The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham 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 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Project Manager
Rank 15 15 12
Rank change year-on-year
0 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 31 45 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 7.094% 7.188% 8.124%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.617% 7.563% 8.974%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 29
Average daily rate £413 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £321 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £523 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £404 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.92% -0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £60.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
407 595 468
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 93.14% 95.05% 90.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 322 258
Average daily rate £340 £325 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -2.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £183 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 28
Average hourly rate £16.38 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.96% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.68 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £33.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
West Midlands

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 31 (36.47%) Project Management
2 30 (35.29%) PRINCE2
3 26 (30.59%) Finance
4 17 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (16.47%) Change Management
6 13 (15.29%) Microsoft
7 12 (14.12%) Migration
8 10 (11.76%) Logistics
8 10 (11.76%) CRM
8 10 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (9.412%) ERP
9 8 (9.412%) Telecoms
10 7 (8.235%) Dynamics CRM
10 7 (8.235%) NHS
11 6 (7.059%) Banking
12 5 (5.882%) E-Learning
12 5 (5.882%) Dynamics AX
12 5 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 5 (5.882%) MS Project
13 4 (4.706%) MS Office
13 4 (4.706%) SAP
13 4 (4.706%) C#
13 4 (4.706%) SQL Server
13 4 (4.706%) Windows
13 4 (4.706%) MS Visio
13 4 (4.706%) ITIL
13 4 (4.706%) WAN
13 4 (4.706%) Active Directory
13 4 (4.706%) Business Analysis
13 4 (4.706%) Risk Management

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 4 (4.706%) WCF
1 4 (4.706%) WPF
2 1 (1.176%) WebSphere
2 1 (1.176%) Middleware
2 1 (1.176%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.353%) CMS
2 1 (1.176%) Windows Azure
2 1 (1.176%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (1.176%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.176%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 5 (5.882%) MS Project
2 4 (4.706%) MS Office
2 4 (4.706%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (8.235%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (5.882%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (2.353%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.176%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.176%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.706%) WAN
2 3 (3.529%) Intranet
3 2 (2.353%) LAN
3 2 (2.353%) MPLS
4 1 (1.176%) VSAT
4 1 (1.176%) Broadband
4 1 (1.176%) HTTP
4 1 (1.176%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.706%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.176%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (2.353%) TestDirector
General
1 26 (30.59%) Finance
2 8 (9.412%) Telecoms
3 6 (7.059%) Banking
4 3 (3.529%) Investment Banking
5 2 (2.353%) Private Banking
5 2 (2.353%) Marketing
5 2 (2.353%) Retail
5 2 (2.353%) Automotive
5 2 (2.353%) Legal
6 1 (1.176%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.176%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.176%) Front Office
6 1 (1.176%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.235%) NHS
2 5 (5.882%) E-Learning
3 2 (2.353%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.176%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.176%) PMI
4 1 (1.176%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.706%) Windows
2 2 (2.353%) UNIX
2 2 (2.353%) Windows XP
2 2 (2.353%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.176%) Windows 8
3 1 (1.176%) AIX
3 1 (1.176%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (36.47%) Project Management
2 30 (35.29%) PRINCE2
3 17 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (16.47%) Change Management
5 12 (14.12%) Migration
6 10 (11.76%) Logistics
6 10 (11.76%) CRM
7 8 (9.412%) ERP
8 4 (4.706%) ITIL
8 4 (4.706%) Business Analysis
8 4 (4.706%) Risk Management
8 4 (4.706%) Programme Management
8 4 (4.706%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (3.529%) Data Migration
9 3 (3.529%) Quality Management
10 2 (2.353%) SSADM
10 2 (2.353%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (2.353%) PRINCE
10 2 (2.353%) Service Management
10 2 (2.353%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.706%) C#
2 2 (2.353%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (11.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 5 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (3.529%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.529%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.353%) ISEB
4 2 (2.353%) APMP
5 1 (1.176%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.176%) Degree
5 1 (1.176%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.176%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.176%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.176%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.706%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (15.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.706%) SAP
3 3 (3.529%) IBM
3 3 (3.529%) Oracle
4 2 (2.353%) Cisco
4 2 (2.353%) Epicor
4 2 (2.353%) VMware
4 2 (2.353%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.176%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (1.176%) Northgate
5 1 (1.176%) Huawei
5 1 (1.176%) webMethods
5 1 (1.176%) Citrix
5 1 (1.176%) HP
5 1 (1.176%) Ericsson
5 1 (1.176%) NetApp
5 1 (1.176%) Lotus
5 1 (1.176%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.176%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.176%) Sun
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