Yorkshire Change Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Change Management skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Change Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Alderley Edge Aldershot Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dundee East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Gwent Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Havant Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hitchin Home Counties Huddersfield Hull Isle of Wight Kent Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Knottingley Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell New Malden Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans St Helens Staines Stourbridge Street Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	50	51
Rank change on same period last year	+1
Matching contract IT job ads	77	93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.103 %	0.094 %
As % of the category below	4.639 %	5.248 %
Daily rates quoted	23	27
Average minimum daily rate	£327	£342
Average daily rate	£345	£363
% change on same period last year	-4.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£384
UK excluding London average daily rate	£393	£377
% change on same period last year	+4.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.36	£28.50
Average hourly rate	£28.91	£29.65
% change on same period last year	-2.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.46	£30.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.75	£27.21
% change on same period last year	-5.35 %
Processes & Methodologies Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1660	1772
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.213 %	1.793 %
Daily rates quoted	429	395
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£340
Average daily rate	£363	£359
% change on same period last year	+1.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£385	£378
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	109	97
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.11	£25.71
Average hourly rate	£27.00	£26.63
% change on same period last year	+1.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.89	£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
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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 Change Management across the Yorkshire 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 Change Management across the Yorkshire region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Change Management across the Yorkshire region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Change Management across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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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 Change Management within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
West Yorkshire	-16	39	£334	-0.40 %
South Yorkshire	-4	17	-	-
North Yorkshire	+1	11	£366	-13.02 %
East Yorkshire	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Change 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 Change Management.

1 41 (23.98 %) UNIX 2 40 (23.39 %) Finance 3 38 (22.22 %) Solaris 4 37 (21.64 %) ITIL 5 29 (16.96 %) Sun 5 29 (16.96 %) VERITAS 6 22 (12.87 %) PRINCE2 7 21 (12.28 %) SAN 7 21 (12.28 %) NetBackup 8 20 (11.70 %) Windows 9 17 (9.942 %) Project Management 10 15 (8.772 %) Incident Management 11 14 (8.187 %) MS Excel 12 12 (7.018 %) NHS 12 12 (7.018 %) SLA

12 12 (7.018 %) Insurance 13 10 (5.848 %) Stakeholder Management 13 10 (5.848 %) Service Management 13 10 (5.848 %) EMC 14 9 (5.263 %) HP 14 9 (5.263 %) Microsoft 14 9 (5.263 %) ITIL Certification 14 9 (5.263 %) Firewall 15 8 (4.678 %) Telecoms 15 8 (4.678 %) Health 15 8 (4.678 %) BPR 15 8 (4.678 %) PRINCE2 Certification 15 8 (4.678 %) HPUX 16 7 (4.094 %) NFS 16 7 (4.094 %) Symantec

