The first table below looks at the demand for Process 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 Process Management over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Process Management
Rank 87 99 94
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -5
Contract jobs citing Process Management 12 11 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.716% 0.481% 0.271%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.069% 0.758% 0.427%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £425 £345 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.18% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £400 £341
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +17.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +33.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1123 1452 1170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.96% 63.54% 63.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 680 543
Average daily rate £333 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.75% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £234 £203
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 74 72 71
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 £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Process Management
England

Process Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Process Management Jobs Demand Trend

Process Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Process Management Daily Rate Trend

Process Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Process Management Hourly Rate Trend

Process Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Process Management within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Solihull - 7 - -
Staffordshire - 2 £425 -
Birmingham - 2 - -
Worcestershire - 1 £363 -
Process Management
England

Process Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Process 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 Process Management.

1 10 (37.04%) Workflow
2 9 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 8 (29.63%) Broadband
3 8 (29.63%) Content Management
3 8 (29.63%) Telecoms
3 8 (29.63%) Business Analysis
4 7 (25.93%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
5 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 6 (22.22%) ITIL
5 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
5 6 (22.22%) Automotive
5 6 (22.22%) Validation
5 6 (22.22%) Use Case
5 6 (22.22%) Release Management
6 5 (18.52%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (18.52%) Project Planning
6 5 (18.52%) Back Office
6 5 (18.52%) Ajax
6 5 (18.52%) InfoPath
6 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET
6 5 (18.52%) Web Services
6 5 (18.52%) XML
6 5 (18.52%) C#
6 5 (18.52%) .NET
6 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
7 4 (14.81%) Internet
7 4 (14.81%) BCP
7 4 (14.81%) Service Management
7 4 (14.81%) PLM

Process Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Process 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 Process Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (18.52%) Ajax
1 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET
1 5 (18.52%) Web Services
1 5 (18.52%) XML
1 5 (18.52%) .NET
2 2 (7.407%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.704%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint Server
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.407%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) InfoPath
2 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) Broadband
2 4 (14.81%) Internet
3 2 (7.407%) Extranet
4 1 (3.704%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (29.63%) Telecoms
2 6 (22.22%) Automotive
3 5 (18.52%) Back Office
4 2 (7.407%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (7.407%) Finance
5 1 (3.704%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 8 (29.63%) Business Analyst
3 7 (25.93%) Service Manager
4 6 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
4 6 (22.22%) Services Delivery Manager
5 3 (11.11%) SharePoint Consultant
5 3 (11.11%) Consultant
6 2 (7.407%) Architect
6 2 (7.407%) Environment Manager
6 2 (7.407%) SharePoint Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Service Operations Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Operations Manager
7 1 (3.704%) UML Business Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Services Delivery Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Programme Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Programme Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.407%) NHS
3 1 (3.704%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Workflow
2 9 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 8 (29.63%) Content Management
3 8 (29.63%) Business Analysis
4 7 (25.93%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (22.22%) ITIL
5 6 (22.22%) Validation
5 6 (22.22%) Use Case
5 6 (22.22%) Release Management
6 5 (18.52%) Project Planning
7 4 (14.81%) BCP
7 4 (14.81%) Service Management
7 4 (14.81%) PLM
8 3 (11.11%) Migration
9 2 (7.407%) Configuration Management
9 2 (7.407%) UML
9 2 (7.407%) CRM
9 2 (7.407%) Data Analysis
9 2 (7.407%) Systems Analysis
9 2 (7.407%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.407%) SLA
2 1 (3.704%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.407%) TIBCO
2 2 (7.407%) IBM
3 1 (3.704%) BT