The first table below looks at the demand for Incident Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Incident Management over the 3 months to 23 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 for the Wales region.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Incident Management
Rank 38 46 46
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 5 10 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 1.171% 1.748% 1.958%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.689% 2.695% 3.125%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 11
Average daily rate £350 £120 £103
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+191.66% +17.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £120 £95
10% offered a daily rate of more than £366 £120 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £289 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.15% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £12.50 £100.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -87.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.88 £16.47 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-15.73% +9.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
296 371 416
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 69.32% 64.86% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 181 186
Average daily rate £370 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £509
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Incident Management
UK

Incident Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Incident Management Jobs Demand Trend

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Incident Management across the Wales region.

Wales Incident Management Daily Rate Trend

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Incident Management across the Wales region.

Wales Incident Management Hourly Rate Trend

Incident Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Management within the Wales region over the 3 months to 23 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
South Wales -4 5 £350 +191.66%
Incident Management
UK

Incident Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Incident 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 Incident Management.

1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (27.78%) C
1 5 (27.78%) ISO 9000
1 5 (27.78%) Internet
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Migration
2 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 4 (22.22%) Retail Banking
2 4 (22.22%) Banking
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 3 (16.67%) Mainframe
3 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) MCP
4 2 (11.11%) HTML
4 2 (11.11%) MS Office
4 2 (11.11%) SLA
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) MCSE
4 2 (11.11%) ISEB
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (11.11%) ISEB Practitioner
4 2 (11.11%) LAN
4 2 (11.11%) Change Control
5 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis

Incident Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Incident 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 Incident Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.11%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Internet
2 2 (11.11%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (5.556%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
1 4 (22.22%) Retail Banking
1 4 (22.22%) Banking
1 4 (22.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) Service Analyst
2 8 (44.44%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Test Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Test Leader
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Services Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Services Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Incident Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Test Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.556%) Credit Risk
2 1 (5.556%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
1 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Migration
1 4 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 3 (16.67%) Automated Testing
2 3 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (5.556%) Test Strategy
4 1 (5.556%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.556%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Service Management
4 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
4 1 (5.556%) ITSM
4 1 (5.556%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.556%) Business Continuity
4 1 (5.556%) Information Security
4 1 (5.556%) BCP
4 1 (5.556%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) DV Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) MCP
2 2 (11.11%) MCSE
2 2 (11.11%) ISEB
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.11%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (27.78%) ISO 9000
2 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
Powys
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