The first table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMP over the 3 months to 21 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 Qualifications for the Edinburgh 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank 53 62 67
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +5
Contract jobs citing PMP 4 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.488% 0.273% 0.386%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.195% 3.297% 3.650%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
Average daily rate £400 - £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £473
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -7.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- -7.87%
All Qualifications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
77 91 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 9.402% 8.295% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 41 50
Average daily rate £306 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.76% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £275 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +73.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
PMP
Scotland

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PMP across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Edinburgh PMP Jobs Demand Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PMP across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing PMP 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 PMP.

1 10 (90.91%) PMI Certification
1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) CISSP
2 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 6 (54.55%) GIAC
2 6 (54.55%) Intrusion Detection
2 6 (54.55%) Incident Management
2 6 (54.55%) Information Security
2 6 (54.55%) SIEM
3 4 (36.36%) ArcSight
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Banking
5 1 (9.091%) Retail
5 1 (9.091%) Content Management
5 1 (9.091%) QA
5 1 (9.091%) Publishing
5 1 (9.091%) Service Management
5 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing PMP 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 PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
1 6 (54.55%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Programme Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (9.091%) PMO Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Data Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Incident Management
2 6 (54.55%) Information Security
2 6 (54.55%) SIEM
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Programme Management
4 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
5 1 (9.091%) Content Management
5 1 (9.091%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) PMI Certification
2 6 (54.55%) CISSP
2 6 (54.55%) GIAC
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) ArcSight