The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Project Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Software Project Manager
Rank 491 544 551
Rank change year-on-year
+53 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 27 18 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.065% 0.034% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.036% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 9 13
Average daily rate £400 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £380 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £485 £496
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £350 £425
% change year-on-year
+11.07% -17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £37.50
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38380 49421 52947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.44% 92.55% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22598 27956 29382
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1965 2419 2806
Average hourly rate £18.88 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.02% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Project Manager
UK

Software Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Project Manager across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Software Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Software Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Software Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Software Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Software Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Software Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Project Manager 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 +34 10 £450 -
South East +24 9 £365 -
East of England +21 4 £400 -
South West - 2 £350 -
East Midlands - 2 £400 -
Software Project Manager
UK

Software Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Software 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 Software Project Manager in their job title.

1 38 (55.07%) Project Management
2 33 (47.83%) PRINCE2
3 25 (36.23%) Agile Software Development
4 24 (34.78%) .NET
5 20 (28.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (20.29%) Migration
7 12 (17.39%) Scrum
7 12 (17.39%) Resource Management
8 10 (14.49%) Finance
8 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (11.59%) Degree
9 8 (11.59%) Retail
9 8 (11.59%) Java
10 7 (10.14%) MS Project
10 7 (10.14%) MS Excel
10 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
11 6 (8.696%) E-Commerce
11 6 (8.696%) MS Office
11 6 (8.696%) C#
12 5 (7.246%) Web Services
12 5 (7.246%) MS PowerPoint
12 5 (7.246%) Computer Science
13 4 (5.797%) Waterfall
13 4 (5.797%) QA
13 4 (5.797%) STB
13 4 (5.797%) Telecoms
13 4 (5.797%) ASP.NET
13 4 (5.797%) SQL
13 4 (5.797%) Configuration Management
14 3 (4.348%) Middleware

Software Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Software 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 Software Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (34.78%) .NET
2 5 (7.246%) Web Services
3 4 (5.797%) ASP.NET
4 3 (4.348%) Middleware
4 3 (4.348%) HTML
4 3 (4.348%) Flash
5 1 (1.449%) CSS
5 1 (1.449%) DOM
5 1 (1.449%) Velocity
5 1 (1.449%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.348%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.449%) CMS
2 1 (1.449%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) MS Project
1 7 (10.14%) MS Excel
2 6 (8.696%) MS Office
3 5 (7.246%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.449%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.449%) Internet
1 1 (1.449%) ATM
1 1 (1.449%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.348%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.348%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.449%) JIRA
General
1 10 (14.49%) Finance
2 8 (11.59%) Retail
3 4 (5.797%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (4.348%) Legal
5 2 (2.899%) Automotive
5 2 (2.899%) Banking
6 1 (1.449%) Electronics
6 1 (1.449%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.449%) Advertising
6 1 (1.449%) Marketing
6 1 (1.449%) French Language
6 1 (1.449%) Hindi Language
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.246%) Computer Science
2 4 (5.797%) STB
3 3 (4.348%) NHS
4 2 (2.899%) DTV
5 1 (1.449%) PMI
5 1 (1.449%) IPTV
5 1 (1.449%) Animation
5 1 (1.449%) FMCG
5 1 (1.449%) Video on Demand
5 1 (1.449%) CUDA
5 1 (1.449%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.449%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.449%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (55.07%) Project Management
2 33 (47.83%) PRINCE2
3 25 (36.23%) Agile Software Development
4 20 (28.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (20.29%) Migration
6 12 (17.39%) Scrum
6 12 (17.39%) Resource Management
7 6 (8.696%) E-Commerce
8 4 (5.797%) Waterfall
8 4 (5.797%) Configuration Management
9 3 (4.348%) UML
9 3 (4.348%) ITIL
9 3 (4.348%) Software Engineering
9 3 (4.348%) Embedded Software Development
9 3 (4.348%) Project Planning
9 3 (4.348%) Web Development
10 2 (2.899%) Budget Control
10 2 (2.899%) Business Analysis
10 2 (2.899%) Validation
10 2 (2.899%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.59%) Java
2 6 (8.696%) C#
3 4 (5.797%) SQL
4 3 (4.348%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.899%) PHP
6 1 (1.449%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.449%) C
6 1 (1.449%) C++
6 1 (1.449%) VB
6 1 (1.449%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.449%) Perl
6 1 (1.449%) Python
6 1 (1.449%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.449%) Clojure
Qualifications
1 10 (14.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 8 (11.59%) Degree
3 3 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (2.899%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.449%) PMP
5 1 (1.449%) PhD
5 1 (1.449%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.449%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.449%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.449%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.797%) QA
2 2 (2.899%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.899%) TickIT
3 1 (1.449%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.899%) hybris
2 2 (2.899%) Endeca
3 1 (1.449%) Reuters
3 1 (1.449%) Niku
3 1 (1.449%) Oracle
3 1 (1.449%) SAP
3 1 (1.449%) Cisco
3 1 (1.449%) Google
3 1 (1.449%) Facebook
City, London
My large Blue Chip client, based in the centre of London, currently has a need for an experienced Project Manager, with in-depth experience of Agile Software Development...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £300 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
West London
Knowledge of Project Management methodologies and techniques. Experienced & advanced user of Microsoft Office tools (particularly Excel & PowerPoint) Pro-active work ethic with the ability to deliver results and...
Experis IT
Rate: £450 - £495 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013