The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Gloucestershire 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
Project Manager
Rank 29 26 29
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 9 45 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 3.273% 6.726% 4.695%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.435% 7.246% 5.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 33 10
Average daily rate £390 £400 £419
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -4.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £352 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £450 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
262 621 398
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 95.27% 92.83% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 366 159
Average daily rate £380 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £276 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 33 61
Average hourly rate £16.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £21.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £37.40 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
South West

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

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 Project Manager within the Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester +16 5 £380 -10.58%
Cheltenham +23 1 - -
Project Manager
South West

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title.

1 12 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 11 (37.93%) PRINCE2
3 9 (31.03%) Finance
4 8 (27.59%) Project Management
4 8 (27.59%) DV Cleared
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (20.69%) Document Management
6 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
6 6 (20.69%) C
6 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (20.69%) Information Assurance
6 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (20.69%) Change Control
6 6 (20.69%) Requirements Management
7 4 (13.79%) Test Management
8 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
9 2 (6.897%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
9 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
10 1 (3.448%) Cisco
10 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
10 1 (3.448%) PRINCE
10 1 (3.448%) MS Office
10 1 (3.448%) SAP
10 1 (3.448%) Windows
10 1 (3.448%) Change Management
10 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (3.448%) Banking
10 1 (3.448%) Retail
10 1 (3.448%) Economics

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.897%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Office
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.448%) Banking
3 1 (3.448%) Retail
3 1 (3.448%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) Economics
1 1 (3.448%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.448%) Windows
1 1 (3.448%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) PRINCE2
2 8 (27.59%) Project Management
3 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (20.69%) Document Management
4 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
4 6 (20.69%) Information Assurance
4 6 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (20.69%) Change Control
4 6 (20.69%) Requirements Management
5 4 (13.79%) Test Management
6 1 (3.448%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.448%) Change Management
6 1 (3.448%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.448%) Migration
6 1 (3.448%) Scrum
6 1 (3.448%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.448%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) DV Cleared
3 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (3.448%) Cisco
1 1 (3.448%) SAP