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This section looks at the demand for Project Management skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Management
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2217
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads202340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.267 %0.339 %
As % of the category below9.941 %12.75 %
Daily rates quoted64154
Average minimum daily rate£364£368
Average daily rate£385£383
% change on same period last year+0.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£398
UK excluding London average daily rate£392£385
% change on same period last year+1.88 %
Hourly rates quoted616
Average minimum hourly rate£27.67£35.34
Average hourly rate£29.50£37.43
% change on same period last year-21.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.33£39.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.41£30.62
% change on same period last year-7.20 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads20322666
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.682 %2.655 %
Daily rates quoted518945
Average minimum daily rate£363£360
Average daily rate£385£382
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£377
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted98196
Average minimum hourly rate£27.75£31.38
Average hourly rate£30.44£32.96
% change on same period last year-7.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.13£34.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.34£30.18
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Project Management South EastProject Management
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Project Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Berkshire Project Management Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Berkshire Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Berkshire Project Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Management
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-3141£385+4.89 %
NewburyUp+1023£365-13.40 %
SloughNo change022£353+9.49 %
BracknellUp+1015£393+6.38 %
MaidenheadUp+27£475+24.55 %
WindsorDown-65--
WokinghamNew entry-1£450-
Project Management South EastProject Management
South East

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1141 (34.14 %)Telecoms
2115 (27.85 %)PRINCE2
389 (21.55 %)Finance
444 (10.65 %)MS Project
541 (9.927 %)PRINCE2 Certification
638 (9.201 %)Microsoft
736 (8.717 %)PRINCE
736 (8.717 %)Oracle
833 (7.990 %)Migration
927 (6.538 %)Change Management
927 (6.538 %)MS Office
927 (6.538 %)ITIL
1026 (6.295 %)Windows
1026 (6.295 %)MS Excel
1026 (6.295 %)SAP
1125 (6.053 %)Marketing
1223 (5.569 %)SQL
1322 (5.327 %)MS Visio
1322 (5.327 %)Government
1421 (5.085 %)Matrix Management
1518 (4.358 %)ERP
1617 (4.116 %)MS PowerPoint
1716 (3.874 %)Billing
1716 (3.874 %)3G
1815 (3.632 %)UNIX
1815 (3.632 %)Java
1815 (3.632 %)Cisco
1914 (3.390 %)IBM
1914 (3.390 %)Service Management
1914 (3.390 %)Stakeholder Management

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (3.148 %).NET
212 (2.906 %)XML
310 (2.421 %)J2EE
49 (2.179 %)WebSphere
58 (1.937 %)ASP.NET
67 (1.695 %)HTML
75 (1.211 %)CSS
75 (1.211 %)WebServices
75 (1.211 %)AJAX
84 (0.969 %)Spring
84 (0.969 %)Hibernate
84 (0.969 %)SOAP
84 (0.969 %)Struts
84 (0.969 %)JSP
93 (0.726 %)JMS
93 (0.726 %)Servlets
102 (0.484 %)MAPI
102 (0.484 %)JDBC
111 (0.242 %)XHTML
111 (0.242 %)ASP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (1.453 %)CMS
16 (1.453 %)IIS
16 (1.453 %)Lotus Notes
24 (0.969 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (0.484 %)Office Project Server
32 (0.484 %)SAS
32 (0.484 %)MS Exchange
41 (0.242 %)SharePoint
41 (0.242 %)WebLogic
41 (0.242 %)ColdFusion
41 (0.242 %)Oracle Workflow
41 (0.242 %)ESB
41 (0.242 %)Exchange Server 2003
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
144 (10.65 %)MS Project
227 (6.538 %)MS Office
326 (6.295 %)MS Excel
422 (5.327 %)MS Visio
517 (4.116 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.242 %)Spreadsheet
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.726 %)Oracle Financials
13 (0.726 %)Oracle Applications
22 (0.484 %)SAP CO
22 (0.484 %)SAP R/3
22 (0.484 %)SAP HR
31 (0.242 %)SAP SD
31 (0.242 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.242 %)Hyperion Enterprise
31 (0.242 %)HFM
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (3.874 %)3G
210 (2.421 %)Firewall
210 (2.421 %)Internet
39 (2.179 %)SDH
48 (1.937 %)Broadband
57 (1.695 %)TCP/IP
57 (1.695 %)SAN
66 (1.453 %)HSDPA
66 (1.453 %)VoIP
66 (1.453 %)SMS
74 (0.969 %)BSS
74 (0.969 %)Wireless
74 (0.969 %)LAN
83 (0.726 %)ATM
92 (0.484 %)DVB
92 (0.484 %)MPLS
92 (0.484 %)UMTS
92 (0.484 %)WAN
92 (0.484 %)DNS
101 (0.242 %)HTTPS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (2.179 %)SQL Server
28 (1.937 %)Oracle 8/8i
37 (1.695 %)DB2
46 (1.453 %)BusinessObjects
46 (1.453 %)Datawarehouse
55 (1.211 %)Informix
