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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the 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 Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 11 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Manchester region.

 Project Manager
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank18157
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Down-8
Matching contract IT job ads6351119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester7.266 %6.399 %9.950 %
As % of the Job Titles category8.098 %7.074 %10.95 %
Daily rates quoted321838
Average daily rate£256£400£375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.93 %+6.660 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£138£293£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£450£465
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£388£400
% change year-on-year
-3.220 %-3.120 %
Hourly rates quoted201
Average hourly rate£21.68-£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.25£35.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
+3.570 %-
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7787211087
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester89.73 %90.46 %90.89 %
Daily rates quoted270173209
Average daily rate£250£350£340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57 %+2.940 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£138£150£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£413£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted8088148
Average hourly rate£16.50£17.50£16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.710 %+6.060 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.50£32.50£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£20.50£22.00
% change year-on-year
-14.63 %-6.810 %
Project Manager North WestProject Manager
North West

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.

Project Manager
Demand Trend

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

Manchester Project Manager Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010.

Manchester Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SalfordUp+13£330-
BoltonNew entry-1--
Project Manager North WestProject Manager
North West

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title.

146 (37.40 %)Project Management
239 (31.71 %)Finance
326 (21.14 %)Banking
425 (20.33 %)PRINCE2
521 (17.07 %)Retail
620 (16.26 %)Retail Banking
719 (15.45 %)Migration
814 (11.38 %)Stakeholder Management
913 (10.57 %)Oracle
1012 (9.756 %)Change Management
1111 (8.943 %)Risk Management
1111 (8.943 %)Data Migration
1210 (8.130 %)Government
1210 (8.130 %)Datawarehouse
139 (7.317 %)Disaster Recovery
148 (6.504 %)PRINCE
148 (6.504 %)PRINCE2 Certification
148 (6.504 %)Business Continuity
148 (6.504 %)Life Science
148 (6.504 %)Local Government
157 (5.691 %)ETL
157 (5.691 %)Oracle Financials
157 (5.691 %)Hyperion
166 (4.878 %)Oracle 8/8i
166 (4.878 %)Insurance
175 (4.065 %).NET
175 (4.065 %)SAP
175 (4.065 %)SharePoint
184 (3.252 %)NHS
184 (3.252 %)Pharmaceutical

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
15 (4.065 %).NET
21 (0.813 %)SAP Basis
21 (0.813 %)Flash
21 (0.813 %)ASP.NET
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (4.065 %)SharePoint
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (2.439 %)MS Project
13 (2.439 %)MS Visio
21 (0.813 %)MS Excel
21 (0.813 %)MS Office
21 (0.813 %)Spreadsheet
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (5.691 %)Oracle Financials
23 (2.439 %)Oracle EBS R12
32 (1.626 %)VisionPLUS
41 (0.813 %)Oracle HRMS
41 (0.813 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
41 (0.813 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (2.439 %)Firewall
22 (1.626 %)LAN
22 (1.626 %)WAN
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (8.130 %)Datawarehouse
27 (5.691 %)ETL
36 (4.878 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (1.626 %)DataStage
51 (0.813 %)SAP BW
51 (0.813 %)BusinessObjects
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
139 (31.71 %)Finance
226 (21.14 %)Banking
321 (17.07 %)Retail
420 (16.26 %)Retail Banking
510 (8.130 %)Government
68 (6.504 %)Local Government
76 (4.878 %)Insurance
84 (3.252 %)Pharmaceutical
84 (3.252 %)Education
84 (3.252 %)Legal
93 (2.439 %)Multimedia
93 (2.439 %)Health
93 (2.439 %)Construction
102 (1.626 %)Telecoms
111 (0.813 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.813 %)Advertising
111 (0.813 %)Corporate Banking
111 (0.813 %)Marketing
111 (0.813 %)Back Office
111 (0.813 %)Graphic Design
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (6.504 %)Life Science
24 (3.252 %)NHS
33 (2.439 %)CCTV
42 (1.626 %)Management Information System
51 (0.813 %)E-Learning
51 (0.813 %)Taxonomies
51 (0.813 %)Copywriting
51 (0.813 %)Smartcard
51 (0.813 %)Mainframe
51 (0.813 %)Client/Server
51 (0.813 %)Informatics
51 (0.813 %)FMCG
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (2.439 %)UNIX
22 (1.626 %)Windows
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
146 (37.40 %)Project Management
225 (20.33 %)PRINCE2
319 (15.45 %)Migration
414 (11.38 %)Stakeholder Management
512 (9.756 %)Change Management
611 (8.943 %)Risk Management
611 (8.943 %)Data Migration
79 (7.317 %)Disaster Recovery
88 (6.504 %)PRINCE
88 (6.504 %)Business Continuity
94 (3.252 %)Service Delivery
103 (2.439 %)Test Management
103 (2.439 %)Programme Management
103 (2.439 %)Project Planning
103 (2.439 %)Web Development
103 (2.439 %)ITIL
103 (2.439 %)Business Intelligence
103 (2.439 %)E-Commerce
103 (2.439 %)ERP
112 (1.626 %)Agile Software Development
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (0.813 %)PHP
11 (0.813 %)ActionScript
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (6.504 %)PRINCE2 Certification
24 (3.252 %)Degree
31 (0.813 %)ACCA
31 (0.813 %)SAP Certification
31 (0.813 %)PMP
31 (0.813 %)PMI Certification
31 (0.813 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.813 %)QA
11 (0.813 %)Basel II
11 (0.813 %)PCI DSS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (10.57 %)Oracle
27 (5.691 %)Hyperion
35 (4.065 %)SAP
43 (2.439 %)Microsoft
43 (2.439 %)Adobe
52 (1.626 %)Cisco
61 (0.813 %)Teradata
61 (0.813 %)Informatica
61 (0.813 %)iSOFT
61 (0.813 %)Cognos
61 (0.813 %)Sybase
61 (0.813 %)Business Objects
61 (0.813 %)Intel
61 (0.813 %)Genesys