Cheshire Technical Project Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Technical Project Manager role in IT contracts within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Technical Project Manager
Location Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Eastleigh England Essex Feltham Fife Gateshead Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Macclesfield Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North Tyneside North Wales North West Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rhyl Sale Scotland South Coast South East South Wales South West Southend-on-Sea Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	52	55
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching contract IT job ads	10	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	1.230 %	0.725 %
Daily rates quoted	6	4
Average minimum daily rate	£379	£506
Average daily rate	£387	£506
% change on same period last year	-23.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£395	£506
UK excluding London average daily rate	£397	£412
% change on same period last year	-3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	-
Average hourly rate	£32.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.17	£38.25
% change on same period last year	-13.28 %
Job Titles Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	813	828
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.073 %	0.825 %
Daily rates quoted	252	192
Average minimum daily rate	£315	£292
Average daily rate	£329	£307
% change on same period last year	+7.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£342	£323
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	99	61
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.41	£22.10
Average hourly rate	£23.37	£23.32
% change on same period last year	+0.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.32	£24.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Technical Project Manager 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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Project Manager across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Project Manager 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 Technical Project Manager across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Project Manager within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
Chester	-	4	£369	-
Knutsford	-9	1	-	-
Macclesfield	-	1	£335	-
Warrington	-	1	-	-

Technical Project Manager North West

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Project Manager in their job title.

1 9 (42.86 %) Finance 2 8 (38.10 %) LAN 3 7 (33.33 %) WAN 4 6 (28.57 %) PRINCE2 4 6 (28.57 %) Project Management 5 5 (23.81 %) Government 5 5 (23.81 %) UNIX 5 5 (23.81 %) Local Government 6 4 (19.05 %) Banking 7 3 (14.29 %) E-Commerce 7 3 (14.29 %) Financial Institution 7 3 (14.29 %) Firewall 7 3 (14.29 %) Internet 8 2 (9.524 %) SSL 8 2 (9.524 %) Oracle 10g

8 2 (9.524 %) Active Directory 8 2 (9.524 %) Oracle 8 2 (9.524 %) International Banking 8 2 (9.524 %) Oracle 10gAS 9 1 (4.762 %) Human Factors 9 1 (4.762 %) Matrix Management 9 1 (4.762 %) Use Case 9 1 (4.762 %) Project Planning 9 1 (4.762 %) Web Development 9 1 (4.762 %) Mainframe 9 1 (4.762 %) Telecoms 9 1 (4.762 %) Scrum 9 1 (4.762 %) PRINCE2 Certification 9 1 (4.762 %) PMI 9 1 (4.762 %) Middleware

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (4.762 %) Middleware 1 1 (4.762 %) J2EE	Application Platforms 1 2 (9.524 %) Oracle 10gAS
Communications & Networking 1 8 (38.10 %) LAN 2 7 (33.33 %) WAN 3 3 (14.29 %) Firewall 3 3 (14.29 %) Internet 4 2 (9.524 %) SSL 5 1 (4.762 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (9.524 %) Oracle 10g
General 1 9 (42.86 %) Finance 2 5 (23.81 %) Government 2 5 (23.81 %) Local Government 3 4 (19.05 %) Banking 4 3 (14.29 %) Financial Institution 5 2 (9.524 %) International Banking 6 1 (4.762 %) Telecoms	Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.762 %) Human Factors 1 1 (4.762 %) Mainframe 1 1 (4.762 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 5 (23.81 %) UNIX 2 1 (4.762 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (28.57 %) PRINCE2 1 6 (28.57 %) Project Management 2 3 (14.29 %) E-Commerce 3 1 (4.762 %) Matrix Management 3 1 (4.762 %) Use Case 3 1 (4.762 %) Project Planning 3 1 (4.762 %) Web Development 3 1 (4.762 %) Scrum 3 1 (4.762 %) Six Sigma 3 1 (4.762 %) Configuration Management 3 1 (4.762 %) B2C
Programming Languages 1 1 (4.762 %) Java	Qualifications 1 1 (4.762 %) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software 1 2 (9.524 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 2 (9.524 %) Oracle