Cheshire PMI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management Institute (PMI) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PMI over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Location Altrincham Basildon Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brentwood Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucestershire Guildford Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Lewisham London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Poole Sandwich Scotland Solihull South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	75	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	6	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	2.469 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£357	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£364	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£397	£402
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£42.21	£37.48
% change on same period last year	+12.63 %
Miscellaneous Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	243	123
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.312 %	0.138 %
Daily rates quoted	52	27
Average minimum daily rate	£395	£306
Average daily rate	£412	£320
% change on same period last year	+28.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£429	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£361
% change on same period last year	+0.13 %
Hourly rates quoted	20	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.13	£16.11
Average hourly rate	£25.98	£17.87
% change on same period last year	+45.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.84	£19.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.70	£25.16
% change on same period last year	-5.80 %
PMI North West

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.

PMI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing PMI across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

PMI
Daily Rate Trend

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

PMI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Chester	-	3	£357	-
2	Knutsford	-	2	-	-

PMI North West

PMI
Top 15 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing PMI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMI.

1 6 (75.00 %) Finance 2 5 (62.50 %) PRINCE2 3 4 (50.00 %) Project Management 4 3 (37.50 %) E-Commerce 4 3 (37.50 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (25.00 %) Programme Management 6 1 (12.50 %) ITIL 6 1 (12.50 %) Unix 6 1 (12.50 %) Windows 6 1 (12.50 %) Stakeholder Management 6 1 (12.50 %) Programme Office Management 6 1 (12.50 %) PMI Certification 6 1 (12.50 %) SAN 6 1 (12.50 %) Six Sigma 6 1 (12.50 %) Project Planning

PMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing PMI also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 3 (37.50 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) SAN
General 1 6 (75.00 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 4 (50.00 %) Project Manager 2 3 (37.50 %) Programme Manager 2 3 (37.50 %) Programme Office Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Technical Manager 3 1 (12.50 %) Technical Project Manager
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) Unix 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (62.50 %) PRINCE2 2 4 (50.00 %) Project Management 3 3 (37.50 %) E-Commerce 4 2 (25.00 %) Programme Management 5 1 (12.50 %) Project Planning 5 1 (12.50 %) ITIL 5 1 (12.50 %) Six Sigma 5 1 (12.50 %) Stakeholder Management 5 1 (12.50 %) Programme Office Management
Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) PMI Certification