The first table below looks at the demand for APMP in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited APMP over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications for the Manchester 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
Rank 72 82 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing APMP 1 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.109% 0.154% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.833% 0.980% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £400 £295 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.59% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £382 £335 £410
% change year-on-year
+13.88% -18.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All Qualifications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
120 204 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 13.13% 15.68% 12.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 75 51
Average daily rate £298 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.46% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £144 £186 £128
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 15 8
Average hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £18.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.82% +5.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.77 £18.00 £12.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.40 £37.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
APMP
North West

APMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing APMP across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Manchester APMP Jobs Demand Trend

APMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester APMP Daily Rate Trend

APMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Salford - 1 £400 -
APMP
North West

APMP
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing APMP 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 APMP.

1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control

APMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing APMP 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 APMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft