West Midlands Resource Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Resource 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 Resource Management over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Coventry Crewe Derbyshire Devon East Midlands East of England England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds London M4 Corridor Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Renfrew Renfrewshire Rugby Salisbury Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Staines Surrey Sussex Swindon Telford Twickenham UK Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	105	111
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	19	15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.015 %
As % of the category below	1.070 %	0.882 %
Daily rates quoted	11	2
Average minimum daily rate	£294	£335
Average daily rate	£323	£348
% change on same period last year	-6.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£365	£365
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£39.00
Average hourly rate	-	£40.67
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£42.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.50	£36.94
% change on same period last year	-41.79 %
Processes & Methodologies West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1775	1700
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.366 %	1.696 %
Daily rates quoted	486	459
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£318
Average daily rate	£362	£339
% change on same period last year	+6.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£387	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	106	192
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.62	£25.31
Average hourly rate	£27.42	£27.55
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.22	£29.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Resource Management across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Management within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Coventry	-	3	£350	-
Shropshire	-	2	£364	-
Warwickshire	+8	2	£313	-
Birmingham	+11	2	-	-
Worcestershire	-	1	£190	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Resource 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 Resource Management.

1 20 (48.78 %) PRINCE2 2 10 (24.39 %) MS Excel 2 10 (24.39 %) MS Project 3 9 (21.95 %) Project Management 4 8 (19.51 %) NHS 4 8 (19.51 %) Project Planning 4 8 (19.51 %) CA Clarity 5 7 (17.07 %) Finance 6 6 (14.63 %) NPfIT 6 6 (14.63 %) PRINCE 6 6 (14.63 %) MS Office 6 6 (14.63 %) Supplier Management 7 5 (12.20 %) ISEB 7 5 (12.20 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 5 (12.20 %) Risk Management

7 5 (12.20 %) Government 8 4 (9.756 %) Lotus 8 4 (9.756 %) Lotus Notes 8 4 (9.756 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 8 4 (9.756 %) Time Management 8 4 (9.756 %) Financial Modelling 9 3 (7.317 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 9 3 (7.317 %) Planview 9 3 (7.317 %) MS PowerPoint 9 3 (7.317 %) MS Visio 9 3 (7.317 %) Oracle 9 3 (7.317 %) Microsoft 9 3 (7.317 %) PMP 9 3 (7.317 %) PMI Certification 9 3 (7.317 %) Health

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Resource 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 Resource Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.439 %) HTML 1 1 (2.439 %) J2EE 1 1 (2.439 %) JSP 1 1 (2.439 %) Servlets 1 1 (2.439 %) XML 1 1 (2.439 %) Swing 1 1 (2.439 %) JMS 1 1 (2.439 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 4 (9.756 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (2.439 %) SharePoint 2 1 (2.439 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 10 (24.39 %) MS Excel 1 10 (24.39 %) MS Project 2 8 (19.51 %) CA Clarity 3 6 (14.63 %) MS Office 4 3 (7.317 %) MS Visio 4 3 (7.317 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (2.439 %) Open Workbench	Communications & Networking 1 1 (2.439 %) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (2.439 %) MS Access 1 1 (2.439 %) Oracle OWB	General 1 7 (17.07 %) Finance 2 5 (12.20 %) Government 3 3 (7.317 %) Health 3 3 (7.317 %) Telecoms 4 2 (4.878 %) Billing 4 2 (4.878 %) Automotive 5 1 (2.439 %) Education
Job Titles 1 15 (36.59 %) Project Manager 2 11 (26.83 %) Analyst 3 4 (9.756 %) Administrator 4 3 (7.317 %) IT Manager 4 3 (7.317 %) Programme Coordinator 4 3 (7.317 %) Business Manager 4 3 (7.317 %) Coordinator 5 2 (4.878 %) Performance Manager 5 2 (4.878 %) Telecoms Project Manager 5 2 (4.878 %) PMO Analyst 5 2 (4.878 %) NHS Project Manager 5 2 (4.878 %) Business Analyst 5 2 (4.878 %) IT Project Manager 5 2 (4.878 %) Project Analyst 5 2 (4.878 %) Resource Manager 6 1 (2.439 %) Implementation Manager 6 1 (2.439 %) Implementation Project Manager 6 1 (2.439 %) Senior J2EE Developer 6 1 (2.439 %) Senior Java Developer 6 1 (2.439 %) Data Administrator	Miscellaneous 1 8 (19.51 %) NHS 2 6 (14.63 %) NPfIT 3 2 (4.878 %) AS400 3 2 (4.878 %) PMI 4 1 (2.439 %) PACS 4 1 (2.439 %) Spread Betting
Operating Systems 1 1 (2.439 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (48.78 %) PRINCE2 2 9 (21.95 %) Project Management 3 8 (19.51 %) Project Planning 4 6 (14.63 %) Supplier Management 4 6 (14.63 %) PRINCE 5 5 (12.20 %) Risk Management 6 4 (9.756 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 6 4 (9.756 %) Time Management 6 4 (9.756 %) Financial Modelling 7 3 (7.317 %) Programme Office Management 8 2 (4.878 %) Programme Management 8 2 (4.878 %) Data Management 8 2 (4.878 %) Change Management 8 2 (4.878 %) E-business 8 2 (4.878 %) Business Analysis 8 2 (4.878 %) Web Development 8 2 (4.878 %) Matrix Management 9 1 (2.439 %) Performance Management 9 1 (2.439 %) Security Cleared 9 1 (2.439 %) Data Analysis
Programming Languages 1 2 (4.878 %) SQL 2 1 (2.439 %) C 2 1 (2.439 %) DHTML 2 1 (2.439 %) Java 2 1 (2.439 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 5 (12.20 %) ISEB 1 5 (12.20 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 3 (7.317 %) PMP 2 3 (7.317 %) PMI Certification 2 3 (7.317 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 2 (4.878 %) Degree 4 1 (2.439 %) HNC 4 1 (2.439 %) ISTQB
Vendors 1 4 (9.756 %) Lotus 2 3 (7.317 %) Oracle 2 3 (7.317 %) Microsoft 2 3 (7.317 %) Planview 3 1 (2.439 %) Cerner 3 1 (2.439 %) Primavera