The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMI 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Rank 337 346 279
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -67
Contract jobs citing PMI 182 217 348
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.438% 0.407% 0.617%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.633% 1.608% 2.104%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 164 233
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £283 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £604 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £365
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
Average hourly rate £46.00 - £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.20 - £33.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.20 - £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £46.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+67.27% -21.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
11144 13491 16543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.81% 25.29% 29.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6882 8110 9959
Average daily rate £443 £430 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -18.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 496 619 691
Average hourly rate £24.00 £23.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £11.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
PMI
UK

PMI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PMI across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England PMI Jobs Demand Trend

PMI
Daily Rate Trend

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

England PMI Daily Rate Trend

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England PMI Daily Rate Histogram

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England PMI Hourly Rate Trend

PMI
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England PMI Hourly Rate Histogram

PMI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London -5 113 £475 -4.04%
South East +21 39 £463 +8.82%
North West +18 12 £425 +13.33%
East of England +19 8 £750 +71.42%
West Midlands +9 6 £400 +45.45%
East Midlands 0 2 £340 -20.93%
South West +22 1 - -
North East +10 1 - -
PMI
UK

PMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing PMI 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 PMI.

1 416 (99.76%) PMI Certification
2 337 (80.82%) PRINCE2
3 308 (73.86%) Project Management
4 160 (38.37%) Finance
5 110 (26.38%) PMP
6 88 (21.10%) MS Project
7 87 (20.86%) ITIL
7 87 (20.86%) Degree
8 71 (17.03%) MS Excel
9 67 (16.07%) Microsoft
10 65 (15.59%) Banking
11 62 (14.87%) Stakeholder Management
12 60 (14.39%) Risk Management
13 57 (13.67%) Change Management
13 57 (13.67%) Waterfall
14 53 (12.71%) PRINCE
15 46 (11.03%) Telecoms
16 44 (10.55%) MS Office
17 43 (10.31%) MS Visio
18 42 (10.07%) Programme Management
19 40 (9.592%) SAP
20 39 (9.353%) Scrum
21 35 (8.393%) Six Sigma
22 33 (7.914%) Project Planning
23 31 (7.434%) Performance Management
23 31 (7.434%) Agile Software Development
24 30 (7.194%) RUP
25 29 (6.954%) Windows
25 29 (6.954%) Portfolio Management
26 28 (6.715%) PRINCE2 Certification

PMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 10 (2.398%) .NET
1 10 (2.398%) WebSphere
2 8 (1.918%) XML
2 8 (1.918%) EJB
2 8 (1.918%) JSP
3 7 (1.679%) jQuery
4 6 (1.439%) Web Services
4 6 (1.439%) J2EE
5 5 (1.199%) Servlets
5 5 (1.199%) Struts
5 5 (1.199%) Struts2
5 5 (1.199%) XSD
5 5 (1.199%) JMS
5 5 (1.199%) WSDL
5 5 (1.199%) Hibernate
5 5 (1.199%) Ajax
6 3 (0.719%) HTML
6 3 (0.719%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.480%) CSS
7 2 (0.480%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 27 (6.475%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.638%) MS Project Server
3 9 (2.158%) WebLogic
3 9 (2.158%) CMS
4 8 (1.918%) Escenic
5 6 (1.439%) Lotus Notes
5 6 (1.439%) MS Exchange
5 6 (1.439%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (0.719%) Lync
6 3 (0.719%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.719%) Confluence
7 2 (0.480%) Lotus Domino
8 1 (0.240%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.240%) ESB
8 1 (0.240%) Documentum
8 1 (0.240%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.240%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.240%) SAP Portal
8 1 (0.240%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 88 (21.10%) MS Project
2 71 (17.03%) MS Excel
3 44 (10.55%) MS Office
4 43 (10.31%) MS Visio
5 22 (5.276%) MS PowerPoint
6 6 (1.439%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.240%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (1.199%) Endur
2 3 (0.719%) FLEXCUBE
3 2 (0.480%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.480%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.480%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.480%) SAP APO
3 2 (0.480%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.480%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.480%) CA Clarity
3 2 (0.480%) Aligne
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.240%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (0.240%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.158%) Network Security
2 7 (1.679%) Radio Access Network
2 7 (1.679%) ATM
2 7 (1.679%) Internet
3 5 (1.199%) MPLS
4 4 (0.959%) VoIP
4 4 (0.959%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.719%) Frame Relay
5 3 (0.719%) 3G
6 2 (0.480%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.480%) LDAP
6 2 (0.480%) BSS
7 1 (0.240%) IP Telephony
7 1 (0.240%) HTTP
7 1 (0.240%) VPN
7 1 (0.240%) DNS
7 1 (0.240%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.199%) SQL Server
1 5 (1.199%) DB2
2 3 (0.719%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (0.719%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (0.719%) SAP BW
3 2 (0.480%) Data Mining
3 2 (0.480%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.240%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.240%) SAP BI
4 1 (0.240%) Sybase ASE
4 1 (0.240%) Spotfire
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.240%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.240%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 21 (5.036%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (1.199%) ClearCase
2 5 (1.199%) Subversion
3 3 (0.719%) JIRA
3 3 (0.719%) Git (software)
3 3 (0.719%) Gradle
4 1 (0.240%) LSMW
General
1 160 (38.37%) Finance
2 65 (15.59%) Banking
3 46 (11.03%) Telecoms
4 21 (5.036%) Financial Institution
5 19 (4.556%) Investment Banking
6 16 (3.837%) Retail
7 7 (1.679%) Front Office
8 6 (1.439%) Automotive
9 5 (1.199%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.959%) Legal
10 4 (0.959%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.719%) Back Office
11 3 (0.719%) French Language
12 2 (0.480%) Hindi Language
12 2 (0.480%) Advertising
12 2 (0.480%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.240%) Publishing
13 1 (0.240%) Portuguese Language
13 1 (0.240%) German Language
13 1 (0.240%) Billing
Job Titles
1 258 (61.87%) Project Manager
2 37 (8.873%) Analyst
3 31 (7.434%) Programme Manager
4 26 (6.235%) Infrastructure Manager
5 24 (5.755%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 20 (4.796%) SAP Manager
7 17 (4.077%) Senior Manager
8 16 (3.837%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 15 (3.597%) Business Analyst
10 14 (3.357%) SAP Project Manager
10 14 (3.357%) IT Project Manager
10 14 (3.357%) Portfolio Manager
11 12 (2.878%) QA Manager
12 11 (2.638%) Process Analyst
12 11 (2.638%) Senior Project Manager
12 11 (2.638%) Digital Project Manager
12 11 (2.638%) Process Improvement Analyst
13 10 (2.398%) Project Planner
14 9 (2.158%) Technical Manager
14 9 (2.158%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.475%) Fixed Income
2 22 (5.276%) Equities
3 8 (1.918%) Credit Risk
4 7 (1.679%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.439%) Mainframe
6 4 (0.959%) NHS
6 4 (0.959%) EPoS
6 4 (0.959%) Smart Meter
6 4 (0.959%) SaaS
7 3 (0.719%) Market Risk
7 3 (0.719%) Digital Media
7 3 (0.719%) Wiki
7 3 (0.719%) EMV
7 3 (0.719%) Chip and PIN
7 3 (0.719%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (0.719%) Derivative
8 2 (0.480%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.480%) Computer Science
8 2 (0.480%) E-Learning
8 2 (0.480%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.954%) Windows
2 16 (3.837%) Windows 7
3 11 (2.638%) UNIX
4 9 (2.158%) Linux
5 8 (1.918%) Android
5 8 (1.918%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.918%) Windows 8
6 3 (0.719%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.240%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (80.82%) PRINCE2
2 308 (73.86%) Project Management
3 87 (20.86%) ITIL
4 62 (14.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 60 (14.39%) Risk Management
6 57 (13.67%) Change Management
6 57 (13.67%) Waterfall
7 53 (12.71%) PRINCE
8 42 (10.07%) Programme Management
9 39 (9.353%) Scrum
10 35 (8.393%) Six Sigma
11 33 (7.914%) Project Planning
12 31 (7.434%) Agile Software Development
12 31 (7.434%) Performance Management
13 30 (7.194%) RUP
14 29 (6.954%) Portfolio Management
15 27 (6.475%) Configuration Management
16 26 (6.235%) UML
17 25 (5.995%) IT Governance
17 25 (5.995%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (4.556%) SQL
2 15 (3.597%) Java
3 7 (1.679%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.959%) C
4 4 (0.959%) VBA
5 3 (0.719%) Groovy
6 2 (0.480%) C#
7 1 (0.240%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 416 (99.76%) PMI Certification
2 110 (26.38%) PMP
3 87 (20.86%) Degree
4 28 (6.715%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 27 (6.475%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 24 (5.755%) ISEB
7 15 (3.597%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 15 (3.597%) APMP
8 13 (3.118%) CAPM
9 11 (2.638%) Security Cleared
10 9 (2.158%) SC Cleared
11 7 (1.679%) PgMP
12 6 (1.439%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 6 (1.439%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (1.199%) Cisco Certification
13 5 (1.199%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.199%) MCSE
13 5 (1.199%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.719%) BC Cleared
14 3 (0.719%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.235%) COBIT
2 21 (5.036%) QA
3 6 (1.439%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.480%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.480%) SLA
5 1 (0.240%) GxP
5 1 (0.240%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (0.240%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.240%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (5.036%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.719%) CA SiteMinder
3 2 (0.480%) SCCM
4 1 (0.240%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 67 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.592%) SAP
3 17 (4.077%) Oracle
4 13 (3.118%) Niku
5 12 (2.878%) Primavera
6 8 (1.918%) Lotus
7 7 (1.679%) Cisco
8 5 (1.199%) Business Objects
8 5 (1.199%) Chordiant
8 5 (1.199%) JBoss
8 5 (1.199%) Citrix
8 5 (1.199%) OpenLink
9 4 (0.959%) CheckPoint
9 4 (0.959%) HP
10 3 (0.719%) IBM
11 2 (0.480%) Siebel
11 2 (0.480%) Avaya
11 2 (0.480%) CA
11 2 (0.480%) Salesforce.com
11 2 (0.480%) VMware
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Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Location: London & extensive European travel (4-5 days a week) Rate: to £450 per day Start: ASAP Duration: Initial 6 month My client is looking for a Project...
Verticality Ltd
Rate: to £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Key Accountabilities Reporting to the Head of PMO & Project Management , the candidate will be an experienced and professionally qualified Project Manager with a record of successful project delivery.....
WorldPay
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
You will be responsible for the all of the relationship management between the business and the IT from front to back office, Maintaining the project plan to make...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
The role will be fairly hands on, so they are looking for someone who is prepared to get their hands dirty with the project. They will be looking...
Computer Futures
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Candidates with experience of working within a Research, Academic or Medical research environment are highly desirable.You will report to the Programme Manager assisting in the development of...
Sand Resources
Rate: £200 - £260 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
PMI/Prince 2 project management qualification Educated to degree level or equivalent Previous experience of a large scale programme in the Cards Acquiring industry is preferable but not...
WorldPay
Posted: 18 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
City of London
RATES IT PROJECT MANAGER - £650/DAY** - GLOBAL IB - A STRONG IT Project Manager is required for our client, a leading Global Investment Bank, to come on board the...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
Buckinghamshire
Project Manager : Network/Telecoms Infrastructure Projects; (WAN Connectivity, hosting/server architecture, WLAN/Wifi) Advantage Resourcing are currently recruiting for a number of Network Infrastructure Project Managers to deliver...
Advantage Resourcing
Posted: 15 May 2013
Portsmouth, South East
KEY SKILLS:*Strong background in managing the strategic direction of a development team*Programme / project management experience*Good team leadership abilities*Agile / Scrum development methodologies*Managing and delivering...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Obtain monthly PMI statements, update P11D records, and administer any necessary deductions through payroll... *Ensure all processes and procedures are adequately documented to comply with company and regulatory...
Hy-phen
Rate: £24000 - £28500 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013