The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Liverpool 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 4 5 8
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +3
Contract jobs citing Project Management 19 27 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 14.84% 14.84% 10.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.62% 20.77% 16.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 10
Average daily rate £373 £400 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.87% +23.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £300 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.11 £25.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.23% -20.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
84 130 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 65.63% 71.43% 62.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 81 66
Average daily rate £375 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £273 £263 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £485 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 5
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £22.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Management
Merseyside

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Liverpool Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 11 (30.56%) PRINCE2
1 11 (30.56%) Security Cleared
2 10 (27.78%) MS Project
2 10 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (22.22%) Migration
5 7 (19.44%) Data Migration
6 6 (16.67%) Supplier Management
6 6 (16.67%) Finance
6 6 (16.67%) MS Office
6 6 (16.67%) MS Visio
7 5 (13.89%) Data Modelling
7 5 (13.89%) NHS
7 5 (13.89%) Banking
8 4 (11.11%) Oracle
8 4 (11.11%) Solaris
9 3 (8.333%) SAP
9 3 (8.333%) PMI Certification
9 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (8.333%) Manufacturing
9 3 (8.333%) Retail
9 3 (8.333%) Programme Management
9 3 (8.333%) Resource Management
9 3 (8.333%) Change Control
10 2 (5.556%) Computer Science
10 2 (5.556%) Project Planning
10 2 (5.556%) Degree
10 2 (5.556%) Business Analysis
10 2 (5.556%) Strategic Planning
10 2 (5.556%) Dynamics AX

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 2 (5.556%) .NET
Applications
1 10 (27.78%) MS Project
2 6 (16.67%) MS Office
2 6 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.778%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.556%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.778%) DHCP
1 1 (2.778%) RIP
1 1 (2.778%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.556%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.556%) DB2
1 2 (5.556%) Informix
General
1 6 (16.67%) Finance
2 5 (13.89%) Banking
3 3 (8.333%) Retail
3 3 (8.333%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.778%) Games
4 1 (2.778%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.778%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) Project Manager
2 5 (13.89%) Architect
2 5 (13.89%) Data Architect
2 5 (13.89%) Change Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 4 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (8.333%) PMO Manager
4 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 2 (5.556%) Project Planner
5 2 (5.556%) Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) Coordinator
5 2 (5.556%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Technical Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Senior Programme Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Software Project Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Contracts Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) NHS
2 2 (5.556%) Computer Science
2 2 (5.556%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Solaris
2 2 (5.556%) Linux
2 2 (5.556%) UNIX
2 2 (5.556%) Windows
2 2 (5.556%) AIX
2 2 (5.556%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) PRINCE2
2 10 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (22.22%) Migration
4 7 (19.44%) Data Migration
5 6 (16.67%) Supplier Management
6 5 (13.89%) Data Modelling
7 3 (8.333%) Programme Management
7 3 (8.333%) Resource Management
7 3 (8.333%) Change Control
8 2 (5.556%) Strategic Planning
8 2 (5.556%) Project Planning
8 2 (5.556%) Business Analysis
8 2 (5.556%) Scrum
8 2 (5.556%) ERP
8 2 (5.556%) Validation
8 2 (5.556%) PRINCE
8 2 (5.556%) Configuration Management
8 2 (5.556%) Process Management
8 2 (5.556%) Service Delivery
9 1 (2.778%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.556%) Java
1 2 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (30.56%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (8.333%) PMI Certification
4 2 (5.556%) Degree
5 1 (2.778%) PMP
5 1 (2.778%) PgMP
5 1 (2.778%) APMP
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Oracle
2 3 (8.333%) SAP
3 2 (5.556%) IBM
3 2 (5.556%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.556%) Sun
3 2 (5.556%) Baan
3 2 (5.556%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.778%) Infoblox
Liverpool, Merseyside
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Posted: 12 June 2013