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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role 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 Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

 Project Manager
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8710
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+3
Matching contract IT job ads201227312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West8.862 %9.965 %7.887 %
As % of the Job Titles category9.985 %10.94 %8.640 %
Daily rates quoted10894111
Average daily rate£298£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.62 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£167£257£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£474£508
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£378£400
% change year-on-year
-0.660 %-5.620 %
Hourly rates quoted10116
Average hourly rate£40.75£28.57£37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+42.63 %-23.81 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.49£18.91£26.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£99.75£35.00£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.50£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
+15.38 %-7.140 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
201320753611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West88.76 %91.09 %91.28 %
Daily rates quoted826524852
Average daily rate£275£350£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£158£170£210
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£425£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted183242408
Average hourly rate£17.50£19.00£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.890 %-5.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£10.50£10.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£32.50£32.50£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Project Manager EnglandProject Manager
England

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.

Project Manager
Demand Trend

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

North West Project Manager Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

North West Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

North West Project Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Project Manager within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CheshireNo change073£300-25.00 %
ManchesterDown-266£250-37.50 %
LancashireDown-110£275-15.38 %
MerseysideDown-67£295-1.66 %
Project Manager EnglandProject Manager
England

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title.

1145 (38.77 %)Project Management
2118 (31.55 %)Finance
399 (26.47 %)PRINCE2
462 (16.58 %)Stakeholder Management
548 (12.83 %)Banking
641 (10.96 %)Retail
739 (10.43 %)Government
836 (9.626 %)Migration
931 (8.289 %)PRINCE
1029 (7.754 %)ITIL
1127 (7.219 %)Retail Banking
1225 (6.684 %)NHS
1323 (6.150 %)Oracle
1422 (5.882 %)Risk Management
1422 (5.882 %)Change Management
1521 (5.615 %)SAP
1521 (5.615 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1620 (5.348 %)UNIX
1719 (5.080 %)Local Government
1817 (4.545 %)Windows
1817 (4.545 %)Microsoft
1817 (4.545 %)PMI Certification
1916 (4.278 %)E-Commerce
2015 (4.011 %)Health
2015 (4.011 %)Data Migration
2114 (3.743 %)Datawarehouse
2114 (3.743 %)PMI
2213 (3.476 %)ERP
2213 (3.476 %)C
2312 (3.209 %)Insurance

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (3.209 %).NET
23 (0.802 %)Middleware
23 (0.802 %)WebSphere
32 (0.535 %)ASP.NET
32 (0.535 %)Flash
41 (0.267 %)Web Services
41 (0.267 %)SAP Basis
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
112 (3.209 %)SharePoint
22 (0.535 %)Exchange Server 2007
22 (0.535 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (0.535 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (0.535 %)MS Exchange
31 (0.267 %)Oracle 9iAS
31 (0.267 %)Documentum
31 (0.267 %)WebLogic
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
111 (2.941 %)MS Excel
111 (2.941 %)MS Project
28 (2.139 %)MS Visio
33 (0.802 %)MS Office
33 (0.802 %)CA Clarity
41 (0.267 %)Open Workbench
41 (0.267 %)Spreadsheet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (1.872 %)Oracle Financials
25 (1.337 %)Dynamics NAV
33 (0.802 %)Oracle EBS R12
42 (0.535 %)SAP BPC
42 (0.535 %)VisionPLUS
42 (0.535 %)Navision
42 (0.535 %)SAP APO
51 (0.267 %)SAP FI
51 (0.267 %)SAP CO
51 (0.267 %)BASE24
51 (0.267 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (0.267 %)Oracle HRMS
51 (0.267 %)SAP Oil and Gas
51 (0.267 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (2.674 %)Firewall
27 (1.872 %)WAN
35 (1.337 %)LAN
44 (1.070 %)Network Security
53 (0.802 %)SAN
62 (0.535 %)IP Telephony
62 (0.535 %)VPN
71 (0.267 %)Internet
71 (0.267 %)SSL
71 (0.267 %)ATM
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (3.743 %)Datawarehouse
29 (2.406 %)SQL Server
29 (2.406 %)ETL
37 (1.872 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (1.604 %)Oracle 8/8i
53 (0.802 %)BusinessObjects
62 (0.535 %)DB2
62 (0.535 %)DataStage
62 (0.535 %)EDRMS
71 (0.267 %)SAP BW
71 (0.267 %)GIS
71 (0.267 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.267 %)Oracle 9i
71 (0.267 %)NonStop SQL
71 (0.267 %)SQL Server 2008
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (1.337 %)Visual Studio
North West IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1118 (31.55 %)Finance
248 (12.83 %)Banking
341 (10.96 %)Retail
439 (10.43 %)Government
527 (7.219 %)Retail Banking
619 (5.080 %)Local Government
715 (4.011 %)Health
812 (3.209 %)Insurance
98 (2.139 %)Pharmaceutical
107 (1.872 %)Marketing
107 (1.872 %)Legal
114 (1.070 %)Multimedia
114 (1.070 %)Construction
114 (1.070 %)Education
123 (0.802 %)Manufacturing
123 (0.802 %)Pensions
132 (0.535 %)Corporate Banking
132 (0.535 %)Police
132 (0.535 %)Telecoms
141 (0.267 %)Back Office
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (6.684 %)NHS
214 (3.743 %)PMI
39 (2.406 %)Life Science
47 (1.872 %)FMCG
56 (1.604 %)Mainframe
63 (0.802 %)Smartcard
63 (0.802 %)Client/Server
63 (0.802 %)CCTV
63 (0.802 %)Informatics
72 (0.535 %)E-Learning
72 (0.535 %)Management Information System
72 (0.535 %)NPfIT
72 (0.535 %)EPoS
81 (0.267 %)LIMS
81 (0.267 %)EMV
81 (0.267 %)HACMP
81 (0.267 %)Tandem
81 (0.267 %)Economics
81 (0.267 %)SCADA
81 (0.267 %)Copywriting
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
120 (5.348 %)UNIX
217 (4.545 %)Windows
32 (0.535 %)AIX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1145 (38.77 %)Project Management
299 (26.47 %)PRINCE2
362 (16.58 %)Stakeholder Management
436 (9.626 %)Migration
531 (8.289 %)PRINCE
629 (7.754 %)ITIL
722 (5.882 %)Risk Management
722 (5.882 %)Change Management
816 (4.278 %)E-Commerce
915 (4.011 %)Data Migration
1013 (3.476 %)ERP
1110 (2.674 %)Supplier Management
1110 (2.674 %)Matrix Management
129 (2.406 %)Disaster Recovery
129 (2.406 %)Project Planning
129 (2.406 %)Business Continuity
138 (2.139 %)Business Analysis
146 (1.604 %)Programme Management
146 (1.604 %)Service Delivery
155 (1.337 %)CRM
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (3.476 %)C
25 (1.337 %)C#
25 (1.337 %)VB
33 (0.802 %)SQL
42 (0.535 %)PHP
42 (0.535 %)ActionScript
51 (0.267 %)Java
51 (0.267 %)Perl
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
121 (5.615 %)PRINCE2 Certification
217 (4.545 %)PMI Certification
310 (2.674 %)Security Cleared
49 (2.406 %)SC Cleared
56 (1.604 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
65 (1.337 %)Degree
73 (0.802 %)PMP
73 (0.802 %)ITIL Certification
82 (0.535 %)CCAB
91 (0.267 %)ACCA
91 (0.267 %)SAP Certification
91 (0.267 %)ISEB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.139 %)QA
21 (0.267 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.267 %)Basel II
21 (0.267 %)PCI DSS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (0.802 %)Active Directory
22 (0.535 %)XenApp
31 (0.267 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.267 %)Hyper-V
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.802 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
123 (6.150 %)Oracle
221 (5.615 %)SAP
317 (4.545 %)Microsoft
47 (1.872 %)Hyperion
55 (1.337 %)Citrix
63 (0.802 %)Adobe
63 (0.802 %)Cisco
63 (0.802 %)Business Objects
63 (0.802 %)VMware
72 (0.535 %)Teradata
72 (0.535 %)HP
72 (0.535 %)Intel
72 (0.535 %)IBM
81 (0.267 %)Remedy
81 (0.267 %)Niku
81 (0.267 %)Informatica
81 (0.267 %)McKesson
81 (0.267 %)Genesys
81 (0.267 %)BEA
81 (0.267 %)iSOFT