The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Croydon 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 21 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 Croydon 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 8 2 28
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +26
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 6 35 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 12.00% 26.12% 4.592%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.77% 28.00% 4.813%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 29 6
Average daily rate £500 £500 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £28.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year
+35.00% -18.75%
All Job Titles
Croydon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
47 125 187
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Croydon 94.00% 93.28% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 84 106
Average daily rate £325 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £277
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £650 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
London

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon 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 Croydon region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Client/Server
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) EFQM
3 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
4 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001
4 2 (18.18%) MS Project
4 2 (18.18%) IBM
5 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.091%) ERP
5 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
5 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
5 1 (9.091%) Logistics
5 1 (9.091%) Magento
5 1 (9.091%) Solvency II
5 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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 Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Magento
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Project
2 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Project Management
2 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
5 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.091%) ERP
5 1 (9.091%) E-Commerce
5 1 (9.091%) Logistics
5 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) EFQM
2 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001
3 1 (9.091%) Solvency II
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) IBM