The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 10 16 11
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 22 21 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 11.52% 8.333% 8.727%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.02% 8.898% 9.339%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 14
Average daily rate £373 £388 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.87% +3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £300 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £499 £471
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £407 £410
% change year-on-year
-1.59% -0.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £18.25 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.65%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -24.65%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
183 236 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 95.81% 93.65% 93.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 110 129
Average daily rate £340 £300 £323
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -6.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 37 46
Average hourly rate £11.50 £16.50 £17.06
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.30% -3.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.75 £10.50 £11.11
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £22.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
North West

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside 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.

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
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Job
Vacancies
Liverpool +6 16 £400 - 6
Wirral - 2 - -
Project Manager
North West

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

1 26 (65.00%) Project Management
2 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (20.00%) Finance
3 8 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 7 (17.50%) Scrum
5 6 (15.00%) Migration
6 4 (10.00%) MS Project
6 4 (10.00%) SAP
6 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (10.00%) NHS
6 4 (10.00%) Retail
6 4 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 3 (7.500%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (7.500%) Oracle
7 3 (7.500%) Digital Media
8 2 (5.000%) Business Transformation
8 2 (5.000%) Investment Management
8 2 (5.000%) Change Control
8 2 (5.000%) Manufacturing
8 2 (5.000%) PMI Certification
8 2 (5.000%) UNIX
8 2 (5.000%) Solaris
8 2 (5.000%) Banking
8 2 (5.000%) Logistics
8 2 (5.000%) Security Cleared
8 2 (5.000%) Matrix Management
9 1 (2.500%) Release Management
9 1 (2.500%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (2.500%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (2.500%) Marketing

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Applications
1 4 (10.00%) MS Project
2 1 (2.500%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) SAP Oil and Gas
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) TeamCity
General
1 8 (20.00%) Finance
2 4 (10.00%) Retail
3 2 (5.000%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.000%) Banking
4 1 (2.500%) Electronics
4 1 (2.500%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.500%) Billing
4 1 (2.500%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) NHS
2 3 (7.500%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.500%) PMI
3 1 (2.500%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.000%) UNIX
1 2 (5.000%) Solaris
2 1 (2.500%) Linux
2 1 (2.500%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (65.00%) Project Management
2 10 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 7 (17.50%) Scrum
5 6 (15.00%) Migration
6 4 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 3 (7.500%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (5.000%) Logistics
8 2 (5.000%) Matrix Management
8 2 (5.000%) Investment Management
8 2 (5.000%) Change Control
8 2 (5.000%) Business Transformation
9 1 (2.500%) Data Protection
9 1 (2.500%) Budget Control
9 1 (2.500%) Waterfall
9 1 (2.500%) Release Management
9 1 (2.500%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (2.500%) Programme Management
9 1 (2.500%) Project Planning
9 1 (2.500%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 2 (5.000%) PMI Certification
1 2 (5.000%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.500%) APMP
2 1 (2.500%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (2.500%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.500%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) SAP
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.500%) Oracle
3 1 (2.500%) NetApp
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