The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Management 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 Performance Management 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Management
Rank 85 77 75
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -2
Contract jobs citing Performance Management 3 14 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.239% 0.895% 0.356%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.338% 1.237% 0.541%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 2
Average daily rate - £325 £329
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £435
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £17.00 £15.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.39 £18.31 £27.50
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -33.40%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
887 1132 740
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 70.68% 72.33% 65.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 659 357
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 30
Average hourly rate £23.50 £15.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.66% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.64 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Performance Management
Yorkshire

Performance Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Performance Management Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Performance Management Daily Rate Trend

Performance Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Performance Management Hourly Rate Trend

Performance Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Management within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -17 2 - -
Wakefield 0 1 - -
Performance Management
Yorkshire

Performance Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Performance 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 Performance Management.

1 6 (40.00%) UNIX
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) MS Office
2 4 (26.67%) LAN
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) NHS
2 4 (26.67%) Information Management
3 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (20.00%) Internet
3 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 3 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (20.00%) WAN
3 3 (20.00%) Windows 2000
3 3 (20.00%) MCSE
3 3 (20.00%) MCSA
3 3 (20.00%) MCP
3 3 (20.00%) HNC
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Vista
4 2 (13.33%) Terracotta
4 2 (13.33%) F5
4 2 (13.33%) Splunk
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 2 (13.33%) Solaris
4 2 (13.33%) Java
4 2 (13.33%) J2EE
4 2 (13.33%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (13.33%) Apache
4 2 (13.33%) JBoss

Performance Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (13.33%) J2EE
1 2 (13.33%) WebSphere
2 1 (6.667%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) WebSphere Application Server
1 2 (13.33%) Apache
1 2 (13.33%) GlassFish
2 1 (6.667%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) LAN
2 3 (20.00%) Internet
2 3 (20.00%) WAN
3 2 (13.33%) SSL
4 1 (6.667%) WAAS
4 1 (6.667%) Firewall
4 1 (6.667%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Introscope
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.667%) Retail Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Technical Support Officer
1 3 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (13.33%) Administrator
2 2 (13.33%) Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) NHS Performance Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Business Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Performance Manager
2 2 (13.33%) MI Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Coordinator
3 1 (6.667%) Design Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Information Analyst
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (6.667%) Web Administrator
3 1 (6.667%) Server Administrator
3 1 (6.667%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Middleware Administrator
3 1 (6.667%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) NHS
2 1 (6.667%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) UNIX
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (20.00%) Windows 2000
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Vista
3 2 (13.33%) Solaris
4 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Information Management
2 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) ITIL
4 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.667%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) Java
2 1 (6.667%) Perl
2 1 (6.667%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) VB
2 1 (6.667%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (20.00%) MCSE
1 3 (20.00%) MCSA
1 3 (20.00%) MCP
1 3 (20.00%) HNC
2 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.667%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Splunk
1 2 (13.33%) CA Wily
2 1 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Terracotta
2 2 (13.33%) F5
2 2 (13.33%) JBoss
2 2 (13.33%) Sun
3 1 (6.667%) Cisco
3 1 (6.667%) Red Hat
3 1 (6.667%) CheckPoint
3 1 (6.667%) Business Objects
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle