The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 23 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 Berkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 8 6 12
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 263 333 285
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 10.95% 10.57% 9.418%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.60% 16.67% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 142 114
Average daily rate £400 £388 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% +8.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £275 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £482
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 9
Average hourly rate £9.00 £45.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-80.00% +5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.03 £26.28 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+33.27% -16.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1584 1998 1900
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.97% 63.41% 62.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 766 757
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 61 78
Average hourly rate £17.33 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.37% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.40 £13.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below 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 23 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
Reading +5 93 £413 +17.85%
Slough 0 34 £401 -10.83%
Bracknell -7 17 £400 -11.11%
Newbury -8 9 £400 +45.45%
Windsor -4 5 £400 -20.00%
Maidenhead -15 3 £525 +28.04%
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 204 (38.13%) Telecoms
2 149 (27.85%) PRINCE2
3 111 (20.75%) Finance
4 90 (16.82%) Microsoft
5 82 (15.33%) MS Excel
6 68 (12.71%) MS Project
7 61 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 61 (11.40%) 3G
8 58 (10.84%) ATM
9 57 (10.65%) Degree
10 56 (10.47%) PMI Certification
11 50 (9.346%) PMP
11 50 (9.346%) LTE
12 49 (9.159%) Radio Access Network
13 48 (8.972%) Nokia Siemens Networks
14 47 (8.785%) Ericsson
15 44 (8.224%) SQL
16 43 (8.037%) ITIL
17 37 (6.916%) Retail
18 36 (6.729%) Resource Management
18 36 (6.729%) PRINCE
19 35 (6.542%) MS PowerPoint
19 35 (6.542%) Project Planning
20 34 (6.355%) SAP
21 33 (6.168%) Ethernet
21 33 (6.168%) 2G
22 31 (5.794%) Matrix Management
22 31 (5.794%) Change Control
23 30 (5.607%) SDH
24 28 (5.234%) MPLS

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 19 (3.551%) .NET
2 18 (3.364%) HTML
2 18 (3.364%) CSS
3 13 (2.430%) XML
4 9 (1.682%) Web Services
5 8 (1.495%) Flash
5 8 (1.495%) HTML5
6 7 (1.308%) WCF
6 7 (1.308%) J2EE
6 7 (1.308%) ASP.NET
6 7 (1.308%) XHTML
7 6 (1.121%) Middleware
7 6 (1.121%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.935%) Silverlight
9 4 (0.748%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.748%) jQuery
9 4 (0.748%) SAP XI
10 3 (0.561%) Mason
10 3 (0.561%) XSLT
11 2 (0.374%) COM
Application Platforms
1 26 (4.860%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.869%) MS Project Server
3 7 (1.308%) BizTalk Server
4 5 (0.935%) Windows Azure
4 5 (0.935%) IIS
5 4 (0.748%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.561%) Oracle UPK
6 3 (0.561%) CMS
6 3 (0.561%) WebSphere MQ
6 3 (0.561%) MS Exchange
7 2 (0.374%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.374%) Lync
8 1 (0.187%) Confluence
8 1 (0.187%) Force.com
8 1 (0.187%) Documentum
8 1 (0.187%) Apache
Applications
1 82 (15.33%) MS Excel
2 68 (12.71%) MS Project
3 35 (6.542%) MS PowerPoint
4 26 (4.860%) MS Office
5 16 (2.991%) MS Visio
6 8 (1.495%) Spreadsheet
7 7 (1.308%) Fireworks
7 7 (1.308%) Photoshop
8 6 (1.121%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 12 (2.243%) Remedy ITSM
2 9 (1.682%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.682%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (1.121%) SAP HCM
4 5 (0.935%) CA Clarity
4 5 (0.935%) Dynamics NAV
4 5 (0.935%) Agresso
5 4 (0.748%) SAP HR
5 4 (0.748%) CODA-Financials
5 4 (0.748%) SAP Business One
6 3 (0.561%) SAP GRC
6 3 (0.561%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.374%) Oracle BPM
8 1 (0.187%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.187%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.187%) Oracle ASCP
8 1 (0.187%) SyteLine
8 1 (0.187%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.187%) ResourceLink
8 1 (0.187%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 61 (11.40%) 3G
2 58 (10.84%) ATM
3 50 (9.346%) LTE
4 49 (9.159%) Radio Access Network
5 33 (6.168%) Ethernet
5 33 (6.168%) 2G
6 30 (5.607%) SDH
7 28 (5.234%) MPLS
8 22 (4.112%) UTRAN
8 22 (4.112%) 3GPP
9 11 (2.056%) WAN
9 11 (2.056%) Nokia NetAct
10 8 (1.495%) BSS
11 7 (1.308%) RNC
11 7 (1.308%) DWDM
11 7 (1.308%) VPN
11 7 (1.308%) LAN
12 6 (1.121%) OSPF
12 6 (1.121%) 4G
13 5 (0.935%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.738%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.617%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.121%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (1.121%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (0.935%) SAP BW
4 5 (0.935%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (0.561%) Data Mining
5 3 (0.561%) MS Access
6 2 (0.374%) DB2
6 2 (0.374%) TOAD
6 2 (0.374%) DataStage
7 1 (0.187%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.187%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.187%) SAP BI
7 1 (0.187%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (0.935%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.374%) ERwin
2 2 (0.374%) QADirector
2 2 (0.374%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.187%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.187%) GCC
3 1 (0.187%) Subversion
3 1 (0.187%) JIRA
3 1 (0.187%) PVCS
3 1 (0.187%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 204 (38.13%) Telecoms
2 111 (20.75%) Finance
3 37 (6.916%) Retail
4 28 (5.234%) Marketing
5 13 (2.430%) Banking
6 10 (1.869%) Billing
7 9 (1.682%) Legal
7 9 (1.682%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (1.308%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.748%) Games
10 3 (0.561%) Advertising
11 2 (0.374%) Publishing
11 2 (0.374%) Electronics
11 2 (0.374%) Automotive
12 1 (0.187%) Czech Language
12 1 (0.187%) German Language
12 1 (0.187%) Spanish Language
12 1 (0.187%) Music
12 1 (0.187%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.187%) Law
Job Titles
1 241 (45.05%) Project Manager
2 56 (10.47%) Design Engineer
3 48 (8.972%) Analyst
4 30 (5.607%) Transmission Engineer
5 26 (4.860%) Coordinator
5 26 (4.860%) Business Analyst
6 25 (4.673%) Consultant
6 25 (4.673%) Technical Manager
7 21 (3.925%) Architect
8 20 (3.738%) RAN Engineer
9 17 (3.178%) Technical Project Manager
10 16 (2.991%) Project Coordinator
11 15 (2.804%) Developer
12 13 (2.430%) Change Manager
12 13 (2.430%) Delivery Manager
12 13 (2.430%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (2.243%) Telecoms Project Manager
14 11 (2.056%) Systems Analyst
15 10 (1.869%) Senior Manager
15 10 (1.869%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.551%) Handset
2 18 (3.364%) Management Information System
3 17 (3.178%) PMI
4 4 (0.748%) Computer Science
4 4 (0.748%) E-Learning
4 4 (0.748%) Economics
4 4 (0.748%) Mobile App
5 3 (0.561%) Learning Management System
5 3 (0.561%) Clustering
5 3 (0.561%) FMCG
5 3 (0.561%) Physics
6 2 (0.374%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.374%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.374%) iSeries
6 2 (0.374%) Grid Computing
6 2 (0.374%) Smart Meter
6 2 (0.374%) SaaS
7 1 (0.187%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.187%) Social Media
7 1 (0.187%) STB
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.617%) Windows
2 7 (1.308%) UNIX
3 6 (1.121%) Linux
4 2 (0.374%) Solaris
4 2 (0.374%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (0.374%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (0.374%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.187%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.187%) Android
5 1 (0.187%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (27.85%) PRINCE2
2 61 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (8.037%) ITIL
4 36 (6.729%) Resource Management
4 36 (6.729%) PRINCE
5 35 (6.542%) Project Planning
6 31 (5.794%) Matrix Management
6 31 (5.794%) Change Control
7 26 (4.860%) Risk Management
8 24 (4.486%) Risk Analysis
8 24 (4.486%) Migration
8 24 (4.486%) Change Management
8 24 (4.486%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (4.299%) Service Management
9 23 (4.299%) Programme Management
10 22 (4.112%) Network Design
11 21 (3.925%) CRM
12 20 (3.738%) Agile Software Development
13 19 (3.551%) TOGAF
14 18 (3.364%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.224%) SQL
2 21 (3.925%) Java
3 18 (3.364%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.243%) C#
5 8 (1.495%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.121%) VB
6 6 (1.121%) VB.NET
7 4 (0.748%) C
7 4 (0.748%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.561%) Perl
9 2 (0.374%) RPG
9 2 (0.374%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.374%) RPG IV
9 2 (0.374%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.187%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.187%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.187%) VBA
10 1 (0.187%) PHP
10 1 (0.187%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.187%) C++
Qualifications
1 57 (10.65%) Degree
2 56 (10.47%) PMI Certification
3 50 (9.346%) PMP
4 27 (5.047%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 21 (3.925%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 15 (2.804%) Security Cleared
7 9 (1.682%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.682%) ISEB
8 7 (1.308%) CIMA
9 6 (1.121%) ACCA
10 5 (0.935%) CISA
10 5 (0.935%) CISSP
10 5 (0.935%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.748%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.748%) JNCIP
11 4 (0.748%) JNCIE
12 3 (0.561%) CISM
12 3 (0.561%) CCNA
13 2 (0.374%) CCIE
13 2 (0.374%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.486%) QA
2 13 (2.430%) SLA
3 7 (1.308%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (0.748%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (0.748%) GMP
4 4 (0.748%) GxP
4 4 (0.748%) COBIT
4 4 (0.748%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.187%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (2.804%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.935%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.561%) XenApp
4 2 (0.374%) NFS
5 1 (0.187%) vSphere
5 1 (0.187%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.187%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 14 (2.617%) Netcool
2 11 (2.056%) Ionix
3 2 (0.374%) Netcool/OMNIbus
3 2 (0.374%) Netcool/Webtop
3 2 (0.374%) SCCM
3 2 (0.374%) HP UCMDB
4 1 (0.187%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.187%) SCOM
Vendors
1 90 (16.82%) Microsoft
2 48 (8.972%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 47 (8.785%) Ericsson
4 34 (6.355%) SAP
5 26 (4.860%) Huawei
5 26 (4.860%) Oracle
6 20 (3.738%) Nokia
7 14 (2.617%) BT
7 14 (2.617%) HP
7 14 (2.617%) EMC
8 13 (2.430%) Remedy
8 13 (2.430%) Niku
9 12 (2.243%) BMC
10 11 (2.056%) Cisco
11 10 (1.869%) NEC
12 8 (1.495%) Siebel
12 8 (1.495%) IBM
13 6 (1.121%) Citrix
13 6 (1.121%) MicroStrategy
14 5 (0.935%) VMware
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