The first table below looks at the demand for Project 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 Project Management over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 8 17 10
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 112 107 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 11.89% 8.149% 9.375%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.77% 12.80% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 37 37
Average daily rate £355 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.37% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £165 £119
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £550 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £14.25 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -22.97%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 £26.39 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+33.45% -13.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
668 836 669
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.91% 63.67% 65.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 421 308
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £230 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 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 £13.05 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Manchester Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 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 -2 2 £363 +20.83%
Oldham -5 2 £250 -
Stockport -1 1 £375 -
Project Management
North West

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Project 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 Project Management.

1 73 (37.44%) PRINCE2
2 59 (30.26%) Finance
3 42 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 33 (16.92%) Banking
5 29 (14.87%) Microsoft
6 25 (12.82%) ITIL
7 22 (11.28%) Retail
8 21 (10.77%) Change Management
9 20 (10.26%) MS Project
10 19 (9.744%) Management Information System
11 17 (8.718%) Degree
11 17 (8.718%) NHS
12 16 (8.205%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 16 (8.205%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 15 (7.692%) MS Office
13 15 (7.692%) MS Excel
13 15 (7.692%) Retail Banking
14 14 (7.179%) Business Analysis
15 13 (6.667%) Service Delivery
16 12 (6.154%) Windows
16 12 (6.154%) Project Planning
17 11 (5.641%) Data Management
17 11 (5.641%) Programme Management
17 11 (5.641%) Agile Software Development
18 10 (5.128%) Internet
18 10 (5.128%) Oracle
18 10 (5.128%) Data Modelling
19 9 (4.615%) Mainframe
19 9 (4.615%) Data Security

