The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI 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 PMI 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Rank 107 127 121
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -6
Contract jobs citing PMI 12 8 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.508% 0.254% 0.299%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.194% 1.236% 1.445%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 6
Average daily rate £425 £369 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.25% +6.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £354 £315
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £382 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £350
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £46.00 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+67.27% -21.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
547 647 623
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.17% 20.51% 20.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 315 314
Average daily rate £300 £325 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +4.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £201 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 57 68
Average hourly rate £16.70 £20.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.52% -4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.67 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.05 £25.00 £38.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
PMI
England

PMI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West PMI Jobs Demand Trend

PMI
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West PMI Daily Rate Trend

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West PMI Daily Rate Histogram

PMI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Cheshire +11 11 £433 +19.31%
PMI
England

PMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing PMI 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 PMI.

1 29 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 26 (89.66%) PRINCE2
3 24 (82.76%) Project Management
4 19 (65.52%) Finance
5 11 (37.93%) ITIL
5 11 (37.93%) Banking
6 10 (34.48%) PRINCE
7 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (27.59%) Java
7 8 (27.59%) Oracle
7 8 (27.59%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (27.59%) WebSphere
8 7 (24.14%) Waterfall
8 7 (24.14%) Change Management
9 6 (20.69%) CMMI
10 5 (17.24%) Mainframe
10 5 (17.24%) Chordiant
10 5 (17.24%) DB2
10 5 (17.24%) WebLogic
10 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
10 5 (17.24%) SQL
10 5 (17.24%) UNIX
10 5 (17.24%) Windows
10 5 (17.24%) EJB
10 5 (17.24%) JSP
10 5 (17.24%) Servlets
10 5 (17.24%) Struts
10 5 (17.24%) Web Services
10 5 (17.24%) XML
10 5 (17.24%) XSD

PMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing PMI 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 PMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (27.59%) WebSphere
2 5 (17.24%) EJB
2 5 (17.24%) JSP
2 5 (17.24%) Servlets
2 5 (17.24%) Struts
2 5 (17.24%) Web Services
2 5 (17.24%) XML
2 5 (17.24%) XSD
2 5 (17.24%) J2EE
2 5 (17.24%) JMS
2 5 (17.24%) WSDL
2 5 (17.24%) jQuery
2 5 (17.24%) Struts2
2 5 (17.24%) Ajax
2 5 (17.24%) Hibernate
3 3 (10.34%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) WebLogic
2 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.897%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (3.448%) LiveLink
3 1 (3.448%) Documentum
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) TrackWise
1 1 (3.448%) SAP QM
1 1 (3.448%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.897%) LDAP
2 1 (3.448%) VoIP
2 1 (3.448%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) DB2
2 2 (6.897%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) ClearCase
1 5 (17.24%) Subversion
2 3 (10.34%) Git (software)
2 3 (10.34%) Gradle
General
1 19 (65.52%) Finance
2 11 (37.93%) Banking
3 2 (6.897%) Retail
3 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.448%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.448%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (55.17%) Project Manager
2 5 (17.24%) Senior Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Senior Java Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Java Developer
3 3 (10.34%) Development Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Information Risk Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Information Security Project Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Risk Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Information Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Information Security Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Security Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Information Security Risk Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Quality Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.897%) SaaS
3 1 (3.448%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.448%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) UNIX
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Linux
3 1 (3.448%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (89.66%) PRINCE2
2 24 (82.76%) Project Management
3 11 (37.93%) ITIL
4 10 (34.48%) PRINCE
5 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (27.59%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (24.14%) Waterfall
6 7 (24.14%) Change Management
7 6 (20.69%) CMMI
8 5 (17.24%) RUP
8 5 (17.24%) BDD
9 4 (13.79%) Information Security
9 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
10 3 (10.34%) Project Planning
10 3 (10.34%) Programme Management
10 3 (10.34%) Time Management
11 2 (6.897%) Business Continuity
11 2 (6.897%) Scrum
11 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
11 2 (6.897%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) Java
2 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
2 5 (17.24%) SQL
3 3 (10.34%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 29 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 4 (13.79%) Degree
3 3 (10.34%) PMP
4 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (3.448%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.448%) GxP
2 1 (3.448%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Oracle
2 5 (17.24%) Chordiant
2 5 (17.24%) JBoss
3 2 (6.897%) SAP
3 2 (6.897%) Lotus
4 1 (3.448%) Avaya
4 1 (3.448%) Dell
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