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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Procurement Officer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Procurement Officer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

 Procurement Officer
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank467416593
Rank change year-on-year
Down-51Up+177
Matching contract IT job ads103813
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.021 %0.095 %0.016 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.023 %0.104 %0.017 %
Daily rates quoted7104
Average daily rate£265£260£225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.920 %+15.55 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£136£206£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£347£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£265£279£200
% change year-on-year
-4.930 %+39.37 %
Hourly rates quoted031
Average hourly rate-£16.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--23.80 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£16.00-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
432233671075879
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.47 %91.35 %93.05 %
Daily rates quoted197171169923343
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£215£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted247030956675
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.500 %-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-9.090 %

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.

Procurement Officer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Procurement Officer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Procurement Officer Demand Trend

Procurement Officer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Procurement Officer Daily Rate Trend

Procurement Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Procurement Officer within the UK over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

Procurement Officer Daily Rate Histogram

Procurement Officer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Procurement Officer Hourly Rate Trend

Procurement Officer
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Procurement Officer within the UK over the 3 months to 15 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-5810£265+1.92 %
West MidlandsUp+82£265+24.70 %
South WestDown-92£275+6.79 %
South EastDown-112£400+15.94 %
LondonDown-732£230-11.53 %
BuckinghamshireNew entry-2£400-
Milton KeynesNew entry-2£400-
CoventryDown-41--
North WestDown-81£137-
City of LondonDown-631£325-
ManchesterNew entry-1£137-
YorkshireNew entry-1--
WarwickshireNew entry-1£265-
SomersetNew entry-1£400-
DorsetNew entry-1£150-

Procurement Officer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Procurement Officer in their job title 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 with Procurement Officer in their job title.

14 (22.22 %)E-Procurement
23 (16.67 %)MS Office
23 (16.67 %)Legal
32 (11.11 %)MS Visio
32 (11.11 %)Microsoft
32 (11.11 %)NHS
32 (11.11 %)Oracle
32 (11.11 %)Change Management
32 (11.11 %)Finance
32 (11.11 %)SC Cleared
32 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
32 (11.11 %)Government
41 (5.556 %)Construction
41 (5.556 %)Education
41 (5.556 %)Service Delivery
41 (5.556 %)Ariba
41 (5.556 %)SAP
41 (5.556 %)MS Excel
41 (5.556 %)Programme Management
41 (5.556 %)Supplier Management
41 (5.556 %)Local Government
41 (5.556 %)Statistics
41 (5.556 %)QA
41 (5.556 %)Time Management
41 (5.556 %)Performance Management

Procurement Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Procurement Officer in their job title 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 with Procurement Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (16.67 %)MS Office
22 (11.11 %)MS Visio
31 (5.556 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Legal
22 (11.11 %)Finance
22 (11.11 %)Government
31 (5.556 %)Construction
31 (5.556 %)Education
31 (5.556 %)Local Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (11.11 %)NHS
21 (5.556 %)Statistics
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (22.22 %)E-Procurement
22 (11.11 %)Change Management
31 (5.556 %)Service Delivery
31 (5.556 %)Programme Management
31 (5.556 %)Supplier Management
31 (5.556 %)Time Management
31 (5.556 %)Performance Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (11.11 %)SC Cleared
12 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.556 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (11.11 %)Oracle
12 (11.11 %)Microsoft
21 (5.556 %)Ariba
21 (5.556 %)SAP