The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Project Manager
Rank 57 69 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.463% 0.104% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.486% 0.111% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £413 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £365 £450
% change year-on-year
+8.90% -18.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £37.50
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
617 902 814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 95.22% 93.96% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 398 340
Average daily rate £400 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £250 £216
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 87 105
Average hourly rate £17.47 £22.00 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.59% +35.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.05 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £37.00 £37.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Project Manager
East of England

Software Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Project Manager across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire Software Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Software Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Project Manager within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - -
Software Project Manager
East of England

Software Project Manager
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Software Project Manager 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 Software Project Manager in their job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Retail
2 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
2 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 3 (42.86%) Legal
4 2 (28.57%) Web Development
5 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (14.29%) Java

Software Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Software Project Manager 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 Software Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 6 (85.71%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Web Development
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification