The first table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMP 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 Qualifications for the Birmingham 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
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank 43 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing PMP 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.229% 0.160% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.613% 1.053% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £425 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £450 £450
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- -7.87%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
62 95 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 14.19% 15.18% 14.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 60 41
Average daily rate £398 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.30% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £226 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
Average hourly rate £32.50 £17.50 £13.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+85.71% +33.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PMP
West Midlands

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PMP across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Birmingham PMP Jobs Demand Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing PMP 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 PMP.

1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Corporate Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Fund Management
2 2 (66.67%) Wealth Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) RUP
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing PMP 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 PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Service Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Transition Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Fund Management
2 2 (66.67%) Wealth Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) RUP
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Core Requirements: - Experience of at end to end project life cycles undertaken at a consulting organisation or systems integrator - Experience of delivering a range of Web Based IT...
Sanderson
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013