Hertfordshire Project Leader Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Project Leader role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bristol Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry East of England England Essex Glasgow Halifax Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds London Manchester North East North West Pudsey Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Staines Surrey Tyne and Wear UK Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	79	89
Rank change on same period last year	+10
Matching contract IT job ads	10	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.701 %	0.284 %
Daily rates quoted	9	4
Average minimum daily rate	£406	£289
Average daily rate	£460	£289
% change on same period last year	+59.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£514	£289
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.65 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£47.40	£22.50
% change on same period last year	+110.66 %
Job Titles Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1426	1759
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.901 %	1.780 %
Daily rates quoted	522	682
Average minimum daily rate	£359	£330
Average daily rate	£386	£350
% change on same period last year	+10.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£413	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	181	161
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.27	£22.02
Average hourly rate	£25.34	£23.13
% change on same period last year	+9.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.41	£24.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
Project Leader East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Project Leader
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Leader across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Leader across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Leader across the Hertfordshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Leader within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Watford	-	1	£380	-

Project Leader East of England

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Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Project Leader 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 Leader in their job title.

1 7 (53.85 %) Project Management 1 7 (53.85 %) Retail 2 5 (38.46 %) Migration 3 4 (30.77 %) Finance 3 4 (30.77 %) Cognos 3 4 (30.77 %) Business Intelligence 3 4 (30.77 %) MicroStrategy 4 3 (23.08 %) Cisco 4 3 (23.08 %) Cisco Certification 4 3 (23.08 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 5 2 (15.38 %) PCI DSS 6 1 (7.692 %) Change Management 6 1 (7.692 %) Data Security 6 1 (7.692 %) .NET 6 1 (7.692 %) Linux

6 1 (7.692 %) IBM 6 1 (7.692 %) Microsoft 6 1 (7.692 %) Novell 6 1 (7.692 %) EPoS 6 1 (7.692 %) WebSphere MQ 6 1 (7.692 %) Tivoli 6 1 (7.692 %) WebSphere

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Project Leader 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 Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (7.692 %) .NET 1 1 (7.692 %) WebSphere	Application Platforms 1 1 (7.692 %) WebSphere MQ
General 1 7 (53.85 %) Retail 2 4 (30.77 %) Finance	Miscellaneous 1 1 (7.692 %) EPoS
Operating Systems 1 1 (7.692 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (53.85 %) Project Management 2 5 (38.46 %) Migration 3 4 (30.77 %) Business Intelligence 4 3 (23.08 %) Cost-Benefit Analysis 5 1 (7.692 %) Change Management 5 1 (7.692 %) Data Security
Qualifications 1 3 (23.08 %) Cisco Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (15.38 %) PCI DSS
Systems Management 1 1 (7.692 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 4 (30.77 %) Cognos 1 4 (30.77 %) MicroStrategy 2 3 (23.08 %) Cisco 3 1 (7.692 %) IBM 3 1 (7.692 %) Microsoft 3 1 (7.692 %) Novell