The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role 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 Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 10 17 18
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 14 13 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 9.459% 6.989% 3.750%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.722% 7.263% 3.947%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 3
Average daily rate £425 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £342 £212 £336
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £487 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £405
% change year-on-year
- -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £23.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -14.28%
All Job Titles
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
144 179 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 97.30% 96.24% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 98 88
Average daily rate £325 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £215 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 21 11
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.50 £16.61
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.28% +5.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.04 £9.96 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £100.00 £29.50 £21.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Project Manager
Merseyside

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Liverpool Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Liverpool Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Liverpool Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Liverpool Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 13 (50.00%) Project Management
2 8 (30.77%) Scrum
3 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 4 (15.38%) MS Project
5 4 (15.38%) Migration
5 4 (15.38%) Digital Media
6 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (11.54%) Data Migration
6 3 (11.54%) Oracle
6 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
7 2 (7.692%) PMI Certification
7 2 (7.692%) UNIX
7 2 (7.692%) Solaris
7 2 (7.692%) Finance
7 2 (7.692%) Logistics
7 2 (7.692%) Retail
7 2 (7.692%) Business Transformation
7 2 (7.692%) Change Control
7 2 (7.692%) Security Cleared
8 1 (3.846%) APMP
8 1 (3.846%) Billing
8 1 (3.846%) Data Protection
8 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.846%) Project Planning
8 1 (3.846%) Resource Management
8 1 (3.846%) Matrix Management
8 1 (3.846%) Investment Management
8 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
8 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Project
2 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (7.692%) Finance
1 2 (7.692%) Retail
2 1 (3.846%) Billing
2 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.846%) PMI
2 1 (3.846%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) UNIX
1 2 (7.692%) Solaris
2 1 (3.846%) Linux
2 1 (3.846%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Project Management
2 8 (30.77%) Scrum
3 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 4 (15.38%) Migration
6 3 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (11.54%) Data Migration
7 2 (7.692%) Change Control
7 2 (7.692%) Business Transformation
7 2 (7.692%) Logistics
8 1 (3.846%) Project Planning
8 1 (3.846%) Resource Management
8 1 (3.846%) Matrix Management
8 1 (3.846%) Investment Management
8 1 (3.846%) Data Protection
8 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
8 1 (3.846%) Data Security
8 1 (3.846%) B2C
8 1 (3.846%) PRINCE
8 1 (3.846%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 2 (7.692%) PMI Certification
1 2 (7.692%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) APMP
2 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.846%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.846%) NetApp