The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Planning over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 160 176 182
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 275 283 322
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.270% 1.051% 1.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.698% 1.463% 1.456%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 183 213
Average daily rate £450 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £280 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £637 £655 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
Average hourly rate £30.50 £25.56 £34.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.32% -26.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.35 £20.01 £32.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.40 £31.11 £36.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16194 19350 22109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.77% 71.83% 71.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11076 12690 14542
Average daily rate £450 £450 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 340 350
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.23 £27.23
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.39% -3.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £102.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Project Planning Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 +25 85 £450 +4.40%
Canary Wharf -1 9 £375 -15.25%
Docklands, London +1 5 £425 +14.09%
Brentford - 3 - -
Uxbridge +7 2 £485 -42.94%
Edgware - 1 £153 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Project Planning 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 Planning.

1 231 (50.77%) Finance
2 179 (39.34%) Project Management
3 123 (27.03%) PRINCE2
4 114 (25.05%) Banking
5 86 (18.90%) Change Management
6 83 (18.24%) MS Project
7 77 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
8 73 (16.04%) MS Excel
9 58 (12.75%) Microsoft
10 56 (12.31%) Investment Banking
11 53 (11.65%) Oracle
12 51 (11.21%) Degree
13 50 (10.99%) MS Office
14 48 (10.55%) SQL
15 47 (10.33%) Risk Management
15 47 (10.33%) Retail
16 43 (9.451%) Agile Software Development
17 42 (9.231%) PMI Certification
18 36 (7.912%) Security Cleared
19 35 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
19 35 (7.692%) Migration
20 32 (7.033%) SAP
20 32 (7.033%) Windows
21 31 (6.813%) Business Analysis
22 30 (6.593%) SQL Server
22 30 (6.593%) PMP
23 28 (6.154%) ITIL
23 28 (6.154%) QA
23 28 (6.154%) SC Cleared
24 27 (5.934%) UNIX

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Project Planning 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 Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (3.297%) .NET
2 10 (2.198%) XML
3 8 (1.758%) Web Services
3 8 (1.758%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.538%) ASP.NET
4 7 (1.538%) CSS
4 7 (1.538%) HTML
5 6 (1.319%) MDX
6 5 (1.099%) .NET Framework
7 4 (0.879%) XML Schema
7 4 (0.879%) SAP Basis
7 4 (0.879%) RESTful
8 3 (0.659%) COM
8 3 (0.659%) Middleware
9 2 (0.440%) J2EE
9 2 (0.440%) Ajax
9 2 (0.440%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.440%) Velocity
9 2 (0.440%) Apache Flex
9 2 (0.440%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 15 (3.297%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.198%) MS Exchange
3 8 (1.758%) Apache
3 8 (1.758%) CMS
4 6 (1.319%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.319%) Lotus Notes
4 6 (1.319%) IBM HTTP Server
5 4 (0.879%) Lync
5 4 (0.879%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.659%) MS Project Server
6 3 (0.659%) NetWeaver
7 2 (0.440%) Amazon AWS
7 2 (0.440%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (0.440%) Lotus Domino
7 2 (0.440%) Documentum
7 2 (0.440%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (0.440%) Drupal
8 1 (0.220%) Windows Azure
8 1 (0.220%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.220%) FileNet
Applications
1 83 (18.24%) MS Project
2 73 (16.04%) MS Excel
3 50 (10.99%) MS Office
4 25 (5.495%) MS Visio
5 24 (5.275%) MS PowerPoint
6 7 (1.538%) PowerPivot
7 6 (1.319%) OmniGraffle
7 6 (1.319%) Open Workbench
8 1 (0.220%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.758%) ION MarketView
2 6 (1.319%) SAP SD
3 4 (0.879%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.879%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.659%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.440%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.440%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (0.440%) SAP SRM
5 2 (0.440%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.440%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.220%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.220%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.220%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.220%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.220%) LatentZero
6 1 (0.220%) Capstone
6 1 (0.220%) Tesseract
6 1 (0.220%) Minerva
6 1 (0.220%) Sentinel
6 1 (0.220%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.418%) LAN
2 10 (2.198%) HTTP
2 10 (2.198%) WAN
2 10 (2.198%) Internet
3 8 (1.758%) DHCP
3 8 (1.758%) DNS
3 8 (1.758%) OSPF
3 8 (1.758%) Firewall
3 8 (1.758%) Wireless
3 8 (1.758%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (1.538%) IP Telephony
4 7 (1.538%) BGP
4 7 (1.538%) SNMP
4 7 (1.538%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (0.879%) Junos
5 4 (0.879%) Ethernet
5 4 (0.879%) ATM
5 4 (0.879%) MPLS
5 4 (0.879%) VLAN
6 3 (0.659%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.593%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.297%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (3.077%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 10 (2.198%) SAP BW
