East Midlands Project Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts within the East Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Argyll and Bute Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guernsey Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Hayes Helensburgh Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Hitchin Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Ipswich Jersey Johnstone Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrew Renfrewshire Rhyl Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weymouth Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witney Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	7	7
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	202	202
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.267 %	0.201 %
As % of the category below	11.88 %	10.62 %
Daily rates quoted	96	66
Average minimum daily rate	£426	£393
Average daily rate	£448	£422
% change on same period last year	+6.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£471	£451
UK excluding London average daily rate	£412	£405
% change on same period last year	+1.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£50.00	£32.50
Average hourly rate	£55.00	£33.69
% change on same period last year	+63.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£60.00	£34.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£35.11	£35.72
% change on same period last year	-1.72 %
Job Titles East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1701	1902
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.245 %	1.894 %
Daily rates quoted	509	375
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£328
Average daily rate	£370	£344
% change on same period last year	+7.35 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	181	279
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.23	£21.06
Average hourly rate	£19.75	£22.68
% change on same period last year	-12.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.27	£24.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
Project Manager England

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 beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Manager 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 Manager across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

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
Northamptonshire	+5	63	£481	+11.79 %
Nottinghamshire	+1	56	£409	+20.73 %
Leicestershire	+1	27	£391	-21.39 %
Derbyshire	-2	22	£395	-7.96 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 146 (37.63 %) PRINCE2 2 131 (33.76 %) Finance 3 125 (32.22 %) Project Management 4 87 (22.42 %) Stakeholder Management 5 47 (12.11 %) Banking 6 41 (10.57 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 38 (9.794 %) Government 8 30 (7.732 %) NHS 9 29 (7.474 %) Change Management 10 23 (5.928 %) Retail 11 21 (5.412 %) Local Government 12 20 (5.155 %) Datawarehouse 12 20 (5.155 %) MS Project 13 19 (4.897 %) Intranet 13 19 (4.897 %) Retail Banking

13 19 (4.897 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 14 18 (4.639 %) Internet 15 17 (4.381 %) Migration 15 17 (4.381 %) Microsoft 16 15 (3.866 %) NPfIT 17 14 (3.608 %) Business Analysis 17 14 (3.608 %) PMI 18 13 (3.351 %) ERwin 18 13 (3.351 %) Health 18 13 (3.351 %) Data Modelling 18 13 (3.351 %) Content Management 19 12 (3.093 %) Project Planning 19 12 (3.093 %) Risk Management 19 12 (3.093 %) EDRMS 19 12 (3.093 %) PRINCE

