The first table below looks at the demand for Portfolio Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Portfolio Management 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
Portfolio Management
Rank 276 233 306
Rank change year-on-year
-43 +73
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 114 179 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.517% 0.663% 0.408%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.694% 0.923% 0.571%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 137 85
Average daily rate £450 £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £362 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £750 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £430 £415 £400
% change year-on-year
+3.49% +3.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -39.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16430 19385 21875
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.58% 71.84% 71.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11280 12741 14396
Average daily rate £450 £450 £483
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 335 346
Average hourly rate £31.00 £27.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.72% -1.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Portfolio Management Jobs Demand Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Portfolio Management Daily Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Portfolio Management Daily Rate Histogram

Portfolio Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Portfolio Management Hourly Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Management 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 +1 35 £475 -13.63%
Canary Wharf -5 4 £220 -56.73%
Docklands, London +2 2 £280 -34.11%
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Portfolio 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 Portfolio Management.

1 80 (40.20%) Finance
2 62 (31.16%) Project Management
3 55 (27.64%) PRINCE2
4 43 (21.61%) MS Project
5 41 (20.60%) MS Excel
6 38 (19.10%) SQL
7 37 (18.59%) Banking
8 34 (17.09%) Equities
8 34 (17.09%) Fixed Income
8 34 (17.09%) UML
9 31 (15.58%) Risk Management
10 29 (14.57%) Microsoft
11 28 (14.07%) Scrum
11 28 (14.07%) Investment Banking
12 27 (13.57%) Programme Management
12 27 (13.57%) IT Governance
12 27 (13.57%) Performance Management
13 25 (12.56%) PMI Certification
13 25 (12.56%) ITIL
13 25 (12.56%) Process Improvement
14 24 (12.06%) RUP
15 23 (11.56%) PMI
15 23 (11.56%) MS Visio
15 23 (11.56%) Derivative
15 23 (11.56%) Project Governance
16 22 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
17 21 (10.55%) Six Sigma
18 20 (10.05%) Configuration Management
18 20 (10.05%) Regression Testing
18 20 (10.05%) SharePoint

Portfolio Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Portfolio 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 Portfolio Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (5.025%) XML
2 7 (3.518%) jQuery
2 7 (3.518%) .NET
3 5 (2.513%) ASP.NET
3 5 (2.513%) CSS
4 4 (2.010%) Web Services
4 4 (2.010%) XSLT
4 4 (2.010%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (1.508%) ASP
6 2 (1.005%) J2SE
7 1 (0.503%) Ext JS
7 1 (0.503%) Ajax
7 1 (0.503%) Spring
7 1 (0.503%) COM
7 1 (0.503%) J2EE
7 1 (0.503%) HTML
7 1 (0.503%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 20 (10.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.010%) MS Project Server
2 4 (2.010%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (1.005%) SAS
4 1 (0.503%) Oracle UPK
4 1 (0.503%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 43 (21.61%) MS Project
2 41 (20.60%) MS Excel
3 23 (11.56%) MS Visio
4 12 (6.030%) MS Office
5 7 (3.518%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (1.005%) Open Workbench
6 2 (1.005%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.503%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 3 (1.508%) LatentZero
2 2 (1.005%) Capstone
2 2 (1.005%) Tesseract
2 2 (1.005%) Minerva
2 2 (1.005%) Sentinel
2 2 (1.005%) CA Clarity
2 2 (1.005%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.503%) Aligne
3 1 (0.503%) SunGard APT
3 1 (0.503%) Oracle Retail
3 1 (0.503%) ZaiNet
3 1 (0.503%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.503%) Beauchamp
3 1 (0.503%) VisionPLUS
3 1 (0.503%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.513%) Internet
2 4 (2.010%) Firewall
2 4 (2.010%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.025%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.010%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.005%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.005%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.005%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (1.005%) Big Data
4 1 (0.503%) PerformancePoint
4 1 (0.503%) Spotfire
4 1 (0.503%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.503%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.503%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.503%) MS Access
4 1 (0.503%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (10.05%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (1.005%) Ant
2 2 (1.005%) JUnit
2 2 (1.005%) Subversion
3 1 (0.503%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 80 (40.20%) Finance
2 37 (18.59%) Banking
3 28 (14.07%) Investment Banking
4 15 (7.538%) Front Office
5 8 (4.020%) Retail
6 7 (3.518%) Back Office
7 6 (3.015%) Marketing
8 5 (2.513%) Legal
9 2 (1.005%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.503%) Local Government
10 1 (0.503%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.503%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.503%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.503%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.503%) Advertising
10 1 (0.503%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (45.73%) Analyst
2 38 (19.10%) Business Analyst
3 26 (13.07%) Developer
4 18 (9.045%) Portfolio Manager
5 13 (6.533%) Project Manager
5 13 (6.533%) Consultant
6 12 (6.030%) Project Analyst
7 10 (5.025%) Programme Manager
7 10 (5.025%) Process Analyst
7 10 (5.025%) QA Manager
7 10 (5.025%) PMO Analyst
7 10 (5.025%) Process Improvement Analyst
8 9 (4.523%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
9 8 (4.020%) Portfolio Analyst
10 7 (3.518%) Database Analyst Programmer
10 7 (3.518%) Analyst Programmer
10 7 (3.518%) Programmer
10 7 (3.518%) Database Analyst
10 7 (3.518%) Developer Analyst
10 7 (3.518%) Sybase Developer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (17.09%) Equities
1 34 (17.09%) Fixed Income
2 23 (11.56%) PMI
2 23 (11.56%) Derivative
3 8 (4.020%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 8 (4.020%) Credit Risk
4 7 (3.518%) Mainframe
5 5 (2.513%) N-Tier
5 5 (2.513%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.508%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.005%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.005%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.005%) Market Risk
7 2 (1.005%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.005%) FMCG
7 2 (1.005%) Reference Data
7 2 (1.005%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.503%) SWIFT
8 1 (0.503%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.503%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (31.16%) Project Management
2 55 (27.64%) PRINCE2
3 34 (17.09%) UML
4 31 (15.58%) Risk Management
5 28 (14.07%) Scrum
6 27 (13.57%) Programme Management
6 27 (13.57%) IT Governance
6 27 (13.57%) Performance Management
7 25 (12.56%) ITIL
7 25 (12.56%) Process Improvement
8 24 (12.06%) RUP
9 23 (11.56%) Project Governance
10 22 (11.06%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (10.55%) Six Sigma
12 20 (10.05%) Configuration Management
12 20 (10.05%) Regression Testing
12 20 (10.05%) Test Management
13 19 (9.548%) Business Analysis
14 18 (9.045%) Asset Management
14 18 (9.045%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (19.10%) SQL
2 12 (6.030%) C#
3 11 (5.528%) Java
4 7 (3.518%) VBA
5 6 (3.015%) T-SQL
6 4 (2.010%) Python
7 2 (1.005%) VB
7 2 (1.005%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.503%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (12.56%) PMI Certification
2 20 (10.05%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 8 (4.020%) Degree
4 6 (3.015%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (2.513%) ISEB
5 5 (2.513%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 3 (1.508%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.508%) CFA
6 3 (1.508%) PMP
6 3 (1.508%) MBA
7 2 (1.005%) NVQ Level 4
8 1 (0.503%) APMP
8 1 (0.503%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.05%) COBIT
2 18 (9.045%) QA
3 4 (2.010%) SLA
4 1 (0.503%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.503%) FATCA
4 1 (0.503%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.503%) Basel II
Systems Management
1 20 (10.05%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.503%) OpenView
Vendors
1 29 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.528%) Bloomberg
3 10 (5.025%) Niku
3 10 (5.025%) Planview
4 8 (4.020%) Sybase
5 7 (3.518%) thinkFolio
5 7 (3.518%) Reuters
6 6 (3.015%) SAP
7 5 (2.513%) Cadis
8 4 (2.010%) McAfee
8 4 (2.010%) Juniper
8 4 (2.010%) Oracle
9 3 (1.508%) CA
9 3 (1.508%) Sun
9 3 (1.508%) Charles River
10 2 (1.005%) IBM
10 2 (1.005%) SunGard
10 2 (1.005%) ION Trading
11 1 (0.503%) Google
11 1 (0.503%) HP
London
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Rate: £500 - £580 per day
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Orgtel
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