The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role 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 Manager 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 7 1 6
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 11 17 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 13.58% 26.98% 11.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.10% 29.31% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 4
Average daily rate £400 £400 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £335 £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £488 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
78 58 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 96.30% 92.06% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 37 27
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £258 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £12.42 £27.75 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.24% +152.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
Bedfordshire

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Luton Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Luton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Luton Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Luton Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 18 (69.23%) PRINCE2
2 11 (42.31%) Project Management
3 9 (34.62%) Finance
3 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (26.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 6 (23.08%) Project Planning
6 5 (19.23%) E-Commerce
7 4 (15.38%) MS Project
8 3 (11.54%) Windows
8 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
8 3 (11.54%) Retail
8 3 (11.54%) Taleo
8 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
9 2 (7.692%) Data Cleansing
9 2 (7.692%) Document Management
9 2 (7.692%) SAP
9 2 (7.692%) Banking
9 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
9 2 (7.692%) HTTP
9 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
10 1 (3.846%) Sun
10 1 (3.846%) Agresso
10 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
10 1 (3.846%) MS Visio
10 1 (3.846%) MS Office
10 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
10 1 (3.846%) OLAP
10 1 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
10 1 (3.846%) Programme Management
10 1 (3.846%) Migration

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Project
2 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.846%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.846%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Taleo
2 1 (3.846%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.846%) OLAP
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Retail
3 2 (7.692%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.846%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
1 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) PRINCE2
2 11 (42.31%) Project Management
3 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (23.08%) Project Planning
5 5 (19.23%) E-Commerce
6 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery
7 2 (7.692%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (7.692%) Document Management
8 1 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (3.846%) Programme Management
8 1 (3.846%) Migration
8 1 (3.846%) Business Analysis
8 1 (3.846%) Supplier Management
8 1 (3.846%) Matrix Management
8 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (3.846%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) SAP
1 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.846%) Sun