#
539 (1.021 %)C
635 (0.916 %)Perl
722 (0.576 %)PHP
722 (0.576 %)PL/SQL
815 (0.393 %)JavaScript
914 (0.366 %)VBA
1013 (0.340 %)VBScript
1013 (0.340 %)VB
1111 (0.288 %)Korn
129 (0.236 %)JCL
129 (0.236 %)Transact-SQL
138 (0.209 %)ABAP
147 (0.183 %)REXX
156 (0.157 %)C++
163 (0.079 %)COBOL
163 (0.079 %)RPG
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1153 (4.005 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2136 (3.560 %)ITIL Certification
399 (2.592 %)Degree
452 (1.361 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
536 (0.942 %)PMI Certification
634 (0.890 %)Microsoft Certification
731 (0.812 %)PMP
826 (0.681 %)MCSE
922 (0.576 %)ISEB
922 (0.576 %)Cisco Certification
1021 (0.550 %)ACCA
1120 (0.524 %)CIMA
1213 (0.340 %)CCNA
1311 (0.288 %)CCNP
149 (0.236 %)CAPM
157 (0.183 %)ISEB Practitioner
157 (0.183 %)Citrix Certification
166 (0.157 %)CIPD
175 (0.131 %)MCSA
183 (0.079 %)CCIE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
178 (2.042 %)SLA
272 (1.885 %)QA
333 (0.864 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
423 (0.602 %)Basel II
516 (0.419 %)ISO27001
67 (0.183 %)COBIT
67 (0.183 %)BS15000
75 (0.131 %)MiFID
75 (0.131 %)BS7799
84 (0.105 %)ISO9001
93 (0.079 %)GxP
93 (0.079 %)TickIT
93 (0.079 %)HL7
93 (0.079 %)ISO9000
102 (0.052 %)GAAP
102 (0.052 %)WAI
102 (0.052 %)21 CFR Part 11
102 (0.052 %)GCP
102 (0.052 %)GMP
102 (0.052 %)GLP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
176 (1.990 %)Active Directory
243 (1.126 %)NetBackup
338 (0.995 %)Oracle RAC
419 (0.497 %)VMware ESX
517 (0.445 %)VMware Infrastructure
616 (0.419 %)Oracle RMAN
713 (0.340 %)NFS
84 (0.105 %)MetaFrame
84 (0.105 %)Backup Exec
93 (0.079 %)RACF
93 (0.079 %)Samba
102 (0.052 %)MSMQ
102 (0.052 %)Terminal Server
102 (0.052 %)Terminal Services
102 (0.052 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
111 (0.026 %)Citrix Presentation Server
111 (0.026 %)VMware Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1131 (3.429 %)Tivoli
284 (2.199 %)OMEGAMON
336 (0.942 %)OpenView
433 (0.864 %)ServiceCenter
523 (0.602 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
69 (0.236 %)Netcool
69 (0.236 %)EMC NetWorker
77 (0.183 %)CONTROL-M
77 (0.183 %)CiscoWorks
77 (0.183 %)Unicenter
86 (0.157 %)AutoSys
95 (0.131 %)HP Data Protector
104 (0.105 %)AssetCenter
104 (0.105 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
104 (0.105 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
113 (0.079 %)Legato
113 (0.079 %)OVSD
113 (0.079 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
122 (0.052 %)BMC PATROL
122 (0.052 %)SCOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1240 (6.283 %)SAP
2231 (6.047 %)Oracle
3223 (5.838 %)Microsoft
4125 (3.272 %)HP
5112 (2.932 %)Remedy
699 (2.592 %)Cisco
764 (1.675 %)Sun
862 (1.623 %)VERITAS
961 (1.597 %)IBM
1050 (1.309 %)Calypso
1139 (1.021 %)EMC
1229 (0.759 %)VMware
1327 (0.707 %)Citrix
1426 (0.681 %)PeopleSoft
1524 (0.628 %)Dell
1623 (0.602 %)Lotus
1721 (0.550 %)Business Objects
1721 (0.550 %)Siebel
1820 (0.524 %)Sybase
1917 (0.445 %)Hyperion
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