The first table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMP over the 3 months to 21 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 Leeds 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank 67 62 51
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -11
Contract jobs citing PMP 5 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.661% 0.449% 0.657%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.788% 2.484% 4.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
Average daily rate £213 £310 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.45% +58.97%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £473
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -7.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- -7.87%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
132 161 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 17.44% 18.09% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 101 44
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £213 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £501 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 11
Average hourly rate £13.58 £12.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.12% -45.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.65 £12.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.75 £50.00 £26.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
PMP
West Yorkshire

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 8 (88.89%) PRINCE2
1 8 (88.89%) PMI Certification
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 5 (55.56%) Change Management
4 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (33.33%) Retail
5 3 (33.33%) Migration
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) Project Management
6 2 (22.22%) UNIX
6 2 (22.22%) Windows
6 2 (22.22%) Linux
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 2 (22.22%) Change Control
7 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
7 1 (11.11%) iSCSI
7 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (11.11%) NAS
7 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
7 1 (11.11%) vSphere
7 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
7 1 (11.11%) APMP
7 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
7 1 (11.11%) FCoE
7 1 (11.11%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (11.11%) HP

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) iSCSI
1 1 (11.11%) NAS
1 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
1 1 (11.11%) FCoE
1 1 (11.11%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Data Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Junior
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) PRINCE2
2 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 5 (55.56%) Change Management
4 3 (33.33%) Migration
4 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Change Control
6 1 (11.11%) Matrix Management
6 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) PMI Certification
2 4 (44.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (11.11%) APMP
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) EMC
2 1 (11.11%) Intel
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix
2 1 (11.11%) IBM
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) NetApp
2 1 (11.11%) Symantec
2 1 (11.11%) VMware