The first table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMP 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 Qualifications for the Lancashire 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
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing PMP 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £450 £450
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £44.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
+15.78% -7.87%
All Qualifications
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
51 183 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 24.17% 44.42% 25.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 109 30
Average daily rate £331 £423 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.59% +30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £90 £277 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £545 £408
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 12
Average hourly rate £19.04 £22.75 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.30% -36.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £14.00 £27.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £29.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
PMP
North West

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PMP across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Lancashire PMP Jobs Demand Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing PMP 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 PMP.

1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) C
4 1 (20.00%) MS Project
4 1 (20.00%) HP

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing PMP 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 PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) QA Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) PRINCE
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) HP