The first table below looks at the demand for Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Risk Assessment
Rank 93 100 99
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -1
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 2 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.122% 0.134% 0.159%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.184% 0.210% 0.251%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £545 £309 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+76.51% -38.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £350
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £22.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+31.81% -32.30%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1085 1431 1197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.44% 63.83% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 675 550
Average daily rate £350 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £527 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 73 75
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 £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Risk Assessment
England

Risk Assessment
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Risk Assessment Jobs Demand Trend

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Risk Assessment Daily Rate Trend

Risk Assessment
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Risk Assessment Hourly Rate Trend

Risk Assessment
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Risk Assessment within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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 -1 2 £545 +55.71%
Risk Assessment
England

Risk Assessment
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment.

1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 4 (44.44%) Intranet
2 4 (44.44%) Internet
2 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Migration
2 4 (44.44%) Data Migration
2 4 (44.44%) Capacity Management
2 4 (44.44%) MS Access
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) ERwin
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) Postgraduate
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Automotive
4 1 (11.11%) Legal
4 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) CESG
4 1 (11.11%) CESG CLAS

Risk Assessment
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Intranet
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
1 4 (44.44%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) ERwin
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Automotive
1 1 (11.11%) Legal
1 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Administrator
1 4 (44.44%) DBA
1 4 (44.44%) SQL DBA
1 4 (44.44%) Teradata DBA
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Security Officer
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Architect
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) CESG
1 1 (11.11%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Migration
2 4 (44.44%) Data Migration
2 4 (44.44%) Capacity Management
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) Use Case
4 1 (11.11%) Information Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Reverse Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Postgraduate
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (11.11%) UAG
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
Coventry, West Midlands
Familiarity with strengths and weaknesses of recent technologies, to include most or all of: Virtualisation technologies, Microsoft Forefront UAG / TMG, Sharepoint, Cisco UCS, Cloud, firewalls and IPS/IDS.
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Programme LeadSutton Coldfield, BirminghamContract Length: 9 months+Key SKills: Programme, Manage, Lead, Transformation, Supplier, Commercial, Business Change, Prince, MSP, MOD, Defence, Military, ArmyKey responsibilities will include:*Manage the...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 22 May 2013
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands (County)
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Contract Length: 9 months+ Key SKills: Programme, Manage, Lead, Transformation, Supplier, Commercial, Business Change, Prince, MSP, MOD, Defence, Military, Army Key responsibilities will include: *Manage...
LA International
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Midlands
System Hazard analysis and risk estimation... Competent understanding CAE/FEA & physical test results and undertaking physical test procedures... Ability to understand risks, undertake and develop risk assessment protocols...
Experis Engineering
Posted: 22 May 2013