Midlands PMI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management Institute (PMI) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PMI over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Location Altrincham Basildon Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brentwood Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucestershire Guildford Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Lewisham London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Poole Sandwich Scotland South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	70	69
Rank change on same period last year	-1
Matching contract IT job ads	6	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	2.970 %	2.857 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£255	-
Average daily rate	£255	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£255	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£397	£402
% change on same period last year	-1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£35.17
Average hourly rate	-	£35.17
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£35.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£42.21	£37.48
% change on same period last year	+12.63 %
Miscellaneous Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	202	210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.259 %	0.236 %
Daily rates quoted	35	50
Average minimum daily rate	£284	£380
Average daily rate	£315	£408
% change on same period last year	-22.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£346	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£360
% change on same period last year	+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.17	£23.05
Average hourly rate	£29.29	£25.73
% change on same period last year	+13.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.41	£28.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.96	£25.02
% change on same period last year	-4.25 %
PMI England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing PMI across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing PMI across the Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI across the Midlands region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing PMI across the Midlands region.

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Top 13 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Midlands region citing PMI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMI.

1 6 (85.71 %) PRINCE2 1 6 (85.71 %) Project Management 2 5 (71.43 %) MS Project 3 4 (57.14 %) MS Office 3 4 (57.14 %) PMI Certification 4 3 (42.86 %) Education 5 2 (28.57 %) Health 6 1 (14.29 %) WebSphere 6 1 (14.29 %) Matrix Management 6 1 (14.29 %) Government 6 1 (14.29 %) Middleware 6 1 (14.29 %) Finance 6 1 (14.29 %) Linux

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Midlands region citing PMI also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (14.29 %) Middleware 1 1 (14.29 %) WebSphere	Applications 1 5 (71.43 %) MS Project 2 4 (57.14 %) MS Office
General 1 3 (42.86 %) Education 2 2 (28.57 %) Health 3 1 (14.29 %) Finance 3 1 (14.29 %) Government	Job Titles 1 7 (100.00 %) Project Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Technical Project Manager 2 1 (14.29 %) Technical Manager
Operating Systems 1 1 (14.29 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (85.71 %) PRINCE2 1 6 (85.71 %) Project Management 2 1 (14.29 %) Matrix Management
Qualifications 1 4 (57.14 %) PMI Certification