4 10 (2.198%) DB2
5 7 (1.538%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.538%) OLAP
6 6 (1.319%) Oracle 8/8i
6 6 (1.319%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 6 (1.319%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (1.319%) Oracle OLAP
7 4 (0.879%) MarkLogic
7 4 (0.879%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.879%) MS Access
8 3 (0.659%) QlikView
8 3 (0.659%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.440%) IBM InfoSphere
9 2 (0.440%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (0.440%) MySQL
9 2 (0.440%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 11 (2.418%) Subversion
2 9 (1.978%) JIRA
3 6 (1.319%) Axure RP
4 3 (0.659%) Selenium
4 3 (0.659%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.440%) PHPUnit
5 2 (0.440%) GitHub
5 2 (0.440%) RequisitePro
5 2 (0.440%) ClearQuest
5 2 (0.440%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (0.440%) Rational Rose
5 2 (0.440%) LSMW
6 1 (0.220%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.220%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.220%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.220%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 231 (50.77%) Finance
2 114 (25.05%) Banking
3 56 (12.31%) Investment Banking
4 47 (10.33%) Retail
5 21 (4.615%) Retail Banking
6 17 (3.736%) Marketing
7 15 (3.297%) Front Office
8 10 (2.198%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.758%) Back Office
10 7 (1.538%) Legal
11 6 (1.319%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.319%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.879%) Publishing
13 3 (0.659%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.440%) Law
14 2 (0.440%) Games
14 2 (0.440%) General Ledger
15 1 (0.220%) German Language
15 1 (0.220%) Billing
15 1 (0.220%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 172 (37.80%) Project Manager
2 89 (19.56%) Analyst
3 33 (7.253%) Business Analyst
4 28 (6.154%) Developer
5 24 (5.275%) PMO Analyst
6 19 (4.176%) Project Planner
7 18 (3.956%) Technical Manager
7 18 (3.956%) Architect
7 18 (3.956%) Senior Manager
8 17 (3.736%) Senior Project Manager
9 15 (3.297%) Support Analyst
9 15 (3.297%) Technical Architect
9 15 (3.297%) Consultant
9 15 (3.297%) Data Manager
10 14 (3.077%) IT Project Manager
10 14 (3.077%) Programme Manager
11 13 (2.857%) Technical Project Manager
11 13 (2.857%) Project Analyst
11 13 (2.857%) Planning Manager
12 11 (2.418%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.714%) Derivative
2 21 (4.615%) Management Information System
3 18 (3.956%) Fixed Income
4 16 (3.516%) Economics
5 14 (3.077%) PMI
6 13 (2.857%) Market Risk
6 13 (2.857%) Credit Risk
7 12 (2.637%) Mathematics
8 10 (2.198%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 10 (2.198%) N-Tier
8 10 (2.198%) Equities
9 9 (1.978%) Computer Science
10 7 (1.538%) Equity Derivative
10 7 (1.538%) Mainframe
11 6 (1.319%) IBM Mainframe
11 6 (1.319%) Reference Data
12 5 (1.099%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.879%) FMCG
13 4 (0.879%) Visualisation
13 4 (0.879%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.033%) Windows
2 27 (5.934%) UNIX
3 9 (1.978%) Windows 7
4 7 (1.538%) AIX
5 5 (1.099%) Linux
6 4 (0.879%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.879%) Android
7 1 (0.220%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.220%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.220%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (39.34%) Project Management
2 123 (27.03%) PRINCE2
3 86 (18.90%) Change Management
4 77 (16.92%) Stakeholder Management
5 47 (10.33%) Risk Management
6 43 (9.451%) Agile Software Development
7 35 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
7 35 (7.692%) Migration
8 31 (6.813%) Business Analysis
9 28 (6.154%) ITIL
10 27 (5.934%) Change Control
11 24 (5.275%) Resource Management
12 21 (4.615%) Risk Assessment
13 20 (4.396%) Scrum
14 19 (4.176%) Unit Testing
15 16 (3.516%) Release Management
15 16 (3.516%) E-Commerce
16 15 (3.297%) ERP
16 15 (3.297%) Programme Management
16 15 (3.297%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 48 (10.55%) SQL
2 14 (3.077%) C#
3 11 (2.418%) Java
4 10 (2.198%) PL/SQL
5 7 (1.538%) VBA
5 7 (1.538%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.538%) C
6 5 (1.099%) PHP
7 4 (0.879%) Shell Script
7 4 (0.879%) XQuery
7 4 (0.879%) Perl
7 4 (0.879%) XPath
8 3 (0.659%) Python
9 2 (0.440%) C++
9 2 (0.440%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.220%) Korn
10 1 (0.220%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.220%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 51 (11.21%) Degree
2 42 (9.231%) PMI Certification
3 36 (7.912%) Security Cleared
4 30 (6.593%) PMP
5 28 (6.154%) SC Cleared
6 15 (3.297%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 13 (2.857%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.418%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (1.758%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.538%) JNCIE
10 7 (1.538%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.538%) CCIE
11 6 (1.319%) ISEB
12 4 (0.879%) CCNP
12 4 (0.879%) MBA
13 3 (0.659%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.659%) JNCIP
13 3 (0.659%) CISA
14 2 (0.440%) APMP
14 2 (0.440%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.154%) QA
2 17 (3.736%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.659%) Basel III
4 2 (0.440%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.440%) FATCA
4 2 (0.440%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.440%) SLA
4 2 (0.440%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.220%) MiFID
5 1 (0.220%) Basel II
5 1 (0.220%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (1.099%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.659%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (1.538%) FortiGate
2 3 (0.659%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.440%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.220%) SCCM
4 1 (0.220%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.220%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 58 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 53 (11.65%) Oracle
3 32 (7.033%) SAP
4 17 (3.736%) IBM
5 10 (2.198%) Cisco
6 9 (1.978%) Planview
6 9 (1.978%) HP
6 9 (1.978%) Citrix
7 8 (1.758%) Sybase
7 8 (1.758%) ION Trading
8 7 (1.538%) Fortinet
8 7 (1.538%) Sourcefire
8 7 (1.538%) Juniper
8 7 (1.538%) F5
9 6 (1.319%) Bloomberg
9 6 (1.319%) Niku
9 6 (1.319%) Lotus
9 6 (1.319%) VMware
10 5 (1.099%) Primavera
10 5 (1.099%) Business Objects
London
PROJECT MANAGER -RETAIL BANKING - LONDON. Urgent requirement for a Business focussed Project Manager to join a retail bank based in London on a large regulatory programme. Candidates must...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £400.00 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
East London
Mobile App Project Manager- Canary Wharf- Oil and Gas Major- Contract... We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst / Project Manager for Aviation Mobile App. The scope is...
Advantage Resourcing
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
East London
The scope is to run a proof of concept for a delivery capture mobile app for Aviation... Accountabilities: *Perform Detailed requirements analysis *Prioritise Business requirements to align with...
Reed Technology
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
East London
Change management... Detailed understanding of business functions in range of areas e.g.B2B/ Retail / Commercial / Lubes / Supply & Distribution etc. 5 years+ industry experience in project management with...
Eaglecliff
Rate: Up to £250 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Helping map out the merchant journey and merchant segment including risk assessment on communications... Key Responsibilities Support external stakeholder needs analysis and administration of stakeholder distribution lists Liaise...
WorldPay
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
You need to be proficient in SharePoint 2007 and 2010 platform monitoring, maintenance and management and associated technologies, with an awareness of SharePoint 2013 platform functionality and management...
Connectus
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Our client require a Workflow Project Manager to implement there 3rd party workflow solution and to integrate this solution with various other systems. This integration will also be...
TEKsystems
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Work with Credit Risk Projects team to ensure the IT delivery within the greater project framework... Requirements * Experience in a project management role within an investment banking /derivative...
Scope AT Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Contrac - Life and Pensions - Implementation Manager. Our Life and Pensions client are currently looking for an Implementation Manager to provide proactive support to the Sales, Client Relationship Managers (...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
BRD Drafting - Drafting the mapping documentation from source data format to target state UAT Testing & Planning - Supporting the RTB teams during testing in chasing IT support people and...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The Role.Assurance of the quality of project delivery by assisting and consulting Project Managers in developing project documents, plans, and ensuring a holistic review of project information...
Rate: £290.00 - £375.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Job DescriptionCGI are experiencing unprecedented demand for Microsoft Dynamics to provide innovative business solutions for a wide range of global upper mid-market and enterprise scale clients. As...
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
My client, a leading Investment bank, is looking for a business analyst to support the Project Managers and Business Analysis team managers in project planning, initiation, tracking and...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Leading FS organisation requires Project Planner to provide support to a major programme.The requirements for the role are:Creating programme and project plans in MSPTracking and managing...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
City of London
The majority of the role will involve gather requirements, producing functional specifications and work with developers and senior management on project planning and delivery. Specific systems requirements include...
Orgtel
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Contract, Programme, Planner, Plan, Co-Ordinator, Support, PMO, Transformation, Change, RAID, finance, risk, issue, workshop, Agile, Scrum, London... The right candidate MUST have the following skills: - Proven record...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £300 - £425 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
A top tier banking client urgently requires a PMO to work in their London Office, on a 4 month rolling contract basis.
Orgtel
Rate: £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Ideal candidates will have a background in Network engineering ideally with experience in a Cisco environment with the following technical skills: * Cisco LAN technology (6500, 3750, layer 2...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013