Cheshire Project Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Management over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Andover Aylesbury Baldock Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Bicester Billingham Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Darwen Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Erskine Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenford Guildford Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hove Huddersfield Inverness Ipswich Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool Liversedge London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stirlingshire Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Walsall Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wetherby Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	11	25
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	98	31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.126 %	0.035 %
As % of the category below	18.53 %	8.223 %
Daily rates quoted	46	15
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£296
Average daily rate	£363	£311
% change on same period last year	+16.73 %
Average maximum daily rate	£378	£327
UK excluding London average daily rate	£398	£387
% change on same period last year	+2.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.00	£35.00
Average hourly rate	£14.00	£37.50
% change on same period last year	-62.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.00	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.17	£29.75
% change on same period last year	-8.66 %
Processes & Methodologies Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	529	377
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.679 %	0.424 %
Daily rates quoted	185	132
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£317
Average daily rate	£344	£330
% change on same period last year	+4.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	49	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.11	£28.40
Average hourly rate	£30.41	£30.18
% change on same period last year	+0.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.71	£31.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.72	£29.49
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Project Management 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management 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	+6	18	£337	-
2	Warrington	+1	14	-	-
3	Knutsford	-	12	£419	-
4	Wilmslow	-	5	£203	-
5	Alderley Edge	-	2	£350	-
6	Runcorn	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Project Management 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 Project Management.

1 45 (33.09 %) Finance 2 27 (19.85 %) PRINCE2 3 21 (15.44 %) Windows 3 21 (15.44 %) Banking 4 14 (10.29 %) Migration 4 14 (10.29 %) Change Management 5 13 (9.559 %) Degree 6 10 (7.353 %) MS Project 7 9 (6.618 %) ITIL 7 9 (6.618 %) MS Excel 7 9 (6.618 %) 3G 7 9 (6.618 %) Telecoms 7 9 (6.618 %) 2G 7 9 (6.618 %) Time Management 8 8 (5.882 %) Health

8 8 (5.882 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 8 (5.882 %) SQL 9 7 (5.147 %) Oracle 9 7 (5.147 %) SAP 9 7 (5.147 %) IBM 9 7 (5.147 %) Microsoft 10 6 (4.412 %) Document Management 10 6 (4.412 %) Supplier Management 10 6 (4.412 %) Statistics 10 6 (4.412 %) Data Migration 10 6 (4.412 %) Service Delivery 10 6 (4.412 %) PMI 10 6 (4.412 %) SAN 10 6 (4.412 %) MS Office 11 5 (3.676 %) Unix

