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The table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts within the Cambridge region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Manager
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3029
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1229
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.030 %
As % of the category below3.226 %4.924 %
Daily rates quoted37
Average minimum daily rate£317£400
Average daily rate£336£443
% change on same period last year-24.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£486
UK excluding London average daily rate£410£405
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.06£36.42
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads372589
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.521 %0.604 %
Daily rates quoted82117
Average minimum daily rate£302£313
Average daily rate£324£330
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9290
Average minimum hourly rate£19.64£29.94
Average hourly rate£21.41£32.14
% change on same period last year-33.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.18£34.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.16
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
Project Manager CambridgeshireProject Manager
Cambridgeshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge Project Manager Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Manager across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Cambridge Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

125 (71.43 %)Project Management
215 (42.86 %)Electronics
314 (40.00 %)MS Project
412 (34.29 %)ASIC
58 (22.86 %)PRINCE2
65 (14.29 %)Finance
74 (11.43 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
83 (8.571 %)Degree
83 (8.571 %)PRINCE
92 (5.714 %)MySQL
92 (5.714 %)Apache
92 (5.714 %)SMTP
92 (5.714 %)FTP
92 (5.714 %)TCP/IP
92 (5.714 %)DNS
92 (5.714 %)Linux
92 (5.714 %)Tomcat
92 (5.714 %)XML
92 (5.714 %)ITIL
92 (5.714 %)C
92 (5.714 %)HTML
92 (5.714 %)Firewall
92 (5.714 %)SSH
92 (5.714 %)Intrusion Detection
92 (5.714 %)Pharmaceutical
92 (5.714 %)Government
92 (5.714 %)Health
92 (5.714 %)Manufacturing
92 (5.714 %)Business Development
101 (2.857 %)STB

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (5.714 %)HTML
12 (5.714 %)XML
21 (2.857 %)WAP
21 (2.857 %)LAMP
21 (2.857 %).NET
21 (2.857 %)ASP.NET
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.714 %)Apache
12 (5.714 %)Tomcat
21 (2.857 %)MS Exchange
21 (2.857 %)Exchange Server 2007
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
114 (40.00 %)MS Project
21 (2.857 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (5.714 %)SMTP
12 (5.714 %)FTP
12 (5.714 %)TCP/IP
12 (5.714 %)DNS
12 (5.714 %)Firewall
12 (5.714 %)SSH
12 (5.714 %)Intrusion Detection
21 (2.857 %)SAN
21 (2.857 %)PPP
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (5.714 %)MySQL
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (42.86 %)Electronics
25 (14.29 %)Finance
32 (5.714 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (5.714 %)Government
32 (5.714 %)Health
32 (5.714 %)Manufacturing
41 (2.857 %)Advertising
41 (2.857 %)Insurance
41 (2.857 %)Local Government
41 (2.857 %)Pensions
41 (2.857 %)Marketing
41 (2.857 %)Back Office
41 (2.857 %)Construction
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (34.29 %)ASIC
21 (2.857 %)DTV
21 (2.857 %)E-Learning
21 (2.857 %)STB
21 (2.857 %)IPTV
21 (2.857 %)NHS
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.714 %)Linux
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (71.43 %)Project Management
28 (22.86 %)PRINCE2
33 (8.571 %)PRINCE
42 (5.714 %)ITIL
42 (5.714 %)Business Development
51 (2.857 %)Matrix Management
51 (2.857 %)Product Marketing
51 (2.857 %)SC Cleared
51 (2.857 %)BC Cleared
51 (2.857 %)CTC Cleared
51 (2.857 %)Security Cleared
51 (2.857 %)OO
51 (2.857 %)RAD
51 (2.857 %)RUP
51 (2.857 %)Change Management
51 (2.857 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (2.857 %)Stakeholder Management
51 (2.857 %)Programme Management
51 (2.857 %)IC Design
51 (2.857 %)Business Analysis
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (5.714 %)C
21 (2.857 %)C#
21 (2.857 %)C++
21 (2.857 %)PHP
21 (2.857 %)Embedded C
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (11.43 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
23 (8.571 %)Degree
31 (2.857 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.857 %)SLA
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (2.857 %)Microsoft