The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role 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 Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 9 16 10
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 216 217 268
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 9.922% 7.279% 10.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.61% 7.742% 10.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 133 137
Average daily rate £400 £405 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.23% +8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 7
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.75 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.63% -4.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.90 £16.65 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.20 £40.49 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2035 2803 2476
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 93.48% 94.03% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1049 1310 1093
Average daily rate £345 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 292 315
Average hourly rate £23.68 £24.34 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.69% +28.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.45 £11.50 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.05 £42.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
England

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Project Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +10 78 £429 +0.88%
Essex +12 40 £450 -2.43%
Cambridgeshire +16 39 £355 -21.11%
Bedfordshire -1 30 £400 +6.66%
Norfolk -14 8 £250 -16.66%
Suffolk +4 7 £300 -29.41%
East Anglia +11 1 £390 -
Project Manager
England

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 218 (50.82%) Project Management
2 195 (45.45%) PRINCE2
3 126 (29.37%) Finance
4 103 (24.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 68 (15.85%) Retail
6 63 (14.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 58 (13.52%) Microsoft
8 53 (12.35%) MS Project
9 51 (11.89%) E-Commerce
10 48 (11.19%) Migration
11 44 (10.26%) ITIL
12 38 (8.858%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 37 (8.625%) Waterfall
14 32 (7.459%) Agile Software Development
15 31 (7.226%) Project Planning
16 30 (6.993%) Change Control
17 28 (6.527%) Change Management
17 28 (6.527%) MS Excel
18 27 (6.294%) Time Management
19 25 (5.828%) Business Intelligence
19 25 (5.828%) NHS
20 23 (5.361%) PMI Certification
20 23 (5.361%) Java
21 22 (5.128%) J2EE
21 22 (5.128%) Degree
22 21 (4.895%) MS Office
22 21 (4.895%) Risk Management
22 21 (4.895%) Scrum
23 19 (4.429%) SAP
24 18 (4.196%) .NET

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 22 (5.128%) J2EE
2 18 (4.196%) .NET
3 17 (3.963%) WebSphere
4 6 (1.399%) Web Services
5 4 (0.932%) XML
6 3 (0.699%) COM
6 3 (0.699%) CSS
7 2 (0.466%) Ajax
7 2 (0.466%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.466%) jQuery
7 2 (0.466%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 1 (0.233%) Qt
8 1 (0.233%) HTML5
8 1 (0.233%) HTML
8 1 (0.233%) ASP
8 1 (0.233%) OpenGL
8 1 (0.233%) JSON
8 1 (0.233%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (1.632%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.932%) CMS
3 2 (0.466%) Lync
4 1 (0.233%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.233%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (0.233%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.233%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.233%) SugarCRM
4 1 (0.233%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 53 (12.35%) MS Project
2 28 (6.527%) MS Excel
3 21 (4.895%) MS Office
4 9 (2.098%) MS PowerPoint
5 6 (1.399%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.699%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 8 (1.865%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.932%) SAP CRM
3 3 (0.699%) Taleo
3 3 (0.699%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.233%) Agresso
4 1 (0.233%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.233%) Maximo
4 1 (0.233%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.233%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.233%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.331%) WAN
2 9 (2.098%) LAN
3 8 (1.865%) HTTP
4 7 (1.632%) VoIP
5 6 (1.399%) MPLS
6 4 (0.932%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (0.932%) Internet
7 3 (0.699%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.466%) Firewall
8 2 (0.466%) Intranet
9 1 (0.233%) SMS
9 1 (0.233%) SAN
9 1 (0.233%) Wireless
9 1 (0.233%) Network Security
9 1 (0.233%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.263%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.399%) Big Data
3 5 (1.166%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.466%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.466%) DB2
4 2 (0.466%) OLAP
5 1 (0.233%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.233%) OLTP
5 1 (0.233%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.466%) JIRA
2 1 (0.233%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.233%) Eclipse
General
1 126 (29.37%) Finance
2 68 (15.85%) Retail
3 15 (3.497%) Telecoms
4 11 (2.564%) Legal
4 11 (2.564%) Games
5 10 (2.331%) Marketing
5 10 (2.331%) Automotive
6 7 (1.632%) Local Government
7 5 (1.166%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.166%) Publishing
7 5 (1.166%) Banking
8 4 (0.932%) Spanish Language
9 3 (0.699%) Billing
10 2 (0.466%) Dutch Language
10 2 (0.466%) French Language
10 2 (0.466%) Law
10 2 (0.466%) Back Office
10 2 (0.466%) Advertising
11 1 (0.233%) Military
11 1 (0.233%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.828%) NHS
2 10 (2.331%) PMI
3 6 (1.399%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.166%) Mobile Computing
4 5 (1.166%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.166%) Computer Science
5 2 (0.466%) RIA
5 2 (0.466%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.233%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.233%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.233%) SaaS
6 1 (0.233%) Semantic Web
6 1 (0.233%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.233%) EPoS
6 1 (0.233%) FMCG
6 1 (0.233%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.233%) Life Science
6 1 (0.233%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.797%) Windows
2 6 (1.399%) Windows 7
3 2 (0.466%) Linux
3 2 (0.466%) UNIX
4 1 (0.233%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.233%) bada
4 1 (0.233%) Windows 2000
4 1 (0.233%) Solaris
4 1 (0.233%) Android
4 1 (0.233%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (50.82%) Project Management
2 195 (45.45%) PRINCE2
3 103 (24.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 51 (11.89%) E-Commerce
5 48 (11.19%) Migration
6 44 (10.26%) ITIL
7 37 (8.625%) Waterfall
8 32 (7.459%) Agile Software Development
9 31 (7.226%) Project Planning
10 30 (6.993%) Change Control
11 28 (6.527%) Change Management
12 27 (6.294%) Time Management
13 25 (5.828%) Business Intelligence
14 21 (4.895%) Risk Management
14 21 (4.895%) Scrum
15 18 (4.196%) Resource Management
16 16 (3.730%) Service Management
16 16 (3.730%) CRM
16 16 (3.730%) Supplier Management
16 16 (3.730%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.361%) Java
2 16 (3.730%) SQL
3 9 (2.098%) C
4 6 (1.399%) C++
4 6 (1.399%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.466%) PL/1
5 2 (0.466%) C#
5 2 (0.466%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.466%) VB
6 1 (0.233%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.233%) Perl
6 1 (0.233%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (14.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 38 (8.858%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 23 (5.361%) PMI Certification
4 22 (5.128%) Degree
5 17 (3.963%) PMP
6 12 (2.797%) ISEB
7 4 (0.932%) APMP
8 3 (0.699%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 2 (0.466%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.466%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.233%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.098%) QA
2 6 (1.399%) COBIT
2 6 (1.399%) SLA
3 4 (0.932%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.932%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (3.030%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.233%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (13.52%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.429%) SAP
3 15 (3.497%) IBM
4 12 (2.797%) Oracle
5 9 (2.098%) Remedy
6 8 (1.865%) Cisco
7 6 (1.399%) Teradata
8 5 (1.166%) AccuRev
8 5 (1.166%) Citrix
9 4 (0.932%) Salesforce.com
9 4 (0.932%) MicroStrategy
10 2 (0.466%) BT
10 2 (0.466%) Primavera
10 2 (0.466%) Business Objects
10 2 (0.466%) Tableau
10 2 (0.466%) Pega
11 1 (0.233%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.233%) PeopleSoft
11 1 (0.233%) Cognos
11 1 (0.233%) Symbian
EAST ANGLIA
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