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The table below looks at the demand for the Project Officer 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 Officer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Project Officer
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank359435
Rank change on same period last yearUp+76
Matching contract IT job ads197205
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.281 %0.212 %
As % of the category below0.340 %0.248 %
Daily rates quoted7368
Average minimum daily rate£219£270
Average daily rate£239£289
% change on same period last year-17.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£259£308
UK excluding London average daily rate£199£247
% change on same period last year-19.32 %
Hourly rates quoted3225
Average minimum hourly rate£15.42£17.50
Average hourly rate£17.89£19.96
% change on same period last year-10.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.37£22.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.87£20.73
% change on same period last year-13.79 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5800682591
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.67 %85.41 %
Daily rates quoted1924525437
Average minimum daily rate£373£390
Average daily rate£399£415
% change on same period last year-3.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted53897422
Average minimum hourly rate£22.62£23.81
Average hourly rate£24.12£25.38
% change on same period last year-4.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.62£26.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.64£25.03
% change on same period last year-5.56 %
Project Officer UKProject Officer
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 Officer
Demand Trend

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

England Project Officer Demand Trend

Project Officer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Project Officer Daily Rate Trend

Project Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Officer across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

England Project Officer Daily Rate Histogram

Project Officer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Project Officer Hourly Rate Trend

Project Officer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Officer across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

England Project Officer Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Officer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Officer within the England region over the 3 months to 15 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.

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+4997£260-17.51 %
South EastUp+6241£216-4.15 %
South WestUp+2724£210+23.23 %
North WestUp+1711--
West MidlandsUp+129£155-38.69 %
East MidlandsNew entry-6--
East of EnglandUp+315£250+11.11 %
YorkshireUp+123--
MidlandsUp+141--
Project Officer UKProject Officer
UK

Project Officer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Project Officer 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 Officer in their job title.

1166 (41.81 %)PRINCE2
2130 (32.75 %)Project Management
398 (24.69 %)MS Project
398 (24.69 %)Finance
489 (22.42 %)Government
588 (22.17 %)Security Cleared
659 (14.86 %)MS Excel
751 (12.85 %)MS Office
841 (10.33 %)Project Planning
938 (9.572 %)Microsoft
1037 (9.320 %)DV Cleared
1134 (8.564 %)SC Cleared
1229 (7.305 %)Configuration Management
1328 (7.053 %)MS PowerPoint
1427 (6.801 %)NHS
1526 (6.549 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1625 (6.297 %)Banking
1723 (5.793 %)MS Visio
1822 (5.542 %)C
1920 (5.038 %)Change Management
2019 (4.786 %)Service Delivery
2116 (4.030 %)Investment Banking
2116 (4.030 %)QA
2212 (3.023 %)Education
2311 (2.771 %)Programme Management
2311 (2.771 %)Risk Management
2311 (2.771 %)ISEB
2410 (2.519 %)PRINCE
2410 (2.519 %)SharePoint
2410 (2.519 %)Health

Project Officer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Project Officer 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 Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (2.519 %)SharePoint
23 (0.756 %)Lotus Notes
31 (0.252 %)TeamSite
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
198 (24.69 %)MS Project
259 (14.86 %)MS Excel
351 (12.85 %)MS Office
428 (7.053 %)MS PowerPoint
523 (5.793 %)MS Visio
66 (1.511 %)Spreadsheet
74 (1.008 %)AutoCAD
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.252 %)Oracle 11i
11 (0.252 %)Summit
11 (0.252 %)Academy Housing
11 (0.252 %)arcHouse
11 (0.252 %)SAP ERP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (1.259 %)Broadband
15 (1.259 %)Wireless
24 (1.008 %)Intranet
33 (0.756 %)Internet
33 (0.756 %)VoIP
42 (0.504 %)WAN
42 (0.504 %)LAN
42 (0.504 %)Extranet
51 (0.252 %)IP Telephony
51 (0.252 %)PPP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (0.252 %)Oracle Reports
11 (0.252 %)Data Mining
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.252 %)FrontPage
11 (0.252 %)JIRA
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
198 (24.69 %)Finance
289 (22.42 %)Government
325 (6.297 %)Banking
416 (4.030 %)Investment Banking
512 (3.023 %)Education
610 (2.519 %)Health
79 (2.267 %)Local Government
88 (2.015 %)Retail
88 (2.015 %)Police
96 (1.511 %)Insurance
104 (1.008 %)Marketing
113 (0.756 %)Pensions
113 (0.756 %)Retail Banking
113 (0.756 %)Telecoms
113 (0.756 %)Criminal Justice
122 (0.504 %)Legal
122 (0.504 %)Auditing
131 (0.252 %)Corporate Banking
131 (0.252 %)Multimedia
131 (0.252 %)Manufacturing
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
127 (6.801 %)NHS
25 (1.259 %)Management Information System
34 (1.008 %)E-Learning
43 (0.756 %)Statistics
52 (0.504 %)Mathematics
52 (0.504 %)Spanish Language
52 (0.504 %)Credit Risk
61 (0.252 %)Fixed Income
61 (0.252 %)PMI
61 (0.252 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (0.252 %)EPoS
61 (0.252 %)Freedom of Information
61 (0.252 %)Economics
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (1.259 %)Windows
22 (0.504 %)UNIX
22 (0.504 %)Windows XP
31 (0.252 %)HPUX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1166 (41.81 %)PRINCE2
2130 (32.75 %)Project Management
388 (22.17 %)Security Cleared
441 (10.33 %)Project Planning
537 (9.320 %)DV Cleared
634 (8.564 %)SC Cleared
729 (7.305 %)Configuration Management
820 (5.038 %)Change Management
919 (4.786 %)Service Delivery
1011 (2.771 %)Risk Management
1011 (2.771 %)Programme Management
1110 (2.519 %)PRINCE
127 (1.763 %)Stakeholder Management
127 (1.763 %)Data Analysis
127 (1.763 %)Performance Management
136 (1.511 %)Critical Path Analysis
136 (1.511 %)Resource Management
136 (1.511 %)ITIL
136 (1.511 %)Migration
145 (1.259 %)Asset Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (5.542 %)C
22 (0.504 %)SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (6.549 %)PRINCE2 Certification
211 (2.771 %)ISEB
36 (1.511 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
45 (1.259 %)Degree
53 (0.756 %)ITIL Certification
61 (0.252 %)NVQ Level 3
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (4.030 %)QA
28 (2.015 %)SLA
31 (0.252 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.252 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
138 (9.572 %)Microsoft
29 (2.267 %)Citrix
37 (1.763 %)SAP
45 (1.259 %)Oracle
53 (0.756 %)Lotus
62 (0.504 %)Planview
62 (0.504 %)Cisco
62 (0.504 %)HP
71 (0.252 %)CheckPoint
71 (0.252 %)Mapinfo
71 (0.252 %)Anite
71 (0.252 %)Northgate
71 (0.252 %)Civica
71 (0.252 %)Capita
71 (0.252 %)Orchard