The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Control 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 for the West Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Control
Rank 69 57 61
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +4
Contract jobs citing Change Control 26 46 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.575% 2.062% 1.741%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.340% 3.314% 2.752%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 10
Average daily rate £338 £340 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.73% -1.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £223 £124
10% offered a daily rate of more than £396 £400 £482
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 1
Average hourly rate £29.25 £32.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.59% -8.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £29.75
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -15.96%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1111 1388 1199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.29% 62.21% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 653 558
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 69
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Change Control
England

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Change Control across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Change Control Jobs Demand Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Change Control across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Change Control Daily Rate Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Control across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands Change Control Daily Rate Histogram

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Change Control across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Change Control Hourly Rate Trend

Change Control
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the West Midlands region 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
Warwickshire -2 6 £280 -1.75%
Coventry -14 4 - -
Worcestershire -16 3 £363 +3.57%
Shropshire +7 1 - -
Solihull 0 1 £400 +77.77%
Change Control
England

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Change Control 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 Change Control.

1 15 (37.50%) Project Management
2 12 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 9 (22.50%) Risk Management
4 8 (20.00%) MS Project
5 6 (15.00%) SAP
5 6 (15.00%) Oracle
5 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (15.00%) Automotive
6 5 (12.50%) Release Management
6 5 (12.50%) MS Excel
7 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
7 4 (10.00%) E-Commerce
7 4 (10.00%) MS Office
7 4 (10.00%) ITIL
7 4 (10.00%) Service Management
7 4 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
7 4 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
7 4 (10.00%) Degree
7 4 (10.00%) Migration
8 3 (7.500%) Programme Management
8 3 (7.500%) SAP CRM
8 3 (7.500%) Change Management
8 3 (7.500%) Document Management
8 3 (7.500%) PRINCE
8 3 (7.500%) Windows
8 3 (7.500%) CRM
8 3 (7.500%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (7.500%) SLA
8 3 (7.500%) Time Management

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Change Control 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 Change Control. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.500%) HTML
1 1 (2.500%) .NET
1 1 (2.500%) CSS
1 1 (2.500%) CGI
1 1 (2.500%) Middleware
1 1 (2.500%) Ajax
1 1 (2.500%) WebSphere
1 1 (2.500%) Application Packaging
1 1 (2.500%) jQuery
1 1 (2.500%) WebKit
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.000%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (5.000%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (2.500%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.500%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.500%) Lync
3 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (20.00%) MS Project
2 5 (12.50%) MS Excel
3 4 (10.00%) MS Office
3 4 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (5.000%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.500%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (7.500%) SAP CRM
2 2 (5.000%) CA Clarity
2 2 (5.000%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.500%) LAN
1 1 (2.500%) WAN
1 1 (2.500%) HTTP
1 1 (2.500%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.500%) DNS
1 1 (2.500%) SAN
1 1 (2.500%) Internet
1 1 (2.500%) Firewall
1 1 (2.500%) Wireless
1 1 (2.500%) NAS
1 1 (2.500%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.500%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.000%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (2.500%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.500%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) MSI
General
1 6 (15.00%) Automotive
2 2 (5.000%) Finance
2 2 (5.000%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.000%) Retail
3 1 (2.500%) Marketing
3 1 (2.500%) German Language
3 1 (2.500%) Japanese Language
3 1 (2.500%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.500%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) Project Manager
2 4 (10.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 4 (10.00%) Project Support Officer
2 4 (10.00%) SAP Manager
2 4 (10.00%) Project Officer
3 2 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 2 (5.000%) Operations Manager
3 2 (5.000%) Environment Manager
3 2 (5.000%) PMO Manager
3 2 (5.000%) Project Planner
3 2 (5.000%) Analyst
4 1 (2.500%) Consultant
4 1 (2.500%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (2.500%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.500%) Programmer
4 1 (2.500%) Support Analyst
4 1 (2.500%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (2.500%) Administrator
4 1 (2.500%) Project Administrator
4 1 (2.500%) Junior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.000%) PMI
1 2 (5.000%) Smart Meter
1 2 (5.000%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.500%) Clustering
2 1 (2.500%) SCADA
2 1 (2.500%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (2.500%) CMDB
2 1 (2.500%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.500%) Windows
2 1 (2.500%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Project Management
2 12 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 9 (22.50%) Risk Management
4 5 (12.50%) Release Management
5 4 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
5 4 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (10.00%) Migration
5 4 (10.00%) ITIL
5 4 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 4 (10.00%) Service Management
6 3 (7.500%) PRINCE
6 3 (7.500%) Change Management
6 3 (7.500%) CRM
6 3 (7.500%) Programme Management
6 3 (7.500%) Document Management
6 3 (7.500%) Time Management
6 3 (7.500%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (5.000%) Validation
7 2 (5.000%) Critical Path Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) SQL
2 1 (2.500%) VB
2 1 (2.500%) C#
2 1 (2.500%) Java
2 1 (2.500%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.500%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.000%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.000%) PMP
2 2 (5.000%) PMI Certification
2 2 (5.000%) PgMP
2 2 (5.000%) APMP
3 1 (2.500%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.500%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.500%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.500%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) SCCM
1 1 (2.500%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Oracle
1 6 (15.00%) SAP
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.000%) HP
2 2 (5.000%) Siebel
2 2 (5.000%) CA
2 2 (5.000%) Primavera
2 2 (5.000%) ATG
2 2 (5.000%) Endeca
3 1 (2.500%) VMware
3 1 (2.500%) Mitel
3 1 (2.500%) Cisco
3 1 (2.500%) Dell
3 1 (2.500%) Citrix
Stratford-Upon-Avon, West Midlands
Project Support Coordinator Primarily to have responsibility for providing support to one or more of the projects within a Business Change programme. The Project Support Coordinator must have...
Jumar Solutions
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire
To assist project managers to maintain Project level logs for risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, decisions, change control and lessons learned... Excellent PC-based skills (MS Office), including MS...
Jumar
Posted: 17 May 2013