The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Project Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Merseyside 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
IT Project Manager
Rank 32 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.930% 0.375% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.962% 0.394% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £413 £290 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.24% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+27.77% -10.00%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
208 254 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.74% 95.13% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 115 110
Average daily rate £330 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £188 £132
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 46 35
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.51 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.32% +16.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £12.05 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £83.70 £25.00 £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Project Manager
North West

IT Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside IT Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside IT Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

IT 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 IT Project Manager within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool +9 2 £413 +42.24%
IT Project Manager
North West

IT Project Manager
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited IT 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 IT Project Manager in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) NHS
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) MS Project
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Management

IT Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited IT 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 IT Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Project
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (100.00%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Matrix Management
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification