The first table below looks at the demand for Portfolio Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Portfolio 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 East of England 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
Portfolio Management
Rank 112 133 111
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -22
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 3 3 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.139% 0.102% 0.542%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.209% 0.158% 0.828%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
Average daily rate £450 £405 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -26.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £401 £378
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £405 £602
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £405 £400
% change year-on-year
+8.58% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -39.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1437 1895 1690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.56% 64.50% 65.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 809 921 762
Average daily rate £375 £373 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.67% -0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 154 190
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.50 £32.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.80% -2.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.39 £12.32 £14.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Portfolio Management Jobs Demand Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Portfolio Management Daily Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Portfolio Management across the East of England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East of England Portfolio Management Daily Rate Histogram

Portfolio Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Portfolio Management Hourly Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Management within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire - 2 £500 -
Bedfordshire - 1 £425 -
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Portfolio 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 Portfolio Management.

1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
4 1 (11.11%) QA
4 1 (11.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (11.11%) Local Government
4 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) ETL
4 1 (11.11%) HTTP
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) VBA
4 1 (11.11%) .NET
4 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
4 1 (11.11%) MS Project
4 1 (11.11%) COM
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) MS Access

Portfolio Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Portfolio 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 Portfolio Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Project
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 1 (11.11%) MS Access
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Programme Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Resource Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) PMO Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Project Management
1 3 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft