The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 21 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 Milton Keynes 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 16 8 5
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 44 79 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 8.397% 11.00% 13.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.925% 11.63% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 39 44
Average daily rate £375 £360 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -8.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £319 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £403 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.62% -0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
Average hourly rate £175.00 - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £28.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year
+35.00% -18.75%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
493 679 563
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 94.08% 94.57% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 286 219
Average daily rate £325 £315 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 54 69
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £35.00 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
Buckinghamshire

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 47 (52.81%) Project Management
2 30 (33.71%) PRINCE2
3 27 (30.34%) Finance
4 23 (25.84%) SC Cleared
4 23 (25.84%) Security Cleared
5 18 (20.22%) MS Project
6 17 (19.10%) Microsoft
7 15 (16.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (14.61%) DV Cleared
8 13 (14.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 12 (13.48%) Scrum
10 10 (11.24%) Oracle
10 10 (11.24%) Retail
11 9 (10.11%) HNC
11 9 (10.11%) HND
11 9 (10.11%) Banking
12 8 (8.989%) Migration
13 5 (5.618%) PMI Certification
13 5 (5.618%) Budget Control
13 5 (5.618%) Waterfall
14 4 (4.494%) Project Planning
14 4 (4.494%) Release Management
14 4 (4.494%) PMI
14 4 (4.494%) Back Office
15 3 (3.371%) Automotive
15 3 (3.371%) ITIL
15 3 (3.371%) Change Management
15 3 (3.371%) PMP
15 3 (3.371%) EPoS
15 3 (3.371%) Sarbanes-Oxley

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Application Development
1 3 (3.371%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (2.247%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.124%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 18 (20.22%) MS Project
2 3 (3.371%) Office 365
3 2 (2.247%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.124%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.247%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.371%) SMS
2 2 (2.247%) VoIP
3 1 (1.124%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.124%) WAN
3 1 (1.124%) Network Security
3 1 (1.124%) Unified Communications
General
1 27 (30.34%) Finance
2 10 (11.24%) Retail
3 9 (10.11%) Banking
4 4 (4.494%) Back Office
5 3 (3.371%) Automotive
5 3 (3.371%) Retail Banking
6 2 (2.247%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.247%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.124%) Spanish Language
7 1 (1.124%) Local Government
7 1 (1.124%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.124%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.494%) PMI
2 3 (3.371%) EPoS
2 3 (3.371%) Credit Risk
3 2 (2.247%) SaaS
4 1 (1.124%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.124%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.124%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (52.81%) Project Management
2 30 (33.71%) PRINCE2
3 15 (16.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (13.48%) Scrum
5 8 (8.989%) Migration
6 5 (5.618%) Budget Control
6 5 (5.618%) Waterfall
7 4 (4.494%) Project Planning
7 4 (4.494%) Release Management
8 3 (3.371%) ITIL
8 3 (3.371%) Change Management
8 3 (3.371%) ERP
8 3 (3.371%) SOA
8 3 (3.371%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (3.371%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (2.247%) User Stories
9 2 (2.247%) Portfolio Management
9 2 (2.247%) Web Development
9 2 (2.247%) Information Management
9 2 (2.247%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.247%) C
2 1 (1.124%) Java
Qualifications
1 23 (25.84%) SC Cleared
1 23 (25.84%) Security Cleared
2 13 (14.61%) DV Cleared
2 13 (14.61%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 9 (10.11%) HNC
3 9 (10.11%) HND
4 5 (5.618%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.371%) PMP
5 3 (3.371%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 3 (3.371%) Degree
6 1 (1.124%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.371%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.124%) SLA
2 1 (1.124%) QA
2 1 (1.124%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (1.124%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.24%) Oracle
3 3 (3.371%) Citrix
4 2 (2.247%) VMware
5 1 (1.124%) SAP
5 1 (1.124%) Cisco
5 1 (1.124%) Retalix
5 1 (1.124%) VocaLink
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