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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Performance Management skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Performance Management over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkPerformance Management
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank239189250
Rank change year-on-year
Down-50Up+61
Matching contract IT job ads291293446
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.602 %0.743 %0.543 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.023 %1.401 %1.090 %
Daily rates quoted11882117
Average daily rate£400£350£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£188£212
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£350£300
% change year-on-year
+14.28 %+16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted212919
Average hourly rate£19.50£19.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.630 %-13.63 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£17.00£15.80
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£29.00£30.00£42.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.20£19.00£26.25
% change year-on-year
-4.210 %-27.61 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
284392091640911
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK58.87 %53.02 %49.77 %
Daily rates quoted13684739614067
Average daily rate£410£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£235£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted114812112463
Average hourly rate£25.00£27.50£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %-8.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.21£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£42.50£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %

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.

Performance Management
Demand Trend

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

Performance Management Demand Trend

Performance Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Performance Management Daily Rate Trend

Performance Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Management within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Performance Management Daily Rate Histogram

Performance Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Performance Management Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Performance Management within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Performance Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Performance Management
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Management within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-40265£400+14.28 %
LondonDown-37136£405+15.71 %
South EastDown-3444£405+47.27 %
City of LondonDown-5031£400+14.28 %
North WestDown-323£138-57.69 %
West MidlandsUp+2217£400-
ScotlandDown-716£594+35.65 %
SurreyNo change014£405-
ManchesterNo change013£138+2.99 %
South WestDown-711£400+21.58 %
East MidlandsUp+310£380-
BerkshireDown-289£320+16.36 %
East of EnglandDown-27£425+54.54 %
GlasgowDown-57£220-49.71 %
HampshireUp+26£425+21.42 %
YorkshireDown-45£150-55.55 %
NottinghamNew entry-5£650-
NottinghamshireNew entry-5£650-
Canary WharfNew entry-5£600-
CoventryUp+44£440-
MiddlesexDown-164£383+15.90 %
Sunbury-on-ThamesNew entry-4£405-
North EastUp+123--
HertfordshireUp+103£425-
AberdeenUp+43£617-
WalesDown-33£360+37.14 %
BuckinghamshireDown-43--
Docklands, LondonDown-73£365+12.30 %
EdinburghNew entry-3£330-
SwindonNew entry-3£400-

Performance Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Performance 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 Performance Management.

1110 (19.20 %)Oracle
297 (16.93 %)Project Management
386 (15.01 %)Finance
474 (12.91 %)UNIX
572 (12.57 %)SQL
665 (11.34 %)NHS
761 (10.65 %)Government
856 (9.773 %)Health
954 (9.424 %)Linux
954 (9.424 %)Business Intelligence
1052 (9.075 %)Banking
1146 (8.028 %)Management Information System
1242 (7.330 %)Microsoft
1340 (6.981 %)ITIL
1439 (6.806 %)PRINCE2
1538 (6.632 %)SQL Server
1538 (6.632 %)SAP
1635 (6.108 %)MS Excel
1732 (5.585 %)Telecoms
1732 (5.585 %)Local Government
1830 (5.236 %)Security Cleared
1830 (5.236 %)Red Hat Linux
1928 (4.887 %)QA
1928 (4.887 %)Oracle BI EE
1928 (4.887 %)Red Hat
1928 (4.887 %)Windows
1928 (4.887 %)Perl
1928 (4.887 %)Hyperion
2026 (4.538 %)Change Management
2026 (4.538 %)Resource Management

