Project Management Contracts in Lancashire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 14 16 15
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 16 32 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 8.163% 7.407% 7.143%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.22% 13.06% 13.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 14 6
Average daily rate £293 £333 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.03% -1.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £241 £155 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £331 £481 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
Average hourly rate - £21.50 £23.48
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -8.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 £26.39 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+33.45% -17.53%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 121 245 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 61.73% 56.71% 51.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 141 53
Average daily rate £315 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £190 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £422 £489 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 16
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.90 £16.00 £21.94
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.07 £21.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Blackpool +5 9 - -
Preston +13 3 £293 -32.98%
Lytham St Annes -4 1 £263 -28.08%
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1 14 (43.75%) Finance
2 10 (31.25%) Supplier Management
3 9 (28.13%) ISEB
4 7 (21.88%) Waterfall
5 6 (18.75%) Degree
5 6 (18.75%) APMP
5 6 (18.75%) CheckPoint
5 6 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (15.63%) PRINCE
6 5 (15.63%) PMP
6 5 (15.63%) PMI Certification
7 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
7 4 (12.50%) ISTQB
8 3 (9.375%) Service Management
8 3 (9.375%) Telecoms
8 3 (9.375%) ITIL
9 2 (6.250%) MS Project
9 2 (6.250%) SharePoint
9 2 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (6.250%) IBM
9 2 (6.250%) HP
9 2 (6.250%) zOS
9 2 (6.250%) Intranet
9 2 (6.250%) JCL
9 2 (6.250%) CICS
9 2 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (6.250%) Service Delivery
9 2 (6.250%) Management Information System
9 2 (6.250%) Banking

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (3.125%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.250%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.250%) CICS
2 1 (3.125%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.125%) Lync
2 1 (3.125%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.250%) MS Project
2 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) Intranet
2 1 (3.125%) Firewall
2 1 (3.125%) Wireless
2 1 (3.125%) NAS
2 1 (3.125%) Unified Communications
2 1 (3.125%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.125%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MSI
General
1 14 (43.75%) Finance
2 3 (9.375%) Telecoms
3 2 (6.250%) Marketing
3 2 (6.250%) Banking
4 1 (3.125%) Retail
4 1 (3.125%) Local Government
4 1 (3.125%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Project Manager
2 6 (18.75%) Supplier Manager
3 4 (12.50%) Test Manager
4 3 (9.375%) Analyst
5 2 (6.250%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.250%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (6.250%) Environment Manager
5 2 (6.250%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) NHS Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) ICT Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Head of Service Delivery
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (3.125%) Test Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) QA Analyst
6 1 (3.125%) Web Project Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Web Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.250%) Mainframe
1 2 (6.250%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.125%) Clustering
2 1 (3.125%) IPTV
2 1 (3.125%) FMCG
2 1 (3.125%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.125%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.250%) zOS
2 1 (3.125%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.125%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Supplier Management
2 7 (21.88%) Waterfall
3 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (18.75%) PRINCE2
4 5 (15.63%) PRINCE
5 4 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 3 (9.375%) Service Management
6 3 (9.375%) ITIL
7 2 (6.250%) Change Control
7 2 (6.250%) Test Strategy
7 2 (6.250%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (6.250%) Service Delivery
8 1 (3.125%) Data Security
8 1 (3.125%) Workflow
8 1 (3.125%) CMMI
8 1 (3.125%) Web Design
8 1 (3.125%) Programme Management
8 1 (3.125%) Performance Improvement
8 1 (3.125%) Statistical Analysis
8 1 (3.125%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.250%) JCL
2 1 (3.125%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) ISEB
2 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 6 (18.75%) APMP
3 5 (15.63%) PMP
3 5 (15.63%) PMI Certification
4 4 (12.50%) ISTQB
5 2 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (6.250%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.250%) BC Cleared
5 2 (6.250%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (3.125%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) SLA
1 1 (3.125%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.125%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.125%) SCCM
1 1 (3.125%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) CheckPoint
2 2 (6.250%) IBM
2 2 (6.250%) HP
3 1 (3.125%) Dell
3 1 (3.125%) Citrix
3 1 (3.125%) Hyperion
3 1 (3.125%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.125%) Oracle
3 1 (3.125%) Cisco
3 1 (3.125%) Primavera
3 1 (3.125%) VMware
Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
Therefore the successful candidate must be able to clearly demonstrate: - Extensive previous experience of Infrastructure Project Management - Previous experience of managing a wide range of infrastructure projects across...
Sanderson
Rate: £250 - £275 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
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