The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 20 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 Luton 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 11 7 9
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 6 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 7.692% 10.45% 7.407%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.34% 13.21% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
Average daily rate £425 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £26.39 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+33.13% -17.53%
All Processes & Methodologies
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
58 53 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 74.36% 79.10% 70.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 36 23
Average daily rate £375 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £193 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £35.50 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +222.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Project Management
Bedfordshire

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton 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 Luton region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 9 (64.29%) PRINCE2
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
4 3 (21.43%) Windows
4 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
4 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
5 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
5 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (14.29%) QA
5 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (14.29%) C#
5 2 (14.29%) .NET
5 2 (14.29%) Web Services
5 2 (14.29%) XML
5 2 (14.29%) HTTP
5 2 (14.29%) Internet
5 2 (14.29%) TDD
6 1 (7.143%) Banking
6 1 (7.143%) Retail
6 1 (7.143%) Exstream
6 1 (7.143%) Document Management
6 1 (7.143%) PrintSoft PReS
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
6 1 (7.143%) Workflow
6 1 (7.143%) Microsoft

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 2 (14.29%) .NET
1 2 (14.29%) Web Services
1 2 (14.29%) XML
1 2 (14.29%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) MS Project
1 1 (7.143%) MS Office
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
1 1 (7.143%) DOC1
1 1 (7.143%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Agresso
1 1 (7.143%) Exstream
1 1 (7.143%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) HTTP
1 2 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Banking
2 1 (7.143%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Lead Developer
3 1 (7.143%) Deployment Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Project Accountant
3 1 (7.143%) Deployment Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (7.143%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.143%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) PRINCE2
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) E-Commerce
4 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
5 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 2 (14.29%) TDD
6 1 (7.143%) Document Management
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) Workflow
6 1 (7.143%) Migration
6 1 (7.143%) Matrix Management
6 1 (7.143%) Use Case
6 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (7.143%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.143%) HP