North West Project Planner Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Project Planner 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 job ads that have cited Project Planner in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Croydon Devon Dorset East Lothian East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Musselburgh Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Rugby Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stevenage Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	86
Rank change on same period last year	-51
Matching contract IT job ads	7	47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.050 %
As % of the category below	0.181 %	1.320 %
Daily rates quoted	4	13
Average minimum daily rate	£200	£314
Average daily rate	£215	£336
% change on same period last year	-36.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£230	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£307	£321
% change on same period last year	-4.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£25.00	£22.50
% change on same period last year	+11.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.07	£27.35
% change on same period last year	-4.66 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3867	3561
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.099 %	3.777 %
Daily rates quoted	938	706
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£321
Average daily rate	£355	£336
% change on same period last year	+5.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	439	345
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.90	£21.83
Average hourly rate	£22.76	£23.45
% change on same period last year	-2.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.62	£25.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planner across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planner across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Project Planner within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 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	-20	2	-	-
Manchester	-21	2	£210	-
Merseyside	-8	2	£220	-
Lancashire	+1	1	-	-

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Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Project Planner 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 Planner in their job title.

1 8 (66.67 %) MS Project 2 6 (50.00 %) PRINCE2 3 4 (33.33 %) Risk Management 4 3 (25.00 %) Finance 4 3 (25.00 %) Project Planning 4 3 (25.00 %) Security Cleared 5 2 (16.67 %) Programme Management 5 2 (16.67 %) Insurance 5 2 (16.67 %) Business Analysis 5 2 (16.67 %) Pensions 5 2 (16.67 %) MS Excel 5 2 (16.67 %) Microsoft 5 2 (16.67 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (8.333 %) Primavera 6 1 (8.333 %) Project Management

6 1 (8.333 %) BS15000 6 1 (8.333 %) TickIT 6 1 (8.333 %) Quality Management 6 1 (8.333 %) SharePoint 6 1 (8.333 %) MS Visio 6 1 (8.333 %) ISO9000 6 1 (8.333 %) SSADM 6 1 (8.333 %) ITIL 6 1 (8.333 %) Government 6 1 (8.333 %) Publishing 6 1 (8.333 %) Telecoms 6 1 (8.333 %) Resource Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Project Planner 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 Planner in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (8.333 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 8 (66.67 %) MS Project 2 2 (16.67 %) MS Excel 3 1 (8.333 %) MS Visio
General 1 3 (25.00 %) Finance 2 2 (16.67 %) Insurance 2 2 (16.67 %) Pensions 3 1 (8.333 %) Government 3 1 (8.333 %) Publishing 3 1 (8.333 %) Telecoms	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (50.00 %) PRINCE2 2 4 (33.33 %) Risk Management 3 3 (25.00 %) Project Planning 3 3 (25.00 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (16.67 %) Programme Management 4 2 (16.67 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (16.67 %) Configuration Management 5 1 (8.333 %) Project Management 5 1 (8.333 %) Quality Management 5 1 (8.333 %) SSADM 5 1 (8.333 %) Resource Management 5 1 (8.333 %) ITIL
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (8.333 %) ISO9000 1 1 (8.333 %) BS15000 1 1 (8.333 %) TickIT	Vendors 1 2 (16.67 %) Microsoft 2 1 (8.333 %) Primavera