East of England PMI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management Institute (PMI) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited PMI over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Location Basildon Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Essex Guildford Hayes Hertfordshire Kent Lewisham London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Potters Bar Reading Redditch Salisbury Sandwich Shropshire Solihull South East South Wales South West Stevenage Suffolk Surrey UK Wales Watford West Midlands Wiltshire Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	121	132
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	30	12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.013 %
As % of the category below	3.686 %	1.964 %
Daily rates quoted	6	2
Average minimum daily rate	£421	£350
Average daily rate	£429	£363
% change on same period last year	+18.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£438	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£388	£390
% change on same period last year	-0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.25	-
Average hourly rate	£46.13	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£47.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£46.20	£37.10
% change on same period last year	+24.52 %
Miscellaneous East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	814	611
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.073 %	0.648 %
Daily rates quoted	243	189
Average minimum daily rate	£315	£331
Average daily rate	£346	£348
% change on same period last year	-0.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£362	£350
% change on same period last year	+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	129	92
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.29	£26.55
Average hourly rate	£30.37	£28.25
% change on same period last year	+7.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.44	£29.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.27	£28.32
% change on same period last year	-14.29 %
PMI 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.

PMI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PMI across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

PMI
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PMI across the East of England region.

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PMI across the East of England region.

PMI
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

PMI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing PMI within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
Hertfordshire	-1	15	£492	+35.67 %
Essex	-	14	£367	-
Suffolk	+3	1	-	-

PMI England

PMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing PMI 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 PMI.

1 31 (55.36 %) PRINCE2 2 30 (53.57 %) Project Management 3 27 (48.21 %) MS Project 4 24 (42.86 %) Finance 5 18 (32.14 %) Unix 6 17 (30.36 %) Oracle 7 14 (25.00 %) WebLogic 8 13 (23.21 %) Solaris 9 12 (21.43 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 11 (19.64 %) PMI Certification 10 11 (19.64 %) Middleware 11 9 (16.07 %) PRINCE 12 8 (14.29 %) WebSphere 12 8 (14.29 %) Financial Institution 12 8 (14.29 %) SQL

13 7 (12.50 %) MS Office 13 7 (12.50 %) MS Excel 13 7 (12.50 %) Configuration Management 14 6 (10.71 %) PMP 14 6 (10.71 %) Windows 15 5 (8.929 %) J2EE 15 5 (8.929 %) DB2 15 5 (8.929 %) Linux 15 5 (8.929 %) IBM 15 5 (8.929 %) Data Security 15 5 (8.929 %) Telecoms 15 5 (8.929 %) Information Security 15 5 (8.929 %) PCI DSS 16 4 (7.143 %) Banking 16 4 (7.143 %) Time Management

PMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing PMI 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 PMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (19.64 %) Middleware 2 8 (14.29 %) WebSphere 3 5 (8.929 %) J2EE 4 3 (5.357 %) EJB 4 3 (5.357 %) JDBC 4 3 (5.357 %) JNDI 5 2 (3.571 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 14 (25.00 %) WebLogic 2 3 (5.357 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 1 (1.786 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 27 (48.21 %) MS Project 2 7 (12.50 %) MS Office 2 7 (12.50 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.786 %) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking 1 3 (5.357 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (8.929 %) DB2 2 4 (7.143 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (1.786 %) SQL Server
General 1 24 (42.86 %) Finance 2 8 (14.29 %) Financial Institution 3 5 (8.929 %) Telecoms 4 4 (7.143 %) Banking 5 2 (3.571 %) Games 5 2 (3.571 %) Automotive 5 2 (3.571 %) Insurance 5 2 (3.571 %) Pensions 5 2 (3.571 %) Online Games 6 1 (1.786 %) Manufacturing 6 1 (1.786 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (1.786 %) Investment Banking	Job Titles 1 45 (80.36 %) Project Manager 2 9 (16.07 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 2 9 (16.07 %) Infrastructure Manager 3 7 (12.50 %) Analyst 4 4 (7.143 %) Support Analyst 4 4 (7.143 %) IT Support Analyst 5 2 (3.571 %) Senior Project Manager 5 2 (3.571 %) Senior Manager 5 2 (3.571 %) Systems Analyst 5 2 (3.571 %) Consultant 5 2 (3.571 %) Payroll Manager 6 1 (1.786 %) SAP Manager 6 1 (1.786 %) PMO Analyst 6 1 (1.786 %) PMO Manager 6 1 (1.786 %) Delivery Manager 6 1 (1.786 %) WebSphere Specialist 6 1 (1.786 %) WebSphere Consultant 6 1 (1.786 %) ERP Project Manager 6 1 (1.786 %) IT Manager 6 1 (1.786 %) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous 1 2 (3.571 %) Mainframe 2 1 (1.786 %) Fixed Income 2 1 (1.786 %) Credit Derivative 2 1 (1.786 %) Derivative	Operating Systems 1 18 (32.14 %) Unix 2 13 (23.21 %) Solaris 3 6 (10.71 %) Windows 4 5 (8.929 %) Linux 5 4 (7.143 %) Windows XP 5 4 (7.143 %) Windows Server 2003 6 3 (5.357 %) AIX 7 1 (1.786 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (55.36 %) PRINCE2 2 30 (53.57 %) Project Management 3 9 (16.07 %) PRINCE 4 7 (12.50 %) Configuration Management 5 5 (8.929 %) Data Security 5 5 (8.929 %) Information Security 6 4 (7.143 %) ITIL 6 4 (7.143 %) Time Management 7 2 (3.571 %) Project Planning 7 2 (3.571 %) BPR 7 2 (3.571 %) RUP 7 2 (3.571 %) E-Commerce 7 2 (3.571 %) ERP 7 2 (3.571 %) CMMI 8 1 (1.786 %) Service Delivery 8 1 (1.786 %) Quality Management 8 1 (1.786 %) Logistics 8 1 (1.786 %) Software Engineering 8 1 (1.786 %) Risk Management 8 1 (1.786 %) Validation	Programming Languages 1 8 (14.29 %) SQL 2 4 (7.143 %) Java 3 1 (1.786 %) Perl 3 1 (1.786 %) Shell Script
Qualifications 1 12 (21.43 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 11 (19.64 %) PMI Certification 3 6 (10.71 %) PMP 4 2 (3.571 %) Degree 5 1 (1.786 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (8.929 %) PCI DSS 2 1 (1.786 %) SLA
System Software 1 4 (7.143 %) Active Directory 2 2 (3.571 %) NetBackup	Vendors 1 17 (30.36 %) Oracle 2 5 (8.929 %) IBM 3 3 (5.357 %) EMC 4 2 (3.571 %) Citrix 4 2 (3.571 %) Microsoft 4 2 (3.571 %) SAP 5 1 (1.786 %) HP 5 1 (1.786 %) ADIC