The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills 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 Planning over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 66 60 54
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -6
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 7 14 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.864% 1.394% 2.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.239% 2.093% 3.421%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 10
Average daily rate £260 £306 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.10% -41.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £229 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £302 £393 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £360 £368
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
565 669 643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 69.75% 66.63% 61.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 316 269
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 £200 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 47
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.60 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 +4 6 £260 -15.10%
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 10 (62.50%) PRINCE2
3 9 (56.25%) MS Project
4 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
6 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
7 3 (18.75%) Project Management
7 3 (18.75%) Oracle
7 3 (18.75%) Banking
8 2 (12.50%) Logistics
8 2 (12.50%) Financial Institution
8 2 (12.50%) Spanish Language
8 2 (12.50%) PMP
8 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
9 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
9 1 (6.250%) Change Management
9 1 (6.250%) Primavera
9 1 (6.250%) SQL
9 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
9 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
9 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (6.250%) PMI
9 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (6.250%) MS Project Server
9 1 (6.250%) Waterfall
9 1 (6.250%) Earned Value Management
9 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
9 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
9 1 (6.250%) Workflow

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
1 1 (6.250%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 9 (56.25%) MS Project
2 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Banking
3 2 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 2 (12.50%) Spanish Language
4 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Project Officer
1 7 (43.75%) Project Support Officer
2 4 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Project Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Project Support Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.250%) Project Planner
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (18.75%) Project Management
3 2 (12.50%) Logistics
4 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.250%) Change Management
4 1 (6.250%) Waterfall
4 1 (6.250%) Earned Value Management
4 1 (6.250%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) PMP
3 2 (12.50%) PMI Certification
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) Primavera
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft