The first table below looks at the demand for Project 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 Project 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
Project Management
Rank 10 10 11
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 209 256 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 9.680% 8.713% 8.985%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.54% 13.51% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 97 125
Average daily rate £355 £403 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.80% +7.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £224 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £575 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 23 12
Average hourly rate £37.00 £26.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.30% -25.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.00 £13.70 £27.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £38.98 £38.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £26.39 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+33.13% -17.53%
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%
Project Management
England

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

East of England Project Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project 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
Essex +8 69 £413 +10.00%
Hertfordshire -1 59 £400 -5.88%
Cambridgeshire +4 32 £375 -25.00%
Bedfordshire -7 20 £328 -18.12%
Suffolk +12 14 £338 -20.58%
Norfolk -15 11 £295 +7.27%
Project Management
England

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 160 (38.55%) Finance
2 136 (32.77%) PRINCE2
3 76 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
4 69 (16.63%) Retail
5 61 (14.70%) E-Commerce
6 58 (13.98%) Microsoft
7 57 (13.73%) MS Project
8 47 (11.33%) ITIL
9 46 (11.08%) SQL
10 45 (10.84%) Waterfall
11 41 (9.880%) Time Management
12 38 (9.157%) Degree
12 38 (9.157%) Change Management
13 34 (8.193%) Change Control
14 33 (7.952%) Migration
14 33 (7.952%) MS Excel
14 33 (7.952%) Agile Software Development
15 32 (7.711%) Windows
15 32 (7.711%) MS Office
16 28 (6.747%) J2EE
17 25 (6.024%) PRINCE2 Certification
17 25 (6.024%) Configuration Management
17 25 (6.024%) Continuous Improvement
18 24 (5.783%) Resource Management
19 23 (5.542%) PMI Certification
19 23 (5.542%) Oracle
19 23 (5.542%) SQL Server
19 23 (5.542%) .NET
20 22 (5.301%) C
21 21 (5.060%) Java

Project 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 Project 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (6.747%) J2EE
2 23 (5.542%) .NET
3 18 (4.337%) WebSphere
4 13 (3.133%) Web Services
5 8 (1.928%) XML
6 7 (1.687%) CSS
6 7 (1.687%) HTML
7 5 (1.205%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.964%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.964%) jQuery
9 3 (0.723%) Mason
9 3 (0.723%) Middleware
9 3 (0.723%) LAMP
10 2 (0.482%) Ajax
10 2 (0.482%) Visualforce
10 2 (0.482%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 2 (0.482%) COM
10 2 (0.482%) XHTML
11 1 (0.241%) EDI
11 1 (0.241%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 13 (3.133%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.169%) MS Exchange
3 6 (1.446%) SharePoint 2010
4 5 (1.205%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (0.964%) IIS
5 4 (0.964%) CMS
6 3 (0.723%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.482%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.482%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.241%) Lync
8 1 (0.241%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.241%) LiveSite
8 1 (0.241%) Force.com
8 1 (0.241%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.241%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.241%) SugarCRM
8 1 (0.241%) MS Project Server
8 1 (0.241%) Joomla!
8 1 (0.241%) Apache
8 1 (0.241%) TeamSite
Applications
1 57 (13.73%) MS Project
2 33 (7.952%) MS Excel
3 32 (7.711%) MS Office
4 12 (2.892%) MS Visio
4 12 (2.892%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.482%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.482%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.482%) Fireworks
5 2 (0.482%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.241%) DOC1
6 1 (0.241%) PrintSoft PReS
6 1 (0.241%) XMetaL
6 1 (0.241%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.241%) Office 365
6 1 (0.241%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 5 (1.205%) SAP CRM
2 3 (0.723%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.723%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.723%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (0.482%) Changepoint
4 1 (0.241%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.241%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.241%) Agresso
4 1 (0.241%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.241%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.241%) Exstream
4 1 (0.241%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.819%) VoIP
2 17 (4.096%) Firewall
3 12 (2.892%) SAN
4 11 (2.651%) WAN
5 10 (2.410%) LAN
5 10 (2.410%) DNS
6 9 (2.169%) DHCP
6 9 (2.169%) Internet
7 8 (1.928%) VPN
7 8 (1.928%) Network Security
8 7 (1.687%) BIG-IP
8 7 (1.687%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (1.205%) Wireless
10 4 (0.964%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.964%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.964%) OSPF
10 4 (0.964%) NetScreen
10 4 (0.964%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.964%) DMZ
10 4 (0.964%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (5.542%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.169%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.687%) MySQL
4 5 (1.205%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (1.205%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.964%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.723%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.723%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (0.723%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (0.723%) Essbase
6 3 (0.723%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (0.482%) MS Access
7 2 (0.482%) DB2
7 2 (0.482%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.241%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (0.241%) OLTP
8 1 (0.241%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.241%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.241%) GIS
8 1 (0.241%) WebFOCUS
Development Applications
1 3 (0.723%) Subversion
1 3 (0.723%) JIRA
1 3 (0.723%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (0.482%) Axure RP
2 2 (0.482%) Selenium
3 1 (0.241%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.241%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.241%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.241%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.241%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.241%) WATIR
3 1 (0.241%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (0.241%) Bugzilla
General
1 160 (38.55%) Finance
2 69 (16.63%) Retail
3 17 (4.096%) Games
4 13 (3.133%) Marketing
4 13 (3.133%) Manufacturing
4 13 (3.133%) Telecoms
5 11 (2.651%) Automotive
6 10 (2.410%) Local Government
7 8 (1.928%) Legal
8 6 (1.446%) Publishing
9 5 (1.205%) Back Office
10 4 (0.964%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.482%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.482%) Dutch Language
11 2 (0.482%) French Language
12 1 (0.241%) German Language
12 1 (0.241%) Portuguese Language
12 1 (0.241%) Banking
12 1 (0.241%) Billing
12 1 (0.241%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 216 (52.05%) Project Manager
2 56 (13.49%) Analyst
3 38 (9.157%) Business Analyst
4 21 (5.060%) Developer
5 19 (4.578%) Programme Manager
5 19 (4.578%) IT Project Manager
6 17 (4.096%) Software Manager
7 16 (3.855%) E-Commerce Project Manager
7 16 (3.855%) E-Commerce Manager
8 15 (3.614%) Software Project Manager
8 15 (3.614%) Infrastructure Manager
9 13 (3.133%) Technical Manager
9 13 (3.133%) Consultant
9 13 (3.133%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 11 (2.651%) Technical Project Manager
11 10 (2.410%) Senior Manager
11 10 (2.410%) Senior Project Manager
12 9 (2.169%) Administrator
12 9 (2.169%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
13 7 (1.687%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.819%) NHS
2 16 (3.855%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.651%) PMI
4 8 (1.928%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (1.205%) Computer Science
5 5 (1.205%) Mobile Computing
5 5 (1.205%) Thin Client
5 5 (1.205%) Fat Client
6 4 (0.964%) SaaS
7 3 (0.723%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.482%) RIA
8 2 (0.482%) Data Integration
8 2 (0.482%) Psychology
8 2 (0.482%) Device Driver
8 2 (0.482%) Handset
9 1 (0.241%) Replication
9 1 (0.241%) Clustering
9 1 (0.241%) E-Learning
9 1 (0.241%) Tandem
9 1 (0.241%) STB
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.711%) Windows
2 15 (3.614%) Linux
3 9 (2.169%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (2.169%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (1.446%) UNIX
5 5 (1.205%) Windows 7
6 3 (0.723%) Windows XP
6 3 (0.723%) Solaris
7 2 (0.482%) Windows 2000
7 2 (0.482%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (0.482%) Android
7 2 (0.482%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.241%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (0.241%) CentOS
8 1 (0.241%) bada
8 1 (0.241%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.241%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.241%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (32.77%) PRINCE2
2 76 (18.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 61 (14.70%) E-Commerce
4 47 (11.33%) ITIL
5 45 (10.84%) Waterfall
6 41 (9.880%) Time Management
7 38 (9.157%) Change Management
8 34 (8.193%) Change Control
9 33 (7.952%) Migration
9 33 (7.952%) Agile Software Development
10 25 (6.024%) Configuration Management
10 25 (6.024%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (5.783%) Resource Management
12 20 (4.819%) Project Planning
13 18 (4.337%) Programme Management
14 17 (4.096%) Scrum
14 17 (4.096%) Risk Management
15 16 (3.855%) Business Analysis
16 15 (3.614%) Service Delivery
17 14 (3.373%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (11.08%) SQL
2 22 (5.301%) C
3 21 (5.060%) Java
4 11 (2.651%) C++
4 11 (2.651%) PL/SQL
5 9 (2.169%) C#
6 5 (1.205%) T-SQL
6 5 (1.205%) VB
7 4 (0.964%) PHP
8 3 (0.723%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.723%) ABAP
9 2 (0.482%) VBA
9 2 (0.482%) Python
9 2 (0.482%) PL/1
9 2 (0.482%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.241%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.241%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.241%) Ruby
10 1 (0.241%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.241%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (9.157%) Degree
2 25 (6.024%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 23 (5.542%) PMI Certification
4 21 (5.060%) PMP
5 20 (4.819%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 11 (2.651%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 8 (1.928%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 7 (1.687%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.687%) CCSE
9 6 (1.446%) Security Cleared
10 5 (1.205%) APMP
10 5 (1.205%) CCIE
10 5 (1.205%) ISEB
10 5 (1.205%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.964%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.964%) CCNP
11 4 (0.964%) PgMP
12 3 (0.723%) MCSE
13 2 (0.482%) CISSP
13 2 (0.482%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.578%) QA
2 7 (1.687%) SLA
3 6 (1.446%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.964%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.723%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.482%) COBIT
7 1 (0.241%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.241%) TickIT
System Software
1 16 (3.855%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.169%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.446%) ProxySG
4 4 (0.964%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (0.241%) UAG
5 1 (0.241%) Xen
5 1 (0.241%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.241%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (0.964%) Cisco UCCX
1 4 (0.964%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (0.723%) Norton AntiVirus
2 3 (0.723%) NetBackup
2 3 (0.723%) WhatsUp Gold
3 2 (0.482%) Cisco UCCE
3 2 (0.482%) SCOM
4 1 (0.241%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.241%) Puppet
4 1 (0.241%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 58 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.542%) Oracle
3 20 (4.819%) Cisco
4 16 (3.855%) IBM
4 16 (3.855%) SAP
5 14 (3.373%) Citrix
6 13 (3.133%) HP
7 10 (2.410%) VMware
8 9 (2.169%) AccuRev
8 9 (2.169%) CheckPoint
9 7 (1.687%) F5
10 6 (1.446%) Blue Coat
11 5 (1.205%) Salesforce.com
11 5 (1.205%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.964%) Juniper
12 4 (0.964%) Infoblox
12 4 (0.964%) Imperva
13 3 (0.723%) BT
13 3 (0.723%) Symantec
13 3 (0.723%) Siemens
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
450 - £550 per day Reporting to the Managing Director this exciting company is urgently looking for a Microsoft Dynamics AX Project manager to start work in their Cambridgeoffice...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013
Billericay, Essex
In order to be considered you must ideally be degree educated, and boast a minimum of 2-3 years Project Management / full Project Lifecycle experience. It is essential...
Executive Resource Group
Rate: From £250 to £260 per day Up to £260 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
My client is urgently looking for a Microsoft Dynamics AX Project manager to start work in their Cambridge office ASAP, the contractor will be working on a new...
Nigel Frank International
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex, South East
Senior project manager required for leading blue chip Asset Management. You will be responsible for project managing change that will transform their Transfer Agency Business. A core purpose...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Providing support to its stakeholders the group provides business analysis, systems design and implementation services. We seek an experienced Business Analyst to lead and manage the migration to...
TWI
Posted: 10 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will be working on a number of projects at any one time, focussing on early inception stages - requirements gathering, understanding and establishing scope to produce and agree...
Cambridge University Press
Rate: From £26,859 to £33,034 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013
Chelmsford, South East
To lead and develop a high quality Support Services Help Desk function including utilising and managing systems, generating service reports and MI to Customers To work collaboratively with...
Working for Essex
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
communications transformation insurance programme management change management project management pmoOpus have been engaged to resource a Communications Manager with a background in Business Change and Transformation-You will...
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 to GBP400 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
The development team possesses experts Windows Embedded CE, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Android, QNX, and Linux based technologies... - Assisting the development of an Android device... - Ability to fix issues...
Optimus Search Ltd
Rate: £37.50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013