The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 160 173 162
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -11
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 552 590 674
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 1.330% 1.105% 1.180%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.861% 1.616% 1.735%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 345 376
Average daily rate £400 £401 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.31% -10.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £275 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £24.00 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+45.83% -28.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.31 £10.95 £20.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.45 £25.75 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29662 36514 38847
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.38% 68.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 18132 21436 22477
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 906 1198 1411
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.27 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Project Planning
UK

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Project Planning Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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 +17 272 £450 -
South East +4 110 £388 +10.71%
North West +13 36 £333 -5.00%
Yorkshire +6 36 £396 -5.71%
East of England +29 35 £350 -17.64%
South West +17 21 £360 +0.69%
West Midlands +1 18 £420 +26.31%
North East +26 14 £345 -
East Midlands -14 5 £400 -0.62%
Midlands -1 2 £375 -
Project Planning
UK

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 408 (42.11%) Project Management
2 405 (41.80%) Finance
3 319 (32.92%) PRINCE2
4 238 (24.56%) MS Project
5 172 (17.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 167 (17.23%) MS Excel
7 164 (16.92%) Banking
8 158 (16.31%) Change Management
9 145 (14.96%) Microsoft
10 105 (10.84%) MS Office
11 98 (10.11%) Risk Management
12 95 (9.804%) Oracle
13 90 (9.288%) Retail
14 85 (8.772%) Degree
15 84 (8.669%) PMI Certification
16 74 (7.637%) SAP
17 72 (7.430%) Telecoms
18 70 (7.224%) SQL
18 70 (7.224%) Security Cleared
18 70 (7.224%) Change Control
19 67 (6.914%) ITIL
20 61 (6.295%) Investment Banking
21 60 (6.192%) Agile Software Development
22 57 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Certification
23 56 (5.779%) Migration
24 55 (5.676%) PMP
25 53 (5.470%) MS Visio
25 53 (5.470%) MS PowerPoint
26 52 (5.366%) Windows
27 50 (5.160%) SC Cleared

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 Development
1 33 (3.406%) .NET
2 19 (1.961%) XML
3 18 (1.858%) WebSphere
3 18 (1.858%) Web Services
4 14 (1.445%) ASP.NET
5 13 (1.342%) Middleware
5 13 (1.342%) HTML
6 10 (1.032%) CSS
7 8 (0.826%) Ajax
8 7 (0.722%) COM
9 6 (0.619%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.619%) MDX
10 5 (0.516%) SAP Basis
10 5 (0.516%) OpenGL
11 4 (0.413%) RESTful
11 4 (0.413%) WCF
11 4 (0.413%) XML Schema
12 3 (0.310%) Flash
12 3 (0.310%) ASP
12 3 (0.310%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 40 (4.128%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.858%) MS Project Server
3 13 (1.342%) MS Exchange
4 11 (1.135%) CMS
5 8 (0.826%) Exchange Server 2010
5 8 (0.826%) Apache
6 7 (0.722%) WebSphere Application Server
6 7 (0.722%) SAS
7 6 (0.619%) SharePoint 2010
7 6 (0.619%) Lync
7 6 (0.619%) Lotus Notes
7 6 (0.619%) IBM HTTP Server
8 5 (0.516%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.413%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.413%) Documentum
9 4 (0.413%) NetWeaver
10 3 (0.310%) Lotus Domino
10 3 (0.310%) Drupal
10 3 (0.310%) Exchange Server 2003
10 3 (0.310%) Oracle UPK
Applications
1 238 (24.56%) MS Project
2 167 (17.23%) MS Excel
3 105 (10.84%) MS Office
4 53 (5.470%) MS Visio
4 53 (5.470%) MS PowerPoint
5 13 (1.342%) Open Workbench
6 11 (1.135%) Spreadsheet
7 8 (0.826%) PowerPivot
8 6 (0.619%) OmniGraffle
9 5 (0.516%) InfoPath
10 3 (0.310%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.206%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.103%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 11 (1.135%) SAP HCM
2 10 (1.032%) SAP HR
3 8 (0.826%) ION MarketView
4 7 (0.722%) SAP SD
5 6 (0.619%) SAP MII
5 6 (0.619%) Oracle EBS R12
5 6 (0.619%) JDE OneWorld
