The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills 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 Planning over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 30 29 42
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +13
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 1 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.508% 2.290% 0.402%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.680% 2.899% 0.505%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Average daily rate - £333 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 207 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 74.62% 79.01% 79.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 114 94
Average daily rate £361 £375 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.66% +22.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 9
Average hourly rate £35.50 £40.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.25% -15.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Planning
East of England

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton -5 1 - -
Bedford - - - - 1
Project Planning
East of England

Project Planning
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Project Planning 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 Planning.

1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) MS Project
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Project Planning 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 Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Project
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft