The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Project Manager
Rank 70 71 69
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -2
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 5 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.536% 0.929% 0.288%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.573% 1.008% 0.305%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
Average daily rate £400 £550 £336
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% +63.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+27.77% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
872 1190 982
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.46% 92.11% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 578 432
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £496
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 72 77
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.01 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £35.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Project Manager
North West

IT Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester IT Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester IT Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester IT Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

IT Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Retail Banking
5 1 (10.00%) Stress Testing
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (10.00%) Legal
5 1 (10.00%) Migration
5 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (10.00%) UNIX
5 1 (10.00%) CRM
5 1 (10.00%) Cognos
5 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (10.00%) ERP
5 1 (10.00%) IBM
5 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
5 1 (10.00%) NHS
5 1 (10.00%) Games
5 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management

IT Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 (10.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (30.00%) Retail
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Games
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Project Management
2 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Stress Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) ERP
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Cognos
1 1 (10.00%) IBM