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This section looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts within the M4 Corridor region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Manager
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank63
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads2539
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.039 %
As % of the category below15.06 %16.74 %
Daily rates quoted1518
Average minimum daily rate£448£417
Average daily rate£471£437
% change on same period last year+7.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£493£458
UK excluding London average daily rate£412£405
% change on same period last year+1.67 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£43.00
Average hourly rate-£44.88
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£46.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.11£35.72
% change on same period last year-1.72 %
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads166233
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.219 %0.232 %
Daily rates quoted4348
Average minimum daily rate£410£403
Average daily rate£439£416
% change on same period last year+5.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£468£430
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted87
Average minimum hourly rate£20.67£37.06
Average hourly rate£23.83£38.31
% change on same period last year-37.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00£39.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Project Manager South EastProject Manager
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

M4 Corridor Project Manager Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Manager across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the M4 Corridor region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

M4 Corridor Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

114 (37.84 %)Project Management
212 (32.43 %)Finance
310 (27.03 %)PRINCE2
47 (18.92 %)Telecoms
54 (10.81 %)Retail
54 (10.81 %)Migration
54 (10.81 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (8.108 %)Oracle
63 (8.108 %)ERP
63 (8.108 %)Stakeholder Management
63 (8.108 %)Scrum
63 (8.108 %)Agile Software Development
63 (8.108 %)Banking
63 (8.108 %)Pensions
63 (8.108 %)Matrix Management
72 (5.405 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
72 (5.405 %)GGSN
72 (5.405 %)SGSN
72 (5.405 %)Retail Banking
72 (5.405 %)Marketing
72 (5.405 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (5.405 %)Firewall
72 (5.405 %)MS Visio
72 (5.405 %)PBX
72 (5.405 %)SMS
72 (5.405 %)Flash
72 (5.405 %)RSS
72 (5.405 %)MS Project
72 (5.405 %)MS Office
72 (5.405 %)SAP

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (5.405 %)RSS
12 (5.405 %)XML
12 (5.405 %)HTML
12 (5.405 %).NET
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.703 %)Lotus Notes
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (5.405 %)MS Visio
12 (5.405 %)MS Project
12 (5.405 %)MS Office
21 (2.703 %)Spreadsheet
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.703 %)SAP HR
11 (2.703 %)Oracle ERP
11 (2.703 %)Oracle Applications
11 (2.703 %)SAP Payroll
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (5.405 %)GGSN
12 (5.405 %)SGSN
12 (5.405 %)Firewall
12 (5.405 %)PBX
12 (5.405 %)SMS
12 (5.405 %)DEFINITY
21 (2.703 %)BSS
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (2.703 %)Datawarehouse
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (5.405 %)Flash
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (32.43 %)Finance
27 (18.92 %)Telecoms
34 (10.81 %)Retail
43 (8.108 %)Banking
43 (8.108 %)Pensions
52 (5.405 %)Retail Banking
52 (5.405 %)Marketing
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.405 %)PMI
21 (2.703 %)French Language
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (2.703 %)AIX
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (37.84 %)Project Management
210 (27.03 %)PRINCE2
34 (10.81 %)Migration
43 (8.108 %)ERP
43 (8.108 %)Stakeholder Management
43 (8.108 %)Scrum
43 (8.108 %)Agile Software Development
43 (8.108 %)Matrix Management
52 (5.405 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (5.405 %)ITIL
61 (2.703 %)CRM
61 (2.703 %)Business Intelligence
61 (2.703 %)Data Security
61 (2.703 %)Service Management
61 (2.703 %)eTOM
61 (2.703 %)Fund Management
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (5.405 %)C
12 (5.405 %)Java
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (10.81 %)PRINCE2 Certification
22 (5.405 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
22 (5.405 %)PMP
22 (5.405 %)PMI Certification
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (8.108 %)Oracle
22 (5.405 %)SAP
22 (5.405 %)Avaya
22 (5.405 %)Hyperion
31 (2.703 %)Lotus
31 (2.703 %)Microsoft
31 (2.703 %)Actimize