The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Planning 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 54 78 60
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -18
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 19 6 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 2.079% 0.461% 1.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.955% 0.719% 1.639%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
Average daily rate £425 £390 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.97% +20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £238 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £542 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £360 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
643 835 671
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 70.35% 64.18% 64.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 413 300
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 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £456 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 41 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 £80.50 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Project Planning
North West

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 12 (29.27%) Banking
2 11 (26.83%) MS Office
2 11 (26.83%) Project Management
3 10 (24.39%) MS Project
3 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
3 10 (24.39%) Finance
4 9 (21.95%) UNIX
4 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (19.51%) PRINCE2
6 7 (17.07%) C
6 7 (17.07%) WebSphere Application Server
6 7 (17.07%) AIX
6 7 (17.07%) LDAP
6 7 (17.07%) Middleware
6 7 (17.07%) Firewall
6 7 (17.07%) WebSphere
7 6 (14.63%) Oracle
7 6 (14.63%) OLAP
7 6 (14.63%) SAS
7 6 (14.63%) Grid Computing
7 6 (14.63%) Data Integration
8 5 (12.20%) C++
8 5 (12.20%) JDE OneWorld
8 5 (12.20%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (12.20%) JD Edwards
9 4 (9.756%) Windows
9 4 (9.756%) MS Excel
9 4 (9.756%) SharePoint
9 4 (9.756%) Base SAS
10 3 (7.317%) ITIL

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (17.07%) Middleware
1 7 (17.07%) WebSphere
2 2 (4.878%) XBRL
3 1 (2.439%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (17.07%) WebSphere Application Server
2 6 (14.63%) SAS
3 4 (9.756%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.439%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) MS Office
2 10 (24.39%) MS Project
3 4 (9.756%) MS Excel
4 1 (2.439%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (12.20%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.07%) LDAP
1 7 (17.07%) Firewall
2 2 (4.878%) LAN
2 2 (4.878%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) OLAP
2 5 (12.20%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (9.756%) Base SAS
4 1 (2.439%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.439%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 12 (29.27%) Banking
2 10 (24.39%) Finance
3 2 (4.878%) Legal
4 1 (2.439%) Law
4 1 (2.439%) Retail
4 1 (2.439%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.439%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Project Planner
3 5 (12.20%) Project Manager
3 5 (12.20%) SAS Developer
4 4 (9.756%) PMO Manager
5 3 (7.317%) JDE Developer
5 3 (7.317%) Consultant
6 2 (4.878%) Lead Developer
6 2 (4.878%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) JDE Consultant
7 1 (2.439%) SAS Consultant
7 1 (2.439%) SharePoint Developer
7 1 (2.439%) Programme Manager
7 1 (2.439%) Project Leader
7 1 (2.439%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (2.439%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.439%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Grid Computing
1 6 (14.63%) Data Integration
2 3 (7.317%) PMI
3 1 (2.439%) NHS
3 1 (2.439%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.439%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.439%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.95%) UNIX
2 7 (17.07%) AIX
3 4 (9.756%) Windows
4 1 (2.439%) Linux
4 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Project Management
2 9 (21.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (19.51%) PRINCE2
4 3 (7.317%) ERP
4 3 (7.317%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (7.317%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (7.317%) Critical Path Analysis
4 3 (7.317%) ITIL
5 2 (4.878%) Programme Management
5 2 (4.878%) B2C
5 2 (4.878%) Change Management
5 2 (4.878%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.439%) ETL
6 1 (2.439%) PRINCE
6 1 (2.439%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.439%) Supplier Management
6 1 (2.439%) IT Governance
6 1 (2.439%) Resource Management
6 1 (2.439%) Change Control
6 1 (2.439%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) C
2 5 (12.20%) C++
3 1 (2.439%) SQL
3 1 (2.439%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.317%) PMI Certification
1 3 (7.317%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (4.878%) Degree
3 1 (2.439%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.878%) Basel II
1 2 (4.878%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Oracle
3 5 (12.20%) JD Edwards
4 3 (7.317%) Planview
5 1 (2.439%) SAP
Manchester, Lancashire
The role will involve being responsible for end to end project management activities such as project reporting, project planning, issue / risk identification and tracking, scope management, estimation, and...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013