East Midlands Project Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Management over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Andover Aylesbury Baldock Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Bicester Billingham Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Darwen Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Erskine Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenford Guildford Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hove Huddersfield Inverness Ipswich Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool Liversedge London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stirlingshire Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Walsall Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wetherby Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	19	15
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	115	116
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.148 %	0.130 %
As % of the category below	11.78 %	14.65 %
Daily rates quoted	47	46
Average minimum daily rate	£431	£366
Average daily rate	£457	£387
% change on same period last year	+18.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£483	£407
UK excluding London average daily rate	£398	£387
% change on same period last year	+2.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.00	£24.86
Average hourly rate	£15.75	£26.08
% change on same period last year	-39.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.50	£27.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.17	£29.75
% change on same period last year	-8.66 %
Processes & Methodologies East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	976	792
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.252 %	0.890 %
Daily rates quoted	249	216
Average minimum daily rate	£390	£337
Average daily rate	£413	£352
% change on same period last year	+17.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£436	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	61	61
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.08	£21.63
Average hourly rate	£21.94	£23.08
% change on same period last year	-4.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.79	£24.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.72	£29.49
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across the East Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the East Midlands region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across the East Midlands region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the East Midlands region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Northamptonshire	+1	43	£498	+19.04 %
2	Nottinghamshire	0	25	£308	-0.81 %
3	Leicestershire	+7	20	£469	+3.50 %
4	Derbyshire	-15	3	£442	-3.19 %
5	Lincolnshire	-10	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East Midlands region citing Project Management also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Project Management.

1 70 (29.17 %) Finance 2 63 (26.25 %) PRINCE2 3 35 (14.58 %) Banking 4 31 (12.92 %) Stakeholder Management 5 28 (11.67 %) Microsoft 6 20 (8.333 %) NHS 6 20 (8.333 %) Retail 7 19 (7.917 %) MS Office 8 18 (7.500 %) Health 9 17 (7.083 %) Government 9 17 (7.083 %) Business Analysis 10 15 (6.250 %) Windows 11 14 (5.833 %) Datawarehouse 11 14 (5.833 %) Retail Banking 12 13 (5.417 %) Change Management

