The first table below looks at the demand for APMP in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited APMP over the 3 months to 23 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 London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
Rank 359 374 410
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +36
Contract jobs citing APMP 18 36 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.083% 0.134% 0.079%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.566% 0.949% 0.598%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 27 18
Average daily rate £417 £550 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.18% +15.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £425 £371
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £578 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £410
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -14.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3180 3793 4183
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.70% 14.08% 13.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1888 2274 2413
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 119 144
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -3.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.40 £13.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £87.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
APMP
England

APMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London APMP Jobs Demand Trend

APMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

London APMP Daily Rate Trend

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing APMP across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London APMP Daily Rate Histogram

APMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London APMP Hourly Rate Trend

APMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +16 5 £450 -18.18%
APMP
England

APMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing APMP 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 APMP.

1 29 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 24 (82.76%) Project Management
3 15 (51.72%) Finance
4 7 (24.14%) PMI Certification
5 6 (20.69%) MS Project
5 6 (20.69%) Banking
6 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery
7 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
7 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (13.79%) Document Management
7 4 (13.79%) ERP
7 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 4 (13.79%) ITIL
7 4 (13.79%) PMP
7 4 (13.79%) Degree
8 3 (10.34%) Resource Management
8 3 (10.34%) PMI
8 3 (10.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
8 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
8 3 (10.34%) MS Office
8 3 (10.34%) Migration
8 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
8 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
9 2 (6.897%) Law
9 2 (6.897%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (6.897%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (6.897%) SAP
9 2 (6.897%) Windows
9 2 (6.897%) Java

APMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing APMP 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 APMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.897%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.448%) FileNet
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) MS Project
2 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
2 3 (10.34%) MS Office
3 1 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (6.897%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 2 (6.897%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (3.448%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) WAN
General
1 15 (51.72%) Finance
2 6 (20.69%) Banking
3 2 (6.897%) Law
3 2 (6.897%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.448%) Marketing
4 1 (3.448%) Military
4 1 (3.448%) Legal
4 1 (3.448%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 20 (68.97%) Project Manager
2 4 (13.79%) Analyst
3 2 (6.897%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (6.897%) Project Leader
3 2 (6.897%) Technical Manager
3 2 (6.897%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (6.897%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (6.897%) SAP Manager
3 2 (6.897%) Deployment Manager
4 1 (3.448%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.448%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (3.448%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (3.448%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (3.448%) Deployment Project Manager
4 1 (3.448%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (3.448%) SharePoint Project Manager
4 1 (3.448%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (3.448%) Business Analyst
4 1 (3.448%) Senior Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) PMI
1 3 (10.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.897%) SWIFT
3 1 (3.448%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.448%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.448%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.448%) SaaS
3 1 (3.448%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (3.448%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.897%) Windows
2 1 (3.448%) Android
2 1 (3.448%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 24 (82.76%) Project Management
3 5 (17.24%) Service Delivery
4 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
4 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (13.79%) Document Management
4 4 (13.79%) ERP
4 4 (13.79%) ITIL
5 3 (10.34%) Resource Management
5 3 (10.34%) Migration
5 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
6 2 (6.897%) Six Sigma
6 2 (6.897%) Project Planning
6 2 (6.897%) Business Analysis
6 2 (6.897%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (6.897%) Change Control
7 1 (3.448%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (3.448%) Data Governance
7 1 (3.448%) Statistical Analysis
7 1 (3.448%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.897%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) PMI Certification
2 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 4 (13.79%) PMP
2 4 (13.79%) Degree
3 2 (6.897%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.448%) CFA
4 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) COBIT
1 1 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.448%) ProxySG
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.897%) PeopleSoft
2 2 (6.897%) SAP
2 2 (6.897%) Oracle
2 2 (6.897%) JD Edwards
3 1 (3.448%) StatPro
3 1 (3.448%) Citrix
3 1 (3.448%) Blue Coat