England Business Project Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Project Manager role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Project Manager
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Coventry Derby Derbyshire East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leek London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	358	384
Rank change on same period last year	+26
Matching contract IT job ads	220	290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.310 %	0.293 %
As % of the category below	0.375 %	0.343 %
Daily rates quoted	91	137
Average minimum daily rate	£463	£447
Average daily rate	£491	£480
% change on same period last year	+2.30 %
Average maximum daily rate	£519	£513
UK excluding London average daily rate	£440	£427
% change on same period last year	+3.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.83	-
Average hourly rate	£29.67	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	58715	84627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.67 %	85.52 %
Daily rates quoted	19537	26197
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£390
Average daily rate	£399	£414
% change on same period last year	-3.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£425	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	5390	7544
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.65	£23.91
Average hourly rate	£24.18	£25.49
% change on same period last year	-5.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.71	£27.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Project Manager across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Project Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Project Manager across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Project Manager within the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+12	120	£523	+2.99 %
South East	+42	26	£487	+15.89 %
North West	+35	18	£413	-8.33 %
South West	+25	17	£448	+6.22 %
East of England	+28	13	£396	-6.81 %
Yorkshire	+13	10	£435	-5.94 %
West Midlands	+11	9	-	-
Midlands	+14	3	-	-
East Midlands	-4	2	-	-
North East	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Business 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 Business Project Manager in their job title.

1 201 (43.70 %) Project Management 2 167 (36.30 %) Finance 3 103 (22.39 %) PRINCE2 4 93 (20.22 %) Banking 5 66 (14.35 %) Business Analysis 6 56 (12.17 %) Investment Banking 7 49 (10.65 %) Stakeholder Management 8 40 (8.696 %) Change Management 9 37 (8.043 %) Insurance 10 36 (7.826 %) Business Intelligence 11 34 (7.391 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 34 (7.391 %) Pensions 12 33 (7.174 %) Derivative 13 27 (5.870 %) BusinessObjects 13 27 (5.870 %) Business Objects

14 24 (5.217 %) BPR 15 23 (5.000 %) MS Project 15 23 (5.000 %) Oracle 15 23 (5.000 %) Retail 16 22 (4.783 %) Migration 16 22 (4.783 %) Telecoms 17 19 (4.130 %) Datawarehouse 17 19 (4.130 %) Government 18 18 (3.913 %) Front Office 19 16 (3.478 %) Back Office 19 16 (3.478 %) Workflow 19 16 (3.478 %) Legal 19 16 (3.478 %) PRINCE 20 14 (3.043 %) Six Sigma 20 14 (3.043 %) NHS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Business 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 Business Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (1.739 %) .NET 2 2 (0.435 %) WebServices 2 2 (0.435 %) WebSphere 3 1 (0.217 %) .NET Framework 3 1 (0.217 %) J2EE 3 1 (0.217 %) ASP 3 1 (0.217 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 8 (1.739 %) SAS 2 3 (0.652 %) CMS 3 2 (0.435 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (0.217 %) SharePoint 4 1 (0.217 %) Content Management Server 4 1 (0.217 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 23 (5.000 %) MS Project 2 13 (2.826 %) MS Visio 3 6 (1.304 %) MS Excel 4 4 (0.870 %) MS Office 5 2 (0.435 %) CA Clarity 6 1 (0.217 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 5 (1.087 %) SAP HR 2 4 (0.870 %) Oracle 11i 2 4 (0.870 %) Oracle HRMS 2 4 (0.870 %) Summit 3 3 (0.652 %) Oracle EBS 3 3 (0.652 %) Academy Housing 3 3 (0.652 %) arcHouse 4 2 (0.435 %) Oracle ERP 5 1 (0.217 %) Oracle Applications 5 1 (0.217 %) Minerva 5 1 (0.217 %) PeopleSoft Financials 5 1 (0.217 %) SunGard GMI 5 1 (0.217 %) SAP Business One 5 1 (0.217 %) SAP ERP 5 1 (0.217 %) InvestOne 5 1 (0.217 %) Advent Geneva 5 1 (0.217 %) Eagle PACE 5 1 (0.217 %) Eagle STAR 5 1 (0.217 %) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking 1 7 (1.522 %) Internet 2 3 (0.652 %) Intranet 2 3 (0.652 %) Broadband 3 1 (0.217 %) GPRS 3 1 (0.217 %) UMTS 3 1 (0.217 %) WLAN 3 1 (0.217 %) Ethernet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 27 (5.870 %) BusinessObjects 2 19 (4.130 %) Datawarehouse 3 10 (2.174 %) Oracle Discoverer 4 5 (1.087 %) SAP BW 5 4 (0.870 %) Data Mining 5 4 (0.870 %) SQL Server 6 3 (0.652 %) OLAP 7 2 (0.435 %) ETL 7 2 (0.435 %) SQL Server 2000 7 2 (0.435 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 7 2 (0.435 %) BusinessObjects XI 7 2 (0.435 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 1 (0.217 %) Oracle BI EE 8 1 (0.217 %) Reference Data 8 1 (0.217 %) RDBMS 8 1 (0.217 %) Oracle OLAP
General 1 167 (36.30 %) Finance 2 93 (20.22 %) Banking 3 56 (12.17 %) Investment Banking 4 37 (8.043 %) Insurance 5 34 (7.391 %) Pensions 6 23 (5.000 %) Retail 7 22 (4.783 %) Telecoms 8 19 (4.130 %) Government 9 18 (3.913 %) Front Office 10 16 (3.478 %) Back Office 10 16 (3.478 %) Legal 11 13 (2.826 %) Retail Banking 12 12 (2.609 %) Health 13 9 (1.957 %) Local Government 14 8 (1.739 %) Marketing 15 7 (1.522 %) Electric 15 7 (1.522 %) Financial Institution 16 5 (1.087 %) General Ledger 16 5 (1.087 %) Billing 17 4 (0.870 %) Games	Miscellaneous 1 33 (7.174 %) Derivative 2 14 (3.043 %) Equities 2 14 (3.043 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 2 14 (3.043 %) NHS 3 12 (2.609 %) Fixed Income 4 11 (2.391 %) Management Information System 5 8 (1.739 %) Credit Derivative 6 7 (1.522 %) Statistics 6 7 (1.522 %) Mathematics 7 5 (1.087 %) Interest Rate Derivative 7 5 (1.087 %) PMI 8 4 (0.870 %) Equity Derivative 8 4 (0.870 %) Data Extraction 9 3 (0.652 %) Market Risk 9 3 (0.652 %) NPfIT 9 3 (0.652 %) EPoS 10 2 (0.435 %) Taxonomies 10 2 (0.435 %) Contract for Difference 11 1 (0.217 %) Web 2.0 11 1 (0.217 %) IVR
Operating Systems 1 6 (1.304 %) Windows 2 4 (0.870 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (0.435 %) UNIX 4 1 (0.217 %) AIX 4 1 (0.217 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 201 (43.70 %) Project Management 2 103 (22.39 %) PRINCE2 3 66 (14.35 %) Business Analysis 4 49 (10.65 %) Stakeholder Management 5 40 (8.696 %) Change Management 6 36 (7.826 %) Business Intelligence 7 24 (5.217 %) BPR 8 22 (4.783 %) Migration 9 16 (3.478 %) Workflow 9 16 (3.478 %) PRINCE 10 14 (3.043 %) Six Sigma 10 14 (3.043 %) Asset Management 10 14 (3.043 %) Data Analysis 11 13 (2.826 %) Project Planning 12 10 (2.174 %) Resource Management 12 10 (2.174 %) Programme Management 12 10 (2.174 %) E-Commerce 12 10 (2.174 %) Data Modelling 13 9 (1.957 %) Risk Management 13 9 (1.957 %) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages 1 10 (2.174 %) SQL 2 9 (1.957 %) C 3 5 (1.087 %) VBA 3 5 (1.087 %) Java 4 3 (0.652 %) C# 5 1 (0.217 %) PowerHouse	Qualifications 1 34 (7.391 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 11 (2.391 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 9 (1.957 %) Degree 4 4 (0.870 %) PMP 4 4 (0.870 %) PMI Certification 5 2 (0.435 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (0.652 %) SLA 1 3 (0.652 %) Basel II 1 3 (0.652 %) QA 2 1 (0.217 %) PCI DSS 2 1 (0.217 %) COBIT	Systems Management 1 1 (0.217 %) EMC NetWorker
Vendors 1 27 (5.870 %) Business Objects 2 23 (5.000 %) Oracle 3 14 (3.043 %) SAP 4 12 (2.609 %) Cognos 5 11 (2.391 %) Microsoft 6 4 (0.870 %) PeopleSoft 6 4 (0.870 %) Ab Initio 7 3 (0.652 %) CheckFree 7 3 (0.652 %) GoldenSource 7 3 (0.652 %) Capita 7 3 (0.652 %) Orchard 7 3 (0.652 %) Northgate 7 3 (0.652 %) Civica 7 3 (0.652 %) Anite 7 3 (0.652 %) Murex 7 3 (0.652 %) Calypso 7 3 (0.652 %) Informatica 8 2 (0.435 %) Lotus 8 2 (0.435 %) Actuate 8 2 (0.435 %) Netezza