The first table below looks at the demand for Resource 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 Resource Management 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
Resource Management
Rank 253 282 306
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +24
Contract jobs citing Resource Management 331 353 314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.701% 0.604% 0.522%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.989% 0.891% 0.771%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 213 189
Average daily rate £410 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £543 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £390 £375
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 6
Average hourly rate £19.58 £32.50 £19.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.76% +64.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.64 £17.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.52 £41.50 £27.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.58 £32.50 £19.72
% change year-on-year
-39.76% +64.80%
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%

Resource Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Resource Management Jobs Demand Trend

Resource Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Resource Management Daily Rate Trend

Resource Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Resource Management Daily Rate Histogram

Resource Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Resource Management Hourly Rate Trend

Resource 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 Resource Management 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 +31 293 £425 +6.25%
London +26 141 £475 +7.64%
South East +6 69 £425 +6.25%
City of London +11 31 £488 +8.33%
Berkshire +15 27 £413 +26.92%
Scotland -10 24 £351 -9.35%
Reading +12 21 £413 -2.94%
Yorkshire +12 21 £385 -8.87%
East of England +24 20 £359 -22.22%
Surrey +11 16 £500 +35.31%
North West +7 15 £375 -
West Yorkshire +3 12 £350 -16.66%
Glasgow -11 11 £365 -8.75%
South West +8 10 £311 -11.28%
Leeds -1 10 £335 +21.81%
West Midlands +9 9 £338 +25.00%
Sunbury-on-Thames +5 8 £550 +44.92%
Hampshire -14 7 £215 -37.68%
Stirling - 7 £385 -
Hertfordshire +17 6 £425 +3.03%
Edinburgh +8 6 £318 -23.03%
Norwich - 6 £320 -
Norfolk - 6 £320 -
Manchester +11 5 £285 +14.00%
Oxfordshire +5 5 £300 +41.17%
Cheshire -2 5 £375 +1.35%
East Midlands -2 5 £394 +12.50%
Cambridgeshire - 5 £398 -
Oxford +7 4 £300 +41.17%
Birmingham +3 4 £295 +22.91%

Resource Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 307 (44.36%) Project Management
2 285 (41.18%) Finance
3 176 (25.43%) PRINCE2
4 125 (18.06%) Stakeholder Management
5 90 (13.01%) MS Excel
5 90 (13.01%) Banking
6 89 (12.86%) Change Management
7 76 (10.98%) Degree
8 71 (10.26%) Programme Management
9 65 (9.393%) Oracle
10 64 (9.249%) SharePoint
11 60 (8.671%) Telecoms
12 55 (7.948%) ERP
12 55 (7.948%) MS Project
13 54 (7.803%) .NET
14 51 (7.370%) Java
14 51 (7.370%) Microsoft
15 49 (7.081%) SAP
16 48 (6.936%) PMI Certification
17 47 (6.792%) Retail
18 46 (6.647%) Migration
19 45 (6.503%) ITIL
19 45 (6.503%) MS PowerPoint
20 44 (6.358%) MS Office
20 44 (6.358%) Risk Management
20 44 (6.358%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 43 (6.214%) Project Planning
22 39 (5.636%) Service Delivery
22 39 (5.636%) Security Cleared
23 37 (5.347%) PMP

