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The table below looks at the demand for Matrix Management skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Matrix Management over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMatrix Management
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank109120
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads77
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.505 %0.416 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£400£450
Average daily rate£417£500
% change on same period last year-16.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£433£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£471£403
% change on same period last year+16.82 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£36.75
% change on same period last year-
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads13851683
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.182 %1.803 %
Daily rates quoted424431
Average minimum daily rate£337£322
Average daily rate£360£346
% change on same period last year+4.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted145215
Average minimum hourly rate£25.63£23.88
Average hourly rate£27.31£25.34
% change on same period last year+7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.00£26.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Matrix Management EnglandMatrix Management
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Matrix Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Matrix Management across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Matrix Management Demand Trend

Matrix Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Matrix Management Daily Rate Trend

Matrix Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Matrix Management Hourly Rate Trend

Matrix Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Matrix Management within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WorcestershireDown-12£525-
WarwickshireNew entry-2£363-
Matrix Management EnglandMatrix Management
England

Matrix Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Matrix 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 Matrix Management.

113 (52.00 %)Government
27 (28.00 %)Service Delivery
36 (24.00 %)PRINCE2
36 (24.00 %)VoIP
45 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
45 (20.00 %)Stakeholder Management
54 (16.00 %)Education
54 (16.00 %)SOA
63 (12.00 %)Programme Management
63 (12.00 %)Workflow
63 (12.00 %)Service Management
63 (12.00 %)Technical Architecture
72 (8.000 %)Windows Vista
72 (8.000 %)Release Management
72 (8.000 %)Project Management
72 (8.000 %)NHS
72 (8.000 %)Windows
72 (8.000 %)SharePoint
81 (4.000 %)MS Visio
81 (4.000 %)Internet
81 (4.000 %)Configuration Management
81 (4.000 %)MS Project
81 (4.000 %)ITIL
81 (4.000 %)Quality Management
81 (4.000 %)pSOS
81 (4.000 %)Change Management
81 (4.000 %)Finance
81 (4.000 %)ITSM
81 (4.000 %)Time Management
81 (4.000 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner

Matrix Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Matrix 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 Matrix Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (8.000 %)SharePoint
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Project
11 (4.000 %)MS Visio
11 (4.000 %)MS PowerPoint
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (24.00 %)VoIP
21 (4.000 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (52.00 %)Government
24 (16.00 %)Education
31 (4.000 %)Finance
31 (4.000 %)Billing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (36.00 %)Project Manager
23 (12.00 %)Programme Manager
23 (12.00 %)PMO Consultant
23 (12.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
23 (12.00 %)Consultant
23 (12.00 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
23 (12.00 %)Architect
32 (8.000 %)Service Manager
32 (8.000 %)Technical Architect
41 (4.000 %)Service Desk Team Leader
41 (4.000 %)NHS Project Manager
41 (4.000 %)Data Manager
41 (4.000 %)Business Project Manager
41 (4.000 %)Business Manager
41 (4.000 %)Data Centre Manager
41 (4.000 %)Disaster Recovery Manager
41 (4.000 %)PMO Manager
41 (4.000 %)Senior Project Manager
41 (4.000 %)Team Leader
41 (4.000 %)Network Manager
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.000 %)NHS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.000 %)Windows
12 (8.000 %)Windows Vista
21 (4.000 %)pSOS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (28.00 %)Service Delivery
26 (24.00 %)PRINCE2
35 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
35 (20.00 %)Stakeholder Management
44 (16.00 %)SOA
53 (12.00 %)Service Management
53 (12.00 %)Programme Management
53 (12.00 %)Technical Architecture
53 (12.00 %)Workflow
62 (8.000 %)Release Management
62 (8.000 %)Project Management
71 (4.000 %)ITIL
71 (4.000 %)Configuration Management
71 (4.000 %)Quality Management
71 (4.000 %)Change Management
71 (4.000 %)Time Management
71 (4.000 %)Resource Management
71 (4.000 %)Problem Management
71 (4.000 %)Asset Management
71 (4.000 %)ITSM
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.000 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner