The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Chester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 7 2 12
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 17 22 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 13.18% 19.47% 6.569%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.00% 27.16% 9.574%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 2
Average daily rate £375 £401 £203
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.54% +98.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £294 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £488 £221
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £25.88 £33.30
% change year-on-year
+42.99% -22.29%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
100 81 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 77.52% 71.68% 68.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 25
Average daily rate £375 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 2
Average hourly rate £42.50 £14.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+203.57% -70.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Management
Cheshire

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Chester Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Chester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Chester Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Chester region.

Chester Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Project Management 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 Project Management.

1 18 (56.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (40.63%) PRINCE2
3 11 (34.38%) UNIX
3 11 (34.38%) AIX
3 11 (34.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 9 (28.13%) Linux
5 8 (25.00%) Windows
5 8 (25.00%) VMware
6 7 (21.88%) Citrix
7 6 (18.75%) ITIL
8 5 (15.63%) WAN
8 5 (15.63%) Service Management
8 5 (15.63%) Change Management
9 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
9 4 (12.50%) Finance
9 4 (12.50%) MS Office
9 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
9 4 (12.50%) Tru64
9 4 (12.50%) Windows 8
10 3 (9.375%) Windows 7
10 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (9.375%) Remedy
10 3 (9.375%) Shell Script
10 3 (9.375%) SAP
10 3 (9.375%) Oracle
10 3 (9.375%) MS Exchange
10 3 (9.375%) Migration
11 2 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
11 2 (6.250%) DB2
11 2 (6.250%) SAP R/3

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Project Management 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (9.375%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.250%) SAP R/3
1 2 (6.250%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) WAN
2 1 (3.125%) SAN
2 1 (3.125%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) DB2
General
1 4 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (6.250%) Local Government
3 1 (3.125%) Banking
3 1 (3.125%) Retail
3 1 (3.125%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.125%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 25 (78.13%) Project Manager
2 13 (40.63%) Infrastructure Manager
3 12 (37.50%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (6.250%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (6.250%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (3.125%) UNIX Specialist
5 1 (3.125%) Storage Administrator
5 1 (3.125%) Services Delivery Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Business Project Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Change Project Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Tivoli Specialist
5 1 (3.125%) Service Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Administrator
5 1 (3.125%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Analyst
5 1 (3.125%) Test Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Change Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Business Change Manager
5 1 (3.125%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.125%) PMI
1 1 (3.125%) Client/Server
1 1 (3.125%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 11 (34.38%) UNIX
1 11 (34.38%) AIX
2 9 (28.13%) Linux
3 8 (25.00%) Windows
4 4 (12.50%) Tru64
4 4 (12.50%) Windows 8
5 3 (9.375%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.125%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (40.63%) PRINCE2
3 6 (18.75%) ITIL
4 5 (15.63%) Service Management
4 5 (15.63%) Change Management
5 4 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
6 3 (9.375%) Migration
7 2 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (6.250%) Supplier Management
7 2 (6.250%) Software Testing
7 2 (6.250%) Requirements Management
7 2 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (3.125%) Time Management
8 1 (3.125%) Change Control
8 1 (3.125%) Agile Testing
8 1 (3.125%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (3.125%) PRINCE
8 1 (3.125%) Six Sigma
8 1 (3.125%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.375%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.125%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.125%) Degree
2 1 (3.125%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.125%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) QA
1 1 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.250%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.125%) PowerHA
2 1 (3.125%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (6.250%) Tivoli
1 2 (6.250%) BladeLogic
2 1 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (25.00%) VMware
2 7 (21.88%) Citrix
3 3 (9.375%) Remedy
3 3 (9.375%) SAP
3 3 (9.375%) Oracle
4 2 (6.250%) BMC
5 1 (3.125%) Brocade
5 1 (3.125%) NetApp
5 1 (3.125%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.125%) Ariba
5 1 (3.125%) IBM
5 1 (3.125%) HP
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