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Change 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 Change Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (2.339 %) Middleware 2 1 (0.585 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 2 (1.170 %) WebLogic 1 2 (1.170 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (0.585 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 1 (0.585 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (0.585 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (0.585 %) Apache 2 1 (0.585 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 14 (8.187 %) MS Excel 2 4 (2.339 %) MS Project 2 4 (2.339 %) MS PowerPoint 3 3 (1.754 %) CA Clarity 3 3 (1.754 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.585 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.585 %) Adobe Captivate	Business Applications 1 2 (1.170 %) assyst 1 2 (1.170 %) ResourceLink 2 1 (0.585 %) TIBCO iProcess 2 1 (0.585 %) Oracle EBS 2 1 (0.585 %) Oracle ERP 2 1 (0.585 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 21 (12.28 %) SAN 2 9 (5.263 %) Firewall 3 6 (3.509 %) IP Telephony 4 1 (0.585 %) Cisco PIX 4 1 (0.585 %) IPsec 4 1 (0.585 %) Internet 4 1 (0.585 %) ADSL 4 1 (0.585 %) LAN 4 1 (0.585 %) PSTN 4 1 (0.585 %) WAN 4 1 (0.585 %) VPN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (1.754 %) DB2 2 2 (1.170 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (0.585 %) SQL Server 7 3 1 (0.585 %) SQL Server 2000 3 1 (0.585 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (0.585 %) MS Access 3 1 (0.585 %) SQL Server
Development Applications 1 1 (0.585 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 40 (23.39 %) Finance 2 12 (7.018 %) Insurance 3 8 (4.678 %) Telecoms 3 8 (4.678 %) Health 4 6 (3.509 %) Government 4 6 (3.509 %) Retail 5 5 (2.924 %) Pensions 5 5 (2.924 %) Education 6 4 (2.339 %) Back Office 7 3 (1.754 %) Banking 8 1 (0.585 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.585 %) Financial Institution 8 1 (0.585 %) Electric 8 1 (0.585 %) Legal 8 1 (0.585 %) Manufacturing 8 1 (0.585 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 32 (18.71 %) Analyst 2 31 (18.13 %) Project Manager 3 28 (16.37 %) Support Engineer 4 20 (11.70 %) Administrator 5 12 (7.018 %) Business Analyst 6 10 (5.848 %) Change Manager 6 10 (5.848 %) Project Engineer 6 10 (5.848 %) Solaris Administrator 7 8 (4.678 %) Change Analyst 7 8 (4.678 %) Coordinator 8 7 (4.094 %) Consultant 9 6 (3.509 %) Project Coordinator 10 5 (2.924 %) Project Administrator 10 5 (2.924 %) UNIX Administrator 10 5 (2.924 %) Process Analyst 10 5 (2.924 %) Service Analyst 11 4 (2.339 %) 2nd Line Support 11 4 (2.339 %) Business Process Analyst 11 4 (2.339 %) Management Consultant 11 4 (2.339 %) Incident Manager	Miscellaneous 1 12 (7.018 %) NHS 2 6 (3.509 %) Management Information System 3 3 (1.754 %) Clustering 4 2 (1.170 %) AS400 4 2 (1.170 %) Mainframe 4 2 (1.170 %) NPfIT 5 1 (0.585 %) HACMP 5 1 (0.585 %) PMI 5 1 (0.585 %) EPoS 5 1 (0.585 %) E-Learning 5 1 (0.585 %) Statistics
Operating Systems 1 41 (23.98 %) UNIX 2 38 (22.22 %) Solaris 3 20 (11.70 %) Windows 4 8 (4.678 %) HPUX 5 6 (3.509 %) Windows 2000 6 4 (2.339 %) Windows NT 6 4 (2.339 %) Windows Server 2003 7 3 (1.754 %) zOS 8 1 (0.585 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 37 (21.64 %) ITIL 2 22 (12.87 %) PRINCE2 3 17 (9.942 %) Project Management 4 15 (8.772 %) Incident Management 5 10 (5.848 %) Stakeholder Management 5 10 (5.848 %) Service Management 6 8 (4.678 %) BPR 7 6 (3.509 %) Performance Management 8 5 (2.924 %) Programme Management 9 4 (2.339 %) Document Management 9 4 (2.339 %) RAD 9 4 (2.339 %) Service Delivery 9 4 (2.339 %) Release Management 9 4 (2.339 %) Security Cleared 10 3 (1.754 %) Test Management 10 3 (1.754 %) Problem Management 10 3 (1.754 %) Use Case 10 3 (1.754 %) SC Cleared 10 3 (1.754 %) Identity Management 10 3 (1.754 %) Workflow
Programming Languages 1 3 (1.754 %) REXX 1 3 (1.754 %) JCL 2 2 (1.170 %) C 3 1 (0.585 %) Java 3 1 (0.585 %) Assembly Language	Qualifications 1 9 (5.263 %) ITIL Certification 2 8 (4.678 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 6 (3.509 %) MCSE 3 6 (3.509 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (1.170 %) Cisco Certification 4 2 (1.170 %) CCNA 5 1 (0.585 %) Citrix Certification 5 1 (0.585 %) CIPD 5 1 (0.585 %) Degree 5 1 (0.585 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (0.585 %) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (7.018 %) SLA 2 6 (3.509 %) BS15000 3 2 (1.170 %) QA	System Software 1 21 (12.28 %) NetBackup 2 7 (4.094 %) NFS 3 3 (1.754 %) RACF 4 1 (0.585 %) Active Directory 4 1 (0.585 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 4 (2.339 %) Netcool 1 4 (2.339 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 2 2 (1.170 %) OpenView 3 1 (0.585 %) Unicenter 3 1 (0.585 %) TIBCO Hawk 3 1 (0.585 %) Norton AntiVirus 3 1 (0.585 %) OVSD	Vendors 1 29 (16.96 %) Sun 1 29 (16.96 %) VERITAS 2 10 (5.848 %) EMC 3 9 (5.263 %) HP 3 9 (5.263 %) Microsoft 4 7 (4.094 %) Symantec 5 5 (2.924 %) Oracle 6 3 (1.754 %) Cisco 6 3 (1.754 %) CA 7 2 (1.170 %) SAP 8 1 (0.585 %) IBM 8 1 (0.585 %) Adobe 8 1 (0.585 %) Nokia 8 1 (0.585 %) BT 8 1 (0.585 %) Altiris 8 1 (0.585 %) Lotus 8 1 (0.585 %) CheckPoint 8 1 (0.585 %) TIBCO