Performance Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Performance 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 Performance Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
123 (4.014 %)STL
215 (2.618 %)J2EE
313 (2.269 %).NET
49 (1.571 %)WebSphere
55 (0.873 %)SAP Basis
55 (0.873 %)HTML
55 (0.873 %)ASP.NET
55 (0.873 %)CSS
64 (0.698 %)XML
64 (0.698 %).NET Framework
73 (0.524 %)AJAX
73 (0.524 %)ASP
82 (0.349 %)Middleware
82 (0.349 %)Web Services
82 (0.349 %)XHTML
82 (0.349 %)Flash
82 (0.349 %)NHibernate
82 (0.349 %)SAP PI
82 (0.349 %)Adobe Flex
91 (0.175 %)SAP XI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (1.222 %)Apache
26 (1.047 %)Lotus Domino
34 (0.698 %)ArcGIS
34 (0.698 %)WebLogic
43 (0.524 %)Exchange Server 2007
43 (0.524 %)AquaLogic
43 (0.524 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (0.524 %)WebSphere Process Server
43 (0.524 %)MS Exchange
43 (0.524 %)WebSphere Application Server
43 (0.524 %)Tomcat
52 (0.349 %)NetWeaver
52 (0.349 %)WebSphere MQ
52 (0.349 %)Rendezvous
52 (0.349 %)SharePoint
52 (0.349 %)ColdFusion
52 (0.349 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
52 (0.349 %)Confluence
52 (0.349 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.175 %)WebSphere Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
135 (6.108 %)MS Excel
220 (3.490 %)MS Office
318 (3.141 %)MS Visio
414 (2.443 %)MS PowerPoint
59 (1.571 %)Spreadsheet
66 (1.047 %)MS Project
73 (0.524 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
118 (3.141 %)Oracle EBS R12
216 (2.792 %)Oracle EBS
216 (2.792 %)SAP HR
310 (1.745 %)SAP HCM
46 (1.047 %)SAP HR-PD
54 (0.698 %)SAP ERP
54 (0.698 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
63 (0.524 %)SAP BPC
63 (0.524 %)Oracle Applications
72 (0.349 %)HFM
72 (0.349 %)Hyperion Enterprise
72 (0.349 %)SAP SCM
72 (0.349 %)SAP EBP
72 (0.349 %)SAP CRM
72 (0.349 %)Hyperion Planning
72 (0.349 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
72 (0.349 %)SAP SRM
72 (0.349 %)SAP HR-PA
81 (0.175 %)Cognos Planning
81 (0.175 %)Google Analytics
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
122 (3.839 %)SAN
221 (3.665 %)GSM
221 (3.665 %)UMTS
311 (1.920 %)TCP/IP
48 (1.396 %)DNS
57 (1.222 %)DHCP
66 (1.047 %)Firewall
75 (0.873 %)Internet
84 (0.698 %)3G
93 (0.524 %)WAN
102 (0.349 %)IPsec
102 (0.349 %)MPLS
102 (0.349 %)LAN
102 (0.349 %)BSS
102 (0.349 %)FCAPS
111 (0.175 %)Network Security
111 (0.175 %)VSAT
111 (0.175 %)Intrusion Detection
111 (0.175 %)BIG-IP
111 (0.175 %)CDMA
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
138 (6.632 %)SQL Server
228 (4.887 %)Oracle BI EE
323 (4.014 %)OLTP
421 (3.665 %)Datawarehouse
520 (3.490 %)BusinessObjects
616 (2.792 %)SQL Server 2005
715 (2.618 %)DB2
812 (2.094 %)MySQL
98 (1.396 %)SQL Server Integration Services
98 (1.396 %)QlikView
107 (1.222 %)MS Access
107 (1.222 %)Oracle Reports
107 (1.222 %)SQL Server 2000
116 (1.047 %)GIS
116 (1.047 %)ETL
116 (1.047 %)Oracle 10g
116 (1.047 %)Essbase
124 (0.698 %)Oracle 9i
124 (0.698 %)Oracle Discoverer
124 (0.698 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (0.698 %)LoadRunner
23 (0.524 %)Oracle APEX
32 (0.349 %)LSMW
32 (0.349 %)JIRA
41 (0.175 %)StarTeam
41 (0.175 %)TestDirector
41 (0.175 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (0.175 %)JUnit
41 (0.175 %)ClearCase
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
186 (15.01 %)Finance
261 (10.65 %)Government
356 (9.773 %)Health
452 (9.075 %)Banking
532 (5.585 %)Telecoms
532 (5.585 %)Local Government
618 (3.141 %)Investment Banking
714 (2.443 %)Front Office
812 (2.094 %)Retail
97 (1.222 %)Education
106 (1.047 %)Back Office
106 (1.047 %)Insurance
106 (1.047 %)Military
115 (0.873 %)Marketing
124 (0.698 %)Auditing
124 (0.698 %)Retail Banking
124 (0.698 %)Corporate Banking
124 (0.698 %)Criminal Justice
133 (0.524 %)Police
133 (0.524 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1122 (21.29 %)Analyst
263 (10.99 %)Developer
338 (6.632 %)Project Manager
437 (6.457 %)Consultant
536 (6.283 %)Business Analyst
631 (5.410 %)Architect
725 (4.363 %)Performance Analyst
822 (3.839 %)Administrator
921 (3.665 %)C++ Developer
1019 (3.316 %)Operations Manager
1019 (3.316 %)SAP Consultant
1118 (3.141 %)Information Analyst
1215 (2.618 %)Team Leader
1314 (2.443 %)Performance Manager
