The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills 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 Planning over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 39 52 43
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -9
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 4 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.911% 0.644% 1.170%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.351% 1.008% 2.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 4
Average daily rate £423 £254 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.50% +12.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £247 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £261 £392
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.53%
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
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
296 397 297
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 67.43% 63.93% 57.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 214 183
Average daily rate £358 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.14% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £525 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 20 10
Average hourly rate £34.75 £15.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+131.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.28 £12.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.60 £39.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Planning
West Midlands

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 6 (42.86%) .NET
2 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (35.71%) ASP.NET
2 5 (35.71%) Web Services
2 5 (35.71%) XML
2 5 (35.71%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
2 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) Workflow
2 5 (35.71%) Process Management
2 5 (35.71%) Content Management
2 5 (35.71%) Ajax
2 5 (35.71%) InfoPath
2 5 (35.71%) SharePoint Server
2 5 (35.71%) Release Management
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Banking
5 2 (14.29%) Subversion
5 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
5 2 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (14.29%) Fund Management
5 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
5 2 (14.29%) Business Transformation
5 2 (14.29%) PMP
5 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
6 1 (7.143%) ISEB
6 1 (7.143%) Finance

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 6 (42.86%) .NET
2 5 (35.71%) ASP.NET
2 5 (35.71%) Web Services
2 5 (35.71%) XML
2 5 (35.71%) Ajax
3 1 (7.143%) Cocoa
3 1 (7.143%) OpenGL
3 1 (7.143%) Cocoa Touch
3 1 (7.143%) UIKit
3 1 (7.143%) Core Animation
Application Platforms
1 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
1 5 (35.71%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) InfoPath
2 1 (7.143%) Photoshop
2 1 (7.143%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Subversion
2 1 (7.143%) Xcode
2 1 (7.143%) ClearQuest
2 1 (7.143%) ClearCase
2 1 (7.143%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (14.29%) Banking
1 2 (14.29%) Investment Banking
1 2 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (21.43%) Developer
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint Consultant
1 3 (21.43%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Service Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Transition Manager
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Project Planner
2 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Junior
3 1 (7.143%) Test Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Coordinator
3 1 (7.143%) PMO Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (7.143%) ClearCase Configuration Manager
3 1 (7.143%) iOS Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (7.143%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Configuration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Workflow
1 5 (35.71%) Process Management
1 5 (35.71%) Content Management
1 5 (35.71%) Release Management
2 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Fund Management
4 2 (14.29%) Wealth Management
4 2 (14.29%) Business Transformation
5 1 (7.143%) Migration
5 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
5 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.143%) Matrix Management
5 1 (7.143%) Test Management
5 1 (7.143%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) C#
2 1 (7.143%) Objective-C
2 1 (7.143%) C
2 1 (7.143%) HLSL
2 1 (7.143%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) PMP
1 2 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.143%) ISEB
2 1 (7.143%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) Serena
2 1 (7.143%) Apple
2 1 (7.143%) IBM
Birmingham, West Midlands
A top tier banking client urgently requires a PMO Analyst to work in their Birmingham Office, on a 3 month rolling contract basis.
Orgtel
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013