The first table below looks at the demand for APMP in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited APMP over the 3 months to 19 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 Qualifications for the North West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
Rank 112 126 124
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -2
Contract jobs citing APMP 5 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.209% 0.263% 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.057% 1.286% 0.241%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £338 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.90%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+17.18% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
473 622 415
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.82% 20.47% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 308 209
Average daily rate £350 £375 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +26.05%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £528 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 29 43
Average hourly rate £25.00 £19.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.20% -18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.85 £12.40 £15.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £22.75 £38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
APMP
England

APMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing APMP across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West APMP Jobs Demand Trend

APMP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing APMP across the North West region.

North West APMP Daily Rate Trend

APMP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing APMP across the North West region.

North West APMP Hourly Rate Trend

APMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 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
Cheshire - 2 - -
Manchester - - - -
APMP
England

APMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing APMP 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 APMP.

1 12 (92.31%) Project Management
2 10 (76.92%) Degree
3 7 (53.85%) Supplier Management
4 6 (46.15%) Waterfall
4 6 (46.15%) ISEB
4 6 (46.15%) CheckPoint
5 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (23.08%) Finance
6 3 (23.08%) HNC
6 3 (23.08%) HND
6 3 (23.08%) HP
7 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
7 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
7 2 (15.38%) BC Cleared
7 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
7 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
7 2 (15.38%) Mainframe
7 2 (15.38%) PRINCE
7 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
8 1 (7.692%) Law
8 1 (7.692%) Scrum
8 1 (7.692%) Information Security
8 1 (7.692%) Teamcenter
8 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (7.692%) AutoCAD
8 1 (7.692%) PMI
8 1 (7.692%) PMI Certification
8 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
8 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
8 1 (7.692%) MS Project

APMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing APMP 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 APMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (7.692%) AutoCAD
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
1 1 (7.692%) MS Project
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Teamcenter
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Supplier Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Project Support Officer
2 3 (23.08%) Project Officer
2 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Project Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Project Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Information Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Agile Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Information Security Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Mainframe
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.692%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Project Management
2 7 (53.85%) Supplier Management
3 6 (46.15%) Waterfall
4 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Resource Management
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) PRINCE
6 1 (7.692%) Scrum
6 1 (7.692%) Information Security
6 1 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (7.692%) ITIL
6 1 (7.692%) Statistical Analysis
6 1 (7.692%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Degree
2 6 (46.15%) ISEB
3 3 (23.08%) HNC
3 3 (23.08%) HND
4 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) BC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.692%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) CheckPoint
2 3 (23.08%) HP
3 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) SAP
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