The first table below looks at the demand for WFM skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WFM over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Workforce Management (WFM)
Rank 516 528 539
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +11
Contract jobs citing WFM 25 51 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.051% 0.089% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.131% 0.122%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 18 26
Average daily rate £400 £355 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.67% -21.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £120 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £715 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £340 £325
% change year-on-year
+13.97% +4.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34756 39006 41867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.08% 68.24% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20821 22293 23938
Average daily rate £413 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1005 1238 1439
Average hourly rate £29.92 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.68% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.98 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £45.00 £46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%

WFM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

WFM Jobs Demand Trend

WFM
Daily Rate Trend

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

WFM Daily Rate Trend

WFM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WFM within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

WFM Daily Rate Histogram

WFM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WFM Hourly Rate Trend

WFM
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 WFM within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +6 22 £400 +12.67% 14
South East +30 9 £375 -6.25% 4
London +11 8 £400 -27.27% 5
City of London -2 3 - - 1
West Sussex - 3 £375 -
Hampshire - 3 £510 -
Havant - 3 £510 -
Crawley - 3 £375 -
Berkshire +12 2 £425 +21.42% 1
North East +12 2 - -
Bracknell - 2 £425 -
Tyne and Wear +9 1 - -
West Midlands +9 1 - - 1
Newcastle upon Tyne +8 1 - -
North West -3 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £340 - 2
Surrey - - - -
Hertfordshire - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Cheshire - - - -
South Wales - - - -
South West - - - -
West Yorkshire - - - -
Wiltshire - - - -
Yorkshire - - - -
Southampton - - - -
Swindon - - - -
Uxbridge - - - -
Hemel Hempstead - - - -

WFM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WFM 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 WFM.

1 11 (24.44%) Telecoms
2 8 (17.78%) Finance
2 8 (17.78%) Avaya
2 8 (17.78%) IVR
3 6 (13.33%) Oracle
3 6 (13.33%) Cisco
3 6 (13.33%) Retail
3 6 (13.33%) Verint
4 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 5 (11.11%) SLA
4 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 5 (11.11%) CRM
4 5 (11.11%) MS Office
4 5 (11.11%) CTI
4 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 4 (8.889%) Quality Management
5 4 (8.889%) Genesys
5 4 (8.889%) ITIL
5 4 (8.889%) Windows
5 4 (8.889%) VoIP
5 4 (8.889%) Business Analysis
5 4 (8.889%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (8.889%) Mitel
5 4 (8.889%) Cisco CUCM
5 4 (8.889%) Business Transformation
6 3 (6.667%) Cisco UCCE
6 3 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (6.667%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (6.667%) Time Management
6 3 (6.667%) CMS

WFM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (2.222%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.222%) HTML
1 1 (2.222%) Flash
1 1 (2.222%) CSS
1 1 (2.222%) VXML
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.667%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (6.667%) CMS
1 3 (6.667%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 5 (11.11%) MS Office
2 4 (8.889%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.222%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.222%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.222%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.222%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.222%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (4.444%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (4.444%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.222%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.11%) CTI
2 4 (8.889%) VoIP
3 3 (6.667%) PBX
4 2 (4.444%) Wireless
4 2 (4.444%) WAN
4 2 (4.444%) LAN
4 2 (4.444%) BSS
4 2 (4.444%) IP Telephony
4 2 (4.444%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.222%) Symposium
5 1 (2.222%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.222%) Broadband
5 1 (2.222%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.667%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (4.444%) GIS
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Expression Studio
General
1 11 (24.44%) Telecoms
2 8 (17.78%) Finance
3 6 (13.33%) Retail
4 3 (6.667%) Billing
5 2 (4.444%) Back Office
6 1 (2.222%) Banking
6 1 (2.222%) Marketing
6 1 (2.222%) Multimedia
6 1 (2.222%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 15 (33.33%) Analyst
2 8 (17.78%) Consultant
3 7 (15.56%) Business Analyst
4 4 (8.889%) Support Analyst
4 4 (8.889%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.889%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (6.667%) SharePoint Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Designer
5 3 (6.667%) Report Analyst
5 3 (6.667%) Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Architect
5 3 (6.667%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.667%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (4.444%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (4.444%) Team Leader
6 2 (4.444%) Avaya Consultant
6 2 (4.444%) Solutions Analyst
7 1 (2.222%) Forecast Analyst
7 1 (2.222%) Defect Manager
7 1 (2.222%) Telephony Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) IVR
2 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.444%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (4.444%) Smart Meter
3 2 (4.444%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.222%) Statistics
4 1 (2.222%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.889%) Windows
2 2 (4.444%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (11.11%) CRM
2 4 (8.889%) Quality Management
2 4 (8.889%) ITIL
2 4 (8.889%) Business Analysis
2 4 (8.889%) Business Transformation
3 3 (6.667%) Time Management
3 3 (6.667%) PRINCE2
3 3 (6.667%) Project Management
3 3 (6.667%) Migration
3 3 (6.667%) Workflow
4 2 (4.444%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (4.444%) BCP
4 2 (4.444%) E-Commerce
4 2 (4.444%) TOGAF
4 2 (4.444%) Information Management
4 2 (4.444%) Network Planning
4 2 (4.444%) Incident Management
4 2 (4.444%) Performance Management
4 2 (4.444%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (4.444%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.444%) SQL
1 2 (4.444%) VB
2 1 (2.222%) VBA
2 1 (2.222%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (4.444%) Security Cleared
1 2 (4.444%) Degree
2 1 (2.222%) CCIE
2 1 (2.222%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.222%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (8.889%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (6.667%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 8 (17.78%) Avaya
2 6 (13.33%) Oracle
2 6 (13.33%) Cisco
2 6 (13.33%) Verint
3 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.889%) Genesys
4 4 (8.889%) Mitel
5 3 (6.667%) Remedy
6 1 (2.222%) CyberTech
6 1 (2.222%) Polycom
6 1 (2.222%) Lagan
6 1 (2.222%) Adobe
6 1 (2.222%) Cognos
6 1 (2.222%) Business Objects
6 1 (2.222%) SAP
Central London / West End
d) Experience with desktop and server operating systems, including XP, 7, 8, Windows 2003/2008/2012... Experience of Microsoft products such as Office 2003/2007/2010, SQL, IIS.
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Rate: £22,000 - £24,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
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