The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Glasgow 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 71 50 60
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 5 8 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.550% 1.004% 0.403%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.803% 1.512% 0.580%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £415 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £363
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
623 529 517
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 68.54% 66.37% 69.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 248 313
Average daily rate £340 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £235 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £434 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 22 13
Average hourly rate £9.25 £17.58 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.38% -41.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Project Planning
Scotland

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 7 (70.00%) Project Management
3 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (30.00%) Change Management
4 3 (30.00%) Banking
5 2 (20.00%) Resource Management
5 2 (20.00%) MS Project
5 2 (20.00%) Change Control
6 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
6 1 (10.00%) Publishing
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (10.00%) LiveLink
6 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (10.00%) MS Office
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (10.00%) Windows
6 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
6 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
6 1 (10.00%) Documentum
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (10.00%) Intranet
6 1 (10.00%) Extranet
6 1 (10.00%) EDRMS
6 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
6 1 (10.00%) QA
6 1 (10.00%) Alfresco
6 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (10.00%) Budget Control

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) LiveLink
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (10.00%) Documentum
1 1 (10.00%) Alfresco
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Project
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
1 1 (10.00%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) EDRMS
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Publishing
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Business Change Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Business Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (30.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 2 (20.00%) Change Control
5 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Budget Control
5 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (10.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft