The first table below looks at the demand for Problem 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 Problem Management over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Problem Management
Rank 78 94 68
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -26
Contract jobs citing Problem Management 17 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.227% 0.059% 0.511%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.731% 0.079% 0.753%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
Average daily rate £301 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £350 £380
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £350 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £321 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.94% -1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.99 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+3.01% -19.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
982 1264 797
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 70.90% 74.22% 67.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 721 395
Average daily rate £320 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 25 34
Average hourly rate £29.25 £15.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+95.00% -31.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £11.64 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £62.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Problem Management
Yorkshire

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Problem Management Jobs Demand Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Problem Management Daily Rate Trend

Problem Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Problem Management across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

West Yorkshire Problem Management Daily Rate Histogram

Problem Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Problem Management Hourly Rate Trend

Problem Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leeds +13 14 £307 -12.42% 2
Bradford - 1 £225 -
Halifax - 1 - - 2
Wakefield - - - -
Problem Management
Yorkshire

Problem Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Problem 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 Problem Management.

1 11 (45.83%) SLA
2 9 (37.50%) ITIL
2 9 (37.50%) Release Management
3 8 (33.33%) Oracle
3 8 (33.33%) zOS
3 8 (33.33%) Mainframe
4 7 (29.17%) Control-M
4 7 (29.17%) CICS
4 7 (29.17%) COBOL
4 7 (29.17%) ChangeMan
5 6 (25.00%) Finance
6 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.67%) SQL
6 4 (16.67%) UNIX
6 4 (16.67%) Windows
7 3 (12.50%) UML
7 3 (12.50%) Java
7 3 (12.50%) WebLogic
7 3 (12.50%) SAS
7 3 (12.50%) Data Modelling
7 3 (12.50%) Service Management
7 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 3 (12.50%) VMware
8 2 (8.333%) CMMI
8 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (8.333%) COBIT
8 2 (8.333%) JIRA
8 2 (8.333%) Oracle 11g

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Problem 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 Problem Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 7 (29.17%) CICS
2 3 (12.50%) SAS
2 3 (12.50%) WebLogic
3 2 (8.333%) IIS
3 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.167%) MS Exchange
4 1 (4.167%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.333%) VPN
1 2 (8.333%) DNS
1 2 (8.333%) SSL
2 1 (4.167%) CTI
2 1 (4.167%) Intranet
2 1 (4.167%) Internet
2 1 (4.167%) MPLS
2 1 (4.167%) Firewall
2 1 (4.167%) VLAN
2 1 (4.167%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.167%) LAN
2 1 (4.167%) VoIP
2 1 (4.167%) WAN
2 1 (4.167%) DHCP
2 1 (4.167%) FTP
2 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (8.333%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.167%) TOAD
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 7 (29.17%) ChangeMan
2 2 (8.333%) JIRA
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Banking
2 1 (4.167%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) Technical Support
2 4 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Support Specialist
3 3 (12.50%) Administrator
4 2 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Applications Support
4 2 (8.333%) Service Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) DBA
4 2 (8.333%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Mainframe Operator
5 1 (4.167%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.167%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (4.167%) Desktop Support
5 1 (4.167%) Analyst Programmer
5 1 (4.167%) Support Technician
5 1 (4.167%) Programmer
5 1 (4.167%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.167%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.167%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.167%) Statistics
2 1 (4.167%) Fat Client
2 1 (4.167%) iPhone
2 1 (4.167%) HP Superdome
2 1 (4.167%) iPad
2 1 (4.167%) Thin Client
2 1 (4.167%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) zOS
2 4 (16.67%) UNIX
2 4 (16.67%) Windows
3 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.167%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (4.167%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.167%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.167%) Windows 8
4 1 (4.167%) AIX
4 1 (4.167%) HPUX
4 1 (4.167%) Linux
4 1 (4.167%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) ITIL
1 9 (37.50%) Release Management
2 3 (12.50%) UML
2 3 (12.50%) Data Modelling
2 3 (12.50%) Service Management
2 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (8.333%) CMMI
4 1 (4.167%) ETL
4 1 (4.167%) Project Management
4 1 (4.167%) CRM
4 1 (4.167%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.167%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (4.167%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (4.167%) Logistics
4 1 (4.167%) Incident Management
4 1 (4.167%) Load Balancing
4 1 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.167%) ITSM
4 1 (4.167%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) COBOL
2 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 3 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.167%) C
4 1 (4.167%) VBScript
4 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
4 1 (4.167%) JCL
4 1 (4.167%) AWK
4 1 (4.167%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.167%) sed
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (8.333%) SC Cleared
1 2 (8.333%) BC Cleared
1 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.167%) MCSE
2 1 (4.167%) CCNA
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) SLA
2 2 (8.333%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (8.333%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.167%) Xen
2 1 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) Control-M
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Oracle
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.50%) VMware
4 2 (8.333%) HP
4 2 (8.333%) Citrix
4 2 (8.333%) NetApp
5 1 (4.167%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.167%) Apple
5 1 (4.167%) Wyse
5 1 (4.167%) Business Objects
5 1 (4.167%) Cisco
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