Availability Management Contracts in the North West

Availability Management
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Availability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Availability Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 146 176
Rank change year-on-year +28 +30 -39
Contract jobs citing Availability Management 23 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.83% 0.34% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.37% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 5
10th Percentile £405 £381 £460
25th Percentile £455 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% -30.43% -14.81%
75th Percentile £500 - £650
90th Percentile £528 - -
England median daily rate £513 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
England median hourly rate £73.50 £65.00 £34.45
% change year-on-year +13.07% +88.68% -27.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Availability Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,398 2,935 3,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.92% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,547 2,090 2,574
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £405 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £589 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 149 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.73 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.28 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £45.00 £48.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £56.80 £65.00 £59.38
England median hourly rate £35.25 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.00% +56.25% -

Availability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Availability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Availability Management in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Availability Management in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Availability Management in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Availability Management in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Availability Management in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Availability Management in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Availability Management in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Availability Management within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cumbria - 16 £493 - 4
Manchester +16 5 £438 +16.67% 8
Cheshire - 2 £525 - 1
Availability Management
England

Availability Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
General
1 17 (73.91%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Automotive
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Billing
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Capacity Manager
2 12 (52.17%) Availability Manager
2 12 (52.17%) Capacity and Availability Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) Incident Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Capacity Management Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Incident Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) IT Operations Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) IT Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.35%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Management Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Service Management Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 16 (69.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (86.96%) Capacity Management
2 18 (78.26%) Service Management
3 17 (73.91%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (69.57%) Mentoring
4 16 (69.57%) Quality Management
4 16 (69.57%) Statistics
5 15 (65.22%) Problem Management
5 15 (65.22%) Time Management
6 5 (21.74%) ITIL
7 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (17.39%) Incident Management
8 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
8 3 (13.04%) Service Design
9 2 (8.70%) Knowledge Transfer
9 2 (8.70%) Runbook
9 2 (8.70%) Service Continuity Management
9 2 (8.70%) Service Delivery
10 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (4.35%) Change Management
10 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 18 (78.26%) Security Cleared
2 16 (69.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) SAP