The first table below looks at the demand for Project 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 Project Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 12 11 15
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Management 2204 2542 2965
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 9.665% 9.561% 9.424%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.92% 13.32% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1525 1651 1978
Average daily rate £475 £473 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.52% -5.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 30
Average hourly rate £33.50 £38.75 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.54% +3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £17.50 £17.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.75 £57.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £25.88 £33.30
% change year-on-year
+42.99% -22.29%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17065 19078 22245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.84% 71.75% 70.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11706 12560 14646
Average daily rate £450 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £301
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 324 348
Average hourly rate £26.66 £26.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.53% +4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.97 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £45.00 £53.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Management
England

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Project Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -3 646 £475 -2.56% 183
Canary Wharf +2 56 £500 -9.09%
Docklands, London +1 26 £438 -22.39%
Bromley +5 16 £575 +31.42%
Uxbridge -3 15 £440 -9.27%
Croydon -6 9 £425 -5.55%
Brentford -6 4 £525 +90.90% 2
Hammersmith +3 3 £301 -7.66%
Chessington - 3 £413 - 2
Paddington -4 2 - -
Wimbledon +3 1 £325 -
Feltham 0 1 £600 +60.00%
Hounslow -14 1 £320 -13.22% 2
Chiswick - 1 £450 - 1
Ealing - 1 £325 -
Westminster - - - -
Wembley - - - -
West Drayton - - - -
Hackney - - - -
Lewisham - - - -
Clapham - - - -
Southwark - - - -
Kingston Upon Thames - - - -
New Malden - - - - 1
Romford - - - -
Sidcup - - - -
Southall - - - -
Surbiton - - - -
Teddington - - - -
Twickenham - - - - 1
Harrow - - - -
Enfield - - - -
Barnet - - - - 1
Beckenham - - - - 1
Bexleyheath - - - -
Project Management
England

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Project 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 Project Management.

1 1460 (36.39%) Finance
2 1107 (27.59%) PRINCE2
3 1006 (25.07%) Banking
4 595 (14.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 525 (13.09%) Investment Banking
6 483 (12.04%) Change Management
7 431 (10.74%) ITIL
8 413 (10.29%) Microsoft
9 404 (10.07%) MS Excel
10 369 (9.197%) Business Analysis
11 366 (9.123%) Degree
12 339 (8.450%) MS Project
13 328 (8.175%) PMI Certification
14 322 (8.026%) Agile Software Development
15 321 (8.001%) MS Office
16 310 (7.727%) Risk Management
17 296 (7.378%) Migration
18 292 (7.278%) SQL
18 292 (7.278%) Windows
19 257 (6.406%) Retail
20 240 (5.982%) QA
21 230 (5.733%) SharePoint
22 227 (5.658%) Scrum
23 221 (5.508%) MS Visio
23 221 (5.508%) Oracle
24 220 (5.484%) SAP
25 211 (5.259%) MS PowerPoint
26 206 (5.135%) Programme Management
27 193 (4.811%) Project Planning
28 192 (4.786%) PMI

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Project 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 118 (2.941%) .NET
2 86 (2.144%) HTML
3 83 (2.069%) XML
4 55 (1.371%) CSS
4 55 (1.371%) Web Services
5 34 (0.847%) ASP.NET
6 28 (0.698%) HTML5
7 27 (0.673%) WebSphere
7 27 (0.673%) J2EE
8 26 (0.648%) jQuery
9 25 (0.623%) Ajax
10 19 (0.474%) Rendezvous
11 18 (0.449%) Middleware
11 18 (0.449%) Mason
12 15 (0.374%) SAP Basis
12 15 (0.374%) Flash
13 12 (0.299%) ASP
13 12 (0.299%) Spring
13 12 (0.299%) JSON
13 12 (0.299%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 230 (5.733%) SharePoint
2 82 (2.044%) MS Exchange
3 76 (1.894%) CMS
4 42 (1.047%) SharePoint 2010
5 39 (0.972%) Exchange Server 2010