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 Development 1 11 (2.835 %) .NET 2 5 (1.289 %) WebSphere 3 3 (0.773 %) WinForms 4 2 (0.515 %) .NET Framework 4 2 (0.515 %) ADO.NET 4 2 (0.515 %) ASP.NET 4 2 (0.515 %) Middleware 5 1 (0.258 %) J2EE 5 1 (0.258 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 11 (2.835 %) SAS 1 11 (2.835 %) CMS 2 3 (0.773 %) CICS 2 3 (0.773 %) SharePoint 3 2 (0.515 %) Office Project Server 3 2 (0.515 %) SharePoint Server 2007 3 2 (0.515 %) LiveLink 4 1 (0.258 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 20 (5.155 %) MS Project 2 8 (2.062 %) MS Visio 3 7 (1.804 %) MS Office 4 3 (0.773 %) MS Excel 5 1 (0.258 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 5 (1.289 %) VisionPLUS 2 3 (0.773 %) Oracle Financials 2 3 (0.773 %) Summit 3 2 (0.515 %) SAP HR 3 2 (0.515 %) Findur 4 1 (0.258 %) Oracle EBS 4 1 (0.258 %) Oracle ERP 4 1 (0.258 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (0.258 %) SAP Payroll 4 1 (0.258 %) MAXIMO 4 1 (0.258 %) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking 1 19 (4.897 %) Intranet 2 18 (4.639 %) Internet 3 3 (0.773 %) WAN 4 2 (0.515 %) IP Telephony 4 2 (0.515 %) VPN 4 2 (0.515 %) LAN 4 2 (0.515 %) Wi-Fi 5 1 (0.258 %) SAN 5 1 (0.258 %) Cisco IPT	Database & Business Intelligence 1 20 (5.155 %) Datawarehouse 2 12 (3.093 %) EDRMS 3 6 (1.546 %) Data Mart 4 4 (1.031 %) SQL Server 5 3 (0.773 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 5 3 (0.773 %) Data Cleansing 6 1 (0.258 %) EDMS 6 1 (0.258 %) GIS 6 1 (0.258 %) OLAP
Development Applications 1 13 (3.351 %) ERwin	General 1 131 (33.76 %) Finance 2 47 (12.11 %) Banking 3 38 (9.794 %) Government 4 23 (5.928 %) Retail 5 21 (5.412 %) Local Government 6 19 (4.897 %) Retail Banking 7 13 (3.351 %) Health 8 9 (2.320 %) Marketing 9 6 (1.546 %) Pensions 9 6 (1.546 %) Telecoms 9 6 (1.546 %) Financial Institution 10 5 (1.289 %) Education 10 5 (1.289 %) Legal 10 5 (1.289 %) Manufacturing 10 5 (1.289 %) Insurance 11 4 (1.031 %) Construction 11 4 (1.031 %) Electronics 12 2 (0.515 %) Back Office 13 1 (0.258 %) Pharmaceutical 13 1 (0.258 %) Criminal Justice
Miscellaneous 1 30 (7.732 %) NHS 2 15 (3.866 %) NPfIT 3 14 (3.608 %) PMI 4 6 (1.546 %) PACS 5 5 (1.289 %) Mainframe 6 4 (1.031 %) Management Information System 6 4 (1.031 %) ASIC 7 3 (0.773 %) Web 2.0 8 2 (0.515 %) Credit Risk 8 2 (0.515 %) Economics 8 2 (0.515 %) Speech Recognition 9 1 (0.258 %) W3C 9 1 (0.258 %) EPoS 9 1 (0.258 %) VLE 9 1 (0.258 %) STB 9 1 (0.258 %) Taxonomies 9 1 (0.258 %) LLPG 9 1 (0.258 %) PDA 9 1 (0.258 %) CCTV 9 1 (0.258 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 6 (1.546 %) Windows 2 2 (0.515 %) UNIX 2 2 (0.515 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (0.258 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 146 (37.63 %) PRINCE2 2 125 (32.22 %) Project Management 3 87 (22.42 %) Stakeholder Management 4 29 (7.474 %) Change Management 5 17 (4.381 %) Migration 6 14 (3.608 %) Business Analysis 7 13 (3.351 %) Data Modelling 7 13 (3.351 %) Content Management 8 12 (3.093 %) Project Planning 8 12 (3.093 %) Risk Management 8 12 (3.093 %) PRINCE 9 11 (2.835 %) Security Cleared 10 10 (2.577 %) Matrix Management 11 8 (2.062 %) Service Delivery 12 7 (1.804 %) ITIL 12 7 (1.804 %) Resource Management 13 6 (1.546 %) Logistics 13 6 (1.546 %) RUP 14 5 (1.289 %) Quality Management 14 5 (1.289 %) Agile Software Development	Programming Languages 1 10 (2.577 %) C# 2 5 (1.289 %) C++ 3 2 (0.515 %) C 3 2 (0.515 %) Java 3 2 (0.515 %) SQL 4 1 (0.258 %) Embedded C 4 1 (0.258 %) Embedded C++ 4 1 (0.258 %) Transact-SQL 4 1 (0.258 %) VB 4 1 (0.258 %) Delphi
Qualifications 1 41 (10.57 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 19 (4.897 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 4 (1.031 %) PMP 3 4 (1.031 %) PMI Certification 4 3 (0.773 %) Degree 5 2 (0.515 %) CCNP 5 2 (0.515 %) ITIL Certification 5 2 (0.515 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (0.258 %) Microsoft Certification 6 1 (0.258 %) CCDP 6 1 (0.258 %) MCSE 6 1 (0.258 %) CCVP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.515 %) QA 1 2 (0.515 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 (0.258 %) SLA 2 1 (0.258 %) ISO9001 2 1 (0.258 %) BS7666
System Software 1 3 (0.773 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 2 (0.515 %) WSUS 2 1 (0.258 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (0.258 %) SCCM
Vendors 1 17 (4.381 %) Microsoft 2 7 (1.804 %) Oracle 3 5 (1.289 %) SAP 4 4 (1.031 %) Chordiant 5 3 (0.773 %) IBM 6 2 (0.515 %) VMware 6 2 (0.515 %) Open Text 6 2 (0.515 %) Cisco 7 1 (0.258 %) iSOFT 7 1 (0.258 %) Intel 7 1 (0.258 %) Citrix 7 1 (0.258 %) Cerner 7 1 (0.258 %) MicroStrategy 7 1 (0.258 %) NetApp 7 1 (0.258 %) Siemens 7 1 (0.258 %) Lotus 7 1 (0.258 %) JD Edwards 7 1 (0.258 %) PeopleSoft 7 1 (0.258 %) Cognos 7 1 (0.258 %) Siebel