The first table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank 244 236 255
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +19
Contract jobs citing PMP 147 176 184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.667% 0.652% 0.600%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.543% 4.650% 4.530%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 127 127
Average daily rate £500 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £398 £365 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £675 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £473
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -7.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £34.25 - £14.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- -7.87%
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3236 3785 4062
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.69% 14.03% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1928 2266 2340
Average daily rate £420 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.17% -
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 123 118 143
Average hourly rate £25.00 £20.50 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.95% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.50 £13.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
PMP
England

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMP across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London PMP Daily Rate Histogram

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London PMP Hourly Rate Trend

PMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 +30 40 £500 -9.09%
Uxbridge +5 5 £625 +25.00%
Docklands, London +3 3 £463 -22.91%
Brentford - 2 £450 -
Hammersmith - 1 £388 -
PMP
England

PMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 267 (98.16%) PMI Certification
2 200 (73.53%) PRINCE2
3 187 (68.75%) Project Management
4 125 (45.96%) Finance
5 83 (30.51%) Banking
6 63 (23.16%) PMI
7 48 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 38 (13.97%) Degree
9 37 (13.60%) Investment Banking
10 36 (13.24%) ITIL
11 35 (12.87%) PRINCE
12 34 (12.50%) MS Excel
13 30 (11.03%) Change Management
14 29 (10.66%) Project Planning
15 27 (9.926%) Windows
15 27 (9.926%) MS Project
16 25 (9.191%) Change Control
17 24 (8.824%) Migration
18 21 (7.721%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 21 (7.721%) Windows 7
19 20 (7.353%) SAP
19 20 (7.353%) Risk Management
19 20 (7.353%) MS PowerPoint
20 18 (6.618%) Microsoft
21 17 (6.250%) Programme Management
22 15 (5.515%) Agile Software Development
22 15 (5.515%) Telecoms
22 15 (5.515%) Financial Institution
22 15 (5.515%) Oracle
22 15 (5.515%) Security Cleared

