The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Planning over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 47 65 58
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 16 5 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 2.512% 0.512% 0.685%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.501% 0.773% 1.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 3
Average daily rate £425 £350 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +18.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £213 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £426 £379
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £11.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
457 647 547
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.74% 66.22% 62.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 289 238
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 55 78
Average hourly rate £21.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.29% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.75 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Planning
East of England

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

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 24 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
Royston - 3 £463 -
Welwyn Garden City +1 2 - -
Project Planning
East of England

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 9 (47.37%) Retail
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 5 (26.32%) Telecoms
3 5 (26.32%) Project Management
4 4 (21.05%) MOM
4 4 (21.05%) SAP
4 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
4 4 (21.05%) Wonderware
4 4 (21.05%) SAP MII
4 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.79%) Teradata
5 3 (15.79%) Legal
5 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
5 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.79%) QA
5 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (15.79%) ITIL
5 3 (15.79%) Six Sigma
5 3 (15.79%) MicroStrategy
6 2 (10.53%) PMI
6 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
6 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
6 2 (10.53%) Service Management
6 2 (10.53%) MS Project
6 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
6 2 (10.53%) RIA
6 2 (10.53%) Waterfall

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 Development
1 1 (5.263%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
1 2 (10.53%) MS Project
1 2 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (21.05%) SAP MII
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.263%) OLTP
General
1 9 (47.37%) Retail
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 5 (26.32%) Telecoms
4 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
5 3 (15.79%) Legal
6 2 (10.53%) Spanish Language
7 1 (5.263%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Project Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Junior Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Applications Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Applications Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Junior
4 1 (5.263%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) PMI
1 2 (10.53%) RIA
2 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) UNIX
1 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Project Management
2 4 (21.05%) PRINCE2
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
3 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL
3 3 (15.79%) Six Sigma
4 2 (10.53%) Service Management
4 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
4 2 (10.53%) Waterfall
4 2 (10.53%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (5.263%) Web Application Development
5 1 (5.263%) SOA
5 1 (5.263%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) C
1 1 (5.263%) Java
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) MOM
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) SAP
1 4 (21.05%) Wonderware
2 3 (15.79%) Teradata
2 3 (15.79%) MicroStrategy
3 1 (5.263%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle