Manchester IT Project Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the IT Project Manager role in IT contracts within the Manchester 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 IT Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IT Project Manager
Location Aberdeen Basildon Berkshire Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Denbighshire Devon Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds London Lytham St Annes Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newcastle North East North Wales North West Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Reading Rhyl Scotland South East South Wales South West Southampton Staffordshire Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	64
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	4
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.004 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.384 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£333
Average daily rate	-	£358
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£403	£388
% change on same period last year	+3.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.51	£21.50
% change on same period last year	+4.70 %
Job Titles Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads	1234	1042
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.645 %	1.054 %
Daily rates quoted	230	212
Average minimum daily rate	£315	£313
Average daily rate	£333	£332
% change on same period last year	+0.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£352
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	182	116
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.04	£17.86
Average hourly rate	£20.90	£19.30
% change on same period last year	+8.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.77	£20.73
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
IT Project Manager North West

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.

IT Project Manager
Demand Trend

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

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

IT Project Manager
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited IT 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 IT Project Manager in their job title.

1 3 (42.86 %) Oracle 1 3 (42.86 %) Project Management 1 3 (42.86 %) PRINCE2 1 3 (42.86 %) Finance 2 2 (28.57 %) Disaster Recovery 2 2 (28.57 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (14.29 %) Lotus 3 1 (14.29 %) NHS 3 1 (14.29 %) Smartcard 3 1 (14.29 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (14.29 %) CRM 3 1 (14.29 %) Active Directory 3 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server 3 1 (14.29 %) Migration 3 1 (14.29 %) Marketing

3 1 (14.29 %) Performance Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Data Protection

IT Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited IT 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 IT Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (14.29 %) Lotus Notes	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (14.29 %) SQL Server
General 1 3 (42.86 %) Finance 2 1 (14.29 %) Marketing	Miscellaneous 1 1 (14.29 %) NHS 1 1 (14.29 %) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (42.86 %) Project Management 1 3 (42.86 %) PRINCE2 2 2 (28.57 %) Disaster Recovery 3 1 (14.29 %) Migration 3 1 (14.29 %) Performance Management 3 1 (14.29 %) Data Protection 3 1 (14.29 %) CRM	Qualifications 1 2 (28.57 %) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software 1 1 (14.29 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 3 (42.86 %) Oracle 2 1 (14.29 %) Lotus