The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Docklands, 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 25 27 52
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +25
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 5 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 2.874% 2.283% 1.704%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.817% 2.907% 2.336%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 5
Average daily rate £425 £373 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.09% -32.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £339 £475
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £428 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £360 £368
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
131 172 428
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 75.29% 78.54% 72.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 112 191
Average daily rate £450 £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £360 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Project Planning
London

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Planning across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Docklands, London Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Project Planning 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 Planning.

1 4 (80.00%) MS Office
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) Planview
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (40.00%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (40.00%) MS Project
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
4 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (20.00%) Derivative
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (20.00%) B2B
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Front Office

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Project Planning 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 Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) MS Project
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (40.00%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) B2B
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Planview