The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills 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 Planning 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 49 51 52
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 9 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.500% 1.327% 1.108%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.045% 1.940% 2.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
Average daily rate £260 £238 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.47% +10.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
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
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
440 464 329
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 73.33% 68.44% 52.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 203 139
Average daily rate £350 £325 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -5.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £205 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £447
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 35
Average hourly rate £22.50 £14.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+55.17% -3.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.10 £10.58 £10.44
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.90 £29.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Planning
Buckinghamshire

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Planning across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 11 (68.75%) PRINCE2
3 9 (56.25%) MS Project
4 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
6 4 (25.00%) Banking
7 3 (18.75%) Logistics
7 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
7 3 (18.75%) Spanish Language
7 3 (18.75%) PMP
7 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
8 2 (12.50%) Oracle
8 2 (12.50%) Project Management
9 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
9 1 (6.250%) Change Management
9 1 (6.250%) SCCM
9 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (6.250%) Primavera
9 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
9 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
9 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (6.250%) PMI
9 1 (6.250%) MS Office
9 1 (6.250%) Windows
9 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
9 1 (6.250%) Waterfall
9 1 (6.250%) Earned Value Management

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (6.250%) Lync
Applications
1 9 (56.25%) MS Project
2 6 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
General
1 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Spanish Language
3 3 (18.75%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Project Manager
1 6 (37.50%) Project Support Officer
1 6 (37.50%) Project Officer
2 2 (12.50%) Project Support Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Project Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Project Planner
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
1 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) PRINCE2
2 3 (18.75%) Logistics
3 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.250%) Change Management
4 1 (6.250%) Waterfall
4 1 (6.250%) Earned Value Management
4 1 (6.250%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) PMP
3 3 (18.75%) PMI Certification
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Primavera