The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role 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 Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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 Manager
Rank 18 7 6
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 8 24 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 5.031% 12.57% 13.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.479% 13.79% 14.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 13
Average daily rate £397 £425 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.70% +36.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £303 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £465 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £41.50 £41.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +0.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £28.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year
+35.00% -18.75%
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
146 174 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 91.82% 91.10% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 72 66
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £150 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £455 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 17
Average hourly rate £15.77 £17.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.23% +13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £14.30 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.60 £33.10 £31.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
Scotland

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Aberdeen Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Aberdeen Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Project Manager in their job title 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 with Project Manager in their job title.

1 21 (70.00%) PRINCE2
2 20 (66.67%) Project Management
3 8 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (26.67%) Business Analysis
4 7 (23.33%) Economics
4 7 (23.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 6 (20.00%) SQL
5 6 (20.00%) Oracle
6 5 (16.67%) Degree
6 5 (16.67%) PMI Certification
7 4 (13.33%) PMP
7 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
8 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (10.00%) MS Project
9 2 (6.667%) SAP
9 2 (6.667%) C
9 2 (6.667%) Change Management
9 2 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (6.667%) Content Management
9 2 (6.667%) Document Management
9 2 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
10 1 (3.333%) Information Management
10 1 (3.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (3.333%) Finance
10 1 (3.333%) Migration
10 1 (3.333%) Service Management
10 1 (3.333%) CIMA
10 1 (3.333%) LiveLink
10 1 (3.333%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (3.333%) SAP R/3

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Project Manager in their job title 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 with Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.333%) LiveLink
1 1 (3.333%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.333%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Project
2 1 (3.333%) MS Office
2 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (3.333%) SAP R/3
General
1 1 (3.333%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) Economics
2 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.333%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (70.00%) PRINCE2
2 20 (66.67%) Project Management
3 8 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (26.67%) Business Analysis
4 7 (23.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (6.667%) Change Management
5 2 (6.667%) Content Management
5 2 (6.667%) Document Management
5 2 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (3.333%) Information Management
6 1 (3.333%) Migration
6 1 (3.333%) Service Management
6 1 (3.333%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.333%) ITIL
6 1 (3.333%) CRM
6 1 (3.333%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (6.667%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) Degree
1 5 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 4 (13.33%) PMP
3 2 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (3.333%) CIMA
4 1 (3.333%) ACCA
4 1 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Oracle
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.667%) SAP