The first table below looks at the demand for Strategic 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 Strategic Management over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Strategic Management
Rank 507 560 559
Rank change year-on-year
+53 -1
Contract jobs citing Strategic Management 23 18 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.050% 0.031% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.070% 0.046% 0.070%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 20
Average daily rate £500 £525 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £365 £468
10% offered a daily rate of more than £606 £593 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £513 £300 £350
% change year-on-year
+70.83% -14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £37.50
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32885 39492 41512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.87% 67.77% 67.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 19655 22706 23594
Average daily rate £413 £400 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 974 1268 1474
Average hourly rate £31.25 £25.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -15.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%

Strategic Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Strategic Management Jobs Demand Trend

Strategic Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Strategic Management Daily Rate Trend

Strategic Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Strategic Management within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Strategic Management Daily Rate Histogram

Strategic Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Strategic Management Hourly Rate Trend

Strategic Management
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Management within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +51 21 £475 -9.52%
London +22 17 £413 -21.42%
City of London +12 3 £505 -3.76%
Newport - 2 £513 -
South Wales - 2 £513 -
Wales - 2 £513 -
West Midlands +8 1 £500 -
South West - 1 - -
South East - 1 £600 -
North West - 1 - -
Oldham - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 - -

Strategic Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Strategic 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 Strategic Management.

1 16 (45.71%) Finance
2 8 (22.86%) Performance Management
3 6 (17.14%) Equities
3 6 (17.14%) Front Office
3 6 (17.14%) Back Office
3 6 (17.14%) Fidessa
3 6 (17.14%) Resource Management
4 5 (14.29%) Marketing
4 5 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 5 (14.29%) Legal
4 5 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 4 (11.43%) PRINCE2
5 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
5 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
5 4 (11.43%) Project Management
5 4 (11.43%) Derivative
5 4 (11.43%) Equity Derivative
5 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (11.43%) Change Control
6 3 (8.571%) Marketing Strategy
6 3 (8.571%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.571%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (8.571%) Intranet
7 2 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (5.714%) Banking
7 2 (5.714%) Billing
7 2 (5.714%) Information Management
7 2 (5.714%) Teradata
7 2 (5.714%) MBA

Strategic Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Strategic 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 Strategic Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.714%) Middleware
2 1 (2.857%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.857%) SAP PI
2 1 (2.857%) COM
2 1 (2.857%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.714%) SAS
2 1 (2.857%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.857%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (2.857%) ESB
2 1 (2.857%) MS Project Server
2 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.857%) MS Project
2 1 (2.857%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) SAP HR
1 1 (2.857%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.571%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.857%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.857%) EDMS
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (45.71%) Finance
2 6 (17.14%) Front Office
2 6 (17.14%) Back Office
3 5 (14.29%) Marketing
3 5 (14.29%) Legal
4 2 (5.714%) Banking
4 2 (5.714%) Billing
5 1 (2.857%) Local Government
5 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Analyst
2 7 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Fidessa Business Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Fidessa Analyst
3 6 (17.14%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 5 (14.29%) Project Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Portfolio Manager
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Fidessa Analyst
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Fidessa Business Analyst
6 3 (8.571%) Data Manager
6 3 (8.571%) Communications Manager
7 2 (5.714%) Contracts Manager
7 2 (5.714%) Service Manager
7 2 (5.714%) Commercial Manager
7 2 (5.714%) Chief Information Officer
8 1 (2.857%) Lead Architect
8 1 (2.857%) CRM Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) Data Warehouse Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Equities
2 4 (11.43%) Derivative
2 4 (11.43%) Equity Derivative
3 1 (2.857%) Statistics
3 1 (2.857%) Open Source
3 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.857%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.857%) Windows
1 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.86%) Performance Management
2 6 (17.14%) Resource Management
3 5 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 5 (14.29%) Programme Management
4 4 (11.43%) PRINCE2
4 4 (11.43%) Project Management
4 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
4 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (11.43%) Change Control
5 3 (8.571%) Marketing Strategy
5 3 (8.571%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (8.571%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (5.714%) IT Governance
6 2 (5.714%) Database Marketing
6 2 (5.714%) Information Management
6 2 (5.714%) CRM
6 2 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (5.714%) SOA
6 2 (5.714%) Software Deployment
7 1 (2.857%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.857%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.857%) SQL
1 1 (2.857%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.714%) MBA
2 1 (2.857%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Fidessa
2 2 (5.714%) Teradata
2 2 (5.714%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.714%) Business Objects
2 2 (5.714%) SAP
3 1 (2.857%) JBoss
3 1 (2.857%) IBM
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle
3 1 (2.857%) Northgate