The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Project Manager 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 Software Project Manager in their job title 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Project Manager
Rank 372 404 437
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 12 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.053% 0.023% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.024% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 1
Average daily rate £413 £500 £480
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% +4.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £375 £363
% change year-on-year
-4.66% +3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20976 24602 29086
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 91.99% 92.53% 92.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 14169 15932 18722
Average daily rate £450 £438 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -7.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £293
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 447 607 665
Average hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% -2.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Software Project Manager
England

Software Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Software Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Software Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Software Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Software Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Software Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Software Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Project Manager 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
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Job
Vacancies
City of London +4 3 £318 -29.44%
New Malden - - - - 1
Romford - - - -
Software Project Manager
England

Software Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Software Project Manager 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 Software Project Manager in their job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Project Management
2 9 (52.94%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Agile Software Development
4 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
4 4 (23.53%) Scrum
5 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Retail
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) MS Office
5 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
6 2 (11.76%) NHS
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
6 2 (11.76%) PMI
6 2 (11.76%) PMP
6 2 (11.76%) Java
6 2 (11.76%) .NET
6 2 (11.76%) TDD
6 2 (11.76%) Banking
6 2 (11.76%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (11.76%) Marketing
6 2 (11.76%) Project Planning
6 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
6 2 (11.76%) Change Management
6 2 (11.76%) MS Project
6 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
6 2 (11.76%) Degree
6 2 (11.76%) QA
7 1 (5.882%) Matrix Management
7 1 (5.882%) Release Management

Software Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Software Project Manager 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 Software Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 1 (5.882%) CSS
2 1 (5.882%) DOM
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
2 3 (17.65%) MS Office
3 2 (11.76%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (11.76%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing
3 2 (11.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.882%) French Language
4 1 (5.882%) Hindi Language
4 1 (5.882%) Electronics
4 1 (5.882%) Advertising
4 1 (5.882%) Publishing
4 1 (5.882%) Games
4 1 (5.882%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
1 2 (11.76%) PMI
2 1 (5.882%) Online Games
2 1 (5.882%) FMCG
2 1 (5.882%) Animation
2 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.882%) Video on Demand
2 1 (5.882%) Digital Media
2 1 (5.882%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.882%) IPTV
2 1 (5.882%) STB
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Project Management
2 7 (41.18%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (23.53%) Scrum
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.76%) TDD
5 2 (11.76%) Project Planning
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
5 2 (11.76%) Change Management
6 1 (5.882%) Matrix Management
6 1 (5.882%) Release Management
6 1 (5.882%) Resource Management
6 1 (5.882%) Budget Control
6 1 (5.882%) Software Architecture
6 1 (5.882%) Financial Analysis
6 1 (5.882%) Agile Project Management
6 1 (5.882%) Analytics
6 1 (5.882%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (5.882%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Java
2 1 (5.882%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.882%) Clojure
2 1 (5.882%) Python
2 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.882%) Perl
2 1 (5.882%) C#
2 1 (5.882%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) PMI Certification
2 2 (11.76%) PMP
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (5.882%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) Facebook
2 1 (5.882%) Google
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle
2 1 (5.882%) SAP
2 1 (5.882%) Reuters