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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

 Project Manager
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6617
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+11
Matching contract IT job ads734651
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire11.09 %10.85 %6.071 %
As % of the Job Titles category12.83 %12.23 %6.809 %
Daily rates quoted412520
Average daily rate£300£400£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00 %+14.28 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£350£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£456£491
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£378£400
% change year-on-year
-0.660 %-5.620 %
Hourly rates quoted652
Average hourly rate£40.75£35.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.42 %-12.50 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38 %-7.140 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
569376749
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire86.47 %88.68 %89.17 %
Daily rates quoted276125204
Average daily rate£300£390£315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07 %+23.80 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£195£240£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£418£500£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted534394
Average hourly rate£21.50£19.25£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.68 %-1.280 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.52£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£45.25£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Project Manager North WestProject Manager
North West

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.

Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Project Manager Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cheshire Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cheshire Project Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
ChesterUp+518£300-21.05 %
KnutsfordNew entry-15£325-
WarringtonDown-910£475+5.55 %
Alderley EdgeNew entry-3£288-
CreweNew entry-1--
Project Manager North WestProject Manager
North West

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

154 (45.76 %)Project Management
241 (34.75 %)Finance
334 (28.81 %)PRINCE2
427 (22.88 %)Stakeholder Management
520 (16.95 %)ITIL
616 (13.56 %)Government
616 (13.56 %)Banking
713 (11.02 %)UNIX
812 (10.17 %)PRINCE
910 (8.475 %)Retail
910 (8.475 %)PMI
910 (8.475 %)PMI Certification
910 (8.475 %)Windows
109 (7.627 %)Microsoft
109 (7.627 %)Matrix Management
117 (5.932 %)Security Cleared
117 (5.932 %)MS Excel
117 (5.932 %).NET
117 (5.932 %)SQL Server
117 (5.932 %)SQL Server 2005
126 (5.085 %)Risk Management
126 (5.085 %)Migration
126 (5.085 %)Local Government
126 (5.085 %)C
126 (5.085 %)E-Commerce
126 (5.085 %)ERP
126 (5.085 %)SC Cleared
135 (4.237 %)Project Planning
135 (4.237 %)WAN
135 (4.237 %)SharePoint

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (5.932 %).NET
23 (2.542 %)Middleware
31 (0.847 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.847 %)Web Services
31 (0.847 %)Flash
31 (0.847 %)WebSphere
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (4.237 %)SharePoint
22 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (1.695 %)MS Exchange
22 (1.695 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (1.695 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (0.847 %)Documentum
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (5.932 %)MS Excel
24 (3.390 %)MS Project
24 (3.390 %)MS Visio
33 (2.542 %)CA Clarity
41 (0.847 %)Open Workbench
41 (0.847 %)MS Office
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (4.237 %)Dynamics NAV
22 (1.695 %)Navision
31 (0.847 %)BASE24
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (4.237 %)WAN
23 (2.542 %)LAN
23 (2.542 %)SAN
23 (2.542 %)Firewall
32 (1.695 %)VPN
41 (0.847 %)Internet
41 (0.847 %)SSL
41 (0.847 %)ATM
41 (0.847 %)IP Telephony
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (5.932 %)SQL Server
17 (5.932 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (1.695 %)BusinessObjects
31 (0.847 %)EDRMS
31 (0.847 %)GIS
31 (0.847 %)ETL
31 (0.847 %)Datawarehouse
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (4.237 %)Visual Studio
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
141 (34.75 %)Finance
216 (13.56 %)Government
216 (13.56 %)Banking
310 (8.475 %)Retail
46 (5.085 %)Local Government
54 (3.390 %)Retail Banking
54 (3.390 %)Marketing
63 (2.542 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.847 %)Games
71 (0.847 %)Telecoms
71 (0.847 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.847 %)Pensions
71 (0.847 %)Online Banking
71 (0.847 %)Auditing
71 (0.847 %)Billing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (8.475 %)PMI
24 (3.390 %)Mainframe
32 (1.695 %)FMCG
41 (0.847 %)Credit Risk
41 (0.847 %)Chemistry
41 (0.847 %)SCADA
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (11.02 %)UNIX
210 (8.475 %)Windows
31 (0.847 %)AIX
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
154 (45.76 %)Project Management
234 (28.81 %)PRINCE2
327 (22.88 %)Stakeholder Management
420 (16.95 %)ITIL
512 (10.17 %)PRINCE
69 (7.627 %)Matrix Management
76 (5.085 %)Risk Management
76 (5.085 %)Migration
76 (5.085 %)E-Commerce
76 (5.085 %)ERP
85 (4.237 %)Project Planning
85 (4.237 %)Supplier Management
94 (3.390 %)Business Analysis
94 (3.390 %)Change Management
103 (2.542 %)CRM
103 (2.542 %)Agile Software Development
103 (2.542 %)Logistics
112 (1.695 %)Document Management
112 (1.695 %)Asset Management
112 (1.695 %)Service Delivery
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (5.085 %)C
25 (4.237 %)C#
25 (4.237 %)VB
31 (0.847 %)ActionScript
31 (0.847 %)Java
31 (0.847 %)Perl
31 (0.847 %)PHP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (8.475 %)PMI Certification
27 (5.932 %)Security Cleared
36 (5.085 %)SC Cleared
44 (3.390 %)PRINCE2 Certification
52 (1.695 %)ITIL Certification
61 (0.847 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
61 (0.847 %)ISEB
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.390 %)QA
21 (0.847 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (2.542 %)Active Directory
22 (1.695 %)XenApp
31 (0.847 %)Hyper-V
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (2.542 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (7.627 %)Microsoft
24 (3.390 %)SAP
24 (3.390 %)Citrix
32 (1.695 %)VMware
32 (1.695 %)Business Objects
32 (1.695 %)Oracle
41 (0.847 %)Avaya
41 (0.847 %)HP
41 (0.847 %)Remedy
41 (0.847 %)Niku
41 (0.847 %)Cisco
41 (0.847 %)IBM
41 (0.847 %)BT
41 (0.847 %)Capita