The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Problem 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 Warrington 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
Problem Management
Rank 19 17 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 1.600% 1.031% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.326% 1.449% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.20% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £15.00 £20.44
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -26.61%
All Processes & Methodologies
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
86 69 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 68.80% 71.13% 65.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 22 18
Average daily rate £380 £355 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.04% +5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £259 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £404 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
Average hourly rate £12.50 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +31.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Problem Management
Cheshire

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington Problem Management Jobs Demand Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Warrington Problem Management Daily Rate Trend

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Warrington Problem Management Hourly Rate Trend

Problem Management
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) MCP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Lotus
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (60.00%) MS Office
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Lotus Notes
2 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (60.00%) SLA
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) OpenView
2 3 (60.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Management

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Lotus Notes
2 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Desk Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) MCP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 3 (60.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Lotus
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix