The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Devon 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 19 25 13
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -12
Contract jobs citing Project Management 10 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 5.747% 3.315% 8.784%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.752% 5.217% 19.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 7
Average daily rate £375 £370 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% +64.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £242 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £394 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £26.39 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+33.13% -17.53%
All Processes & Methodologies
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
129 115 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 74.14% 63.54% 45.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 57 32
Average daily rate £313 £335 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.71% -10.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £200 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 18 10
Average hourly rate £19.39 £15.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.26% -49.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Project Management
South West

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Devon region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Exeter +5 8 £300 -
Plymouth +6 1 - -
Project Management
South West

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
2 3 (21.43%) Workflow
2 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.143%) Service Management
4 1 (7.143%) TickIT
4 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.143%) UNIX
4 1 (7.143%) Linux
4 1 (7.143%) UML
4 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
4 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
4 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.143%) SOA
4 1 (7.143%) ISO 9001
4 1 (7.143%) RDBMS
4 1 (7.143%) Microsoft

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 Development
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 2 (14.29%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.143%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) ClearQuest
General
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (35.71%) Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Business Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Development Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Development Project Manager
5 1 (7.143%) PMO Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Service Transition Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Service Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Programme Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.143%) SaaS
1 1 (7.143%) PaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) UNIX
1 1 (7.143%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
2 3 (21.43%) Workflow
2 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
3 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.143%) Data Management
4 1 (7.143%) Information Management
4 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) UML
4 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.143%) SOA
4 1 (7.143%) Service Management
4 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.143%) IDEF
4 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.143%) BPMN
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) VB.NET
3 1 (7.143%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) ISO 9001
1 1 (7.143%) TickIT
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (7.143%) SAP
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft