The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire 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 22 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 Buckinghamshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 16 9 5
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 61 105 148
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 7.512% 10.47% 13.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.090% 11.18% 14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 57 68
Average daily rate £365 £374 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.40% -10.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £308 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £175.00 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
754 939 1005
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 92.86% 93.62% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 408 378
Average daily rate £315 £315 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £163 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 72 109
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.29 £11.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Milton Keynes -6 44 £375 +4.16%
High Wycombe 0 2 £350 -
Gerrards Cross - 2 £188 -
Project Manager
South East

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 60 (48.78%) Project Management
2 45 (36.59%) PRINCE2
3 31 (25.20%) Finance
4 29 (23.58%) SC Cleared
4 29 (23.58%) Security Cleared
5 27 (21.95%) Microsoft
6 24 (19.51%) MS Project
7 23 (18.70%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (15.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 18 (14.63%) DV Cleared
10 14 (11.38%) Scrum
11 13 (10.57%) Retail
12 12 (9.756%) Banking
13 11 (8.943%) HNC
13 11 (8.943%) HND
13 11 (8.943%) Oracle
14 9 (7.317%) Migration
15 6 (4.878%) Change Management
15 6 (4.878%) ITIL
16 5 (4.065%) MS Excel
16 5 (4.065%) MS Office
16 5 (4.065%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 5 (4.065%) PMI Certification
16 5 (4.065%) Degree
16 5 (4.065%) Budget Control
16 5 (4.065%) Waterfall
17 4 (3.252%) SaaS
17 4 (3.252%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 4 (3.252%) Project Planning
17 4 (3.252%) Release Management

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 (3.252%) .NET
2 1 (0.813%) XML
2 1 (0.813%) Flash
2 1 (0.813%) HTML
2 1 (0.813%) Apache Flex
2 1 (0.813%) Django
2 1 (0.813%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.626%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.813%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 24 (19.51%) MS Project
2 5 (4.065%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.065%) MS Office
3 3 (2.439%) Office 365
4 1 (0.813%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.813%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.813%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (1.626%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.252%) VoIP
2 3 (2.439%) SMS
3 2 (1.626%) Internet
4 1 (0.813%) WAN
4 1 (0.813%) FTP
4 1 (0.813%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.813%) Network Security
4 1 (0.813%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.813%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.813%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.626%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.813%) MySQL
General
1 31 (25.20%) Finance
2 13 (10.57%) Retail
3 12 (9.756%) Banking
4 4 (3.252%) Back Office
4 4 (3.252%) Telecoms
5 3 (2.439%) Automotive
5 3 (2.439%) Retail Banking
6 2 (1.626%) Marketing
6 2 (1.626%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.626%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.813%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.813%) Local Government
7 1 (0.813%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.252%) SaaS
1 4 (3.252%) EPoS
1 4 (3.252%) PMI
2 3 (2.439%) Credit Risk
3 2 (1.626%) Informatics
3 2 (1.626%) NHS
4 1 (0.813%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.813%) E-Learning
4 1 (0.813%) Social Media
4 1 (0.813%) SWIFT
4 1 (0.813%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.813%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (48.78%) Project Management
2 45 (36.59%) PRINCE2
3 23 (18.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (11.38%) Scrum
5 9 (7.317%) Migration
6 6 (4.878%) Change Management
6 6 (4.878%) ITIL
7 5 (4.065%) Budget Control
7 5 (4.065%) Waterfall
8 4 (3.252%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (3.252%) Project Planning
8 4 (3.252%) Release Management
8 4 (3.252%) Risk Management
8 4 (3.252%) ERP
9 3 (2.439%) SOA
9 3 (2.439%) E-Commerce
9 3 (2.439%) PRINCE
9 3 (2.439%) Data Migration
9 3 (2.439%) Web Development
9 3 (2.439%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.626%) C
2 1 (0.813%) Java
2 1 (0.813%) PHP
2 1 (0.813%) SQL
2 1 (0.813%) ActionScript
2 1 (0.813%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 29 (23.58%) SC Cleared
1 29 (23.58%) Security Cleared
2 19 (15.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 18 (14.63%) DV Cleared
4 11 (8.943%) HNC
4 11 (8.943%) HND
5 5 (4.065%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (4.065%) PMI Certification
5 5 (4.065%) Degree
6 3 (2.439%) PMP
7 1 (0.813%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.439%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.813%) SLA
2 1 (0.813%) QA
2 1 (0.813%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (0.813%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 27 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.943%) Oracle
3 3 (2.439%) Citrix
4 2 (1.626%) VMware
4 2 (1.626%) Mitel
4 2 (1.626%) Cisco
4 2 (1.626%) SAP
5 1 (0.813%) Adobe
5 1 (0.813%) Avaya
5 1 (0.813%) Retalix
5 1 (0.813%) VocaLink
Buckinghamshire
Experience of large-scale programme execution, project management disciplines and ideally ERP enabled business transformation... *Due to the nature of the project Prince 2 certification would be a...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £450.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
There will be a strong leadership and management responsibility and day to day duties will include writing reports, interfacing with collegues at al levels and risk assessment tasks.....
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £30 per hour
Posted: 21 May 2013