The first table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMP 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 Qualifications for the Hertfordshire 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
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank 61 73 61
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -12
Contract jobs citing PMP 3 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.461% 0.205% 0.351%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.586% 1.163% 2.400%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £444 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -22.82%
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £450 £450
% change year-on-year
-6.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- -7.87%
All Qualifications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
116 172 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 17.82% 17.60% 14.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 72 34
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £164 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 25
Average hourly rate £25.25 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.50 £21.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PMP
East of England

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PMP across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Hertfordshire PMP Jobs Demand Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing PMP 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 PMP.

1 7 (77.78%) PMI Certification
2 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 5 (55.56%) Project Management
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
4 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
5 2 (22.22%) SOA
5 2 (22.22%) VoIP
5 2 (22.22%) C#
5 2 (22.22%) .NET
5 2 (22.22%) MS Project
5 2 (22.22%) Web Services
5 2 (22.22%) XML
5 2 (22.22%) Product Marketing
5 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Retail
5 2 (22.22%) Marketing
5 2 (22.22%) JIRA
5 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
5 2 (22.22%) QA
5 2 (22.22%) Scrum
6 1 (11.11%) Electronics

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing PMP 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 PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
1 2 (22.22%) XML
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
1 2 (22.22%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Retail
1 2 (22.22%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Business Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Contracts Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 5 (55.56%) Project Management
3 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (44.44%) Business Analysis
3 4 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) SOA
4 2 (22.22%) Product Marketing
4 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
4 2 (22.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft