The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Manager
Rank 15 31 11
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 39 32 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 7.130% 4.665% 9.641%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.847% 4.885% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 21 31
Average daily rate £355 £450 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.11% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £350 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £500 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £401 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.12% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
497 655 503
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 90.86% 95.48% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 316 238
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 78 91
Average hourly rate £22.50 £19.75 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.92% +46.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.80 £10.50 £11.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
East of England

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cambridge +29 28 £300 -36.84%
Peterborough -5 5 £450 -
Huntingdon +4 1 - -
Project Manager
East of England

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 43 (57.33%) Project Management
2 39 (52.00%) PRINCE2
3 32 (42.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (26.67%) Migration
5 13 (17.33%) Finance
6 12 (16.00%) SAP
7 11 (14.67%) .NET
7 11 (14.67%) Agile Software Development
7 11 (14.67%) Degree
7 11 (14.67%) Resource Management
8 10 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 9 (12.00%) ITIL
10 7 (9.333%) MS Office
11 6 (8.000%) MS Project
11 6 (8.000%) C
11 6 (8.000%) COBIT
11 6 (8.000%) QA
11 6 (8.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 5 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (6.667%) Mobile Computing
12 5 (6.667%) CRM
12 5 (6.667%) SLA
12 5 (6.667%) Microsoft
12 5 (6.667%) NHS
12 5 (6.667%) Change Management
13 4 (5.333%) Publishing
13 4 (5.333%) SAP CRM
13 4 (5.333%) DRM
13 4 (5.333%) Business Intelligence
13 4 (5.333%) Computer Science

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 11 (14.67%) .NET
2 1 (1.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.667%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.333%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (1.333%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (9.333%) MS Office
2 6 (8.000%) MS Project
3 1 (1.333%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.333%) SAP CRM
2 3 (4.000%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.333%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.667%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.333%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 13 (17.33%) Finance
2 4 (5.333%) Publishing
3 3 (4.000%) Retail
3 3 (4.000%) Legal
4 2 (2.667%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.667%) Advertising
5 1 (1.333%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.667%) Mobile Computing
1 5 (6.667%) NHS
2 4 (5.333%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.333%) Data Extraction
3 1 (1.333%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.000%) Windows
2 1 (1.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (57.33%) Project Management
2 39 (52.00%) PRINCE2
3 32 (42.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (26.67%) Migration
5 11 (14.67%) Agile Software Development
5 11 (14.67%) Resource Management
6 9 (12.00%) ITIL
7 6 (8.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (6.667%) CRM
8 5 (6.667%) Change Management
9 4 (5.333%) DRM
9 4 (5.333%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (5.333%) Project Planning
9 4 (5.333%) Matrix Management
10 3 (4.000%) Service Management
11 2 (2.667%) ITSM
11 2 (2.667%) PRINCE
11 2 (2.667%) Service Delivery
11 2 (2.667%) E-Commerce
11 2 (2.667%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.000%) C
2 3 (4.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (14.67%) Degree
2 10 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 5 (6.667%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.333%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.333%) APMP
4 1 (1.333%) PMP
4 1 (1.333%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.000%) COBIT
1 6 (8.000%) QA
2 5 (6.667%) SLA
3 4 (5.333%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (4.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (16.00%) SAP
2 5 (6.667%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.667%) Primavera
3 2 (2.667%) Citrix
4 1 (1.333%) Northgate
4 1 (1.333%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (1.333%) Oracle
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
450 - £550 per day Reporting to the Managing Director this exciting company is urgently looking for a Microsoft Dynamics AX Project manager to start work in their Cambridgeoffice...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013
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: 24 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
My client is urgently looking for a Microsoft Dynamics AX Project manager to start work in their Cambridge office ASAP, the contractor will be working on a new...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
The Role As a Business Project Manager you will be part of the Delivery Office which is responsible for driving through major programmes and initiatives, which will deliver...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £350 - 600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
To be considered, you MUST have experience of Project Managing the integration of two or more SAP systems, experience of consolidating historic legacy systems, as well as experience...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £400 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013