6 5 (0.516%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.516%) CA Clarity
7 4 (0.413%) SAP ERP
8 3 (0.310%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.310%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.310%) SAP PM
8 3 (0.310%) SAP SRM
9 2 (0.206%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 2 (0.206%) Oracle Financials
9 2 (0.206%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.206%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.206%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.206%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.858%) LAN
2 16 (1.651%) Firewall
2 16 (1.651%) WAN
3 14 (1.445%) Internet
4 13 (1.342%) OSPF
4 13 (1.342%) HTTP
4 13 (1.342%) Radio Access Network
5 12 (1.238%) BGP
6 11 (1.135%) Ethernet
6 11 (1.135%) DNS
7 10 (1.032%) DHCP
7 10 (1.032%) MPLS
8 9 (0.929%) Wireless
9 8 (0.826%) Cisco ASA
10 7 (0.722%) IP Telephony
10 7 (0.722%) SNMP
10 7 (0.722%) VPN
10 7 (0.722%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (0.619%) 4G
11 6 (0.619%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (5.057%) SQL Server
2 24 (2.477%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (1.548%) SAP BW
3 15 (1.548%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 13 (1.342%) DB2
5 12 (1.238%) OLAP
6 11 (1.135%) Oracle 8/8i
7 9 (0.929%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.722%) Oracle 11g
9 6 (0.619%) Oracle OLAP
9 6 (0.619%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 5 (0.516%) MS Access
11 4 (0.413%) Base SAS
11 4 (0.413%) MarkLogic
11 4 (0.413%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.413%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.310%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.310%) Oracle 9i
12 3 (0.310%) MySQL
12 3 (0.310%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 16 (1.651%) Subversion
2 10 (1.032%) JIRA
3 6 (0.619%) Axure RP
4 5 (0.516%) ClearQuest
4 5 (0.516%) QuickTest Pro
5 4 (0.413%) ClearCase
6 3 (0.310%) RequisitePro
6 3 (0.310%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.310%) Selenium
6 3 (0.310%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.206%) PHPUnit
7 2 (0.206%) GitHub
7 2 (0.206%) Rational Rose
7 2 (0.206%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.206%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 2 (0.206%) Xcode
7 2 (0.206%) LSMW
8 1 (0.103%) Ant
8 1 (0.103%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.103%) COOL:Gen
General
1 405 (41.80%) Finance
2 164 (16.92%) Banking
3 90 (9.288%) Retail
4 72 (7.430%) Telecoms
5 61 (6.295%) Investment Banking
6 33 (3.406%) Retail Banking
7 23 (2.374%) Marketing
8 16 (1.651%) Front Office
9 15 (1.548%) Legal
10 14 (1.445%) Manufacturing
11 12 (1.238%) Back Office
12 10 (1.032%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.826%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.826%) Publishing
14 5 (0.516%) Games
14 5 (0.516%) Corporate Banking
15 4 (0.413%) Spanish Language
15 4 (0.413%) Electronics
16 3 (0.310%) Local Government
16 3 (0.310%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 378 (39.01%) Project Manager
2 145 (14.96%) Analyst
3 73 (7.534%) Project Planner
4 47 (4.850%) Developer
4 47 (4.850%) Business Analyst
5 41 (4.231%) PMO Analyst
6 38 (3.922%) Consultant
7 31 (3.199%) Senior Manager
8 30 (3.096%) Senior Project Manager
9 29 (2.993%) Architect
10 27 (2.786%) Coordinator
10 27 (2.786%) Technical Manager
11 23 (2.374%) Support Analyst
11 23 (2.374%) IT Project Manager
11 23 (2.374%) Project Analyst
12 22 (2.270%) Programme Manager
13 20 (2.064%) PMO Manager
13 20 (2.064%) Infrastructure Manager
13 20 (2.064%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 20 (2.064%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 40 (4.128%) Management Information System
2 35 (3.612%) PMI
3 27 (2.786%) Derivative
4 21 (2.167%) Economics
5 18 (1.858%) Computer Science
5 18 (1.858%) Mathematics
5 18 (1.858%) Fixed Income
6 14 (1.445%) Market Risk
7 12 (1.238%) Credit Risk
7 12 (1.238%) NHS
7 12 (1.238%) Mainframe
8 10 (1.032%) N-Tier
8 10 (1.032%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (1.032%) Equities
9 8 (0.826%) Data Integration
10 7 (0.722%) Equity Derivative
10 7 (0.722%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.619%) Open Source
11 6 (0.619%) FMCG
11 6 (0.619%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.366%) Windows
2 47 (4.850%) UNIX
3 15 (1.548%) AIX
3 15 (1.548%) Linux
4 13 (1.342%) Windows 7
5 7 (0.722%) Solaris
5 7 (0.722%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (0.619%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.619%) Android
7 2 (0.206%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.206%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.206%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.103%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.103%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.103%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.103%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.103%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 408 (42.11%) Project Management
2 319 (32.92%) PRINCE2
3 172 (17.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 158 (16.31%) Change Management
5 98 (10.11%) Risk Management
6 70 (7.224%) Change Control
7 67 (6.914%) ITIL
8 60 (6.192%) Agile Software Development
9 56 (5.779%) Migration
10 46 (4.747%) Programme Management
11 45 (4.644%) Business Analysis
12 41 (4.231%) User Acceptance Testing
13 40 (4.128%) PRINCE
14 38 (3.922%) Resource Management
15 34 (3.509%) ERP
16 32 (3.302%) Critical Path Analysis
17 31 (3.199%) Business Intelligence
18 29 (2.993%) E-Commerce
19 27 (2.786%) Scrum
19 27 (2.786%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 70 (7.224%) SQL
2 30 (3.096%) C
3 27 (2.786%) Java
4 22 (2.270%) C#
5 14 (1.445%) JavaScript
5 14 (1.445%) PL/SQL
5 14 (1.445%) VBA
6 9 (0.929%) C++
7 6 (0.619%) PHP
8 5 (0.516%) ABAP
9 4 (0.413%) XPath
9 4 (0.413%) GLSL
9 4 (0.413%) XQuery
10 3 (0.310%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.206%) Bash shell
11 2 (0.206%) HLSL
11 2 (0.206%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.206%) VB
11 2 (0.206%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.206%) Perl
Qualifications
1 85 (8.772%) Degree
2 84 (8.669%) PMI Certification
3 70 (7.224%) Security Cleared
4 57 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 55 (5.676%) PMP
6 50 (5.160%) SC Cleared
7 22 (2.270%) DV Cleared
8 20 (2.064%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 20 (2.064%) ISEB
9 13 (1.342%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (0.929%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.722%) JNCIE
11 7 (0.722%) CCIE
11 7 (0.722%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.619%) APMP
13 4 (0.413%) CCNP
13 4 (0.413%) MBA
14 3 (0.310%) JNCIP
14 3 (0.310%) ISEB Practitioner
14 3 (0.310%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.850%) QA
2 19 (1.961%) PCI DSS
3 9 (0.929%) SLA
4 4 (0.413%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.310%) Basel III
6 2 (0.206%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.206%) FATCA
6 2 (0.206%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.206%) Basel II
7 1 (0.103%) GxP
7 1 (0.103%) MiFID
7 1 (0.103%) Solvency II
System Software
1 13 (1.342%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (0.929%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.310%) XenApp
4 1 (0.103%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (0.929%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (0.722%) FortiGate
3 6 (0.619%) MOM
4 4 (0.413%) SCCM
5 2 (0.206%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (0.103%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.103%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.103%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 1 (0.103%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.103%) AppDNA
6 1 (0.103%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.103%) Puppet
Vendors
1 145 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 95 (9.804%) Oracle
3 74 (7.637%) SAP
4 21 (2.167%) IBM
5 19 (1.961%) Primavera
6 17 (1.754%) HP
6 17 (1.754%) Cisco
7 16 (1.651%) VMware
8 14 (1.445%) Niku
9 12 (1.238%) Planview
9 12 (1.238%) Citrix
10 11 (1.135%) MicroStrategy
11 9 (0.929%) Juniper
12 8 (0.826%) Business Objects
12 8 (0.826%) Ericsson
12 8 (0.826%) ION Trading
13 7 (0.722%) Sourcefire
13 7 (0.722%) Lotus
13 7 (0.722%) F5
13 7 (0.722%) Fortinet
Cambridge, East Anglia
Manage overall progress and timely on-budget delivery for highly complex projects; liaising with key customers and/or verticals * Senior Project Managers are responsible for significant stakeholder management...
