The first table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMP over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the Essex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank 37 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing PMP 10 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 2.421% 1.695% -
As % of the Qualifications category 10.53% 9.722% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £538 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.15% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £450 £450
% change year-on-year
-6.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 0
Average hourly rate £38.00 £38.98 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.51% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- -7.87%
All Qualifications
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
95 72 98
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 23.00% 17.43% 24.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 30 38
Average daily rate £325 £125 £95
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+160.00% +31.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £87 £99 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 23
Average hourly rate £36.28 £41.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.59% +10.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £27.62 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.25 £95.50 £80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PMP
East of England

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PMP across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Essex PMP Jobs Demand Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMP across the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex PMP Daily Rate Histogram

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex PMP Hourly Rate Trend

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMP across the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex PMP Hourly Rate Histogram

PMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Brentwood - 4 £775 -
Basildon -2 1 - -
PMP
East of England

PMP
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing PMP 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 PMP.

1 17 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 14 (82.35%) Project Management
3 12 (70.59%) PRINCE2
4 10 (58.82%) Finance
5 6 (35.29%) PMI
6 4 (23.53%) PgMP
6 4 (23.53%) Degree
7 3 (17.65%) Automotive
8 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (11.76%) MS Project
8 2 (11.76%) Pega
8 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
8 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
9 1 (5.882%) Workflow
9 1 (5.882%) Dynamics GP
9 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
9 1 (5.882%) MPLS
9 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
9 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (5.882%) LAN
9 1 (5.882%) WAN
9 1 (5.882%) Programme Management
9 1 (5.882%) Process Management

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing PMP 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 PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Project
2 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) MPLS
1 1 (5.882%) LAN
1 1 (5.882%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
General
1 10 (58.82%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Project Manager
2 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Programme Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Applications Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Applications Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Network Project Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Project Controller
5 1 (5.882%) Agile Project Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse Project Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Junior Project Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Network Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Project Management
2 12 (70.59%) PRINCE2
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
3 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.882%) Workflow
4 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
4 1 (5.882%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.882%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (23.53%) PgMP
2 4 (23.53%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Pega