The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role 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 Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 3 1 16
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +15
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 24 35 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 17.27% 29.91% 4.908%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.18% 31.25% 5.298%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 11 0
Average daily rate £375 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £401 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.12% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
132 112 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 94.96% 95.73% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 39 50
Average daily rate £325 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £156 £238 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £50.00 £10.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
Cheshire

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Chester Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Chester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Chester Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Chester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Chester Project Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

1 29 (65.91%) Project Management
2 24 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (43.18%) PRINCE2
4 12 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 11 (25.00%) Citrix
6 10 (22.73%) Windows
6 10 (22.73%) VMware
7 9 (20.45%) Linux
7 9 (20.45%) UNIX
8 8 (18.18%) AIX
9 7 (15.91%) ITIL
9 7 (15.91%) Finance
9 7 (15.91%) Local Government
10 6 (13.64%) SharePoint
10 6 (13.64%) Windows 8
11 5 (11.36%) WAN
12 4 (9.091%) MS Project
12 4 (9.091%) Banking
13 3 (6.818%) Migration
13 3 (6.818%) CRM
13 3 (6.818%) MS Visio
13 3 (6.818%) MS Exchange
13 3 (6.818%) Remedy
13 3 (6.818%) SharePoint 2010
13 3 (6.818%) Project Planning
13 3 (6.818%) VMware Infrastructure
13 3 (6.818%) Windows 7
14 2 (4.545%) XenApp
14 2 (4.545%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (4.545%) BladeLogic

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.273%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (13.64%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.818%) MS Exchange
2 3 (6.818%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (9.091%) MS Project
2 3 (6.818%) MS Visio
3 2 (4.545%) MS Excel
4 1 (2.273%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.545%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (4.545%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.36%) WAN
2 1 (2.273%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.273%) DB2
General
1 7 (15.91%) Finance
1 7 (15.91%) Local Government
2 4 (9.091%) Banking
3 2 (4.545%) Retail
4 1 (2.273%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.273%) Marketing
4 1 (2.273%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.273%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.545%) PMI
2 1 (2.273%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.273%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.273%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.73%) Windows
2 9 (20.45%) Linux
2 9 (20.45%) UNIX
3 8 (18.18%) AIX
4 6 (13.64%) Windows 8
5 3 (6.818%) Windows 7
6 2 (4.545%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (2.273%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (65.91%) Project Management
2 24 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (43.18%) PRINCE2
4 7 (15.91%) ITIL
5 3 (6.818%) Migration
5 3 (6.818%) CRM
5 3 (6.818%) Project Planning
6 2 (4.545%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (4.545%) Matrix Management
6 2 (4.545%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (4.545%) Time Management
6 2 (4.545%) Supplier Management
6 2 (4.545%) PRINCE
6 2 (4.545%) E-Commerce
6 2 (4.545%) Information Security
6 2 (4.545%) Software Testing
6 2 (4.545%) Requirements Management
7 1 (2.273%) Critical Path Analysis
7 1 (2.273%) Service Management
7 1 (2.273%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 12 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (4.545%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.273%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.273%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.273%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (6.818%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.545%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (4.545%) BladeLogic
1 2 (4.545%) SCCM
1 2 (4.545%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Citrix
2 10 (22.73%) VMware
3 3 (6.818%) Remedy
4 2 (4.545%) BMC
4 2 (4.545%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.545%) Oracle
5 1 (2.273%) SAP
5 1 (2.273%) Ariba