WorldPay
Rate: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
PROJECT MANAGER -RETAIL BANKING - LONDON. Urgent requirement for a Business focussed Project Manager to join a retail bank based in London on a large regulatory programme. Candidates must...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £400.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
EAST ANGLIA
The PMO Support Analyst will be required to support in the successful delivery of projects, resource management, general administration and support of the project office, ensuring consistency, control...
Provisio Solutions
Rate: £200 - £225 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Dorset, South West
Our client is going through a period of significant Infrastructure change and have embarked upon a number of IT improvement and upgrade projects that are currently underway. As...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
A top tier banking client urgently requires a PMO Analyst to work in their Birmingham Office, on a 3 month rolling contract basis.
Orgtel
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
Helping map out the merchant journey and merchant segment including risk assessment on communications... Key Responsibilities Support external stakeholder needs analysis and administration of stakeholder distribution lists Liaise...
WorldPay
Posted: 23 May 2013
Surrey, South East
The role will involve CRM implementation, migration and enhancements and a good understanding of the functional modules of CRM is essential.Senior Project Manager Responsibilities:*Manage CRM based...
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
West Yorkshire
SCRUM certification is essential for this role, as is knowledge of one or more Agile project management frameworks, excellent verbal and written communication skills and previous experience of...
Hudson
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
You need to be proficient in SharePoint 2007 and 2010 platform monitoring, maintenance and management and associated technologies, with an awareness of SharePoint 2013 platform functionality and management...
Connectus
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Responsible for the validation of all GxP relevant applications and maintaining the validated state of those applications... Qualifications: Demonstrated Oracle project management skills including project initiation, scoping, resourcing,...
Networking People
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Our client require a Workflow Project Manager to implement there 3rd party workflow solution and to integrate this solution with various other systems. This integration will also be...
TEKsystems
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Work with Credit Risk Projects team to ensure the IT delivery within the greater project framework... Requirements * Experience in a project management role within an investment banking /derivative...
Scope AT Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Contrac - Life and Pensions - Implementation Manager. Our Life and Pensions client are currently looking for an Implementation Manager to provide proactive support to the Sales, Client Relationship Managers (...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
BRD Drafting - Drafting the mapping documentation from source data format to target state UAT Testing & Planning - Supporting the RTB teams during testing in chasing IT support people and...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The Role.Assurance of the quality of project delivery by assisting and consulting Project Managers in developing project documents, plans, and ensuring a holistic review of project information...
Rate: £290.00 - £375.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
A top tier insurance client urgently requires a PMO to work in their London Office, on a 9 month rolling contract basis.
Orgtel
Rate: £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
My client, a leading Investment bank, is looking for a business analyst to support the Project Managers and Business Analysis team managers in project planning, initiation, tracking and...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Leading FS organisation requires Project Planner to provide support to a major programme.The requirements for the role are:Creating programme and project plans in MSPTracking and managing...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
City of London
The majority of the role will involve gather requirements, producing functional specifications and work with developers and senior management on project planning and delivery. Specific systems requirements include...
Orgtel
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Middlesex
Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded systems including low-level graphics acceleration, OpenGL and its extensions, and GLSL programming... A...
Proteus Europe
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
A top tier banking client urgently requires a PMO to work in their London Office, on a 4 month rolling contract basis.
Orgtel
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Ideal candidates will have a background in Network engineering ideally with experience in a Cisco environment with the following technical skills: * Cisco LAN technology (6500, 3750, layer 2...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013