The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf 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 43 41 39
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -2
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 9 9 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 2.239% 2.302% 3.800%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.711% 2.941% 5.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 4
Average daily rate £375 £443 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.25% -19.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £218 £413 £451
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £484 £600
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
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
332 306 379
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 82.59% 78.26% 75.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 194 284
Average daily rate £550 £550 £550
90% offered a daily rate of more than £259 £350 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £65.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +333.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Planning
London

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf 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 Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Canary Wharf Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 9 (64.29%) Change Management
2 8 (57.14%) Finance
3 7 (50.00%) Project Management
4 6 (42.86%) MS Office
5 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
5 5 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (35.71%) Code Coverage
5 5 (35.71%) Retail
5 5 (35.71%) Market Risk
5 5 (35.71%) Release Management
5 5 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (35.71%) Unit Testing
5 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 5 (35.71%) PowerPivot
6 4 (28.57%) Change Control
6 4 (28.57%) Data Modelling
6 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
6 4 (28.57%) SQL
6 4 (28.57%) Oracle
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
7 3 (21.43%) MS Project
7 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
7 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (21.43%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (21.43%) Planview
7 3 (21.43%) QA
8 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
8 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) MS Office
2 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
2 5 (35.71%) PowerPivot
3 3 (21.43%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (35.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) JIRA
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Retail
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.143%) Front Office
4 1 (7.143%) Banking
4 1 (7.143%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
2 5 (35.71%) Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Project Manager
4 3 (21.43%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Agile Project Manager
5 2 (14.29%) Project Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Developer
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Development Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Development Project Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Software Project Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Business Project Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Software Development Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Junior Project Manager
6 1 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
6 1 (7.143%) Junior
6 1 (7.143%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Market Risk
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Change Management
2 7 (50.00%) Project Management
3 5 (35.71%) Code Coverage
3 5 (35.71%) Release Management
3 5 (35.71%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (35.71%) Unit Testing
4 4 (28.57%) Change Control
4 4 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2
5 3 (21.43%) Risk Assessment
5 3 (21.43%) Portfolio Management
5 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (14.29%) Performance Management
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.143%) B2B
7 1 (7.143%) Demand Management
7 1 (7.143%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
2 3 (21.43%) Planview