The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 22 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 Bedfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 30 43 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 15.71% 15.41% 16.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.48% 16.60% 18.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 24 34
Average daily rate £400 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £443 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £28.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
182 259 270
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 95.29% 92.83% 92.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 126 129
Average daily rate £350 £363 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +11.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 12
Average hourly rate £20.70 £29.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.63% +114.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.96 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
East of England

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton -6 11 £400 -
Bedford -2 2 £325 +150.00%
Dunstable - 1 £410 -
Project Manager
East of England

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 28 (47.46%) PRINCE2
1 28 (47.46%) Project Management
2 20 (33.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (25.42%) Finance
4 12 (20.34%) E-Commerce
5 9 (15.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 7 (11.86%) Retail
7 6 (10.17%) Local Government
7 6 (10.17%) Project Planning
8 5 (8.475%) ITIL
8 5 (8.475%) MS Visio
8 5 (8.475%) MS Project
8 5 (8.475%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (6.780%) Banking
9 4 (6.780%) Management Information System
9 4 (6.780%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (6.780%) Supplier Management
10 3 (5.085%) Windows 7
10 3 (5.085%) Service Delivery
10 3 (5.085%) Windows
10 3 (5.085%) SAP
10 3 (5.085%) Scrum
10 3 (5.085%) Taleo
10 3 (5.085%) Asset Management
11 2 (3.390%) Document Management
11 2 (3.390%) Business Analysis
11 2 (3.390%) Resource Management
11 2 (3.390%) Marketing
11 2 (3.390%) Programme Management
11 2 (3.390%) Automotive

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 Development
1 1 (1.695%) Web Services
1 1 (1.695%) XML
Applications
1 5 (8.475%) MS Visio
1 5 (8.475%) MS Project
2 1 (1.695%) MS Office
2 1 (1.695%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.085%) Taleo
2 1 (1.695%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.390%) HTTP
2 1 (1.695%) LAN
2 1 (1.695%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.390%) OLAP
2 1 (1.695%) GIS
2 1 (1.695%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (25.42%) Finance
2 7 (11.86%) Retail
3 6 (10.17%) Local Government
4 4 (6.780%) Banking
5 2 (3.390%) Marketing
5 2 (3.390%) Automotive
6 1 (1.695%) Military
6 1 (1.695%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.780%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.695%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.085%) Windows 7
1 3 (5.085%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (47.46%) PRINCE2
1 28 (47.46%) Project Management
2 20 (33.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (20.34%) E-Commerce
4 6 (10.17%) Project Planning
5 5 (8.475%) ITIL
5 5 (8.475%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (6.780%) Supplier Management
7 3 (5.085%) Service Delivery
7 3 (5.085%) Scrum
7 3 (5.085%) Asset Management
8 2 (3.390%) Document Management
8 2 (3.390%) Business Analysis
8 2 (3.390%) Resource Management
8 2 (3.390%) Programme Management
8 2 (3.390%) Data Cleansing
8 2 (3.390%) ITIL V3
9 1 (1.695%) Portfolio Management
9 1 (1.695%) Change Control
9 1 (1.695%) Business Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 9 (15.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (6.780%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (1.695%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.695%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.695%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (1.695%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (5.085%) SAP
2 2 (3.390%) Citrix
2 2 (3.390%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.695%) Sun
3 1 (1.695%) Cognos