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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Leeds region.

 Project Manager
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6139
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Down-4
Matching contract IT job ads7060140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds12.50 %10.14 %12.79 %
As % of the Job Titles category13.51 %11.03 %13.44 %
Daily rates quoted332834
Average daily rate£388£413£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.060 %+3.120 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£290£299£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£465£500£518
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£378£400
% change year-on-year
-0.660 %-5.620 %
Hourly rates quoted100
Average hourly rate£52.50--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38 %-7.140 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5185441042
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds92.50 %91.89 %95.16 %
Daily rates quoted234172261
Average daily rate£325£350£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£225£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted383077
Average hourly rate£17.00£18.89£18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %+0.740 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£12.95£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£32.50£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Project Manager West YorkshireProject Manager
West Yorkshire

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.

Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds Project Manager Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Leeds Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Leeds region.

Leeds Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title.

144 (46.32 %)Project Management
235 (36.84 %)NHS
332 (33.68 %)PRINCE2
422 (23.16 %)Health
521 (22.11 %)Finance
619 (20.00 %)Knowledge Management
715 (15.79 %)Stakeholder Management
89 (9.474 %)Information Management
89 (9.474 %)MS Excel
89 (9.474 %)SharePoint
98 (8.421 %)DRM
98 (8.421 %)Management Information System
98 (8.421 %)PRINCE2 Certification
107 (7.368 %)SQL Server
107 (7.368 %)Banking
107 (7.368 %)Retail
107 (7.368 %)Government
107 (7.368 %)SharePoint Portal Server
116 (6.316 %)SQL Server 2005
116 (6.316 %)MS Project
116 (6.316 %).NET
125 (5.263 %)C
125 (5.263 %)SAP
125 (5.263 %)ASP.NET
125 (5.263 %)Client/Server
125 (5.263 %)PRINCE
125 (5.263 %)Retail Banking
134 (4.211 %)Requirements Analysis
134 (4.211 %)Supplier Management
134 (4.211 %)Degree

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (6.316 %).NET
25 (5.263 %)ASP.NET
31 (1.053 %)Web Services
31 (1.053 %)Spring
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (9.474 %)SharePoint
27 (7.368 %)SharePoint Portal Server
31 (1.053 %)WebSphere MQ
31 (1.053 %)CMS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (9.474 %)MS Excel
26 (6.316 %)MS Project
34 (4.211 %)MS Office
41 (1.053 %)MS PowerPoint
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.053 %)Oracle Financials
11 (1.053 %)SAP IS-U
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (3.158 %)Internet
22 (2.105 %)Firewall
31 (1.053 %)DNS
31 (1.053 %)LDAP
31 (1.053 %)Intranet
31 (1.053 %)Extranet
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (7.368 %)SQL Server
26 (6.316 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (4.211 %)EDRMS
43 (3.158 %)Datawarehouse
51 (1.053 %)DB2
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
122 (23.16 %)Health
221 (22.11 %)Finance
37 (7.368 %)Banking
37 (7.368 %)Retail
37 (7.368 %)Government
45 (5.263 %)Retail Banking
54 (4.211 %)Back Office
63 (3.158 %)Law
72 (2.105 %)Pharmaceutical
72 (2.105 %)Education
81 (1.053 %)Legal
81 (1.053 %)Pensions
81 (1.053 %)Online Banking
81 (1.053 %)Marketing
81 (1.053 %)Local Government
81 (1.053 %)Insurance
81 (1.053 %)Police
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
135 (36.84 %)NHS
28 (8.421 %)Management Information System
35 (5.263 %)Client/Server
44 (4.211 %)Informatics
44 (4.211 %)Smartcard
52 (2.105 %)CCTV
52 (2.105 %)PMI
52 (2.105 %)EMV
61 (1.053 %)NPfIT
61 (1.053 %)Data Protection Act
61 (1.053 %)PKI
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (3.158 %)Windows
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
144 (46.32 %)Project Management
232 (33.68 %)PRINCE2
319 (20.00 %)Knowledge Management
415 (15.79 %)Stakeholder Management
59 (9.474 %)Information Management
68 (8.421 %)DRM
75 (5.263 %)PRINCE
84 (4.211 %)Requirements Analysis
84 (4.211 %)Supplier Management
84 (4.211 %)Change Management
84 (4.211 %)CRM
93 (3.158 %)Business Intelligence
93 (3.158 %)Process Management
93 (3.158 %)Matrix Management
93 (3.158 %)Release Management
93 (3.158 %)Fault Management
93 (3.158 %)SAP Implementation
93 (3.158 %)Project Planning
93 (3.158 %)Data Management
93 (3.158 %)Business Analysis
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (5.263 %)C
21 (1.053 %)C#
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (8.421 %)PRINCE2 Certification
24 (4.211 %)Degree
33 (3.158 %)PMP
42 (2.105 %)PMI Certification
42 (2.105 %)Security Cleared
51 (1.053 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (1.053 %)MCSE
51 (1.053 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.158 %)GxP
21 (1.053 %)SLA
21 (1.053 %)ISO9001
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (5.263 %)SAP
24 (4.211 %)Microsoft
31 (1.053 %)Juniper
31 (1.053 %)Lucent
31 (1.053 %)HP
31 (1.053 %)Oracle