The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basildon 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 Basildon 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 1 9 13
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 19 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basildon 40.43% 14.29% 10.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 55.88% 22.73% 19.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
Average daily rate - £199 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -50.31%
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 0
Average hourly rate £37.75 £29.75 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.89% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £26.28 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+33.69% -13.83%
All Processes & Methodologies
Basildon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34 22 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basildon 72.34% 62.86% 53.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 18
Average daily rate £250 £288 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% -28.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £85 £200 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £351 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 3
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% +5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Project Management
Essex

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basildon 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 Basildon region.

Basildon Project Management Daily Rate Trend

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 Basildon region.

Basildon Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Basildon Project Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon 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 (67.57%) Finance
2 24 (64.86%) PRINCE2
3 21 (56.76%) MS Project
4 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
5 13 (35.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 13 (35.14%) ITIL
6 12 (32.43%) Configuration Management
6 12 (32.43%) Time Management
6 12 (32.43%) Change Control
7 9 (24.32%) SQL
8 8 (21.62%) Oracle
9 7 (18.92%) J2EE
9 7 (18.92%) C++
9 7 (18.92%) PL/SQL
9 7 (18.92%) Change Management
10 5 (13.51%) QA
10 5 (13.51%) Wealth Management
10 5 (13.51%) Waterfall
10 5 (13.51%) Performance Management
10 5 (13.51%) Scrum
10 5 (13.51%) Document Management
11 4 (10.81%) AccuRev
11 4 (10.81%) Automotive
12 2 (5.405%) PRINCE
12 2 (5.405%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (5.405%) SQL Server
12 2 (5.405%) MS Office
12 2 (5.405%) MS Excel
12 2 (5.405%) Windows
12 2 (5.405%) MS Visio

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon 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 7 (18.92%) J2EE
Applications
1 21 (56.76%) MS Project
2 2 (5.405%) MS Office
2 2 (5.405%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.405%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) CTI
1 1 (2.703%) VPN
1 1 (2.703%) SAN
1 1 (2.703%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.405%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.703%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (2.703%) Oracle 9i
2 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.703%) MySQL
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 25 (67.57%) Finance
2 4 (10.81%) Automotive
3 1 (2.703%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (59.46%) Project Manager
2 4 (10.81%) Technical Manager
2 4 (10.81%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (5.405%) Developer
3 2 (5.405%) Development Manager
3 2 (5.405%) Project Leader
3 2 (5.405%) Development Project Manager
3 2 (5.405%) Technical Project Leader
3 2 (5.405%) Change Manager
3 2 (5.405%) Technical Development Manager
4 1 (2.703%) Applications Manager
4 1 (2.703%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (2.703%) Lead Project Manager
4 1 (2.703%) Teradata DBA
4 1 (2.703%) SQL Server DBA
4 1 (2.703%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (2.703%) SQL DBA
4 1 (2.703%) Server Administrator
4 1 (2.703%) Programme Manager
4 1 (2.703%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) NHS
2 1 (2.703%) Replication
2 1 (2.703%) Clustering
2 1 (2.703%) SaaS
2 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.405%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (5.405%) Windows
2 1 (2.703%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (64.86%) PRINCE2
2 13 (35.14%) ITIL
3 12 (32.43%) Configuration Management
3 12 (32.43%) Time Management
3 12 (32.43%) Change Control
4 7 (18.92%) Change Management
5 5 (13.51%) Wealth Management
5 5 (13.51%) Waterfall
5 5 (13.51%) Performance Management
5 5 (13.51%) Scrum
5 5 (13.51%) Document Management
6 2 (5.405%) PRINCE
6 2 (5.405%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.703%) Project Planning
7 1 (2.703%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (2.703%) High Availability
7 1 (2.703%) Test Strategy
7 1 (2.703%) ERP
7 1 (2.703%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.703%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) SQL
2 7 (18.92%) C++
2 7 (18.92%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.703%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (35.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (5.405%) Degree
3 1 (2.703%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.703%) MCITP
3 1 (2.703%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 1 (2.703%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.703%) PMP
3 1 (2.703%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.703%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.703%) Cisco UCCE
1 1 (2.703%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 8 (21.62%) Oracle
3 4 (10.81%) AccuRev
4 1 (2.703%) Cisco
4 1 (2.703%) HP
4 1 (2.703%) Genesys
4 1 (2.703%) BMC
4 1 (2.703%) CA
4 1 (2.703%) Hyperion
4 1 (2.703%) Siemens