The first table below looks at the demand for IT Governance skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Governance over the 3 months to 21 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.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Governance
Rank 501 489 501
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +12
Contract jobs citing IT Governance 39 92 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.083% 0.157% 0.131%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.117% 0.232% 0.194%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 75 65
Average daily rate £425 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £378 £300 £344
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £500 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £390 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.97% +11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £22.50
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
33459 39616 40749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 19984 22785 23155
Average daily rate £413 £401 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.99% -8.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £580 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 998 1285 1448
Average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%

IT Governance
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IT Governance within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

IT Governance Jobs Demand Trend

IT Governance
Daily Rate Trend

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

IT Governance Daily Rate Trend

IT Governance
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Governance within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

IT Governance Daily Rate Histogram

IT Governance
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IT Governance Hourly Rate Trend

IT Governance
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Governance within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +1 37 £413 -13.15%
London -24 23 £425 -10.52%
South East +23 11 £388 -11.93%
City of London +4 9 £425 -10.52%
Berkshire +14 6 £350 -33.33%
Windsor - 3 £400 -
Surrey - 2 £300 -
Reading +7 1 - -
Milton Keynes +7 1 £725 +314.28%
Buckinghamshire 0 1 £725 +314.28%
Hampshire -13 1 £375 -59.45%
Channel Islands - 1 £463 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 £450 -
M4 Corridor - 1 £750 -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Staines - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 £450 -
Jersey - 1 £463 -
Havant - 1 £375 -

IT Governance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing IT Governance 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 IT Governance.

1 49 (48.51%) ITIL
1 49 (48.51%) Project Management
2 45 (44.55%) PRINCE2
3 43 (42.57%) COBIT
4 40 (39.60%) Fixed Income
5 38 (37.62%) Risk Management
6 33 (32.67%) Microsoft
7 32 (31.68%) MS Excel
7 32 (31.68%) Banking
8 31 (30.69%) Finance
8 31 (30.69%) Portfolio Management
9 30 (29.70%) Process Improvement
10 28 (27.72%) Scrum
10 28 (27.72%) UML
10 28 (27.72%) RUP
11 27 (26.73%) MS Visio
11 27 (26.73%) Equities
11 27 (26.73%) Performance Management
12 25 (24.75%) Service Management
13 24 (23.76%) MS Project
13 24 (23.76%) PMI
13 24 (23.76%) PMI Certification
14 23 (22.77%) Six Sigma
14 23 (22.77%) CMMI
14 23 (22.77%) Project Governance
15 21 (20.79%) HP Quality Center
16 20 (19.80%) Six Sigma Black Belt
16 20 (19.80%) Test Management
16 20 (19.80%) Regression Testing
16 20 (19.80%) Configuration Management

