The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management 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 Aberdeen 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
Project Management
Rank 9 2 6
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 17 43 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 10.69% 22.51% 13.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.45% 33.33% 18.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 7
Average daily rate £425 £350 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +27.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £27.75 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +63.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £26.28 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+33.69% -13.83%
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
110 129 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 69.18% 67.54% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 62 56
Average daily rate £375 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £520 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 10
Average hourly rate £26.25 £14.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -53.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £14.00 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £64.50 £35.20 £40.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Project Management
Scotland

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Aberdeen Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Project 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 Project Management.

1 25 (52.08%) PRINCE2
2 15 (31.25%) Oracle
3 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (22.92%) PMI Certification
5 10 (20.83%) Document Management
5 10 (20.83%) Business Analysis
6 8 (16.67%) Degree
6 8 (16.67%) Finance
6 8 (16.67%) ITIL
6 8 (16.67%) Windows
7 7 (14.58%) Economics
7 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Management
8 6 (12.50%) Incident Management
8 6 (12.50%) Computer Science
8 6 (12.50%) Problem Management
8 6 (12.50%) Fat Client
8 6 (12.50%) Data Management
8 6 (12.50%) Linux
8 6 (12.50%) PMP
8 6 (12.50%) HP
8 6 (12.50%) Thin Client
9 5 (10.42%) PMI
9 5 (10.42%) SQL
10 4 (8.333%) MS Project
11 3 (6.250%) Business Objects
11 3 (6.250%) Quality Management
11 3 (6.250%) Change Management
12 2 (4.167%) Information Management
12 2 (4.167%) QA
12 2 (4.167%) PRINCE2 Practitioner

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Project 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.083%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.167%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.083%) Documentum
2 1 (2.083%) ArcSDE
2 1 (2.083%) LiveLink
Applications
1 4 (8.333%) MS Project
2 2 (4.167%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.083%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.083%) MS Office
3 1 (2.083%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Maximo
1 1 (2.083%) SmartPlant
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.167%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.083%) SAP BI
2 1 (2.083%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.083%) GIS
General
1 8 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (41.67%) Project Manager
2 14 (29.17%) Analyst
3 10 (20.83%) Business Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Manager
5 6 (12.50%) Technical Leader
6 5 (10.42%) Data Manager
7 4 (8.333%) Business Project Manager
7 4 (8.333%) Business Manager
8 3 (6.250%) Project Engineer
8 3 (6.250%) Support Engineer
8 3 (6.250%) PMO Analyst
8 3 (6.250%) IT Business Analyst
9 2 (4.167%) Technical Project Manager
9 2 (4.167%) Consultant
9 2 (4.167%) Project Analyst
9 2 (4.167%) Technical Manager
9 2 (4.167%) Programme Manager
10 1 (2.083%) IT Consultant
10 1 (2.083%) Project Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Economics
2 6 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 6 (12.50%) Fat Client
2 6 (12.50%) Thin Client
3 5 (10.42%) PMI
4 2 (4.167%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.083%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (52.08%) PRINCE2
2 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (20.83%) Document Management
3 10 (20.83%) Business Analysis
4 8 (16.67%) ITIL
5 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Management
6 6 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 6 (12.50%) Problem Management
6 6 (12.50%) Data Management
7 3 (6.250%) Quality Management
7 3 (6.250%) Change Management
8 2 (4.167%) Information Management
8 2 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (2.083%) Six Sigma
9 1 (2.083%) BPR
9 1 (2.083%) ERP
9 1 (2.083%) UML
9 1 (2.083%) Content Management
9 1 (2.083%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.42%) SQL
2 1 (2.083%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (22.92%) PMI Certification
2 8 (16.67%) Degree
3 6 (12.50%) PMP
4 2 (4.167%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (4.167%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.083%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.167%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (31.25%) Oracle
2 6 (12.50%) HP
3 3 (6.250%) Business Objects
4 2 (4.167%) SAP
4 2 (4.167%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.083%) Primavera
5 1 (2.083%) ESRI
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