The first table below looks at the demand for Portfolio Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Portfolio Management over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Portfolio Management
Rank 72 81 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.218% 0.230% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.308% 0.359% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £455 £388 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.41% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £405 £400
% change year-on-year
+8.58% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
- -39.62%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
649 836 658
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.62% 64.06% 64.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 418 297
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £452
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 40 38
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £79.00 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Portfolio Management
North West

Portfolio Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Portfolio Management across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester Portfolio Management Jobs Demand Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Portfolio Management Daily Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Portfolio Management 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 Portfolio Management.

1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) MS Project
3 1 (14.29%) MS Office
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 1 (14.29%) ERP

Portfolio Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Project
1 1 (14.29%) MS Office
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Test Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Portfolio Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Strategic Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
1 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
1 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
2 1 (14.29%) Test Management
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
2 1 (14.29%) ERP
Manchester, North West
My client is a leader in Financial Services, based in Manchester, they require a Change Assurance Assistant to work within a Change Team.The key deliverables will be...
Rate: £350.00 per day
Posted: 23 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
I am looking for contract Test Management Professionals for a large banking client in Manchester... - Experience of portfolio management of testing, comprising multiple, sometimes independent, projects - Experience of...
Rullion IT Plus
Rate: £450 - £460 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013