Hertfordshire Project Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Amersham Andover Argyll and Bute Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beckenham Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham City of London Clapham Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Dunstable East Anglia East Kilbride East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Gateshead Gatwick Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenwich Guernsey Guildford Gwent Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Helensburgh Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Huntingdon Huntingdonshire Inverness Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lichfield Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Musselburgh New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Pudsey Reading Redcar Redditch Redhill Renfrewshire Rhyl Rickmansworth Romford Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witney Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 28 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	7	14
Rank change on same period last year	+7
Matching contract IT job ads	160	153
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.213 %	0.153 %
As % of the category below	18.14 %	15.99 %
Daily rates quoted	63	88
Average minimum daily rate	£434	£375
Average daily rate	£458	£402
% change on same period last year	+13.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£483	£430
UK excluding London average daily rate	£395	£387
% change on same period last year	+1.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.67	£18.50
Average hourly rate	£48.33	£20.19
% change on same period last year	+139.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£51.00	£21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.43	£29.93
% change on same period last year	-5.02 %
Processes & Methodologies Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	882	957
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.173 %	0.955 %
Daily rates quoted	319	401
Average minimum daily rate	£378	£353
Average daily rate	£406	£373
% change on same period last year	+8.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£433	£394
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£376
% change on same period last year	+0.69 %
Hourly rates quoted	99	95
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.98	£27.69
Average hourly rate	£30.69	£29.50
% change on same period last year	+4.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.39	£31.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.35	£30.32
% change on same period last year	+0.10 %
Project Management 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 Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies 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 Management 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 Management across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 28 August 2008.

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Management 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 Management within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 28 August 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	+15	26	£498	+37.22 %
Rickmansworth	+2	12	-	-
Stevenage	+4	3	-	-
Letchworth	-	1	£200	-

Project Management East of England

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, 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.

1 120 (37.50 %) PRINCE2 2 103 (32.19 %) Finance 3 53 (16.56 %) Oracle 4 46 (14.38 %) Telecoms 5 42 (13.13 %) Java 6 36 (11.25 %) Retail 7 29 (9.063 %) MS Project 8 27 (8.438 %) Stakeholder Management 8 27 (8.438 %) Microsoft 9 23 (7.188 %) E-Commerce 10 22 (6.875 %) Banking 11 21 (6.563 %) Financial Institution 12 20 (6.250 %) Time Management 13 19 (5.938 %) Solaris 13 19 (5.938 %) PRINCE

14 18 (5.625 %) MS Office 14 18 (5.625 %) Supplier Management 15 17 (5.313 %) Change Management 15 17 (5.313 %) Middleware 16 15 (4.688 %) UNIX 16 15 (4.688 %) J2EE 17 14 (4.375 %) Migration 17 14 (4.375 %) German Language 18 13 (4.063 %) Degree 18 13 (4.063 %) PMI 19 12 (3.750 %) SQL 19 12 (3.750 %) Matrix Management 20 11 (3.438 %) Service Delivery 20 11 (3.438 %) Windows 20 11 (3.438 %) GPRS

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 28 August 2008, 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 17 (5.313 %) Middleware 2 15 (4.688 %) J2EE 3 10 (3.125 %) .NET 4 8 (2.500 %) WebSphere 5 3 (0.938 %) HTML 5 3 (0.938 %) ASP 5 3 (0.938 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (0.313 %) CSS 6 1 (0.313 %) XML 6 1 (0.313 %) XSLT 6 1 (0.313 %) ActiveX 6 1 (0.313 %) MVC 6 1 (0.313 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 9 (2.813 %) WebLogic 2 3 (0.938 %) Lotus Notes 2 3 (0.938 %) WebSphere MQ 2 3 (0.938 %) Office Project Server 3 1 (0.313 %) BizTalk Server 3 1 (0.313 %) IIS
Applications 1 29 (9.063 %) MS Project 2 18 (5.625 %) MS Office 3 11 (3.438 %) MS Excel 4 4 (1.250 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (0.625 %) MS Visio 6 1 (0.313 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 2 (0.625 %) Academy Housing 1 2 (0.625 %) arcHouse 2 1 (0.313 %) SAP ERP 2 1 (0.313 %) PeopleSoft Financials 2 1 (0.313 %) Navision
Communications & Networking 1 11 (3.438 %) GPRS 1 11 (3.438 %) 3G 2 6 (1.875 %) Firewall 3 5 (1.563 %) GSM 4 3 (0.938 %) DECT 4 3 (0.938 %) PBX 4 3 (0.938 %) SMS 4 3 (0.938 %) VoIP 4 3 (0.938 %) Symposium 4 3 (0.938 %) Nortel Meridian 5 2 (0.625 %) Network Security 5 2 (0.625 %) Intrusion Detection 5 2 (0.625 %) WAN 6 1 (0.313 %) VPN 6 1 (0.313 %) SSL 6 1 (0.313 %) SAN 6 1 (0.313 %) DMZ 6 1 (0.313 %) Intranet 6 1 (0.313 %) Internet 6 1 (0.313 %) WLAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (2.813 %) SQL Server 2 5 (1.563 %) SQL Server 2000 3 4 (1.250 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 3 4 (1.250 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 4 (1.250 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 4 3 (0.938 %) Datawarehouse 4 3 (0.938 %) OLAP 4 3 (0.938 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 3 (0.938 %) SQL Server 2005 4 3 (0.938 %) SQL Server Integration Services 5 2 (0.625 %) DB2 5 2 (0.625 %) Data Mining 6 1 (0.313 %) Reference Data 6 1 (0.313 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 3 (0.938 %) ClearCase 1 3 (0.938 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (0.625 %) RequisitePro 2 2 (0.625 %) CaliberRM 3 1 (0.313 %) Flash 3 1 (0.313 %) Telelogic DOORS	General 1 103 (32.19 %) Finance 2 46 (14.38 %) Telecoms 3 36 (11.25 %) Retail 4 22 (6.875 %) Banking 5 21 (6.563 %) Financial Institution 6 10 (3.125 %) Pharmaceutical 6 10 (3.125 %) Pensions 7 9 (2.813 %) Education 8 7 (2.188 %) Insurance 9 6 (1.875 %) Billing 9 6 (1.875 %) Legal 10 4 (1.250 %) Health 10 4 (1.250 %) Games 10 4 (1.250 %) Electronics 10 4 (1.250 %) Marketing 11 2 (0.625 %) Construction 11 2 (0.625 %) Government 12 1 (0.313 %) Manufacturing 12 1 (0.313 %) Electric 12 1 (0.313 %) Aerospace
Job Titles 1 187 (58.44 %) Project Manager 2 40 (12.50 %) Senior Manager 3 36 (11.25 %) Senior Project Manager 4 29 (9.063 %) Analyst 5 28 (8.750 %) Development Manager 6 19 (5.938 %) Business Analyst 7 15 (4.688 %) Delivery Manager 8 14 (4.375 %) Infrastructure Manager 9 13 (4.063 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 10 12 (3.750 %) Consultant 11 11 (3.438 %) E-Commerce Project Manager 11 11 (3.438 %) E-Commerce Manager 11 11 (3.438 %) Business Manager 12 10 (3.125 %) Business Project Manager 12 10 (3.125 %) Programme Manager 13 9 (2.813 %) IT Manager 13 9 (2.813 %) Implementation Manager 13 9 (2.813 %) Change Manager 14 8 (2.500 %) Service Manager 14 8 (2.500 %) IT Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 14 (4.375 %) German Language 2 13 (4.063 %) PMI 3 5 (1.563 %) EPoS 3 5 (1.563 %) CMDB 4 3 (0.938 %) Handset 5 2 (0.625 %) CCTV 5 2 (0.625 %) Mainframe 5 2 (0.625 %) Informatics 6 1 (0.313 %) N-Tier 6 1 (0.313 %) Management Information System 6 1 (0.313 %) SCADA 6 1 (0.313 %) Web 2.0
Operating Systems 1 19 (5.938 %) Solaris 2 15 (4.688 %) UNIX 3 11 (3.438 %) Windows 4 4 (1.250 %) Linux 5 2 (0.625 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (0.313 %) HPUX 6 1 (0.313 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (0.313 %) Windows XP 6 1 (0.313 %) Mac OS X	Processes & Methodologies 1 120 (37.50 %) PRINCE2 2 27 (8.438 %) Stakeholder Management 3 23 (7.188 %) E-Commerce 4 20 (6.250 %) Time Management 5 19 (5.938 %) PRINCE 6 18 (5.625 %) Supplier Management 7 17 (5.313 %) Change Management 8 14 (4.375 %) Migration 9 12 (3.750 %) Matrix Management 10 11 (3.438 %) Service Delivery 10 11 (3.438 %) Configuration Management 11 9 (2.813 %) ITIL 11 9 (2.813 %) Risk Management 11 9 (2.813 %) Security Cleared 12 8 (2.500 %) Business Analysis 13 7 (2.188 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 7 (2.188 %) CMMI 13 7 (2.188 %) Business Intelligence 14 6 (1.875 %) Performance Management 14 6 (1.875 %) Software Engineering
Programming Languages 1 42 (13.13 %) Java 2 12 (3.750 %) SQL 3 2 (0.625 %) Transact-SQL 3 2 (0.625 %) C# 3 2 (0.625 %) VBA 4 1 (0.313 %) Erlang 4 1 (0.313 %) C 4 1 (0.313 %) DHTML 4 1 (0.313 %) JavaScript 4 1 (0.313 %) VBScript 4 1 (0.313 %) VB 4 1 (0.313 %) VB.NET	Qualifications 1 13 (4.063 %) Degree 2 8 (2.500 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 4 (1.250 %) ISEB 4 3 (0.938 %) Cisco Certification 4 3 (0.938 %) CCSA 5 2 (0.625 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 2 (0.625 %) ITIL Certification 5 2 (0.625 %) PMP 5 2 (0.625 %) PMI Certification 5 2 (0.625 %) HNC 6 1 (0.313 %) HND 6 1 (0.313 %) MCSE 6 1 (0.313 %) CCNA 6 1 (0.313 %) MBA 6 1 (0.313 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 10 (3.125 %) QA 2 8 (2.500 %) ISO9001 3 4 (1.250 %) GMP 3 4 (1.250 %) PCI DSS 4 1 (0.313 %) 21 CFR Part 11 4 1 (0.313 %) WAI	System Software 1 2 (0.625 %) NetBackup 2 1 (0.313 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 1 (0.313 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.313 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 3 (0.938 %) Tivoli	Vendors 1 53 (16.56 %) Oracle 2 27 (8.438 %) Microsoft 3 9 (2.813 %) IBM 4 7 (2.188 %) HP 5 6 (1.875 %) SAP 6 5 (1.563 %) Cisco 6 5 (1.563 %) BMC 7 4 (1.250 %) CheckPoint 7 4 (1.250 %) PeopleSoft 8 3 (0.938 %) Cognos 8 3 (0.938 %) EMC 8 3 (0.938 %) Nortel 8 3 (0.938 %) MicroStrategy 8 3 (0.938 %) Novell 8 3 (0.938 %) Lotus 8 3 (0.938 %) BT 9 2 (0.625 %) Anite 9 2 (0.625 %) Hyperion 9 2 (0.625 %) Northgate 9 2 (0.625 %) Civica