The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 43 48 50
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 13 17 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.605% 1.537% 1.419%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.364% 2.297% 2.157%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 13
Average daily rate £400 £343 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.78% +24.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £269 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £360 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
550 740 881
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 67.90% 66.91% 65.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 373 484
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £488 £549
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 16 9
Average hourly rate £19.50 £25.75 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.27% +60.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £14.37 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.35 £32.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Project Planning
Scotland

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Planning across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Project Planning 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 Planning.

1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 9 (45.00%) Project Management
3 6 (30.00%) MS Office
3 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
4 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) Change Management
5 4 (20.00%) MS Project
5 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (20.00%) Banking
5 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (15.00%) Programme Management
6 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
7 2 (10.00%) ITIL
7 2 (10.00%) PMP
7 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
7 2 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (10.00%) Planview
7 2 (10.00%) Critical Path Analysis
8 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
8 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
8 1 (5.000%) iSeries
8 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (5.000%) Change Control
8 1 (5.000%) Business Transformation
8 1 (5.000%) QA
8 1 (5.000%) Degree
8 1 (5.000%) Validation

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Project Planning 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 Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (30.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (30.00%) MS Office
2 4 (20.00%) MS Project
3 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (5.000%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) HTTP
1 1 (5.000%) SAN
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 4 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (5.000%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Analyst
1 4 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) PMO Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Business Data Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Delivery Project Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Project Leader
4 1 (5.000%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Programme Planner
4 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Business Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Clustering
1 1 (5.000%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.000%) Windows
1 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Project Management
2 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (20.00%) Change Management
3 4 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (15.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) Critical Path Analysis
6 1 (5.000%) ERP
6 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.000%) Change Control
6 1 (5.000%) Business Transformation
6 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.000%) Data Management
6 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.000%) Risk Management
6 1 (5.000%) Validation
6 1 (5.000%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) PMP
1 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.000%) Degree
2 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Planview
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle
3 1 (5.000%) Citrix
3 1 (5.000%) Primavera
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Our Edinburgh based financial services client require a Change Project Manager for a 6 month contract. Role Requirements Project planning and management. Strong stakeholder management. Risks & Issues management...
Search Consultancy
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The ideal candidate will previous financial experience, working as an Analyst, helping perform first line analysis on user queries as well as performing user acceptance testing and analysis...
TEKsystems
Rate: £10 - £12 per hour
Posted: 13 May 2013