6 34 (0.847%) IIS
7 31 (0.773%) IBM Notes
8 26 (0.648%) Exchange Server 2003
9 24 (0.598%) SAS
10 23 (0.573%) Apache
11 22 (0.548%) Lync
12 20 (0.499%) Exchange Server 2007
13 16 (0.399%) WordPress
14 14 (0.349%) Drupal
14 14 (0.349%) Adobe CQ
15 12 (0.299%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 12 (0.299%) Amazon AWS
16 11 (0.274%) ESB
17 10 (0.249%) MS Project Server
18 9 (0.224%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 404 (10.07%) MS Excel
2 339 (8.450%) MS Project
3 321 (8.001%) MS Office
4 221 (5.508%) MS Visio
5 211 (5.259%) MS PowerPoint
6 28 (0.698%) Photoshop
7 16 (0.399%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.174%) Office 365
9 6 (0.150%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.125%) Open Workbench
11 4 (0.100%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.075%) Mingle
13 2 (0.050%) InfoPath
14 1 (0.025%) OmniGraffle
14 1 (0.025%) Fireworks
14 1 (0.025%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 30 (0.748%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.499%) Oracle EBS R12
3 18 (0.449%) Endur
4 16 (0.399%) SAP HR
4 16 (0.399%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 14 (0.349%) SAP FI/CO
5 14 (0.349%) SAP FI
5 14 (0.349%) SAP CO
6 12 (0.299%) Oracle EBS
7 11 (0.274%) Dynamics AX
8 10 (0.249%) SAP SD
9 9 (0.224%) Loan IQ
9 9 (0.224%) FLEXCUBE
10 8 (0.199%) Summit
11 7 (0.174%) Remedy ITSM
11 7 (0.174%) Oracle Financials
12 6 (0.150%) WebTrends
12 6 (0.150%) SAP APO
12 6 (0.150%) LatentZero
12 6 (0.150%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 134 (3.340%) Internet
2 94 (2.343%) LAN
2 94 (2.343%) WAN
3 89 (2.218%) Intranet
4 62 (1.545%) Firewall
5 41 (1.022%) SAN
6 38 (0.947%) VoIP
7 32 (0.798%) TCP/IP
8 30 (0.748%) HTTP
9 27 (0.673%) Network Security
9 27 (0.673%) DNS
10 25 (0.623%) Wireless
10 25 (0.623%) MPLS
11 19 (0.474%) NAS
11 19 (0.474%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (0.424%) SSL
12 17 (0.424%) DHCP
12 17 (0.424%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (0.374%) ATM
14 13 (0.324%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (2.841%) SQL Server
2 85 (2.119%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (1.122%) MySQL
4 37 (0.922%) MS Access
5 32 (0.798%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 21 (0.523%) QlikView
6 21 (0.523%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 21 (0.523%) SAP BW
6 21 (0.523%) Data Mining
7 17 (0.424%) SQL Server 2008
8 15 (0.374%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 15 (0.374%) SAP BI
9 13 (0.324%) SQL Server 2005
10 12 (0.299%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (0.274%) Oracle 11g
12 9 (0.224%) Big Data
12 9 (0.224%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.224%) TOAD
12 9 (0.224%) RDBMS
13 8 (0.199%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 41 (1.022%) JIRA
2 28 (0.698%) Git (software)
3 24 (0.598%) Subversion
4 19 (0.474%) QuickTest Pro
5 17 (0.424%) Visual Studio
6 15 (0.374%) Selenium
7 13 (0.324%) Team Foundation Server
7 13 (0.324%) ERwin
8 9 (0.224%) Maven
9 8 (0.199%) MSI
9 8 (0.199%) ClearQuest
9 8 (0.199%) Eclipse
9 8 (0.199%) Trac
10 7 (0.174%) FogBugz
10 7 (0.174%) Redmine
10 7 (0.174%) Mercurial
10 7 (0.174%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 7 (0.174%) NUnit
11 6 (0.150%) Rational Performance Tester
11 6 (0.150%) MSBuild
General
1 1460 (36.39%) Finance
2 1006 (25.07%) Banking
3 525 (13.09%) Investment Banking
4 257 (6.406%) Retail
5 173 (4.312%) Front Office
6 149 (3.714%) Telecoms
7 143 (3.564%) Marketing
8 141 (3.514%) Legal
9 126 (3.141%) Back Office
10 90 (2.243%) Retail Banking
11 85 (2.119%) Financial Institution
12 75 (1.869%) Publishing
13 64 (1.595%) Corporate Banking
14 46 (1.147%) Law
15 37 (0.922%) Advertising
16 33 (0.823%) Pharmaceutical
17 31 (0.773%) Manufacturing
18 28 (0.698%) Games
19 24 (0.598%) Billing
20 22 (0.548%) French Language
Job Titles
1 1855 (46.24%) Project Manager
2 691 (17.22%) Analyst
3 424 (10.57%) Business Analyst
4 145 (3.614%) Senior Manager
5 143 (3.564%) Consultant
6 135 (3.365%) Programme Manager
7 132 (3.290%) Architect
8 124 (3.091%) Senior Project Manager
