The first table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMP 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
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank 70 81 69
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -12
Contract jobs citing PMP 3 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.328% 0.231% 0.193%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.500% 1.471% 1.550%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £355 £363 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.20% +262.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £473
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -7.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- -7.87%
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%
PMP
North West

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester PMP Jobs Demand Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) SLA
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (50.00%) Service Management
4 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (33.33%) 2G
4 2 (33.33%) GSM
4 2 (33.33%) UMTS
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
4 2 (33.33%) 3G
4 2 (33.33%) LTE
4 2 (33.33%) 4G
5 1 (16.67%) Change Control
5 1 (16.67%) PMI
5 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) GSM
1 2 (33.33%) UMTS
1 2 (33.33%) 3G
1 2 (33.33%) 2G
1 2 (33.33%) LTE
1 2 (33.33%) 4G
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) ITIL
3 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (50.00%) Service Management
4 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
5 1 (16.67%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS