The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 7 14 19
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 59 42 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 14.86% 10.29% 8.437%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.92% 17.00% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 12 15
Average daily rate £375 £431 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% +7.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £228 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £419
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 10
Average hourly rate £38.00 £32.50 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.92% -6.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £26.22 £27.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.60 £39.48 £39.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.03 £26.28 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+33.27% -16.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
282 247 249
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 71.03% 60.54% 61.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 118 112
Average daily rate £325 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £125 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £478 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 37 41
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.37% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £17.00 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £38.98 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Essex Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Essex Project Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Essex 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
Basildon +6 13 - -
Colchester - 12 £413 -
Brentwood -5 8 £250 -23.07%
Chelmsford 0 6 £260 -40.57%
Witham - 1 - -
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Project Management 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 Management.

1 51 (47.66%) PRINCE2
2 50 (46.73%) Finance
3 30 (28.04%) MS Project
4 27 (25.23%) Microsoft
5 22 (20.56%) SQL
6 18 (16.82%) Configuration Management
7 16 (14.95%) ITIL
7 16 (14.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 16 (14.95%) PMI Certification
8 15 (14.02%) Change Management
9 14 (13.08%) PMP
10 13 (12.15%) Oracle
10 13 (12.15%) J2EE
10 13 (12.15%) Time Management
10 13 (12.15%) Change Control
11 12 (11.21%) Cisco
12 11 (10.28%) Automotive
12 11 (10.28%) Scrum
12 11 (10.28%) Waterfall
13 10 (9.346%) Degree
13 10 (9.346%) SQL Server
13 10 (9.346%) PL/SQL
14 9 (8.411%) MS Excel
14 9 (8.411%) Agile Software Development
14 9 (8.411%) AccuRev
15 8 (7.477%) F5
15 8 (7.477%) CCSE
15 8 (7.477%) BIG-IP
15 8 (7.477%) Cisco IOS
15 8 (7.477%) Network Security

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region citing Project Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (12.15%) J2EE
2 2 (1.869%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 2 (1.869%) jQuery
2 2 (1.869%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.869%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.869%) Ajax
2 2 (1.869%) .NET
2 2 (1.869%) CSS
2 2 (1.869%) Web Services
3 1 (0.935%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.869%) MS Exchange
2 1 (0.935%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (0.935%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.935%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.935%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 30 (28.04%) MS Project
2 9 (8.411%) MS Excel
3 7 (6.542%) MS Office
4 3 (2.804%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.869%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.935%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.935%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.477%) BIG-IP
1 8 (7.477%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (7.477%) Network Security
2 6 (5.607%) VoIP
2 6 (5.607%) Firewall
3 5 (4.673%) NetScreen
3 5 (4.673%) OSPF
3 5 (4.673%) DHCP
3 5 (4.673%) DNS
3 5 (4.673%) DMVPN
3 5 (4.673%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (1.869%) LAN
4 2 (1.869%) WAN
4 2 (1.869%) CTI
4 2 (1.869%) Internet
5 1 (0.935%) MPLS
5 1 (0.935%) Wireless
5 1 (0.935%) SAN
5 1 (0.935%) VPN
5 1 (0.935%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.346%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.804%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.804%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.869%) DB2
3 2 (1.869%) MS Access
4 1 (0.935%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (0.935%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.935%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.935%) Oracle 9i
4 1 (0.935%) MySQL
4 1 (0.935%) WebFOCUS
4 1 (0.935%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.935%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.935%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.935%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.935%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 50 (46.73%) Finance
2 11 (10.28%) Automotive
3 5 (4.673%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.869%) Spanish Language
4 2 (1.869%) Financial Institution
4 2 (1.869%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.935%) Legal
5 1 (0.935%) Retail
5 1 (0.935%) Local Government
5 1 (0.935%) German Language
Job Titles
1 51 (47.66%) Project Manager
2 14 (13.08%) Analyst
3 10 (9.346%) Business Analyst
4 8 (7.477%) Technical Manager
5 7 (6.542%) Technical Project Manager
6 6 (5.607%) Developer
7 5 (4.673%) Security Specialist
7 5 (4.673%) E-Commerce Specialist
7 5 (4.673%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
7 5 (4.673%) Network Security Specialist
7 5 (4.673%) Network Specialist
8 4 (3.738%) Technical Project Leader
8 4 (3.738%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 4 (3.738%) Programme Manager
8 4 (3.738%) Business Process Analyst
8 4 (3.738%) Process Analyst
8 4 (3.738%) Project Leader
9 3 (2.804%) Consultant
9 3 (2.804%) Coordinator
9 3 (2.804%) Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.477%) PMI
1 8 (7.477%) NHS
2 5 (4.673%) Thin Client
2 5 (4.673%) Fat Client
3 3 (2.804%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.869%) SaaS
5 1 (0.935%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.935%) Clustering
5 1 (0.935%) Replication
5 1 (0.935%) STB
5 1 (0.935%) PKI
5 1 (0.935%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.477%) Windows
2 7 (6.542%) Linux
3 3 (2.804%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (2.804%) UNIX
4 2 (1.869%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.869%) Solaris
5 1 (0.935%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (47.66%) PRINCE2
2 18 (16.82%) Configuration Management
3 16 (14.95%) ITIL
4 15 (14.02%) Change Management
5 13 (12.15%) Time Management
5 13 (12.15%) Change Control
6 11 (10.28%) Scrum
6 11 (10.28%) Waterfall
7 9 (8.411%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (7.477%) E-Commerce
9 7 (6.542%) Business Analysis
10 6 (5.607%) Project Planning
10 6 (5.607%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (4.673%) Wealth Management
11 5 (4.673%) Performance Management
11 5 (4.673%) Document Management
12 4 (3.738%) Asset Management
12 4 (3.738%) PRINCE
13 3 (2.804%) Six Sigma
13 3 (2.804%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.56%) SQL
2 10 (9.346%) PL/SQL
3 8 (7.477%) C
3 8 (7.477%) C++
4 3 (2.804%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.869%) VB
5 2 (1.869%) VBA
5 2 (1.869%) Java
5 2 (1.869%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 16 (14.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 16 (14.95%) PMI Certification
2 14 (13.08%) PMP
3 10 (9.346%) Degree
4 8 (7.477%) CCSE
5 6 (5.607%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (4.673%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.673%) CCIE
6 5 (4.673%) CCNP
7 4 (3.738%) PgMP
8 3 (2.804%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 2 (1.869%) APMP
10 1 (0.935%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.935%) MCDBA
10 1 (0.935%) MCITP
10 1 (0.935%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.673%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.542%) ProxySG
2 5 (4.673%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.935%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (4.673%) Cisco UCCX
1 5 (4.673%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (1.869%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (0.935%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.935%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 27 (25.23%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.15%) Oracle
3 12 (11.21%) Cisco
4 9 (8.411%) AccuRev
5 8 (7.477%) F5
5 8 (7.477%) CheckPoint
6 7 (6.542%) Blue Coat
7 6 (5.607%) HP
8 5 (4.673%) VMware
8 5 (4.673%) Citrix
8 5 (4.673%) Juniper
8 5 (4.673%) Infoblox
8 5 (4.673%) Imperva
9 3 (2.804%) CA
9 3 (2.804%) Siemens
10 2 (1.869%) Pega
10 2 (1.869%) Hyperion
10 2 (1.869%) Genesys
10 2 (1.869%) BT
11 1 (0.935%) McAfee
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