IT Governance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing IT Governance 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 IT Governance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (3.960%) SAP XI
2 1 (0.990%) Middleware
2 1 (0.990%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.970%) SharePoint
1 3 (2.970%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 32 (31.68%) MS Excel
2 27 (26.73%) MS Visio
3 24 (23.76%) MS Project
4 13 (12.87%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.990%) SAP R/3
1 1 (0.990%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.970%) SAN
2 2 (1.980%) IP Telephony
2 2 (1.980%) LAN
2 2 (1.980%) WAN
2 2 (1.980%) DHCP
2 2 (1.980%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.980%) DNS
3 1 (0.990%) HTTP
3 1 (0.990%) BSS
3 1 (0.990%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.950%) SAP BW
2 2 (1.980%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.990%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (0.990%) DB2
Development Applications
1 20 (19.80%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (0.990%) LoadRunner
General
1 32 (31.68%) Banking
2 31 (30.69%) Finance
3 19 (18.81%) Investment Banking
4 6 (5.941%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.960%) Retail
6 2 (1.980%) Danish Language
6 2 (1.980%) Advertising
6 2 (1.980%) Billing
6 2 (1.980%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.990%) Law
7 1 (0.990%) Legal
7 1 (0.990%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.990%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (27.72%) Analyst
2 13 (12.87%) Project Manager
2 13 (12.87%) Process Analyst
2 13 (12.87%) QA Manager
2 13 (12.87%) Process Improvement Analyst
3 11 (10.89%) Architect
4 9 (8.911%) Portfolio Manager
5 6 (5.941%) Coordinator
6 5 (4.950%) Risk Analyst
6 5 (4.950%) Consultant
6 5 (4.950%) Lead Architect
7 4 (3.960%) Lead Data Architect
7 4 (3.960%) Process Improvement Consultant
7 4 (3.960%) IT Risk Analyst
7 4 (3.960%) Data Architect
7 4 (3.960%) Process Consultant
7 4 (3.960%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.960%) Technical Architect
8 3 (2.970%) Tester
8 3 (2.970%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 40 (39.60%) Fixed Income
2 27 (26.73%) Equities
3 24 (23.76%) PMI
4 7 (6.931%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.960%) Computer Science
6 3 (2.970%) E-Learning
7 1 (0.990%) NHS
7 1 (0.990%) AS400
7 1 (0.990%) SaaS
7 1 (0.990%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.990%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.950%) Windows
2 2 (1.980%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (1.980%) Linux
2 2 (1.980%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.990%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (48.51%) ITIL
1 49 (48.51%) Project Management
2 45 (44.55%) PRINCE2
3 38 (37.62%) Risk Management
4 31 (30.69%) Portfolio Management
5 30 (29.70%) Process Improvement
6 28 (27.72%) Scrum
6 28 (27.72%) UML
6 28 (27.72%) RUP
7 27 (26.73%) Performance Management
8 25 (24.75%) Service Management
9 23 (22.77%) Six Sigma
9 23 (22.77%) CMMI
9 23 (22.77%) Project Governance
10 20 (19.80%) Test Management
10 20 (19.80%) Regression Testing
10 20 (19.80%) Configuration Management
11 17 (16.83%) Service Delivery
12 14 (13.86%) SOA
13 13 (12.87%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.970%) C
2 2 (1.980%) VBScript
2 2 (1.980%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (23.76%) PMI Certification
2 20 (19.80%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 9 (8.911%) Degree
4 5 (4.950%) ISEB
4 5 (4.950%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (2.970%) CISSP
6 2 (1.980%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (1.980%) CISA
6 2 (1.980%) CISM
6 2 (1.980%) GIAC
6 2 (1.980%) SSCP
7 1 (0.990%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.990%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.990%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.990%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (42.57%) COBIT
2 16 (15.84%) QA
3 6 (5.941%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (4.950%) SLA
5 4 (3.960%) Basel II
6 3 (2.970%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.990%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.990%) COSO
7 1 (0.990%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 3 (2.970%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.970%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.990%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 1 (0.990%) XenApp
2 1 (0.990%) XenServer
2 1 (0.990%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (20.79%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.980%) Tivoli
2 2 (1.980%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 2 (1.980%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (0.990%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (32.67%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.901%) Niku
3 8 (7.921%) SAP
4 4 (3.960%) Business Objects
5 3 (2.970%) Citrix
5 3 (2.970%) VMware
6 2 (1.980%) Cisco
6 2 (1.980%) IBM
6 2 (1.980%) EMC
7 1 (0.990%) Veritas
7 1 (0.990%) Oracle
7 1 (0.990%) HP
7 1 (0.990%) Progress
7 1 (0.990%) AppSense
7 1 (0.990%) Mitel
City of London
Education (Preferred): ITIL Foundation ITIL Practitioner Practitioner Certificate in PRINCE2 Cobit Degree level Work Experience (Essential): Has in-depth commercial and technical expertise in IT service management and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
IT Project Manager based in Cheshire
Skills and Experience: - Prince2 qualified - Ability to manage multiple complex IT projects - Possess a broad knowledge of the business and its core business functions - Candidates must have a...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £30,000 to £35,000 (plus excellent company benefits)
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
As a minimum requirement, successful candidates will have the following: - Operational Risk Methodologies and their implementation - IT governance framework knowledge - COBIT, ITIL - MI analysis and reporting to senior...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
A technology consultancy is looking for a BMC Tools Subject Matter Expert to join them on a largegreenfieldproject. The Tools SME will be working within the IT governance...
ComputAppoint
Rate: Market rates
Posted: 20 May 2013