9 119 (2.966%) IT Project Manager
10 112 (2.792%) Technical Manager
11 107 (2.667%) Infrastructure Manager
12 99 (2.468%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 96 (2.393%) Business Manager
14 90 (2.243%) Developer
15 80 (1.994%) Technical Project Manager
16 79 (1.969%) SAP Manager
17 67 (1.670%) Delivery Manager
18 66 (1.645%) Business Project Manager
19 62 (1.545%) Change Manager
20 60 (1.496%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 192 (4.786%) PMI
2 155 (3.863%) Fixed Income
3 147 (3.664%) Management Information System
4 133 (3.315%) Derivative
5 112 (2.792%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 99 (2.468%) Equities
7 83 (2.069%) Market Risk
8 71 (1.770%) Credit Risk
9 62 (1.545%) Mobile App
10 58 (1.446%) NHS
11 51 (1.271%) Reference Data
12 50 (1.246%) Social Media
13 45 (1.122%) Computer Science
14 41 (1.022%) Blackberry
15 37 (0.922%) FMCG
16 35 (0.872%) Economics
17 31 (0.773%) Open Source
18 25 (0.623%) SaaS
19 24 (0.598%) Statistics
20 23 (0.573%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 292 (7.278%) Windows
2 109 (2.717%) Windows 7
3 94 (2.343%) Linux
4 87 (2.168%) UNIX
5 65 (1.620%) Windows Server 2008
6 45 (1.122%) Windows Server 2003
7 33 (0.823%) Android
7 33 (0.823%) Apple iOS
8 28 (0.698%) Windows XP
9 24 (0.598%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 15 (0.374%) Solaris
11 12 (0.299%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (0.274%) Windows 8
13 9 (0.224%) OS/400
14 6 (0.150%) AIX
14 6 (0.150%) Ubuntu
15 5 (0.125%) Windows Phone
15 5 (0.125%) Windows Mobile
16 3 (0.075%) Windows 2000 Server
17 2 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1107 (27.59%) PRINCE2
2 595 (14.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 483 (12.04%) Change Management
4 431 (10.74%) ITIL
5 369 (9.197%) Business Analysis
6 322 (8.026%) Agile Software Development
7 310 (7.727%) Risk Management
8 296 (7.378%) Migration
9 227 (5.658%) Scrum
10 206 (5.135%) Programme Management
11 193 (4.811%) Project Planning
12 181 (4.511%) E-Commerce
13 167 (4.163%) User Acceptance Testing
14 165 (4.113%) Change Control
15 156 (3.888%) Asset Management
16 145 (3.614%) Service Delivery
17 144 (3.589%) Waterfall
18 137 (3.415%) Service Management
19 134 (3.340%) ERP
20 133 (3.315%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 292 (7.278%) SQL
2 152 (3.789%) Java
3 64 (1.595%) JavaScript
4 61 (1.520%) C#
5 49 (1.221%) Python
6 48 (1.196%) PowerShell
7 44 (1.097%) C
8 43 (1.072%) Perl
9 29 (0.723%) VBA
9 29 (0.723%) VBScript
10 26 (0.648%) PHP
11 18 (0.449%) VB
12 16 (0.399%) Shell Script
12 16 (0.399%) T-SQL
12 16 (0.399%) C++
13 13 (0.324%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.249%) Objective-C
14 10 (0.249%) RPG
14 10 (0.249%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.224%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 366 (9.123%) Degree
2 328 (8.175%) PMI Certification
3 192 (4.786%) PMP
4 156 (3.888%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 151 (3.764%) Security Cleared
6 109 (2.717%) SC Cleared
7 99 (2.468%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 51 (1.271%) ISEB
9 48 (1.196%) ITIL Certification
10 47 (1.171%) Microsoft Certification
11 46 (1.147%) Cisco Certification
12 43 (1.072%) MCSE
13 30 (0.748%) CCNA
13 30 (0.748%) APMP
14 22 (0.548%) CISSP
14 22 (0.548%) DV Cleared
15 21 (0.523%) MBA
15 21 (0.523%) ACCA
16 18 (0.449%) Six Sigma Black Belt
17 14 (0.349%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (5.982%) QA
2 61 (1.520%) SLA
3 28 (0.698%) Data Quality
4 26 (0.648%) Basel III
5 23 (0.573%) FATCA
5 23 (0.573%) COBIT
6 22 (0.548%) ISO 9001
7 20 (0.499%) PCI DSS
8 14 (0.349%) Basel II
9 11 (0.274%) MiFID
9 11 (0.274%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.174%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.125%) Solvency II
12 4 (0.100%) WAI
12 4 (0.100%) HL7
13 3 (0.075%) GxP
13 3 (0.075%) ISO 9000
14 2 (0.050%) ISO 8583
14 2 (0.050%) BS25999
15 1 (0.025%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 102 (2.542%) Active Directory
2 46 (1.147%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (0.474%) XenApp
