North West PMI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management Institute (PMI) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PMI over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Location Altrincham Basildon Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Brentwood Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London County Antrim Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gloucestershire Guildford Hertfordshire Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Lewisham London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Poole Sandwich Scotland South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	126	130
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	18	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.023 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	2.050 %	0.375 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£375	-
Average daily rate	£404	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£432	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£397	£402
% change on same period last year	-1.10 %
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	£42.21	£37.48
% change on same period last year	+12.63 %
Miscellaneous North West
Matching contract IT job ads	878	534
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.126 %	0.600 %
Daily rates quoted	167	90
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£295
Average daily rate	£391	£307
% change on same period last year	+27.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£410	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£360
% change on same period last year	+0.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	124	102
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.95	£16.23
Average hourly rate	£18.46	£17.60
% change on same period last year	+4.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.96	£18.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.96	£25.02
% change on same period last year	-4.25 %
PMI 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.

PMI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing PMI across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

PMI
Daily Rate Trend

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

PMI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the North West region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Manchester	-6	10	£450	-
2	Cheshire	-	6	£357	-
3	Lancashire	-	1	-	-

PMI England

PMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West region citing PMI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMI.

1 19 (79.17 %) PRINCE2 2 15 (62.50 %) Project Management 3 14 (58.33 %) Finance 4 9 (37.50 %) ISEB 5 7 (29.17 %) Matrix Management 6 5 (20.83 %) Project Planning 7 4 (16.67 %) Stakeholder Management 7 4 (16.67 %) PMI Certification 8 3 (12.50 %) ITIL 8 3 (12.50 %) PMP 8 3 (12.50 %) E-Commerce 8 3 (12.50 %) Programme Management 8 3 (12.50 %) MS PowerPoint 9 2 (8.333 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 9 2 (8.333 %) Military

9 2 (8.333 %) Unix 9 2 (8.333 %) Windows 10 1 (4.167 %) Service Management 10 1 (4.167 %) Change Management 10 1 (4.167 %) AS400 10 1 (4.167 %) Risk Management 10 1 (4.167 %) Workflow 10 1 (4.167 %) VMware 10 1 (4.167 %) VMware ESX 10 1 (4.167 %) Mainframe 10 1 (4.167 %) SAN 10 1 (4.167 %) Lotus 10 1 (4.167 %) BizTalk Server 10 1 (4.167 %) Middleware 10 1 (4.167 %) Six Sigma

PMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the North West region citing PMI also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (4.167 %) EDI 1 1 (4.167 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 1 (4.167 %) Lotus Notes 1 1 (4.167 %) Lotus Domino 1 1 (4.167 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 3 (12.50 %) MS PowerPoint 2 1 (4.167 %) MS Project	Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.167 %) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server 1 1 (4.167 %) DB2	General 1 14 (58.33 %) Finance 2 2 (8.333 %) Military
Job Titles 1 16 (66.67 %) Project Manager 2 5 (20.83 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 2 5 (20.83 %) Infrastructure Manager 3 3 (12.50 %) Programme Manager 3 3 (12.50 %) Programme Office Manager 4 2 (8.333 %) Administrator 4 2 (8.333 %) Technical Project Manager 4 2 (8.333 %) Technical Manager 5 1 (4.167 %) Deployment Project Manager 5 1 (4.167 %) Senior Technical Manager 5 1 (4.167 %) Senior Manager 5 1 (4.167 %) Deployment Manager 5 1 (4.167 %) Senior Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.167 %) Mainframe 1 1 (4.167 %) AS400
Operating Systems 1 2 (8.333 %) Unix 1 2 (8.333 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 19 (79.17 %) PRINCE2 2 15 (62.50 %) Project Management 3 7 (29.17 %) Matrix Management 4 5 (20.83 %) Project Planning 5 4 (16.67 %) Stakeholder Management 6 3 (12.50 %) ITIL 6 3 (12.50 %) Programme Management 6 3 (12.50 %) E-Commerce 7 1 (4.167 %) Six Sigma 7 1 (4.167 %) RUP 7 1 (4.167 %) Service Management 7 1 (4.167 %) Change Management 7 1 (4.167 %) Risk Management 7 1 (4.167 %) Workflow 7 1 (4.167 %) Programme Office Management
Programming Languages 1 1 (4.167 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 9 (37.50 %) ISEB 2 4 (16.67 %) PMI Certification 3 3 (12.50 %) PMP 4 2 (8.333 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 1 (4.167 %) ITIL Certification
System Software 1 1 (4.167 %) VMware ESX	Vendors 1 1 (4.167 %) Oracle 1 1 (4.167 %) SAP 1 1 (4.167 %) IBM 1 1 (4.167 %) Sun 1 1 (4.167 %) HP 1 1 (4.167 %) Lotus 1 1 (4.167 %) VMware