1413 (2.269 %)Data Analyst
1413 (2.269 %)Support Analyst
1413 (2.269 %)Systems Administrator
1512 (2.094 %)Systems Analyst
1512 (2.094 %)Programme Manager
1512 (2.094 %)SQL Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
165 (11.34 %)NHS
246 (8.028 %)Management Information System
323 (4.014 %)Fixed Income
412 (2.094 %)Equities
58 (1.396 %)Statistics
58 (1.396 %)iSeries
67 (1.222 %)Open Source
67 (1.222 %)Blackberry
76 (1.047 %)AS400
85 (0.873 %)LPAR
85 (0.873 %)Clustering
94 (0.698 %)NPfIT
103 (0.524 %)Firmware
112 (0.349 %)Mainframe
112 (0.349 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
112 (0.349 %)Client/Server
112 (0.349 %)CLARiiON
112 (0.349 %)Replication
112 (0.349 %)FMCG
112 (0.349 %)Learning Management System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
174 (12.91 %)UNIX
254 (9.424 %)Linux
330 (5.236 %)Red Hat Linux
428 (4.887 %)Windows
514 (2.443 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
613 (2.269 %)Solaris
712 (2.094 %)AIX
86 (1.047 %)Windows Server 2003
86 (1.047 %)Windows XP
94 (0.698 %)Windows 2000
103 (0.524 %)Windows NT
103 (0.524 %)HPUX
112 (0.349 %)Windows Server 2008
112 (0.349 %)Windows 2000 Server
121 (0.175 %)CentOS
121 (0.175 %)Fedora
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
197 (16.93 %)Project Management
254 (9.424 %)Business Intelligence
340 (6.981 %)ITIL
439 (6.806 %)PRINCE2
526 (4.538 %)Change Management
526 (4.538 %)Resource Management
625 (4.363 %)Business Analysis
724 (4.188 %)Data Analysis
823 (4.014 %)SOA
922 (3.839 %)Data Modelling
922 (3.839 %)Service Delivery
922 (3.839 %)Release Management
1021 (3.665 %)Programme Management
1120 (3.490 %)Stakeholder Management
1120 (3.490 %)Risk Management
1217 (2.967 %)Capacity Planning
1314 (2.443 %)CMMI
1314 (2.443 %)Business Performance Management
1413 (2.269 %)Service Management
1512 (2.094 %)Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
172 (12.57 %)SQL
228 (4.887 %)Perl
323 (4.014 %)C++
420 (3.490 %)Shell Script
517 (2.967 %)Java
615 (2.618 %)PL/SQL
714 (2.443 %)C
714 (2.443 %)Korn
813 (2.269 %)Python
910 (1.745 %)Bash shell
108 (1.396 %)C#
116 (1.047 %)JavaScript
116 (1.047 %)PHP
125 (0.873 %)VBA
125 (0.873 %)VBScript
134 (0.698 %)VB.NET
143 (0.524 %)VB
152 (0.349 %)T-SQL
152 (0.349 %)Jython
161 (0.175 %)Bourne shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
130 (5.236 %)Security Cleared
216 (2.792 %)PMI Certification
216 (2.792 %)Degree
216 (2.792 %)SC Cleared
315 (2.618 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
315 (2.618 %)PMP
47 (1.222 %)DV Cleared
55 (0.873 %)CTC Cleared
63 (0.524 %)CCSA
63 (0.524 %)Cisco Certification
72 (0.349 %)CCAB
72 (0.349 %)ACCA
72 (0.349 %)CCNA
72 (0.349 %)CIPD
72 (0.349 %)MCTS
81 (0.175 %)BC Cleared
81 (0.175 %)ISEB
81 (0.175 %)CCSP
81 (0.175 %)RHCE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (4.887 %)QA
224 (4.188 %)SLA
37 (1.222 %)COBIT
43 (0.524 %)ISO27001
43 (0.524 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.175 %)PCI DSS
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (1.222 %)Veritas File System
25 (0.873 %)VMware Infrastructure
25 (0.873 %)NFS
32 (0.349 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.175 %)SRDF
41 (0.175 %)EMC RecoverPoint
41 (0.175 %)Squid
41 (0.175 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (1.920 %)Tivoli
111 (1.920 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
23 (0.524 %)Netcool/Proviso
23 (0.524 %)Tivoli Monitoring
23 (0.524 %)Netcool
32 (0.349 %)OpenView
32 (0.349 %)CA Endevor
32 (0.349 %)NetBackup
32 (0.349 %)Netcool/Webtop
41 (0.175 %)BMC Performance Manager
41 (0.175 %)OVPI
41 (0.175 %)OVPM
41 (0.175 %)Sun Identity Manager
41 (0.175 %)Cacti
41 (0.175 %)EMC TimeFinder
41 (0.175 %)EMC Navisphere
41 (0.175 %)HP NNM
41 (0.175 %)OVOU
41 (0.175 %)BMC PATROL
41 (0.175 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1110 (19.20 %)Oracle
242 (7.330 %)Microsoft
338 (6.632 %)SAP
428 (4.887 %)Red Hat
428 (4.887 %)Hyperion
525 (4.363 %)Siebel
620 (3.490 %)Business Objects
715 (2.618 %)EMC
814 (2.443 %)IBM
814 (2.443 %)Cognos
912 (2.094 %)VMware
1010 (1.745 %)Sun
1010 (1.745 %)Veritas
118 (1.396 %)Teradata
127 (1.222 %)FileNet
127 (1.222 %)HP
127 (1.222 %)Sybase
127 (1.222 %)JBoss
127 (1.222 %)NetApp
127 (1.222 %)Symantec