4 18 (0.449%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.224%) SRDF
5 9 (0.224%) XenServer
6 8 (0.199%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 8 (0.199%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.125%) VMware ESX
8 3 (0.075%) vSphere
8 3 (0.075%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.050%) Varnish
9 2 (0.050%) UAG
9 2 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.025%) vCloud
10 1 (0.025%) Shibboleth
10 1 (0.025%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.025%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 43 (1.072%) HP Quality Center
2 34 (0.847%) SCCM
3 17 (0.424%) SCOM
4 16 (0.399%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 11 (0.274%) Puppet
6 6 (0.150%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 5 (0.125%) Tivoli
7 5 (0.125%) Norton AntiVirus
8 4 (0.100%) OpenView
9 3 (0.075%) Control-M
9 3 (0.075%) Nagios
9 3 (0.075%) MAILsweeper
10 2 (0.050%) CA SiteMinder
10 2 (0.050%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.050%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.050%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.050%) Zenoss
10 2 (0.050%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.025%) Oracle Identity Manager
11 1 (0.025%) Ionix
Vendors
1 413 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 221 (5.508%) Oracle
3 220 (5.484%) SAP
4 102 (2.542%) Citrix
5 90 (2.243%) Cisco
6 67 (1.670%) VMware
7 60 (1.496%) HP
8 56 (1.396%) IBM
9 51 (1.271%) Salesforce.com
10 37 (0.922%) Cognos
10 37 (0.922%) Siebel
11 33 (0.823%) Business Objects
12 32 (0.798%) Red Hat
12 32 (0.798%) Lotus
13 30 (0.748%) TIBCO
13 30 (0.748%) Adobe
14 27 (0.673%) Reuters
15 25 (0.623%) Sybase
16 21 (0.523%) PeopleSoft
17 20 (0.499%) Symantec
London
You must have demonstrable experience leading business related projects, capable of managing multiple projects at any given time, with excellent communication skills and ideally undertaken Project Management training...
Quindell Plc - Metaskil
Rate: From £340 to £400 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
My client, a leading Lloyd's of London insurance broker requires a project manager who is capable of leading the development of their SSP based broking system. To...
Real Staffing
Rate: £350 - £450 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
City of London
BI PROJECT MANAGER - LONDON - CONTRACT - £400/£450 PER DAY I am recruiting for a Project Manager with an extensive Business Intelligence background to work for a global organisation...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
London
Ensure the project is conducted in accordance with IT Project Management Standards... Experience in supervising or managing people is an advatage, as is a recognised project management qualification...
Information Technology Services
Rate: £55k - 65k per year
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
My NHS client based in London is currently looking for a Project Manager to support the Venous Thrombo Embelism (VTE) nurse to provide daily ward visits to educate...
Real Staffing
Rate: £280 - £310 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £700 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
West London
BBC Worldwide Ltd
Posted: 5 June 2013
London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £350.00 - £375.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £450.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £450.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Sand Resources
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
iKas International
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 27 May 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 27 May 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
West London
University of Westminster
Rate: £45,156 per annum (incl. L.W.A.)
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Orgtel
Rate: £600 - £800 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
Vertical IT
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Rate: £650 - £651 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013