The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Oxfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 10 27 28
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 47 30 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 10.42% 4.823% 4.310%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.21% 8.152% 7.722%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 13
Average daily rate £350 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.15% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £244 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £585 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.03 £26.28 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+33.27% -16.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
309 368 259
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.51% 59.16% 55.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 193 136
Average daily rate £350 £400 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +26.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 35 10
Average hourly rate £11.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.88% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Oxfordshire Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Management across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Oxfordshire Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Oxford +9 33 £375 -11.76%
Henley-on-Thames - 5 £165 -
Abingdon +5 2 - -
Banbury - 1 £425 -
Project Management
South East

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Project Management 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 Project Management.

1 24 (26.37%) Finance
2 23 (25.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 23 (25.27%) PRINCE2
3 19 (20.88%) Degree
4 17 (18.68%) CRM
5 16 (17.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 15 (16.48%) PRINCE
7 14 (15.38%) Change Management
8 13 (14.29%) Publishing
9 11 (12.09%) Migration
9 11 (12.09%) Service Management
9 11 (12.09%) Retail
9 11 (12.09%) ITIL
9 11 (12.09%) SQL
10 10 (10.99%) HTML
10 10 (10.99%) Content Management
10 10 (10.99%) Marketing
11 9 (9.890%) Banking
11 9 (9.890%) Retail Banking
11 9 (9.890%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (9.890%) Business Transformation
12 8 (8.791%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (8.791%) JavaScript
12 8 (8.791%) Photoshop
13 7 (7.692%) MS Excel
13 7 (7.692%) Google
13 7 (7.692%) SEO
13 7 (7.692%) Management Information System
13 7 (7.692%) Analytics
13 7 (7.692%) Google Analytics

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing Project Management 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (10.99%) HTML
2 6 (6.593%) jQuery
2 6 (6.593%) CSS
3 2 (2.198%) XML
3 2 (2.198%) .NET
4 1 (1.099%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.099%) Visualforce
4 1 (1.099%) Mason
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.593%) CMS
2 2 (2.198%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.099%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.099%) Documentum
3 1 (1.099%) MS Project Server
3 1 (1.099%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.099%) Moodle
3 1 (1.099%) Force.com
3 1 (1.099%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (8.791%) Photoshop
2 7 (7.692%) MS Excel
3 6 (6.593%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (5.495%) MS Office
5 4 (4.396%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (2.198%) MS Visio
7 1 (1.099%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (7.692%) Google Analytics
2 2 (2.198%) SAP BPC
2 2 (2.198%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (2.198%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (1.099%) Agresso
3 1 (1.099%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (1.099%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.099%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.099%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.099%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.099%) Intranet
1 1 (1.099%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.198%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.198%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (1.099%) JIRA
General
1 24 (26.37%) Finance
2 13 (14.29%) Publishing
3 11 (12.09%) Retail
4 10 (10.99%) Marketing
5 9 (9.890%) Banking
5 9 (9.890%) Retail Banking
6 7 (7.692%) German Language
7 6 (6.593%) French Language
8 3 (3.297%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.297%) Local Government
9 2 (2.198%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.099%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.099%) Electronics
10 1 (1.099%) Multimedia
10 1 (1.099%) Billing
Job Titles
1 47 (51.65%) Project Manager
2 10 (10.99%) Coordinator
3 7 (7.692%) Analyst
4 6 (6.593%) Service Manager
4 6 (6.593%) Web Manager
5 5 (5.495%) Business Manager
6 4 (4.396%) Portfolio Manager
6 4 (4.396%) Business Project Manager
7 3 (3.297%) Project Analyst
8 2 (2.198%) Content Manager
8 2 (2.198%) Workstream Manager
8 2 (2.198%) ICT Project Manager
8 2 (2.198%) Digital Project Manager
8 2 (2.198%) Procurement Officer
8 2 (2.198%) Web Content Manager
8 2 (2.198%) Applications Project Manager
8 2 (2.198%) Applications Manager
8 2 (2.198%) Transition Manager
8 2 (2.198%) Technical Manager
8 2 (2.198%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.692%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.297%) SaaS
3 2 (2.198%) Social Media
4 1 (1.099%) DTV
4 1 (1.099%) PMI
4 1 (1.099%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.099%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.099%) Copywriting
4 1 (1.099%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.099%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.099%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.396%) Windows
2 2 (2.198%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.099%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.099%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.27%) Stakeholder Management
1 23 (25.27%) PRINCE2
2 17 (18.68%) CRM
3 15 (16.48%) PRINCE
4 14 (15.38%) Change Management
5 11 (12.09%) Migration
5 11 (12.09%) Service Management
5 11 (12.09%) ITIL
6 10 (10.99%) Content Management
7 9 (9.890%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (9.890%) Business Transformation
8 8 (8.791%) Agile Software Development
9 7 (7.692%) SEO
9 7 (7.692%) Analytics
10 6 (6.593%) Release Management
10 6 (6.593%) Information Architecture
10 6 (6.593%) Online Marketing
10 6 (6.593%) Web Analytics
10 6 (6.593%) BPR
10 6 (6.593%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.09%) SQL
2 8 (8.791%) JavaScript
3 6 (6.593%) PHP
4 3 (3.297%) Java
5 2 (2.198%) C#
6 1 (1.099%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 19 (20.88%) Degree
2 16 (17.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (2.198%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.198%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.099%) PMP
4 1 (1.099%) CCIE
4 1 (1.099%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.099%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.099%) MCSE
4 1 (1.099%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.099%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.396%) COBIT
2 2 (2.198%) QA
3 1 (1.099%) GMP
System Software
1 2 (2.198%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (7.692%) Google
2 6 (6.593%) Interwoven
3 5 (5.495%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.495%) HP
4 4 (4.396%) Oracle
5 3 (3.297%) SAP
6 2 (2.198%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.099%) Niku
7 1 (1.099%) Epicor
7 1 (1.099%) Baan
7 1 (1.099%) JD Edwards
7 1 (1.099%) Sage
7 1 (1.099%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (1.099%) Citrix
7 1 (1.099%) Progress
7 1 (1.099%) Siebel
7 1 (1.099%) NetSuite
7 1 (1.099%) Lagan
7 1 (1.099%) Blackboard
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