The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth 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 June 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 Portsmouth 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 12 14 10
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 11 3 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 10.89% 3.371% 9.804%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.58% 3.529% 11.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 6
Average daily rate £313 £438 £331
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +32.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £438 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £439 £438 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £408 £408
% change year-on-year
-1.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £30.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £27.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+35.13% -23.97%
All Job Titles
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95 85 132
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 94.06% 95.51% 86.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 36 42
Average daily rate £338 £350 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% +4.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £558 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 23 46
Average hourly rate £27.50 £21.75 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.43% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £14.18 £12.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £27.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Project Manager
Hampshire

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Portsmouth Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

1 11 (55.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (15.00%) Java
4 3 (15.00%) .NET
5 2 (10.00%) Oracle
5 2 (10.00%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (10.00%) SAP
5 2 (10.00%) ERP
5 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (10.00%) PMP
5 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
5 2 (10.00%) JD Edwards
5 2 (10.00%) Maximo
5 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (10.00%) Front Office
5 2 (10.00%) Back Office
5 2 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.000%) Smart Meter
6 1 (5.000%) iPad
6 1 (5.000%) Syclo
6 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.000%) Supplier Management
6 1 (5.000%) QA
6 1 (5.000%) Change Management
6 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.000%) Business Continuity

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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.

Application Development
1 3 (15.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Maximo
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Internet
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Front Office
2 2 (10.00%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Smart Meter
1 1 (5.000%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (5.000%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.000%) Supplier Management
4 1 (5.000%) Change Management
4 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.000%) Business Continuity
4 1 (5.000%) ITIL
4 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (10.00%) PMP
1 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle
1 2 (10.00%) PeopleSoft
1 2 (10.00%) SAP
1 2 (10.00%) JD Edwards
2 1 (5.000%) Syclo
2 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.000%) Citrix