Hertfordshire Project Planning Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Planning over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Planning
Location Aberdeen Aldershot Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Clapham Coventry Croydon Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Ipswich Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West Norwich Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Salford Scotland Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	46	76
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	25	19
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	4.019 %	2.164 %
Daily rates quoted	10	4
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£310
Average daily rate	£268	£310
% change on same period last year	-13.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£287	£310
UK excluding London average daily rate	£325	£361
% change on same period last year	-9.86 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	-
Average hourly rate	£30.75	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.50	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.84	£30.75
% change on same period last year	-6.22 %
Processes & Methodologies Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	622	878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.999 %	0.943 %
Daily rates quoted	209	370
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£346
Average daily rate	£364	£369
% change on same period last year	-1.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£372
% change on same period last year	+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	72	91
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.59	£32.37
Average hourly rate	£32.56	£33.73
% change on same period last year	-3.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.53	£35.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.24	£29.63
% change on same period last year	-4.68 %
Project Planning 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 Planning
Demand Trend

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

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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	+22	3	£297	-
Welwyn Garden City	-	1	-	-
Rickmansworth	-	1	£250	-
Stevenage	-	1	-	-

Project Planning East of England

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 14 (33.33 %) Finance 2 12 (28.57 %) MS Office 2 12 (28.57 %) MS Excel 3 10 (23.81 %) MS Project 3 10 (23.81 %) Project Management 4 9 (21.43 %) UNIX 5 8 (19.05 %) PRINCE2 6 7 (16.67 %) MS PowerPoint 7 6 (14.29 %) Network Planning 7 6 (14.29 %) SDH 7 6 (14.29 %) 3G 8 5 (11.90 %) ClearQuest 8 5 (11.90 %) Acrobat 8 5 (11.90 %) CheckPoint 8 5 (11.90 %) Adobe

8 5 (11.90 %) PHP 8 5 (11.90 %) MySQL 8 5 (11.90 %) Business Development 9 4 (9.524 %) Financial Institution 10 3 (7.143 %) Telecoms 10 3 (7.143 %) Oracle 10 3 (7.143 %) SAP 10 3 (7.143 %) MS Visio 11 2 (4.762 %) SAS 11 2 (4.762 %) PVCS 11 2 (4.762 %) Windows 11 2 (4.762 %) SharePoint 11 2 (4.762 %) Datawarehouse 11 2 (4.762 %) ERP 11 2 (4.762 %) ISEB

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Application Platforms 1 2 (4.762 %) SharePoint 1 2 (4.762 %) SAS	Applications 1 12 (28.57 %) MS Office 1 12 (28.57 %) MS Excel 2 10 (23.81 %) MS Project 3 7 (16.67 %) MS PowerPoint 4 5 (11.90 %) Acrobat 5 3 (7.143 %) MS Visio
Business Applications 1 1 (2.381 %) Oracle Financials	Communications & Networking 1 6 (14.29 %) SDH 1 6 (14.29 %) 3G 2 1 (2.381 %) MPLS 2 1 (2.381 %) OSPF 2 1 (2.381 %) BGP 2 1 (2.381 %) EIGRP 2 1 (2.381 %) VRRP 2 1 (2.381 %) Firewall 2 1 (2.381 %) WAN 2 1 (2.381 %) SMTP 2 1 (2.381 %) FTP 2 1 (2.381 %) HTTP 2 1 (2.381 %) SNMP 2 1 (2.381 %) ADSL 2 1 (2.381 %) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (11.90 %) MySQL 2 2 (4.762 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (4.762 %) Base SAS 3 1 (2.381 %) DB2 3 1 (2.381 %) Oracle Reports 3 1 (2.381 %) MS Access	Development Applications 1 5 (11.90 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (4.762 %) PVCS 2 2 (4.762 %) WinRunner 2 2 (4.762 %) TestDirector 2 2 (4.762 %) QuickTest Pro 2 2 (4.762 %) LoadRunner 3 1 (2.381 %) RequisitePro
General 1 14 (33.33 %) Finance 2 4 (9.524 %) Financial Institution 3 3 (7.143 %) Telecoms 4 2 (4.762 %) Retail 5 1 (2.381 %) Marketing 5 1 (2.381 %) FMCG 5 1 (2.381 %) Pharmaceutical 5 1 (2.381 %) Education	Job Titles 1 15 (35.71 %) Analyst 2 11 (26.19 %) Project Analyst 3 10 (23.81 %) Support Analyst 3 10 (23.81 %) Project Support Analyst 4 6 (14.29 %) Project Manager 4 6 (14.29 %) Developer 4 6 (14.29 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 5 5 (11.90 %) PHP Developer 6 3 (7.143 %) Project Office Analyst 6 3 (7.143 %) Project Office Support 7 2 (4.762 %) Project Planner 7 2 (4.762 %) Coordinator 7 2 (4.762 %) Consultant 7 2 (4.762 %) SAS Consultant 8 1 (2.381 %) SAS Programmer 8 1 (2.381 %) ERP Project Manager 8 1 (2.381 %) Systems Engineer 8 1 (2.381 %) Programmer 8 1 (2.381 %) Architect 8 1 (2.381 %) Data Migration Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 1 (2.381 %) PMI 1 1 (2.381 %) Mainframe 1 1 (2.381 %) Statistics	Operating Systems 1 9 (21.43 %) UNIX 2 2 (4.762 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 10 (23.81 %) Project Management 2 8 (19.05 %) PRINCE2 3 6 (14.29 %) Network Planning 4 5 (11.90 %) Business Development 5 2 (4.762 %) Test Management 5 2 (4.762 %) ERP 5 2 (4.762 %) Validation 6 1 (2.381 %) Migration 6 1 (2.381 %) Business Continuity 6 1 (2.381 %) Document Management 6 1 (2.381 %) PRINCE 6 1 (2.381 %) BPR 6 1 (2.381 %) UML 6 1 (2.381 %) Time Management 6 1 (2.381 %) Data Migration 6 1 (2.381 %) Data Mapping 6 1 (2.381 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (2.381 %) Change Management	Programming Languages 1 5 (11.90 %) PHP
Qualifications 1 2 (4.762 %) ISEB 2 1 (2.381 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (2.381 %) Degree 2 1 (2.381 %) CCIE 2 1 (2.381 %) CCSP 2 1 (2.381 %) CCNP 2 1 (2.381 %) CCNA	System Software 1 1 (2.381 %) NetBackup
Vendors 1 5 (11.90 %) Adobe 1 5 (11.90 %) CheckPoint 2 3 (7.143 %) Oracle 2 3 (7.143 %) SAP 3 2 (4.762 %) Hyperion 4 1 (2.381 %) Nokia 4 1 (2.381 %) EMC 4 1 (2.381 %) Alcatel 4 1 (2.381 %) Cisco 4 1 (2.381 %) IBM 4 1 (2.381 %) Microsoft 4 1 (2.381 %) Primavera 4 1 (2.381 %) BT