The first table below looks at the demand for the Software 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 Software Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Project Manager
Rank - 127 124
Contract jobs requiring a Software Project Manager 0 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.094% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.103% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £365 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -23.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £389 £365 £438
% change year-on-year
+6.50% -16.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £37.50
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2193 2915 2785
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.16% 91.78% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1046 1442 1383
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 178 190
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% +10.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.01 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Project Manager
England

Software Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Software Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Software Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Software Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Software Project Manager
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Software 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 Software Project Manager in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Software Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Software 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 Software Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (66.67%) Degree