The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMI 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London 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 Management Institute (PMI)
Rank 176 184 191
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +7
Contract jobs citing PMI 27 34 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.423% 0.432% 0.551%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.338% 1.321% 1.372%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 31 46
Average daily rate £500 £450 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -21.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £310 £448
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £600 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £358
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +11.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.75 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+59.09% -21.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2018 2574 3936
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.64% 32.73% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1496 1987 3043
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £298 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 67 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.38 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
PMI
London

PMI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PMI across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London PMI Jobs Demand Trend

PMI
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PMI across the City of London region.

City of London PMI Daily Rate Trend

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London PMI Daily Rate Histogram

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PMI across the City of London region.

City of London PMI Hourly Rate Trend

PMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing PMI 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 PMI.

1 53 (98.15%) PMI Certification
2 48 (88.89%) PRINCE2
3 44 (81.48%) Project Management
4 26 (48.15%) Finance
5 18 (33.33%) Banking
6 14 (25.93%) Degree
6 14 (25.93%) PMP
7 11 (20.37%) Waterfall
8 10 (18.52%) MS Office
8 10 (18.52%) ITIL
8 10 (18.52%) Change Management
9 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (11.11%) Migration
10 6 (11.11%) MS Excel
10 6 (11.11%) Investment Banking
11 5 (9.259%) Agile Software Development
11 5 (9.259%) Release Management
11 5 (9.259%) Security Cleared
11 5 (9.259%) SC Cleared
11 5 (9.259%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (9.259%) MS Project
11 5 (9.259%) PRINCE
11 5 (9.259%) Microsoft
11 5 (9.259%) Financial Institution
12 4 (7.407%) Programme Management
12 4 (7.407%) Windows
12 4 (7.407%) Cash Management
12 4 (7.407%) Windows 7
12 4 (7.407%) Demand Management
13 3 (5.556%) FLEXCUBE

PMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing PMI 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 PMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.852%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.704%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.704%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (18.52%) MS Office
2 6 (11.11%) MS Excel
3 5 (9.259%) MS Project
4 2 (3.704%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.556%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (1.852%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.704%) Internet
1 2 (3.704%) Network Security
2 1 (1.852%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.852%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (1.852%) Data Warehouse
General
1 26 (48.15%) Finance
2 18 (33.33%) Banking
3 6 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 5 (9.259%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.704%) Retail
6 1 (1.852%) Wholesale Banking
6 1 (1.852%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.852%) Automotive
6 1 (1.852%) Advertising
6 1 (1.852%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 37 (68.52%) Project Manager
2 7 (12.96%) Programme Manager
3 3 (5.556%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (5.556%) Infrastructure Manager
3 3 (5.556%) Implementation Manager
3 3 (5.556%) Implementation Project Manager
3 3 (5.556%) Analyst
3 3 (5.556%) Systems Analyst
3 3 (5.556%) Senior Manager
4 2 (3.704%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (3.704%) Data Manager
4 2 (3.704%) Desktop Analyst
4 2 (3.704%) Risk Manager
4 2 (3.704%) Programme Planner
4 2 (3.704%) Finance Project Manager
4 2 (3.704%) Data Migration Manager
4 2 (3.704%) Planning Manager
4 2 (3.704%) Credit Risk Project Manager
5 1 (1.852%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (1.852%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.704%) Credit Risk
2 1 (1.852%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (1.852%) Derivative
2 1 (1.852%) Market Risk
2 1 (1.852%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.852%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.852%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.407%) Windows
1 4 (7.407%) Windows 7
2 2 (3.704%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (88.89%) PRINCE2
2 44 (81.48%) Project Management
3 11 (20.37%) Waterfall
4 10 (18.52%) ITIL
4 10 (18.52%) Change Management
5 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (11.11%) Migration
7 5 (9.259%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (9.259%) Release Management
7 5 (9.259%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (9.259%) PRINCE
8 4 (7.407%) Programme Management
8 4 (7.407%) Cash Management
8 4 (7.407%) Demand Management
9 3 (5.556%) Project Planning
9 3 (5.556%) CRM
10 2 (3.704%) Identity Management
10 2 (3.704%) CMMI
10 2 (3.704%) Scrum
10 2 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.704%) SQL
2 1 (1.852%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 53 (98.15%) PMI Certification
2 14 (25.93%) Degree
2 14 (25.93%) PMP
3 5 (9.259%) Security Cleared
3 5 (9.259%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.556%) MCSE
4 3 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.704%) CAPM
5 2 (3.704%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.852%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (1.852%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.852%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.852%) MAPM
6 1 (1.852%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (1.852%) ISEB
6 1 (1.852%) CISSP
6 1 (1.852%) CISA
6 1 (1.852%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.704%) COBIT
1 2 (3.704%) QA
2 1 (1.852%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (3.704%) CA SiteMinder
Vendors
1 5 (9.259%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.556%) CheckPoint
3 2 (3.704%) Primavera
City of London
Key Accountabilities Reporting to the Head of PMO & Project Management , the candidate will be an experienced and professionally qualified Project Manager with a record of successful project delivery.....
WorldPay
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate will provide hands on project management for a portfolio of business-critical major projects, within the Brazil front to back remediation programme... - Project management experience...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
A leading Investment bank require a Lead PMO to be involved in a large scale compliance and due diligence workstream, covering both IT and change. We are looking...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
I am looking for a Project Manager who will be accountable for the end to end delivery of small to medium business initiatives from inception to close down...
Sand Resources
Rate: £230 - £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Candidates with experience of working within a Research, Academic or Medical research environment are highly desirable.You will report to the Programme Manager assisting in the development of...
Sand Resources
Rate: £200 - £260 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
PMI/Prince 2 project management qualification Educated to degree level or equivalent Previous experience of a large scale programme in the Cards Acquiring industry is preferable but not...
WorldPay
Posted: 24 May 2013