The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Change Control over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Control
Rank 82 79 62
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -17
Contract jobs citing Change Control 10 16 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.779% 0.998% 0.913%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.093% 1.370% 1.397%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 3
Average daily rate £373 £390 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.48% +62.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £286 £208
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £450 £348
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.82% -6.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £29.75
% change year-on-year
+16.00% -15.96%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
915 1168 716
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 71.26% 72.82% 65.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 669 346
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £459 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 24 27
Average hourly rate £23.75 £19.25 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.37% +10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.78 £12.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Change Control
Yorkshire

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Change Control Jobs Demand Trend

Change Control
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Change Control Daily Rate Trend

Change Control
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Change Control Hourly Rate Trend

Change Control
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Leeds -4 6 £425 +10.38%
Bradford +4 2 - -
Change Control
Yorkshire

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Change Control 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 Control.

1 13 (48.15%) Finance
2 6 (22.22%) Change Management
2 6 (22.22%) Project Management
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (18.52%) MS Project
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
4 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
4 4 (14.81%) Oracle
4 4 (14.81%) Retail
4 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
4 4 (14.81%) QA
5 3 (11.11%) Critical Path Analysis
5 3 (11.11%) Project Planning
5 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (11.11%) PL/SQL
5 3 (11.11%) SQL
5 3 (11.11%) MS Office
5 3 (11.11%) Windows
5 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
5 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
5 3 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (7.407%) PMP
6 2 (7.407%) PMI Certification
6 2 (7.407%) CSS
6 2 (7.407%) HTML
6 2 (7.407%) Cisco
6 2 (7.407%) JavaScript
6 2 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Change Control 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 Control. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.407%) CSS
1 2 (7.407%) HTML
1 2 (7.407%) Ajax
1 2 (7.407%) jQuery
2 1 (3.704%) Struts2
2 1 (3.704%) Java EE
2 1 (3.704%) Spring
2 1 (3.704%) Hibernate
2 1 (3.704%) J2EE
2 1 (3.704%) JSP
2 1 (3.704%) Struts
2 1 (3.704%) Web Services
2 1 (3.704%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.704%) Magento
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (3.704%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.704%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Project
2 3 (11.11%) MS Office
2 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
3 2 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) Firewall
1 1 (3.704%) SAN
1 1 (3.704%) VoIP
1 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.704%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Hudson
1 1 (3.704%) Subversion
1 1 (3.704%) Maven
1 1 (3.704%) JUnit
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (48.15%) Finance
2 4 (14.81%) Retail
3 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 2 (7.407%) Legal
5 1 (3.704%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.704%) German Language
5 1 (3.704%) Japanese Language
5 1 (3.704%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.704%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Project Manager
2 6 (22.22%) Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Test Manager
4 3 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) QA Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Project Planner
5 2 (7.407%) Coordinator
5 2 (7.407%) QA Test Manager
6 1 (3.704%) IT Assistant
6 1 (3.704%) Wintel Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Test Project Manager
6 1 (3.704%) ITIL Project Manager
6 1 (3.704%) SQL Programmer
6 1 (3.704%) Backup Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Software Programmer
6 1 (3.704%) Project Officer
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Oracle Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.704%) Smart Meter
2 1 (3.704%) SaaS
2 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.704%) Pharmacovigilance
2 1 (3.704%) Handset
2 1 (3.704%) EMC Centera
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.704%) UNIX
2 1 (3.704%) Solaris
2 1 (3.704%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Change Management
1 6 (22.22%) Project Management
2 4 (14.81%) ITIL
2 4 (14.81%) PRINCE2
2 4 (14.81%) Software Testing
3 3 (11.11%) Critical Path Analysis
3 3 (11.11%) Project Planning
3 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.407%) Validation
4 2 (7.407%) Release Management
5 1 (3.704%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.704%) Test Management
5 1 (3.704%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.704%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.704%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.704%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (3.704%) Network Load Balancing
5 1 (3.704%) Resource Management
5 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.704%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) PL/SQL
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (7.407%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.704%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.704%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (7.407%) PMP
2 2 (7.407%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.704%) Degree
3 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.704%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) NetBackup
1 1 (3.704%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) Oracle
3 2 (7.407%) Cisco
4 1 (3.704%) IBM
4 1 (3.704%) EMC
4 1 (3.704%) VMware
4 1 (3.704%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.704%) SAP
4 1 (3.704%) NetApp
4 1 (3.704%) StorageTek