The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Cambridge 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 Planning
Rank 33 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 4 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.190% - 1.195%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.151% - 2.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
Average daily rate £250 - £233
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £360 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
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
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
186 226 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.36% 52.80% 57.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 111 90
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 17
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.75 £35.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £44.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Planning
Cambridgeshire

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) MS Project
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) MOM
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Wonderware
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) SAP MII

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP MII
General
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) MOM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP
1 1 (25.00%) Wonderware
Cambridge, East Anglia
Manage overall progress and timely on-budget delivery for highly complex projects; liaising with key customers and/or verticals * Senior Project Managers are responsible for significant stakeholder management...
WorldPay
Rate: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013