The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Project Manager
Rank 56 78 67
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Project Manager 13 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.333% 0.406% 0.284%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.424% 0.446% 0.303%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
Average daily rate £450 £525 £169
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +211.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £487 £450 £500
% change year-on-year
+8.16% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £44.90 - £39.50
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
913 1121 991
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.64% 90.92% 93.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 442 548 459
Average daily rate £330 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 78 86
Average hourly rate £16.00 £19.50 £15.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.94% +29.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.30 £9.71
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.05 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Project Manager
North West

Senior Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Senior Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester Senior Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior Project Manager within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 18 June 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.

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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Senior Project Manager
North West

Senior Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in their job title.

1 14 (77.78%) Project Management
2 11 (61.11%) PRINCE2
3 10 (55.56%) Finance
4 8 (44.44%) ITIL
5 6 (33.33%) Mainframe
6 5 (27.78%) Banking
6 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (22.22%) Retail
7 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (22.22%) Windows
8 3 (16.67%) PRINCE
8 3 (16.67%) UNIX
8 3 (16.67%) Migration
8 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (11.11%) Agile Project Management
9 2 (11.11%) Information Architecture
9 2 (11.11%) Matrix Management
9 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
9 2 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
9 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
9 2 (11.11%) Internet
10 1 (5.556%) 3G
10 1 (5.556%) AutoCAD
10 1 (5.556%) Oracle
10 1 (5.556%) MS Project
10 1 (5.556%) MS Office
10 1 (5.556%) SAP
10 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
10 1 (5.556%) SAS
10 1 (5.556%) GSM

Senior Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Senior 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 Senior Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Project
1 1 (5.556%) MS Office
1 1 (5.556%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (5.556%) 3G
2 1 (5.556%) 2G
2 1 (5.556%) LTE
2 1 (5.556%) 4G
2 1 (5.556%) GSM
2 1 (5.556%) UMTS
General
1 10 (55.56%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Banking
3 4 (22.22%) Retail
4 1 (5.556%) Retail Banking
4 1 (5.556%) German Language
4 1 (5.556%) Law
4 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.556%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) UNIX
3 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Project Management
2 11 (61.11%) PRINCE2
3 8 (44.44%) ITIL
4 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (16.67%) PRINCE
5 3 (16.67%) Migration
5 3 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (11.11%) Programme Management
6 2 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (11.11%) Software Testing
6 2 (11.11%) Matrix Management
6 2 (11.11%) Information Architecture
6 2 (11.11%) Agile Project Management
7 1 (5.556%) Change Control
7 1 (5.556%) Release Management
7 1 (5.556%) Project Planning
7 1 (5.556%) Supplier Management
7 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
7 1 (5.556%) Information Security
7 1 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.556%) APMP
2 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (5.556%) PMP
2 1 (5.556%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.556%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle
1 1 (5.556%) SAP
1 1 (5.556%) Microsoft