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The table below looks at the demand for the Project Leader 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 Project Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Project Lead
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank455512
Rank change on same period last yearUp+57
Matching contract IT job ads64113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.121 %
As % of the category below0.122 %0.142 %
Daily rates quoted2536
Average minimum daily rate£363£363
Average daily rate£388£380
% change on same period last year+2.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£414£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£368
% change on same period last year+1.91 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£23.33£28.00
Average hourly rate£24.50£28.00
% change on same period last year-12.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.67£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£23.20
% change on same period last year+5.60 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5225079626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.30 %85.32 %
Daily rates quoted1686424512
Average minimum daily rate£366£390
Average daily rate£392£414
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted51377273
Average minimum hourly rate£22.14£23.57
Average hourly rate£23.59£25.15
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.04£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Project Leader UKProject Leader
UK

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.

Project Leader
Demand Trend

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

England Project Leader Demand Trend

Project Leader
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Project Leader Daily Rate Trend

Project Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Leader across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Project Leader Daily Rate Histogram

Project Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Project Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Project Leader
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+7531£394+0.62 %
South EastUp+4213£370-18.34 %
South WestUp+277£300-12.19 %
East of EnglandUp+324£638+64.51 %
North WestUp+23£411+12.02 %
YorkshireUp+173£256-14.55 %
West MidlandsUp+72--
North EastUp+81--
Project Leader UKProject Leader
UK

Project Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Project Leader 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 Leader in their job title.

141 (28.28 %)Finance
238 (26.21 %)Project Management
325 (17.24 %)PRINCE2
421 (14.48 %)Oracle
515 (10.34 %)SQL
515 (10.34 %)MS Project
614 (9.655 %)Banking
614 (9.655 %)Government
713 (8.966 %)Security Cleared
812 (8.276 %)Retail
910 (6.897 %)Migration
910 (6.897 %)Business Objects
910 (6.897 %)Intel
910 (6.897 %)BusinessObjects
109 (6.207 %)Citrix
109 (6.207 %)SQL Server
109 (6.207 %)VMware
109 (6.207 %)Data Analysis
118 (5.517 %)Informatica
118 (5.517 %)Windows
118 (5.517 %)Solaris
118 (5.517 %)Sun
127 (4.828 %)Oracle 10g
127 (4.828 %)IBM
127 (4.828 %)ETL
127 (4.828 %)SmartStream
127 (4.828 %)Insurance
127 (4.828 %)SQL Server 2005
136 (4.138 %)AJAX
136 (4.138 %)Investment Banking

