The first table below looks at the demand for ChangeMan skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ChangeMan over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Development Applications category.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Serena ChangeMan
Rank 543 578 584
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +6
Contract jobs citing ChangeMan 11 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.023% 0.019% 0.005%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.207% 0.200% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £375 £294 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.65% -2.08%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £225 £300
% change year-on-year
+66.66% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 -
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5315 5495 6670
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.92% 9.463% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3327 3245 3886
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £589
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
- +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 222 287
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.98 £23.60 £26.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.85%

ChangeMan
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ChangeMan within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

ChangeMan Jobs Demand Trend

ChangeMan
Daily Rate Trend

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

ChangeMan Daily Rate Trend

ChangeMan
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ChangeMan Hourly Rate Trend

ChangeMan
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ChangeMan within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +14 9 £375 +27.65%
Scotland - - - -
Chester - - - -
Glasgow - - - -
London - - - -
Nottingham - - - -
Cheshire - - - -
Nottinghamshire - - - -
East Midlands - - - -
North West - - - -

ChangeMan
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ChangeMan 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 ChangeMan.

1 18 (85.71%) Mainframe
2 11 (52.38%) CICS
3 10 (47.62%) zOS
3 10 (47.62%) Finance
4 9 (42.86%) Control-M
4 9 (42.86%) COBOL
5 8 (38.10%) SAS
5 8 (38.10%) IBM
5 8 (38.10%) JCL
5 8 (38.10%) REXX
5 8 (38.10%) ISPF
5 8 (38.10%) Release Management
6 7 (33.33%) Problem Management
6 7 (33.33%) SLA
7 6 (28.57%) CA
7 6 (28.57%) CA Endevor
8 4 (19.05%) Linux
8 4 (19.05%) DB2
9 3 (14.29%) MS Office
9 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
9 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
9 3 (14.29%) Banking
10 2 (9.524%) Retail
10 2 (9.524%) MS PowerPoint
10 2 (9.524%) Retail Banking
10 2 (9.524%) Business Development
10 2 (9.524%) French Language
10 2 (9.524%) IBM Mainframe
10 2 (9.524%) PL/1
10 2 (9.524%) RACF

ChangeMan
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing ChangeMan 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 ChangeMan. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (38.10%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 11 (52.38%) CICS
2 8 (38.10%) SAS
3 1 (4.762%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (4.762%) IIS
3 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) MS Office
1 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 2 (9.524%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.762%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) DB2
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Banking
3 2 (9.524%) Retail
3 2 (9.524%) Retail Banking
3 2 (9.524%) French Language
4 1 (4.762%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Programmer
2 4 (19.05%) Technical Support
3 3 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Mainframe Programmer
4 2 (9.524%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (4.762%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Systems Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) Mainframe Analyst Programmer
5 1 (4.762%) SharePoint Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Automation Specialist
5 1 (4.762%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (85.71%) Mainframe
2 2 (9.524%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) zOS
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
3 2 (9.524%) UNIX
3 2 (9.524%) Windows
4 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Release Management
2 7 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (9.524%) Business Development
3 2 (9.524%) ITIL
4 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (42.86%) COBOL
2 8 (38.10%) REXX
2 8 (38.10%) JCL
3 2 (9.524%) PL/1
3 2 (9.524%) SQL
4 1 (4.762%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.762%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.524%) RACF
2 1 (4.762%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Control-M
2 6 (28.57%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) IBM
2 6 (28.57%) CA
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft