The first table below looks at the demand for Change Management 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 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Management
Rank 35 29 35
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +6
Contract jobs citing Change Management 68 95 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.169% 4.224% 3.977%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.256% 6.648% 6.291%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 38 30
Average daily rate £350 £378 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.28% +29.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £224 £250 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £360
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 7
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -36.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £15.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+152.00% -40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1087 1429 1208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.65% 63.54% 63.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 674 553
Average daily rate £340 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £233 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 72 76
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 £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Change Management
England

Change Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Change Management Jobs Demand Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Change Management Daily Rate Trend

Change Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands Change Management Daily Rate Histogram

Change Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Change Management Hourly Rate Trend

Change Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Management within the West Midlands 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
Coventry +11 18 £368 -22.63%
Warwickshire +3 10 £313 +51.69%
Staffordshire -6 10 £320 +28.00%
Worcestershire -8 5 £400 -
Birmingham +1 4 £325 -14.47%
Shropshire -1 3 £360 -28.00%
Wolverhampton - 2 - -
Walsall +3 1 £105 -77.89%
Solihull +1 1 £350 -
Change Management
England

Change Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Change 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 Change Management.

1 48 (34.29%) Project Management
2 29 (20.71%) Finance
3 26 (18.57%) PRINCE2
4 22 (15.71%) SAP
4 22 (15.71%) Resource Management
5 21 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (15.00%) Configuration Management
6 19 (13.57%) Automotive
6 19 (13.57%) Manufacturing
6 19 (13.57%) ITIL
7 17 (12.14%) Microsoft
7 17 (12.14%) Security Cleared
8 16 (11.43%) Logistics
8 16 (11.43%) Service Delivery
9 14 (10.00%) MS Project
9 14 (10.00%) SC Cleared
10 13 (9.286%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 13 (9.286%) Business Analysis
10 13 (9.286%) MS Excel
10 13 (9.286%) SharePoint
11 12 (8.571%) PLM
12 10 (7.143%) Risk Management
12 10 (7.143%) Service Management
12 10 (7.143%) ERP
12 10 (7.143%) Oracle
13 9 (6.429%) Marketing
13 9 (6.429%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (5.714%) CMDB
14 8 (5.714%) Degree
14 8 (5.714%) CRM

Change Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (2.857%) WCF
1 4 (2.857%) WPF
2 3 (2.143%) .NET
2 3 (2.143%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.429%) WebCenter
3 2 (1.429%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.714%) EDIFACT
4 1 (0.714%) EDI
4 1 (0.714%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 13 (9.286%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.143%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (1.429%) Documentum
4 1 (0.714%) SAS
4 1 (0.714%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.714%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (0.714%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.714%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 14 (10.00%) MS Project
2 13 (9.286%) MS Excel
3 7 (5.000%) Windchill
3 7 (5.000%) MS Office
4 3 (2.143%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (1.429%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.714%) Adobe Captivate
6 1 (0.714%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 7 (5.000%) Teamcenter
1 7 (5.000%) ENOVIA
2 3 (2.143%) Maximo
3 2 (1.429%) CA Clarity
3 2 (1.429%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.714%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.714%) Agresso
4 1 (0.714%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.714%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.714%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.714%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.714%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.429%) LDAP
2 1 (0.714%) Firewall
2 1 (0.714%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.714%) VPN
2 1 (0.714%) SAN
2 1 (0.714%) LAN
2 1 (0.714%) WAN
2 1 (0.714%) VSAT
2 1 (0.714%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.571%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.429%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.429%) EDRMS
3 1 (0.714%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.714%) SAP BI
3 1 (0.714%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.714%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.714%) Spotfire
3 1 (0.714%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.714%) TestDirector
General
1 29 (20.71%) Finance
2 19 (13.57%) Automotive
2 19 (13.57%) Manufacturing
3 9 (6.429%) Marketing
4 3 (2.143%) Local Government
5 2 (1.429%) Banking
5 2 (1.429%) Retail
5 2 (1.429%) Law
5 2 (1.429%) Legal
5 2 (1.429%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.714%) Advertising
6 1 (0.714%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.714%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (30.71%) Project Manager
2 33 (23.57%) Analyst
3 16 (11.43%) Business Analyst
4 9 (6.429%) Change Manager
5 8 (5.714%) Systems Analyst
6 7 (5.000%) Applications Engineer
7 6 (4.286%) Change Analyst
7 6 (4.286%) Configuration Analyst
7 6 (4.286%) Senior Manager
8 5 (3.571%) Senior Project Manager
8 5 (3.571%) Business Manager
8 5 (3.571%) SAP Manager
8 5 (3.571%) Programme Support Officer
9 4 (2.857%) Senior Systems Analyst
9 4 (2.857%) Systems Support Analyst
9 4 (2.857%) Business Change Manager
9 4 (2.857%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (2.857%) Systems Support
9 4 (2.857%) Support Analyst
10 3 (2.143%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.714%) CMDB
1 8 (5.714%) E-Learning
2 4 (2.857%) Mainframe
3 3 (2.143%) PMI
4 2 (1.429%) NHS
4 2 (1.429%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.714%) Copywriting
5 1 (0.714%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (0.714%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.714%) HP Superdome
5 1 (0.714%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.286%) Windows 7
1 6 (4.286%) Windows
2 5 (3.571%) Windows XP
3 1 (0.714%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (0.714%) HPUX
3 1 (0.714%) UNIX
3 1 (0.714%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (34.29%) Project Management
2 26 (18.57%) PRINCE2
3 22 (15.71%) Resource Management
4 21 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (15.00%) Configuration Management
5 19 (13.57%) ITIL
6 16 (11.43%) Logistics
6 16 (11.43%) Service Delivery
7 13 (9.286%) Business Analysis
8 12 (8.571%) PLM
9 10 (7.143%) Risk Management
9 10 (7.143%) Service Management
9 10 (7.143%) ERP
10 9 (6.429%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (5.714%) CRM
11 8 (5.714%) BPR
11 8 (5.714%) Programme Management
12 7 (5.000%) Data Modelling
12 7 (5.000%) Data Analysis
13 5 (3.571%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.000%) C#
2 3 (2.143%) C++
2 3 (2.143%) SQL
2 3 (2.143%) C
3 2 (1.429%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.429%) Ruby
4 1 (0.714%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.714%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (12.14%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.286%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 8 (5.714%) Degree
5 3 (2.143%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.143%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.143%) APMP
6 2 (1.429%) PgMP
6 2 (1.429%) PMP
6 2 (1.429%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.000%) QA
2 3 (2.143%) TickIT
2 3 (2.143%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.429%) SLA
4 1 (0.714%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.714%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (2.857%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (2.857%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.143%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.429%) SCCM
1 2 (1.429%) SCOM
1 2 (1.429%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.714%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (0.714%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.714%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 22 (15.71%) SAP
2 17 (12.14%) Microsoft
3 10 (7.143%) Oracle
4 4 (2.857%) IBM
4 4 (2.857%) VMware
5 3 (2.143%) Syclo
5 3 (2.143%) Lotus
6 2 (1.429%) CA
6 2 (1.429%) Primavera
7 1 (0.714%) Symantec
7 1 (0.714%) Remedy
7 1 (0.714%) Avaya
7 1 (0.714%) Adobe
7 1 (0.714%) HP
7 1 (0.714%) Nortel
7 1 (0.714%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.714%) BMC
7 1 (0.714%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.714%) Progress
7 1 (0.714%) Business Objects
West Midlands
In order to be successful for this role you must have the following skills and experience Business facing Change Management Experience of working on an Invoice Financing project...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The primary focus will be creating and implementing change management plans that minimize employee resistance and maximize employee engagement... The BCCM will also support project teams in integrating...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £400 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have experience of working in the communications industry Key Skills Required: * Java * J2EE * Google Web Toolkit * Spring * Hibernate * HTML5 * CSS3 Desirable Skill * Knowledge of...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands
I have an urgent requirement from an Aerospace company for a Project Engineer with the following key skills: Product NPI experience.
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £22 - £24 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013