The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 21 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 14 12 13
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 58 81 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 8.869% 8.411% 8.363%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.45% 12.76% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 28 37
Average daily rate £400 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £275 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £490 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Average hourly rate £21.50 £12.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £26.28 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+33.69% -13.83%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
466 635 530
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.25% 65.94% 62.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 291 228
Average daily rate £401 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.80% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 54 79
Average hourly rate £21.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.84% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.95 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Watford +4 8 £325 -
Welwyn Garden City +2 6 - -
Rickmansworth 0 4 £225 -
Stevenage - 2 £375 -
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Project Management 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 Management.

1 58 (44.62%) Finance
1 58 (44.62%) Retail
2 41 (31.54%) E-Commerce
3 33 (25.38%) PRINCE2
4 27 (20.77%) Time Management
5 23 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (16.15%) Waterfall
7 18 (13.85%) Java
8 17 (13.08%) Games
8 17 (13.08%) Change Control
9 16 (12.31%) MS Excel
9 16 (12.31%) IBM
9 16 (12.31%) Microsoft
10 15 (11.54%) J2EE
10 15 (11.54%) WebSphere
11 14 (10.77%) Risk Management
12 13 (10.00%) MS Project
12 13 (10.00%) MS Office
13 12 (9.231%) SQL
13 12 (9.231%) Change Management
13 12 (9.231%) Degree
14 11 (8.462%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (8.462%) Six Sigma
15 10 (7.692%) Service Management
15 10 (7.692%) ITIL
15 10 (7.692%) Marketing
15 10 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
16 9 (6.923%) Systems Analysis
16 9 (6.923%) Telecoms
16 9 (6.923%) Programme Management

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Project Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (11.54%) J2EE
1 15 (11.54%) WebSphere
2 6 (4.615%) Web Services
3 3 (2.308%) Mason
3 3 (2.308%) Middleware
3 3 (2.308%) .NET
3 3 (2.308%) HTML
4 2 (1.538%) XML
4 2 (1.538%) COM
4 2 (1.538%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.769%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.769%) JSON
5 1 (0.769%) HTML5
5 1 (0.769%) jQuery
5 1 (0.769%) Qt
5 1 (0.769%) OpenGL
5 1 (0.769%) XHTML
5 1 (0.769%) CSS
5 1 (0.769%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.308%) NetWeaver
2 2 (1.538%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.769%) Joomla!
3 1 (0.769%) SugarCRM
3 1 (0.769%) Lync
3 1 (0.769%) LiveSite
3 1 (0.769%) Force.com
3 1 (0.769%) CMS
3 1 (0.769%) TeamSite
3 1 (0.769%) Apache
Applications
1 16 (12.31%) MS Excel
2 13 (10.00%) MS Project
2 13 (10.00%) MS Office
3 10 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (2.308%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.538%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.538%) Fireworks
5 2 (1.538%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.769%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (2.308%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.769%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.385%) VoIP
2 6 (4.615%) SAN
3 5 (3.846%) Firewall
3 5 (3.846%) VPN
4 4 (3.077%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.538%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (1.538%) WAN
5 2 (1.538%) Internet
6 1 (0.769%) Network Security
6 1 (0.769%) HTTP
6 1 (0.769%) GSM
6 1 (0.769%) LAN
6 1 (0.769%) SMS
6 1 (0.769%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.308%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.769%) OLTP
2 1 (0.769%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (1.538%) Axure RP
1 2 (1.538%) JIRA
2 1 (0.769%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 58 (44.62%) Finance
1 58 (44.62%) Retail
2 17 (13.08%) Games
3 10 (7.692%) Marketing
4 9 (6.923%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.846%) Legal
6 4 (3.077%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.308%) Publishing
8 2 (1.538%) Dutch Language
8 2 (1.538%) French Language
8 2 (1.538%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.769%) Portuguese Language
9 1 (0.769%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 59 (45.38%) Project Manager
2 23 (17.69%) Analyst
3 18 (13.85%) Business Analyst
4 16 (12.31%) E-Commerce Project Manager
4 16 (12.31%) E-Commerce Manager
5 9 (6.923%) Infrastructure Manager
6 7 (5.385%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 5 (3.846%) Head of IT
7 5 (3.846%) Programme Manager
7 5 (3.846%) IT Manager
7 5 (3.846%) Business Systems Analyst
7 5 (3.846%) Systems Analyst
8 4 (3.077%) Support Analyst
8 4 (3.077%) Development Manager
8 4 (3.077%) Architect
8 4 (3.077%) Consultant
8 4 (3.077%) Project Analyst
8 4 (3.077%) Software Manager
8 4 (3.077%) Software Project Manager
8 4 (3.077%) Development Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.154%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (2.308%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.308%) PMI
2 3 (2.308%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.538%) RIA
3 2 (1.538%) Psychology
4 1 (0.769%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.769%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.769%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.769%) SaaS
4 1 (0.769%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (0.769%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (0.769%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.385%) Linux
2 4 (3.077%) Windows
3 2 (1.538%) UNIX
3 2 (1.538%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (1.538%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.769%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.769%) bada
4 1 (0.769%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.769%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (0.769%) CentOS
4 1 (0.769%) Windows 2000
4 1 (0.769%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (31.54%) E-Commerce
2 33 (25.38%) PRINCE2
3 27 (20.77%) Time Management
4 23 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (16.15%) Waterfall
6 17 (13.08%) Change Control
7 14 (10.77%) Risk Management
8 12 (9.231%) Change Management
9 11 (8.462%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (8.462%) Six Sigma
10 10 (7.692%) Service Management
10 10 (7.692%) ITIL
11 9 (6.923%) Systems Analysis
11 9 (6.923%) Programme Management
12 8 (6.154%) Lean Six Sigma
13 6 (4.615%) SOA
13 6 (4.615%) PRINCE
13 6 (4.615%) Service Delivery
14 5 (3.846%) ITIL V3
14 5 (3.846%) Agile Project Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.85%) Java
2 12 (9.231%) SQL
3 3 (2.308%) ABAP
4 2 (1.538%) C#
4 2 (1.538%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.769%) C
5 1 (0.769%) VB
5 1 (0.769%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.769%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (9.231%) Degree
2 8 (6.154%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 8 (6.154%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 8 (6.154%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 6 (4.615%) PMI Certification
4 5 (3.846%) PMP
5 4 (3.077%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (2.308%) ISEB
7 2 (1.538%) CISSP
7 2 (1.538%) CISM
8 1 (0.769%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.769%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.615%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.538%) QA
3 1 (0.769%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.077%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.769%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (12.31%) IBM
1 16 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.615%) SAP
3 4 (3.077%) Oracle
3 4 (3.077%) Salesforce.com
4 3 (2.308%) HP
4 3 (2.308%) Red Hat
4 3 (2.308%) Cisco
5 2 (1.538%) Epicor
5 2 (1.538%) Remedy
5 2 (1.538%) ATG
6 1 (0.769%) Planview
6 1 (0.769%) Omniture
6 1 (0.769%) Brocade
6 1 (0.769%) Pega
6 1 (0.769%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.769%) Citrix
6 1 (0.769%) Adobe
6 1 (0.769%) Symbian
6 1 (0.769%) PeopleSoft