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The table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills within the Home Counties 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Management
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1022
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.012 %
As % of the category below7.143 %12.12 %
Daily rates quoted36
Average minimum daily rate£417£288
Average daily rate£425£288
% change on same period last year+47.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£433£288
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£377
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.73£29.01
% change on same period last year+2.48 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads4299
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.059 %0.100 %
Daily rates quoted415
Average minimum daily rate£490£336
Average daily rate£495£346
% change on same period last year+42.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.80
Average hourly rate-£33.20
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Project Management South EastProject Management
South East

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 Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Home Counties Project Management Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Home Counties Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Home Counties region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Home Counties Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

14 (80.00 %)Finance
23 (60.00 %)Microsoft
32 (40.00 %)Change Management
32 (40.00 %)Stakeholder Management
32 (40.00 %)ISEB
32 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
32 (40.00 %)MS Excel
32 (40.00 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (20.00 %)NGN
41 (20.00 %)Migration
41 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
41 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
41 (20.00 %)Novell
41 (20.00 %)Lotus
41 (20.00 %)GroupWise
41 (20.00 %)Blackberry
41 (20.00 %)Network Design
41 (20.00 %)Supplier Management
41 (20.00 %)E-Procurement

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (20.00 %)GroupWise
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (40.00 %)MS Excel
12 (40.00 %)MS PowerPoint
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)NGN
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (80.00 %)Finance
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Systems Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Design Engineer
21 (20.00 %)BlackBerry Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Implementation Engineer
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Blackberry
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)PRINCE2
12 (40.00 %)Change Management
12 (40.00 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (20.00 %)Network Design
21 (20.00 %)Supplier Management
21 (20.00 %)E-Procurement
21 (20.00 %)Migration
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (40.00 %)ISEB
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Microsoft
21 (20.00 %)Novell
21 (20.00 %)Lotus