The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning 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 Guildford 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 Planning
Rank 22 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 10 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 4.651% 0.840% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.711% 1.408% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
149 71 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 69.30% 59.66% 54.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 34 36
Average daily rate £425 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.86% +13.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £325 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 1
Average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -15.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Project Planning
Surrey

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Guildford Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

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 Guildford region.

Guildford Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 11 (68.75%) Project Management
1 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
2 8 (50.00%) PMI Certification
3 6 (37.50%) Change Control
3 6 (37.50%) PRINCE
3 6 (37.50%) MS Project
4 5 (31.25%) PMI
4 5 (31.25%) Critical Path Analysis
5 4 (25.00%) Degree
5 4 (25.00%) Finance
5 4 (25.00%) Ericsson
5 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (18.75%) CRM
6 3 (18.75%) VBA
6 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (18.75%) PMP
7 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 2 (12.50%) C
8 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL
8 1 (6.250%) SQL
8 1 (6.250%) VB
8 1 (6.250%) J2EE
8 1 (6.250%) Oracle
8 1 (6.250%) Ant
8 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (6.250%) ClearCase
8 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
8 1 (6.250%) Adabas

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 Development
1 1 (6.250%) J2EE
1 1 (6.250%) Middleware
1 1 (6.250%) ASP
1 1 (6.250%) EJB
1 1 (6.250%) Web Services
1 1 (6.250%) XML
1 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
1 1 (6.250%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
1 1 (6.250%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (6.250%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 6 (37.50%) MS Project
2 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) Adabas
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Ant
1 1 (6.250%) ClearCase
1 1 (6.250%) RequisitePro
General
1 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
2 4 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (6.250%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Project Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Junior
3 2 (12.50%) Project Planner
4 1 (6.250%) Project Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Project Support Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Project Support Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Business Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Project Administrator
4 1 (6.250%) Project Support Officer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Project Management
2 6 (37.50%) Change Control
2 6 (37.50%) PRINCE
3 5 (31.25%) Critical Path Analysis
4 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 3 (18.75%) CRM
6 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 1 (6.250%) UML
7 1 (6.250%) Budget Control
7 1 (6.250%) Waterfall
7 1 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (6.250%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) VBA
2 2 (12.50%) C
3 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL
3 1 (6.250%) SQL
3 1 (6.250%) VB
3 1 (6.250%) NATURAL
3 1 (6.250%) VB6
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (18.75%) PMP
4 1 (6.250%) ISEB
4 1 (6.250%) Sun Certification
4 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.250%) SCJP
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Sun
2 1 (6.250%) Primavera