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing Project 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (3.590%) Web Services
1 7 (3.590%) XML
2 6 (3.077%) Middleware
3 5 (2.564%) CSS
4 4 (2.051%) .NET
5 3 (1.538%) XSLT
5 3 (1.538%) HTML
5 3 (1.538%) Ajax
6 2 (1.026%) RESTful
6 2 (1.026%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.026%) SOAP
6 2 (1.026%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.026%) XHTML
7 1 (0.513%) XSD
7 1 (0.513%) Flash
7 1 (0.513%) JSF
7 1 (0.513%) HTML5
7 1 (0.513%) GWT
7 1 (0.513%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 8 (4.103%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.051%) FileNet
2 4 (2.051%) Documentum
3 3 (1.538%) CMS
4 2 (1.026%) MS Project Server
4 2 (1.026%) IIS
4 2 (1.026%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.513%) Apache
5 1 (0.513%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.513%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.513%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.513%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.513%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 20 (10.26%) MS Project
2 15 (7.692%) MS Office
2 15 (7.692%) MS Excel
3 4 (2.051%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.513%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.513%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.513%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 4 (2.051%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.538%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.513%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.513%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.513%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.513%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.513%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.128%) Internet
2 5 (2.564%) RFID
3 4 (2.051%) Intranet
3 4 (2.051%) Extranet
4 3 (1.538%) LAN
4 3 (1.538%) WAN
5 2 (1.026%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.026%) Firewall
5 2 (1.026%) VPN
5 2 (1.026%) FTP
6 1 (0.513%) VoIP
6 1 (0.513%) HTTP
6 1 (0.513%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.513%) DNS
6 1 (0.513%) DHCP
6 1 (0.513%) MPLS
6 1 (0.513%) OSPF
6 1 (0.513%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.513%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.513%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.590%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.564%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (1.026%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (1.026%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.026%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.513%) Oracle Discoverer
4 1 (0.513%) MySQL
4 1 (0.513%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.513%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (1.538%) JIRA
1 3 (1.538%) Subversion
2 1 (0.513%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.513%) PhoneGap
General
1 59 (30.26%) Finance
2 33 (16.92%) Banking
3 22 (11.28%) Retail
4 15 (7.692%) Retail Banking
5 6 (3.077%) Law
5 6 (3.077%) Legal
5 6 (3.077%) Local Government
6 4 (2.051%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.026%) Games
7 2 (1.026%) Advertising
7 2 (1.026%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.026%) Marketing
7 2 (1.026%) German Language
7 2 (1.026%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 94 (48.21%) Project Manager
2 20 (10.26%) Analyst
3 17 (8.718%) Architect
4 13 (6.667%) Programme Manager
5 11 (5.641%) Infrastructure Manager
5 11 (5.641%) Business Analyst
5 11 (5.641%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 10 (5.128%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (4.103%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (4.103%) Senior Manager
8 6 (3.077%) PMO Manager
8 6 (3.077%) ICT Project Manager
8 6 (3.077%) Service Manager
8 6 (3.077%) Information Architect
9 5 (2.564%) Integration Architect
9 5 (2.564%) Technical Architect
9 5 (2.564%) Developer
9 5 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 5 (2.564%) Technical Leader
9 5 (2.564%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.744%) Management Information System
2 17 (8.718%) NHS
3 9 (4.615%) Mainframe
3 9 (4.615%) Data Integration
4 4 (2.051%) PMI
5 3 (1.538%) Smartcard
5 3 (1.538%) EMV
6 2 (1.026%) iPad
6 2 (1.026%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.026%) Handset
6 2 (1.026%) W3C
7 1 (0.513%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.513%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.513%) Statistics
7 1 (0.513%) IVR
7 1 (0.513%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.513%) iPhone
7 1 (0.513%) Social Media
7 1 (0.513%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.154%) Windows
2 7 (3.590%) UNIX
3 4 (2.051%) Windows 7
4 3 (1.538%) Linux
5 1 (0.513%) Windows 2000
5 1 (0.513%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.513%) Fedora
5 1 (0.513%) Android
5 1 (0.513%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.513%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (37.44%) PRINCE2
2 42 (21.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (12.82%) ITIL
4 21 (10.77%) Change Management
5 16 (8.205%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (7.179%) Business Analysis
7 13 (6.667%) Service Delivery
8 12 (6.154%) Project Planning
9 11 (5.641%) Data Management
9 11 (5.641%) Programme Management
9 11 (5.641%) Agile Software Development
10 10 (5.128%) Data Modelling
11 9 (4.615%) Data Security
11 9 (4.615%) Migration
11 9 (4.615%) Risk Management
11 9 (4.615%) Change Control
12 8 (4.103%) Content Management
12 8 (4.103%) PRINCE
13 7 (3.590%) Disaster Recovery
13 7 (3.590%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.077%) JavaScript
1 6 (3.077%) SQL
2 3 (1.538%) C#
2 3 (1.538%) Java
3 1 (0.513%) C
3 1 (0.513%) PHP
3 1 (0.513%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.513%) ActionScript
3 1 (0.513%) XPath
Qualifications
1 17 (8.718%) Degree
2 16 (8.205%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 15 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 7 (3.590%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.564%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.538%) PMP
6 3 (1.538%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.026%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.026%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.026%) ISEB
7 2 (1.026%) HNC
7 2 (1.026%) HND
8 1 (0.513%) CCNP
8 1 (0.513%) CCNA
8 1 (0.513%) CISSP
8 1 (0.513%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.513%) Avaya Certification
8 1 (0.513%) CISA
8 1 (0.513%) CISM
8 1 (0.513%) ACSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.077%) SLA
2 4 (2.051%) QA
3 2 (1.026%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.026%) GMP
4 1 (0.513%) BS7799
4 1 (0.513%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.513%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (1.538%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.513%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (0.513%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (0.513%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (0.513%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.513%) SCOM
Vendors
1 29 (14.87%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.128%) Oracle
3 4 (2.051%) Avaya
3 4 (2.051%) SAP
4 3 (1.538%) Cisco
4 3 (1.538%) Planview
5 2 (1.026%) Amdocs
5 2 (1.026%) IBM
6 1 (0.513%) Nortel
6 1 (0.513%) Business Objects
6 1 (0.513%) Citrix
6 1 (0.513%) BMC
6 1 (0.513%) Novell
6 1 (0.513%) Remedy
6 1 (0.513%) Huawei
6 1 (0.513%) Kronos
6 1 (0.513%) i-GRasp
6 1 (0.513%) BT
6 1 (0.513%) NEC
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