12 13 (5.417 %) Migration 13 12 (5.000 %) Degree 14 11 (4.583 %) Local Government 14 11 (4.583 %) BPR 14 11 (4.583 %) ITIL 15 10 (4.167 %) Cisco 15 10 (4.167 %) NPfIT 16 9 (3.750 %) MS Excel 16 9 (3.750 %) MS Project 16 9 (3.750 %) Project Planning 16 9 (3.750 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 17 8 (3.333 %) Data Modelling 17 8 (3.333 %) SAS 18 7 (2.917 %) Information Management 18 7 (2.917 %) Logistics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the East Midlands region citing Project Management also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (2.500 %) WebSphere 2 5 (2.083 %) .NET 3 3 (1.250 %) ASP.NET 4 2 (0.833 %) XML 4 2 (0.833 %) J2EE 5 1 (0.417 %) ASP 5 1 (0.417 %) HTML 5 1 (0.417 %) J2ME 5 1 (0.417 %) WinForms 5 1 (0.417 %) Windows SharePoint Services 5 1 (0.417 %) EJB 5 1 (0.417 %) JDBC 5 1 (0.417 %) Struts 5 1 (0.417 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 8 (3.333 %) SAS 2 4 (1.667 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (1.667 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 3 (1.250 %) CMS 3 3 (1.250 %) SharePoint 4 2 (0.833 %) CICS 4 2 (0.833 %) NetWeaver 4 2 (0.833 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 1 (0.417 %) Oracle Application Server 5 1 (0.417 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 1 (0.417 %) Oracle HTTP Server 5 1 (0.417 %) JBoss 5 1 (0.417 %) Lotus Domino 5 1 (0.417 %) Apache
Applications 1 19 (7.917 %) MS Office 2 9 (3.750 %) MS Excel 2 9 (3.750 %) MS Project 3 6 (2.500 %) MS PowerPoint 4 3 (1.250 %) MS Visio 5 1 (0.417 %) AutoCAD 5 1 (0.417 %) Pro/ENGINEER 5 1 (0.417 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 4 (1.667 %) Axapta 1 4 (1.667 %) Dynamics AX 2 2 (0.833 %) Oracle Applications 2 2 (0.833 %) Summit 3 1 (0.417 %) Navision 3 1 (0.417 %) Oracle CRM 3 1 (0.417 %) JDE OneWorld 3 1 (0.417 %) BPCS 3 1 (0.417 %) PeopleSoft Financials 3 1 (0.417 %) Great Plains 3 1 (0.417 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 3 1 (0.417 %) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking 1 6 (2.500 %) LAN 1 6 (2.500 %) WAN 2 5 (2.083 %) VoIP 3 3 (1.250 %) PSTN 3 3 (1.250 %) CTI 4 2 (0.833 %) SMS 4 2 (0.833 %) SAN 4 2 (0.833 %) HTTP 5 1 (0.417 %) VPN 5 1 (0.417 %) SMTP 5 1 (0.417 %) MPLS 5 1 (0.417 %) OSPF 5 1 (0.417 %) BGP 5 1 (0.417 %) NGN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (5.833 %) Datawarehouse 2 4 (1.667 %) GIS 2 4 (1.667 %) Data Mart 3 3 (1.250 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 3 (1.250 %) SAP BI 3 3 (1.250 %) SQL Server 4 2 (0.833 %) SAP BW 5 1 (0.417 %) SQL Server 7 5 1 (0.417 %) OLAP 5 1 (0.417 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 6 (2.500 %) ERwin 2 1 (0.417 %) Rational Rose	General 1 70 (29.17 %) Finance 2 35 (14.58 %) Banking 3 20 (8.333 %) Retail 4 18 (7.500 %) Health 5 17 (7.083 %) Government 6 14 (5.833 %) Retail Banking 7 11 (4.583 %) Local Government 8 6 (2.500 %) Manufacturing 8 6 (2.500 %) Financial Institution 9 4 (1.667 %) Marketing 10 3 (1.250 %) Back Office 10 3 (1.250 %) Education 10 3 (1.250 %) Military 11 2 (0.833 %) Law 11 2 (0.833 %) Legal 11 2 (0.833 %) Pensions 11 2 (0.833 %) Electric 11 2 (0.833 %) Automotive 11 2 (0.833 %) Pharmaceutical 11 2 (0.833 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 118 (49.17 %) Project Manager 2 25 (10.42 %) Analyst 3 17 (7.083 %) Infrastructure Manager 4 14 (5.833 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 4 14 (5.833 %) Implementation Manager 5 12 (5.000 %) Architect 6 11 (4.583 %) Business Analyst 7 9 (3.750 %) Consultant 8 8 (3.333 %) Solutions Architect 9 7 (2.917 %) Developer 10 6 (2.500 %) Test Manager 10 6 (2.500 %) Senior Manager 10 6 (2.500 %) Senior Project Manager 10 6 (2.500 %) Implementation Project Manager 10 6 (2.500 %) Project Officer 11 5 (2.083 %) Business Manager 11 5 (2.083 %) NHS Project Manager 11 5 (2.083 %) Procurement Manager 11 5 (2.083 %) Programme Manager 12 4 (1.667 %) Systems Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 20 (8.333 %) NHS 2 10 (4.167 %) NPfIT 3 6 (2.500 %) PMI 4 5 (2.083 %) SCADA 5 4 (1.667 %) CMDB 5 4 (1.667 %) AS400 5 4 (1.667 %) Asset Management 6 3 (1.250 %) Management Information System 6 3 (1.250 %) Client/Server 6 3 (1.250 %) Mainframe 6 3 (1.250 %) PACS 7 2 (0.833 %) Credit Risk 8 1 (0.417 %) Fat Client 8 1 (0.417 %) Data Conversion 8 1 (0.417 %) EPoS 8 1 (0.417 %) Thin Client 8 1 (0.417 %) Smartcard 8 1 (0.417 %) ASIC 8 1 (0.417 %) Fixed Income 8 1 (0.417 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 15 (6.250 %) Windows 2 6 (2.500 %) Unix 3 5 (2.083 %) Windows 2000 4 2 (0.833 %) Windows XP 5 1 (0.417 %) VMS 5 1 (0.417 %) Windows NT 5 1 (0.417 %) AIX 5 1 (0.417 %) Solaris 5 1 (0.417 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 63 (26.25 %) PRINCE2 2 31 (12.92 %) Stakeholder Management 3 17 (7.083 %) Business Analysis 4 13 (5.417 %) Migration 4 13 (5.417 %) Change Management 5 11 (4.583 %) BPR 5 11 (4.583 %) ITIL 6 9 (3.750 %) Project Planning 7 8 (3.333 %) Data Modelling 8 7 (2.917 %) Information Management 8 7 (2.917 %) Logistics 9 5 (2.083 %) E-Procurement 9 5 (2.083 %) Quality Management 9 5 (2.083 %) Service Delivery 9 5 (2.083 %) CRM 9 5 (2.083 %) Disaster Recovery 9 5 (2.083 %) Data Management 10 4 (1.667 %) Resource Management 10 4 (1.667 %) Business Intelligence 10 4 (1.667 %) PRINCE
Programming Languages 1 6 (2.500 %) SQL 2 3 (1.250 %) VB 2 3 (1.250 %) PL/SQL 3 2 (0.833 %) C++ 3 2 (0.833 %) Java 3 2 (0.833 %) JavaScript 4 1 (0.417 %) C 4 1 (0.417 %) C# 4 1 (0.417 %) VB.NET 4 1 (0.417 %) Jython 4 1 (0.417 %) VB6	Qualifications 1 12 (5.000 %) Degree 2 9 (3.750 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 6 (2.500 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 3 (1.250 %) PMI Certification 5 2 (0.833 %) Cisco Certification 5 2 (0.833 %) Microsoft Certification 5 2 (0.833 %) SAP Certification 6 1 (0.417 %) ITIL Certification 6 1 (0.417 %) PMP 6 1 (0.417 %) MCP 6 1 (0.417 %) MCSA 6 1 (0.417 %) CCNP 6 1 (0.417 %) CCNA 6 1 (0.417 %) ISEB 6 1 (0.417 %) CCA 6 1 (0.417 %) Citrix Certification 6 1 (0.417 %) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (2.500 %) SLA 2 3 (1.250 %) ISO9000 3 2 (0.833 %) QA 3 2 (0.833 %) Basel II 4 1 (0.417 %) BS7666	System Software 1 2 (0.833 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.417 %) ISA Server 2 1 (0.417 %) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management 1 2 (0.833 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (0.417 %) SCOM 2 1 (0.417 %) MOM	Vendors 1 28 (11.67 %) Microsoft 2 10 (4.167 %) Cisco 3 6 (2.500 %) Oracle 4 5 (2.083 %) SAP 5 4 (1.667 %) IBM 6 3 (1.250 %) HP 6 3 (1.250 %) Progress 6 3 (1.250 %) Avaya 6 3 (1.250 %) Juniper 7 2 (0.833 %) Citrix 7 2 (0.833 %) Sun 7 2 (0.833 %) Cognos 7 2 (0.833 %) CheckPoint 8 1 (0.417 %) Remedy 8 1 (0.417 %) Redback 8 1 (0.417 %) Northgate 8 1 (0.417 %) PeopleSoft 8 1 (0.417 %) Dell 8 1 (0.417 %) Manugistics 8 1 (0.417 %) MicroStrategy