The first table below looks at the demand for PMI Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMI Certification 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 Qualifications for the Cheshire 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
PMI Certification
Rank 48 59 63
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +4
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 15 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.041% 0.741% 0.833%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.772% 3.636% 4.969%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 3
Average daily rate £330 £363 £140
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.96% +158.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £357 £132
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £393 £288
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £423 £444
% change year-on-year
+0.59% -4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- +5.55%
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
171 165 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 23.27% 20.37% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 79 54
Average daily rate £345 £325 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.15% +22.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £185 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £452 £392
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.93% +127.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £29.00 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £30.60 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PMI Certification
North West

PMI Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PMI Certification across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Cheshire PMI Certification Jobs Demand Trend

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PMI Certification across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire PMI Certification Daily Rate Trend

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI Certification across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cheshire PMI Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PMI Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI Certification within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Chester -2 2 £265 -26.89%
Knutsford - 2 £398 -
Warrington - 2 £425 -
PMI Certification
North West

PMI Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing PMI Certification 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 PMI Certification.

1 25 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 21 (84.00%) Project Management
2 21 (84.00%) Finance
3 17 (68.00%) PMI
4 14 (56.00%) Banking
5 11 (44.00%) ITIL
6 10 (40.00%) PMP
7 9 (36.00%) PRINCE
8 8 (32.00%) Oracle
9 7 (28.00%) Waterfall
10 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (20.00%) Hibernate
11 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (20.00%) CMMI
11 5 (20.00%) Change Management
11 5 (20.00%) EJB
11 5 (20.00%) JSP
11 5 (20.00%) Servlets
11 5 (20.00%) Struts
11 5 (20.00%) Web Services
11 5 (20.00%) XML
11 5 (20.00%) XSD
11 5 (20.00%) Java
11 5 (20.00%) JavaScript
11 5 (20.00%) SQL
11 5 (20.00%) J2EE
11 5 (20.00%) DB2
11 5 (20.00%) WebLogic
11 5 (20.00%) JMS
11 5 (20.00%) Chordiant

PMI Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing PMI Certification 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 PMI Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (20.00%) Hibernate
1 5 (20.00%) EJB
1 5 (20.00%) JSP
1 5 (20.00%) Servlets
1 5 (20.00%) Struts
1 5 (20.00%) Web Services
1 5 (20.00%) XML
1 5 (20.00%) XSD
1 5 (20.00%) J2EE
1 5 (20.00%) JMS
1 5 (20.00%) WSDL
1 5 (20.00%) Struts2
1 5 (20.00%) jQuery
1 5 (20.00%) Ajax
1 5 (20.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.000%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) MS Project
2 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.00%) DB2
2 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) ClearCase
1 5 (20.00%) Subversion
2 3 (12.00%) Git (software)
2 3 (12.00%) Gradle
General
1 21 (84.00%) Finance
2 14 (56.00%) Banking
3 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.000%) Financial Institution
3 1 (4.000%) Retail
3 1 (4.000%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.000%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 5 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 5 (20.00%) Developer
2 5 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 3 (12.00%) Programme Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Information Security Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Information Risk Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Security Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Information Security Risk Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Risk Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Information Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (68.00%) PMI
2 4 (16.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.000%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.000%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) UNIX
3 3 (12.00%) Linux
4 1 (4.000%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 21 (84.00%) Project Management
3 11 (44.00%) ITIL
4 9 (36.00%) PRINCE
5 7 (28.00%) Waterfall
6 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (20.00%) CMMI
7 5 (20.00%) Change Management
7 5 (20.00%) RUP
7 5 (20.00%) BDD
8 4 (16.00%) Risk Management
8 4 (16.00%) Information Security
9 3 (12.00%) Six Sigma
9 3 (12.00%) Time Management
10 2 (8.000%) Project Governance
10 2 (8.000%) Business Continuity
10 2 (8.000%) Lean Six Sigma
10 2 (8.000%) Logistics
10 2 (8.000%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) Java
1 5 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (12.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) PMP
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Oracle
2 5 (20.00%) Chordiant
2 5 (20.00%) JBoss
3 1 (4.000%) AppSense
3 1 (4.000%) SAP
3 1 (4.000%) IBM
3 1 (4.000%) Dell
3 1 (4.000%) Citrix