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Project Management 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (2.206 %) Middleware 2 2 (1.471 %) Servlets 3 1 (0.735 %) ArcObjects 3 1 (0.735 %) .NET 3 1 (0.735 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 4 (2.941 %) SharePoint 2 3 (2.206 %) Apache 2 3 (2.206 %) Tomcat 2 3 (2.206 %) Oracle Application Server 3 2 (1.471 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (1.471 %) Oracle 10gAS 4 1 (0.735 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (0.735 %) ArcGIS 4 1 (0.735 %) ArcIMS 4 1 (0.735 %) CMS 4 1 (0.735 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (0.735 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 10 (7.353 %) MS Project 2 9 (6.618 %) MS Excel 3 6 (4.412 %) MS Office 4 4 (2.941 %) MS Visio 5 3 (2.206 %) MS PowerPoint 6 1 (0.735 %) Photoshop	Communications & Networking 1 9 (6.618 %) 3G 1 9 (6.618 %) 2G 2 6 (4.412 %) SAN 3 4 (2.941 %) GSM 3 4 (2.941 %) UMTS 4 3 (2.206 %) Internet 5 2 (1.471 %) Wireless 5 2 (1.471 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (3.676 %) Oracle 10g 2 4 (2.941 %) FileMaker 2 4 (2.941 %) Oracle Reports 3 3 (2.206 %) Oracle 9i 3 3 (2.206 %) ETL 3 3 (2.206 %) Oracle Discoverer 3 3 (2.206 %) Oracle OWB 3 3 (2.206 %) SQL Server 4 2 (1.471 %) SQL Server 2005 5 1 (0.735 %) GIS 5 1 (0.735 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 1 (0.735 %) Oracle Forms
General 1 45 (33.09 %) Finance 2 21 (15.44 %) Banking 3 9 (6.618 %) Telecoms 4 8 (5.882 %) Health 5 4 (2.941 %) Education 6 3 (2.206 %) Construction 6 3 (2.206 %) Pharmaceutical 6 3 (2.206 %) Auditing 7 2 (1.471 %) Retail Banking 7 2 (1.471 %) International Banking 7 2 (1.471 %) Marketing 7 2 (1.471 %) Retail 8 1 (0.735 %) Pensions 8 1 (0.735 %) Manufacturing 8 1 (0.735 %) Financial Institution 8 1 (0.735 %) Back Office 8 1 (0.735 %) Automotive 8 1 (0.735 %) Government	Job Titles 1 57 (41.91 %) Project Manager 2 14 (10.29 %) Technical Manager 3 10 (7.353 %) Delivery Manager 4 9 (6.618 %) Analyst 5 7 (5.147 %) Administrator 5 7 (5.147 %) Project Administrator 6 6 (4.412 %) Coordinator 6 6 (4.412 %) Developer 7 5 (3.676 %) Project Office Administrator 7 5 (3.676 %) Junior 7 5 (3.676 %) Project Coordinator 8 4 (2.941 %) Project Leader 8 4 (2.941 %) Service Analyst 8 4 (2.941 %) Service Manager 8 4 (2.941 %) Architect 8 4 (2.941 %) Consultant 8 4 (2.941 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 8 4 (2.941 %) Technical Project Manager 8 4 (2.941 %) Infrastructure Manager 8 4 (2.941 %) Services Delivery Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 6 (4.412 %) PMI 1 6 (4.412 %) Statistics 2 5 (3.676 %) NHS 3 4 (2.941 %) Replication 3 4 (2.941 %) CMDB 4 3 (2.206 %) IBM Mainframe 4 3 (2.206 %) VAX 4 3 (2.206 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.735 %) Management Information System 5 1 (0.735 %) Asset Management 5 1 (0.735 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 21 (15.44 %) Windows 2 5 (3.676 %) Unix 3 2 (1.471 %) Windows NT 3 2 (1.471 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (0.735 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (19.85 %) PRINCE2 2 14 (10.29 %) Change Management 2 14 (10.29 %) Migration 3 9 (6.618 %) ITIL 3 9 (6.618 %) Time Management 4 6 (4.412 %) Document Management 4 6 (4.412 %) Supplier Management 4 6 (4.412 %) Service Delivery 4 6 (4.412 %) Data Migration 5 5 (3.676 %) E-Commerce 5 5 (3.676 %) Project Planning 6 4 (2.941 %) Programme Management 6 4 (2.941 %) Business Intelligence 7 3 (2.206 %) Quality Management 7 3 (2.206 %) Risk Management 7 3 (2.206 %) Network Planning 7 3 (2.206 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 3 (2.206 %) Resource Management 7 3 (2.206 %) QMS 8 2 (1.471 %) Risk Analysis	Programming Languages 1 8 (5.882 %) SQL 2 4 (2.941 %) Java 3 1 (0.735 %) PL/SQL 3 1 (0.735 %) C 3 1 (0.735 %) C#
Qualifications 1 13 (9.559 %) Degree 2 8 (5.882 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 3 (2.206 %) MCSE 3 3 (2.206 %) Microsoft Certification 4 1 (0.735 %) ISEB 4 1 (0.735 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (2.941 %) QA
System Software 1 3 (2.206 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 2 (1.471 %) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors 1 7 (5.147 %) IBM 1 7 (5.147 %) Microsoft 1 7 (5.147 %) Oracle 1 7 (5.147 %) SAP 2 3 (2.206 %) HP 3 2 (1.471 %) Dell 3 2 (1.471 %) CheckPoint 3 2 (1.471 %) IXOS 4 1 (0.735 %) Brocade 4 1 (0.735 %) Cisco 4 1 (0.735 %) Intel 4 1 (0.735 %) Citrix 4 1 (0.735 %) Hitachi 4 1 (0.735 %) Lotus