The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills 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 Planning over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 26 33 26
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 5 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.475% 0.766% 2.016%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.676% 1.266% 3.311%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
Average daily rate £358 £325 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.15% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £325 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £432 £325 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
136 158 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 67.33% 60.54% 60.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 83 74
Average daily rate £355 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.23% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £255 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £494 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 15
Average hourly rate - £17.51 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -22.17%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 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 +11 5 £358 +10.15%
Project Planning
North West

Project Planning
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) Primavera
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Planner
1 2 (40.00%) Project Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Primavera