Resource Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 54 (7.803%) .NET
2 14 (2.023%) J2EE
3 10 (1.445%) CSS
3 10 (1.445%) Ajax
4 7 (1.012%) Web Services
4 7 (1.012%) HTML5
5 6 (0.867%) ASP.NET
5 6 (0.867%) HTML
6 5 (0.723%) JSON
6 5 (0.723%) Middleware
6 5 (0.723%) XML
7 2 (0.289%) iOS SDK
7 2 (0.289%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.289%) Flash
7 2 (0.289%) ADO
7 2 (0.289%) jQuery
8 1 (0.145%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.145%) MooTools
8 1 (0.145%) Google Maps API
8 1 (0.145%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 64 (9.249%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.867%) Lync
2 6 (0.867%) MS Exchange
3 5 (0.723%) SAS
3 5 (0.723%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.578%) CMS
5 3 (0.434%) Liferay
5 3 (0.434%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (0.289%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.289%) IIS
6 2 (0.289%) Documentum
6 2 (0.289%) Drupal
6 2 (0.289%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.289%) Alfresco
6 2 (0.289%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.145%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.145%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.145%) eRoom
7 1 (0.145%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.145%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 90 (13.01%) MS Excel
2 55 (7.948%) MS Project
3 45 (6.503%) MS PowerPoint
4 44 (6.358%) MS Office
5 32 (4.624%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.156%) Open Workbench
7 4 (0.578%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.145%) PrintSoft PReS
8 1 (0.145%) Office 365
8 1 (0.145%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 24 (3.468%) Dynamics AX
2 13 (1.879%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (0.867%) JDE World
4 5 (0.723%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.578%) CA Clarity
5 4 (0.578%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.289%) Oracle 11i
6 2 (0.289%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.289%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 2 (0.289%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.289%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.145%) Taleo
7 1 (0.145%) SyteLine
7 1 (0.145%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.145%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.145%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.145%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.145%) Agresso
7 1 (0.145%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.145%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.769%) 3G
2 31 (4.480%) Radio Access Network
3 28 (4.046%) LTE
4 26 (3.757%) ATM
5 24 (3.468%) UTRAN
6 23 (3.324%) 3GPP
7 11 (1.590%) HTTP
8 10 (1.445%) Internet
8 10 (1.445%) 2G
9 9 (1.301%) GSM
10 7 (1.012%) WCDMA
11 6 (0.867%) IPv4
11 6 (0.867%) RNC
12 5 (0.723%) SAN
12 5 (0.723%) VoIP
13 4 (0.578%) MPLS
14 3 (0.434%) BSS
14 3 (0.434%) Intranet
14 3 (0.434%) UMTS
15 2 (0.289%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.757%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (2.746%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.590%) Oracle BI EE
4 10 (1.445%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (1.156%) SQL Server 2005
6 7 (1.012%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.723%) Oracle 11g
7 5 (0.723%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (0.578%) Oracle Exadata
8 4 (0.578%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (0.578%) DB2
8 4 (0.578%) Oracle 10g
9 3 (0.434%) GIS
10 2 (0.289%) Informix
10 2 (0.289%) Cognos Powerplay
10 2 (0.289%) Cognos Impromptu
10 2 (0.289%) DTS
10 2 (0.289%) MySQL
10 2 (0.289%) Oracle Discoverer
10 2 (0.289%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (0.578%) Visual Studio
1 4 (0.578%) Eclipse
2 3 (0.434%) Subversion
3 2 (0.289%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.289%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.289%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.289%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (0.289%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.289%) Xcode
3 2 (0.289%) Bugzilla
3 2 (0.289%) Maven
3 2 (0.289%) CruiseControl
3 2 (0.289%) Selenium
3 2 (0.289%) StarTeam
4 1 (0.145%) MorphX
4 1 (0.145%) JIRA
4 1 (0.145%) JUnit
4 1 (0.145%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.145%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.145%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 285 (41.18%) Finance
2 90 (13.01%) Banking
3 60 (8.671%) Telecoms
4 47 (6.792%) Retail
5 33 (4.769%) Investment Banking
6 14 (2.023%) Corporate Banking
7 12 (1.734%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (1.734%) Manufacturing
7 12 (1.734%) Retail Banking
8 11 (1.590%) Publishing
9 10 (1.445%) Billing
10 9 (1.301%) Marketing
11 8 (1.156%) Legal
12 7 (1.012%) Front Office
13 6 (0.867%) Military
13 6 (0.867%) French Language
14 5 (0.723%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.723%) Back Office
15 4 (0.578%) Local Government
16 3 (0.434%) German Language
Job Titles
1 181 (26.16%) Project Manager
2 98 (14.16%) Analyst
3 49 (7.081%) Resource Manager
4 36 (5.202%) Programme Manager
5 31 (4.480%) Consultant
6 26 (3.757%) Business Analyst
7 23 (3.324%) PMO Analyst
7 23 (3.324%) PMO Manager
7 23 (3.324%) Developer
8 22 (3.179%) Design Engineer
9 20 (2.890%) Architect
9 20 (2.890%) Software Manager
10 19 (2.746%) RAN Engineer
11 15 (2.168%) Administrator
11 15 (2.168%) Coordinator
11 15 (2.168%) Test Manager
12 14 (2.023%) DBA
12 14 (2.023%) Software Project Manager
12 14 (2.023%) Infrastructure Manager
13 12 (1.734%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.046%) Management Information System
2 17 (2.457%) Handset
3 14 (2.023%) PMI
4 12 (1.734%) Computer Science
5 10 (1.445%) SaaS
5 10 (1.445%) Statistics
6 5 (0.723%) Blackberry
6 5 (0.723%) SWIFT
6 5 (0.723%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.578%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (0.578%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (0.578%) EPoS
7 4 (0.578%) Online Banking
8 3 (0.434%) Derivative
8 3 (0.434%) Replication
8 3 (0.434%) iPhone
8 3 (0.434%) iPad
9 2 (0.289%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.289%) Smart Meter
9 2 (0.289%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.035%) Windows
2 11 (1.590%) UNIX
3 7 (1.012%) Android
3 7 (1.012%) Apple iOS
4 6 (0.867%) Linux
5 4 (0.578%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.434%) Solaris
7 2 (0.289%) AIX
7 2 (0.289%) HPUX
8 1 (0.145%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.145%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (44.36%) Project Management
2 176 (25.43%) PRINCE2
3 125 (18.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 89 (12.86%) Change Management
5 71 (10.26%) Programme Management
6 55 (7.948%) ERP
7 46 (6.647%) Migration
8 45 (6.503%) ITIL
9 44 (6.358%) Risk Management
10 43 (6.214%) Project Planning
11 39 (5.636%) Service Delivery
12 34 (4.913%) Change Control
13 30 (4.335%) Agile Software Development
13 30 (4.335%) Business Analysis
14 29 (4.191%) Performance Management
15 28 (4.046%) Waterfall
16 26 (3.757%) CRM
17 24 (3.468%) Continuous Improvement
18 23 (3.324%) Data Management
19 22 (3.179%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (7.370%) Java
2 29 (4.191%) SQL
3 15 (2.168%) C
4 12 (1.734%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.867%) PL/SQL
5 6 (0.867%) RPG
5 6 (0.867%) VBA
6 5 (0.723%) C#
6 5 (0.723%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.289%) RPG/400
7 2 (0.289%) C++
7 2 (0.289%) PHP
7 2 (0.289%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.289%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.145%) X++
8 1 (0.145%) VB
8 1 (0.145%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 76 (10.98%) Degree
2 48 (6.936%) PMI Certification
3 44 (6.358%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 39 (5.636%) Security Cleared
5 37 (5.347%) PMP
6 26 (3.757%) SC Cleared
7 19 (2.746%) ISEB
8 15 (2.168%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 9 (1.301%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.012%) APMP
11 6 (0.867%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.723%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.434%) Chartered Engineer
14 2 (0.289%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.289%) ISEB Practitioner
14 2 (0.289%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 1 (0.145%) MBA
15 1 (0.145%) Cisco Certification
15 1 (0.145%) CCNP
15 1 (0.145%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.913%) QA
2 14 (2.023%) SLA
3 2 (0.289%) Solvency II
3 2 (0.289%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.145%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.145%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (0.867%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.723%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.867%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.145%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 65 (9.393%) Oracle
2 51 (7.370%) Microsoft
3 49 (7.081%) SAP
4 27 (3.902%) JD Edwards
5 22 (3.179%) Siebel
5 22 (3.179%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 17 (2.457%) Ericsson
7 13 (1.879%) HP
8 12 (1.734%) Huawei
9 11 (1.590%) Citrix
10 9 (1.301%) Sun
11 8 (1.156%) VMware
12 6 (0.867%) Infor
12 6 (0.867%) Cognos
12 6 (0.867%) Baan
12 6 (0.867%) Niku
13 4 (0.578%) IBM
14 3 (0.434%) Google
14 3 (0.434%) Teradata
14 3 (0.434%) Ab Initio
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