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 Development
1 5 (1.838%) J2EE
2 4 (1.471%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.103%) Middleware
4 2 (0.735%) Ajax
4 2 (0.735%) SOAP
4 2 (0.735%) Web Services
4 2 (0.735%) XML
4 2 (0.735%) XHTML
4 2 (0.735%) HTML
4 2 (0.735%) Motif
5 1 (0.368%) .NET
5 1 (0.368%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.368%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 12 (4.412%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.103%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (1.103%) MS Exchange
2 3 (1.103%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.735%) FileNet
3 2 (0.735%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (0.735%) Apache
3 2 (0.735%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.735%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (0.735%) Lync
4 1 (0.368%) SAS
4 1 (0.368%) Documentum
4 1 (0.368%) CMS
4 1 (0.368%) ESB
4 1 (0.368%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 34 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 27 (9.926%) MS Project
3 20 (7.353%) MS PowerPoint
4 11 (4.044%) MS Office
5 8 (2.941%) MS Visio
6 6 (2.206%) Office 365
7 1 (0.368%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 5 (1.838%) Eagle PACE
1 5 (1.838%) Eagle STAR
2 2 (0.735%) RMDS
2 2 (0.735%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.368%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.368%) Tridion
3 1 (0.368%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.368%) PeopleSoft HRMS
3 1 (0.368%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.368%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.368%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.368%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.941%) Internet
1 8 (2.941%) Network Security
2 6 (2.206%) Intranet
3 5 (1.838%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.838%) LAN
4 3 (1.103%) Unified Communications
4 3 (1.103%) WAN
5 2 (0.735%) HTTP
5 2 (0.735%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.735%) Broadband
5 2 (0.735%) SAN
5 2 (0.735%) H.323
6 1 (0.368%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.368%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.368%) SS7
6 1 (0.368%) GSM
6 1 (0.368%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.206%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.838%) Oracle Exadata
3 4 (1.471%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (1.471%) Data Mining
3 4 (1.471%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (0.735%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.368%) QlikView
5 1 (0.368%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.368%) EDMS
5 1 (0.368%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.368%) MySQL
5 1 (0.368%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.368%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (0.735%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.368%) ERwin
2 1 (0.368%) JIRA
General
1 125 (45.96%) Finance
2 83 (30.51%) Banking
3 37 (13.60%) Investment Banking
4 15 (5.515%) Telecoms
4 15 (5.515%) Financial Institution
5 11 (4.044%) Back Office
6 9 (3.309%) Law
6 9 (3.309%) Legal
7 7 (2.574%) Retail
8 6 (2.206%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.838%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.471%) Marketing
10 4 (1.471%) Games
10 4 (1.471%) Front Office
11 3 (1.103%) German Language
12 2 (0.735%) French Language
12 2 (0.735%) Billing
13 1 (0.368%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.368%) Advertising
13 1 (0.368%) Norwegian Language
Job Titles
1 169 (62.13%) Project Manager
2 27 (9.926%) Infrastructure Manager
2 27 (9.926%) Analyst
3 23 (8.456%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 20 (7.353%) Programme Manager
5 19 (6.985%) Senior Manager
6 17 (6.250%) Business Analyst
6 17 (6.250%) IT Project Manager
7 13 (4.779%) Senior Project Manager
8 9 (3.309%) PMO Manager
9 7 (2.574%) Delivery Manager
9 7 (2.574%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 7 (2.574%) SAP Manager
10 6 (2.206%) Technical Manager
11 5 (1.838%) Agile Project Manager
11 5 (1.838%) PMO Analyst
11 5 (1.838%) Technical Project Manager
11 5 (1.838%) Senior Programme Manager
12 4 (1.471%) Security Project Manager
12 4 (1.471%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 63 (23.16%) PMI
2 12 (4.412%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.676%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (1.471%) Derivative
4 4 (1.471%) Equities
4 4 (1.471%) Online Games
4 4 (1.471%) Social Network
5 3 (1.103%) Hedge funds
5 3 (1.103%) Social Media
5 3 (1.103%) Economics
5 3 (1.103%) Computer Science
6 2 (0.735%) Fixed Income
6 2 (0.735%) NHS
6 2 (0.735%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.368%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.368%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.368%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.368%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.368%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.368%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.926%) Windows
2 21 (7.721%) Windows 7
3 6 (2.206%) UNIX
3 6 (2.206%) Linux
4 2 (0.735%) SUSE
4 2 (0.735%) Android
4 2 (0.735%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (0.735%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.735%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.368%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.368%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.368%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (73.53%) PRINCE2
2 187 (68.75%) Project Management
3 48 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (13.24%) ITIL
5 35 (12.87%) PRINCE
6 30 (11.03%) Change Management
7 29 (10.66%) Project Planning
8 25 (9.191%) Change Control
9 24 (8.824%) Migration
10 20 (7.353%) Risk Management
11 17 (6.250%) Programme Management
12 15 (5.515%) Agile Software Development
13 14 (5.147%) Resource Management
14 13 (4.779%) Waterfall
15 11 (4.044%) ERP
16 10 (3.676%) Use Case
17 9 (3.309%) Identity Management
17 9 (3.309%) E-Commerce
17 9 (3.309%) Asset Management
17 9 (3.309%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.941%) C
2 7 (2.574%) Java
3 6 (2.206%) SQL
4 3 (1.103%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.735%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.735%) PHP
5 2 (0.735%) C++
6 1 (0.368%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.368%) VBScript
6 1 (0.368%) VBA
Qualifications
1 267 (98.16%) PMI Certification
2 38 (13.97%) Degree
3 21 (7.721%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 15 (5.515%) Security Cleared
5 14 (5.147%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.147%) CAPM
6 13 (4.779%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 8 (2.941%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (2.574%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 6 (2.206%) CFA
9 6 (2.206%) MBA
10 4 (1.471%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.471%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 3 (1.103%) APMP
11 3 (1.103%) MAPM
12 1 (0.368%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.838%) QA
2 4 (1.471%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.103%) SLA
4 2 (0.735%) FATCA
System Software
1 1 (0.368%) XenDesktop
1 1 (0.368%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.368%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (1.103%) CA SiteMinder
2 2 (0.735%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 20 (7.353%) SAP
2 18 (6.618%) Microsoft
3 15 (5.515%) Oracle
4 11 (4.044%) Cisco
5 6 (2.206%) Google
5 6 (2.206%) IBM
5 6 (2.206%) Primavera
6 5 (1.838%) Citrix
7 3 (1.103%) Trayport
7 3 (1.103%) Misys
8 2 (0.735%) ION Trading
8 2 (0.735%) Minitab
8 2 (0.735%) VMware
8 2 (0.735%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (0.735%) Sybase
8 2 (0.735%) Business Objects
8 2 (0.735%) SunGard
8 2 (0.735%) Sun
8 2 (0.735%) StatPro
8 2 (0.735%) NetApp
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My Client is a leading investment bank, they are looking for a project manager to plan and manage a portfolio of projects in the MOTIF area:- Skills:- - Experience...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £600 - £700 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
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Huxley Associates
Rate: £350 - £500 per day
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London
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Posted: 10 May 2013
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