55 (1.211 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (0.969 %)DB2 UDB
73 (0.726 %)MS Access
82 (0.484 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
82 (0.484 %)GIS
82 (0.484 %)ETL
91 (0.242 %)MySQL
91 (0.242 %)OLAP
91 (0.242 %)OLTP
91 (0.242 %)SQL Server 2000
91 (0.242 %)BusinessObjects XI
91 (0.242 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.242 %)BODI
91 (0.242 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.242 %)ClearCase
11 (0.242 %)TestDirector
11 (0.242 %)Synon
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1141 (34.14 %)Telecoms
289 (21.55 %)Finance
325 (6.053 %)Marketing
422 (5.327 %)Government
516 (3.874 %)Billing
611 (2.663 %)Retail
75 (1.211 %)Banking
84 (0.969 %)Multimedia
84 (0.969 %)General Ledger
84 (0.969 %)Manufacturing
84 (0.969 %)Construction
93 (0.726 %)Automotive
93 (0.726 %)Insurance
102 (0.484 %)FMCG
102 (0.484 %)Education
102 (0.484 %)Electric
102 (0.484 %)Health
111 (0.242 %)Pharmaceutical
111 (0.242 %)Law
111 (0.242 %)Pensions
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1195 (47.22 %)Project Manager
238 (9.201 %)Analyst
332 (7.748 %)Consultant
422 (5.327 %)Coordinator
521 (5.085 %)Technical Manager
619 (4.600 %)Technical Project Manager
717 (4.116 %)Infrastructure Manager
816 (3.874 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
914 (3.390 %)Architect
914 (3.390 %)Business Analyst
914 (3.390 %)Project Coordinator
1013 (3.148 %)Implementation Manager
1110 (2.421 %)Business Manager
1110 (2.421 %)Project Analyst
1110 (2.421 %)Support Analyst
1110 (2.421 %)Programme Manager
129 (2.179 %)Solutions Designer
129 (2.179 %)Administrator
129 (2.179 %)Business Project Manager
138 (1.937 %)Marketing Manager
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (3.148 %)PMI
211 (2.663 %)Management Information System
35 (1.211 %)N-Tier
35 (1.211 %)Clustering
35 (1.211 %)CMDB
44 (0.969 %)Blackberry
53 (0.726 %)Client/Server
53 (0.726 %)IVR
62 (0.484 %)Economics
62 (0.484 %)Data Conversion
62 (0.484 %)Replication
62 (0.484 %)DTV
62 (0.484 %)EPoS
71 (0.242 %)NHS
71 (0.242 %)Mainframe
71 (0.242 %)AS400
71 (0.242 %)IPTV
71 (0.242 %)Copywriting
71 (0.242 %)Italian Language
71 (0.242 %)Spanish Language
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (6.295 %)Windows
215 (3.632 %)UNIX
313 (3.148 %)Windows Server 2003
48 (1.937 %)Linux
56 (1.453 %)Windows XP
65 (1.211 %)Windows 2000
74 (0.969 %)Windows 2000 Server
74 (0.969 %)VMS
83 (0.726 %)Solaris
83 (0.726 %)AIX
92 (0.484 %)Windows Vista
92 (0.484 %)HPUX
101 (0.242 %)Windows NT
101 (0.242 %)Windows Server 2008
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1115 (27.85 %)PRINCE2
236 (8.717 %)PRINCE
333 (7.990 %)Migration
427 (6.538 %)Change Management
427 (6.538 %)ITIL
521 (5.085 %)Matrix Management
618 (4.358 %)ERP
714 (3.390 %)Service Management
714 (3.390 %)Stakeholder Management
812 (2.906 %)Project Planning
911 (2.663 %)Programme Management
911 (2.663 %)Product Marketing
1010 (2.421 %)Business Analysis
1010 (2.421 %)Business Intelligence
1010 (2.421 %)UML
1010 (2.421 %)CRM
119 (2.179 %)Risk Management
119 (2.179 %)Problem Management
128 (1.937 %)Logistics
128 (1.937 %)Service Delivery
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (5.569 %)SQL
215 (3.632 %)Java
312 (2.906 %)C#
45 (1.211 %)Perl
45 (1.211 %)AWK
54 (0.969 %)VBScript
62 (0.484 %)VB
62 (0.484 %)JavaScript
62 (0.484 %)C
71 (0.242 %)VB.NET
71 (0.242 %)Shell Script
71 (0.242 %)PowerShell
71 (0.242 %)Ruby
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
141 (9.927 %)PRINCE2 Certification
212 (2.906 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
38 (1.937 %)Degree
46 (1.453 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (1.453 %)MCSE
55 (1.211 %)PMP
55 (1.211 %)PMI Certification
64 (0.969 %)CIPD
64 (0.969 %)ITIL Certification
64 (0.969 %)Cisco Certification
64 (0.969 %)CCNA
72 (0.484 %)MAPM
81 (0.242 %)MCSA
81 (0.242 %)CISSP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.211 %)QA
24 (0.969 %)SLA
33 (0.726 %)ISO9000
41 (0.242 %)BS25999
41 (0.242 %)ISO27001
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (2.663 %)Active Directory
22 (0.484 %)Terminal Services
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.969 %)HP Data Protector
14 (0.969 %)ZENworks
14 (0.969 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (0.726 %)Tivoli
23 (0.726 %)CONTROL-M
32 (0.484 %)Netcool/Proviso
32 (0.484 %)Netcool
41 (0.242 %)OpenView
41 (0.242 %)Unicenter
41 (0.242 %)OpenView Configuration Management
41 (0.242 %)MIIS
41 (0.242 %)OVSD
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
138 (9.201 %)Microsoft
236 (8.717 %)Oracle
326 (6.295 %)SAP
415 (3.632 %)Cisco
514 (3.390 %)IBM
611 (2.663 %)PeopleSoft
79 (2.179 %)Siebel
87 (1.695 %)HP
96 (1.453 %)Lotus
96 (1.453 %)Business Objects
105 (1.211 %)Nortel
114 (0.969 %)VMware
114 (0.969 %)Cramer
114 (0.969 %)Novell
123 (0.726 %)Accenture
132 (0.484 %)Remedy
132 (0.484 %)Axiom
132 (0.484 %)BEA
132 (0.484 %)Ericsson
132 (0.484 %)Hyperion