North West Business Project Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Project Manager role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Project Manager
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Coventry Derby Derbyshire East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leek London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester York Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	109	144
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching contract IT job ads	18	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.538 %	0.074 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£400	£450
Average daily rate	£413	£450
% change on same period last year	-8.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£425	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£440	£427
% change on same period last year	+3.02 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3344	4045
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.708 %	4.088 %
Daily rates quoted	783	827
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£320
Average daily rate	£341	£338
% change on same period last year	+0.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	467	456
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.62	£20.30
Average hourly rate	£23.40	£21.94
% change on same period last year	+6.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.19	£23.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
Business Project Manager 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.

Business Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Project Manager across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Business Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Project Manager across the North West region.

Business Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Project Manager across the North West region.

Business Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Project Manager within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheshire	+15	8	£288	-
Manchester	0	5	£450	-

Business Project Manager England

Business Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business 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 Business Project Manager in their job title.

1 8 (33.33 %) Project Management 2 7 (29.17 %) PRINCE 2 7 (29.17 %) PRINCE2 2 7 (29.17 %) Finance 2 7 (29.17 %) Business Analysis 3 5 (20.83 %) Systems Analysis 3 5 (20.83 %) Risk Management 3 5 (20.83 %) System Testing 4 4 (16.67 %) Oracle HRMS 4 4 (16.67 %) Oracle 11i 4 4 (16.67 %) Oracle 4 4 (16.67 %) Oracle Discoverer 4 4 (16.67 %) Pensions 5 3 (12.50 %) Insurance 5 3 (12.50 %) Business Continuity

6 2 (8.333 %) Manufacturing 6 2 (8.333 %) Marketing 6 2 (8.333 %) GAP Analysis 6 2 (8.333 %) Banking 6 2 (8.333 %) Retail 7 1 (4.167 %) Supplier Management 7 1 (4.167 %) Northgate 7 1 (4.167 %) Civica 7 1 (4.167 %) Comino 7 1 (4.167 %) Capita 7 1 (4.167 %) Academy Housing 7 1 (4.167 %) Orchard 7 1 (4.167 %) arcHouse 7 1 (4.167 %) QMS 7 1 (4.167 %) Advertising

Business Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Business 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 Business Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 1 (4.167 %) MS Project 1 1 (4.167 %) MS Office 1 1 (4.167 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 4 (16.67 %) Oracle 11i 1 4 (16.67 %) Oracle HRMS 2 1 (4.167 %) Academy Housing 2 1 (4.167 %) arcHouse
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (16.67 %) Oracle Discoverer 2 1 (4.167 %) Datawarehouse	General 1 7 (29.17 %) Finance 2 4 (16.67 %) Pensions 3 3 (12.50 %) Insurance 4 2 (8.333 %) Marketing 4 2 (8.333 %) Manufacturing 4 2 (8.333 %) Banking 4 2 (8.333 %) Retail 5 1 (4.167 %) Advertising
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (33.33 %) Project Management 2 7 (29.17 %) PRINCE2 2 7 (29.17 %) PRINCE 2 7 (29.17 %) Business Analysis 3 5 (20.83 %) Risk Management 3 5 (20.83 %) System Testing 3 5 (20.83 %) Systems Analysis 4 3 (12.50 %) Business Continuity 5 2 (8.333 %) GAP Analysis 6 1 (4.167 %) ITIL 6 1 (4.167 %) Stakeholder Management 6 1 (4.167 %) Risk Assessment 6 1 (4.167 %) Supplier Management 6 1 (4.167 %) Six Sigma 6 1 (4.167 %) BCP 6 1 (4.167 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (4.167 %) E-Commerce 6 1 (4.167 %) Change Management 6 1 (4.167 %) QMS	Programming Languages 1 1 (4.167 %) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (4.167 %) SLA	Vendors 1 4 (16.67 %) Oracle 2 1 (4.167 %) Microsoft 2 1 (4.167 %) Anite 2 1 (4.167 %) Teradata 2 1 (4.167 %) Northgate 2 1 (4.167 %) Civica 2 1 (4.167 %) Comino 2 1 (4.167 %) Capita 2 1 (4.167 %) Orchard