The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning over the 3 months to 24 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 Halifax 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 12 28 22
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -6
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 8 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 6.667% 1.322% 1.639%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.889% 1.596% 2.353%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 2
Average daily rate £439 £420 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.52% +37.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £340 £191
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £432 £421
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
90 188 85
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 75.00% 82.82% 69.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 160 56
Average daily rate £380 £390 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -5.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £277 £265 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
Average hourly rate - £13.50 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +92.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Planning
West Yorkshire

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax 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 Halifax region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Halifax Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 12 (100.00%) Project Management
2 11 (91.67%) Finance
2 11 (91.67%) Banking
3 8 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (58.33%) PRINCE2
5 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
6 3 (25.00%) APMP
7 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
7 2 (16.67%) Retail
8 1 (8.333%) Critical Path Analysis
8 1 (8.333%) SAP
8 1 (8.333%) Regression Testing
8 1 (8.333%) SMS
8 1 (8.333%) HP
8 1 (8.333%) ISEB
8 1 (8.333%) SAP HR
8 1 (8.333%) QA
8 1 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
8 1 (8.333%) Performance Testing
8 1 (8.333%) Test Management
8 1 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (8.333%) Process Improvement
8 1 (8.333%) Test Strategy

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) SMS
General
1 11 (91.67%) Finance
1 11 (91.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Retail Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Test Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Project Management
2 8 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (58.33%) PRINCE2
4 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 1 (8.333%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) Regression Testing
5 1 (8.333%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Performance Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Test Management
5 1 (8.333%) Process Improvement
5 1 (8.333%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) APMP
2 1 (8.333%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) SAP
1 1 (8.333%) HP