Project Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Project Leader 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 Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (4.138 %)AJAX
25 (3.448 %)WebSphere
25 (3.448 %)Hibernate
25 (3.448 %)Spring
25 (3.448 %).NET
25 (3.448 %)J2EE
25 (3.448 %)Struts
34 (2.759 %)JSP
43 (2.069 %)Servlets
52 (1.379 %)JDBC
61 (0.690 %)XML
61 (0.690 %)XSLT
61 (0.690 %)Middleware
61 (0.690 %)ASP.NET
61 (0.690 %)CSS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (3.448 %)SharePoint
24 (2.759 %)WebSphere Application Server
33 (2.069 %)IIS
42 (1.379 %)CMS
51 (0.690 %)ESB
51 (0.690 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (0.690 %)Alfresco
51 (0.690 %)Documentum
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (10.34 %)MS Project
24 (2.759 %)MS Excel
33 (2.069 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (1.379 %)MS Visio
42 (1.379 %)MS Office
51 (0.690 %)CA Clarity
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.690 %)SAP HR
11 (0.690 %)Loan IQ
11 (0.690 %)SAP IS-U
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (4.138 %)SAN
24 (2.759 %)Internet
33 (2.069 %)LAN
42 (1.379 %)VoIP
42 (1.379 %)WAN
42 (1.379 %)VPN
42 (1.379 %)Extranet
42 (1.379 %)IP Telephony
42 (1.379 %)VSAT
51 (0.690 %)LDAP
51 (0.690 %)Cisco IOS
51 (0.690 %)Intranet
51 (0.690 %)OSPF
51 (0.690 %)BGP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (6.897 %)BusinessObjects
29 (6.207 %)SQL Server
37 (4.828 %)ETL
37 (4.828 %)Oracle 10g
37 (4.828 %)SQL Server 2005
45 (3.448 %)DB2
54 (2.759 %)DB2 UDB
63 (2.069 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (2.069 %)Datawarehouse
72 (1.379 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.690 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
81 (0.690 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.690 %)PerformancePoint
81 (0.690 %)SQL Server Integration Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
141 (28.28 %)Finance
214 (9.655 %)Government
214 (9.655 %)Banking
312 (8.276 %)Retail
47 (4.828 %)Insurance
56 (4.138 %)Investment Banking
65 (3.448 %)Construction
74 (2.759 %)Telecoms
74 (2.759 %)Electric
83 (2.069 %)Financial Institution
83 (2.069 %)Education
83 (2.069 %)Manufacturing
92 (1.379 %)Health
92 (1.379 %)Back Office
92 (1.379 %)Local Government
92 (1.379 %)Retail Banking
92 (1.379 %)International Banking
101 (0.690 %)Marketing
101 (0.690 %)Front Office
101 (0.690 %)Aerospace
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (4.138 %)NHS
25 (3.448 %)Grid Computing
34 (2.759 %)Mainframe
34 (2.759 %)Management Information System
34 (2.759 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (0.690 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41 (0.690 %)NPfIT
41 (0.690 %)IVR
41 (0.690 %)Derivative
41 (0.690 %)Computer Science
41 (0.690 %)French Language
41 (0.690 %)Spanish Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (5.517 %)Windows
18 (5.517 %)Solaris
25 (3.448 %)UNIX
31 (0.690 %)Linux
31 (0.690 %)Windows XP
31 (0.690 %)Windows Server 2003
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (26.21 %)Project Management
225 (17.24 %)PRINCE2
313 (8.966 %)Security Cleared
410 (6.897 %)Migration
59 (6.207 %)Data Analysis
66 (4.138 %)Risk Management
66 (4.138 %)ITIL
75 (3.448 %)Technical Architecture
75 (3.448 %)SC Cleared
84 (2.759 %)Project Planning
84 (2.759 %)CTC Cleared
84 (2.759 %)Data Modelling
84 (2.759 %)Business Intelligence
84 (2.759 %)Service Management
84 (2.759 %)Information Security
93 (2.069 %)Workflow
93 (2.069 %)Data Management
93 (2.069 %)CMMI
93 (2.069 %)PRINCE
93 (2.069 %)UML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (10.34 %)SQL
26 (4.138 %)Java
31 (0.690 %)Perl
31 (0.690 %)C#
31 (0.690 %)C++
31 (0.690 %)Ada
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (3.448 %)ISEB
24 (2.759 %)PRINCE2 Certification
33 (2.069 %)PMP
33 (2.069 %)PMI Certification
42 (1.379 %)Degree
42 (1.379 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
42 (1.379 %)Cisco Certification
42 (1.379 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (1.379 %)MCSE
42 (1.379 %)CCIE
42 (1.379 %)CCNA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.379 %)SLA
12 (1.379 %)PCI DSS
21 (0.690 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.690 %)Basel II
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.690 %)AquaLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (14.48 %)Oracle
210 (6.897 %)Business Objects
210 (6.897 %)Intel
39 (6.207 %)Citrix
39 (6.207 %)VMware
48 (5.517 %)Sun
48 (5.517 %)Informatica
57 (4.828 %)SmartStream
57 (4.828 %)IBM
66 (4.138 %)Microsoft
74 (2.759 %)SAP
74 (2.759 %)Cognos
74 (2.759 %)Cisco
74 (2.759 %)MicroStrategy
74 (2.759 %)Northgate
74 (2.759 %)Ab Initio
83 (2.069 %)Civica
83 (2.069 %)Comino
91 (0.690 %)Lombardi
91 (0.690 %)JD Edwards