The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Director role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Director in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Director
Rank 384 414 431
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Project Director 3 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.014% 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.016% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £405 £625 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.17% +95.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £600 £800 £950
% change year-on-year
-25.00% -15.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20276 25280 28359
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.19% 92.47% 92.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13665 16302 18233
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 454 629 676
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Director
England

Project Director
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Project Director Jobs Demand Trend

Project Director
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Project Director Daily Rate Trend

Project Director
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Project Director Hourly Rate Trend

Project Director
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Project Director 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 Director in their job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) TDD
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Kanban
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BDD
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification

Project Director
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Project Director 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 Director in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) TDD
2 1 (20.00%) Kanban
2 1 (20.00%) BDD
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA