The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Preston 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 20 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 Preston 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 8 24 -
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 5 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 10.20% 3.371% -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.11% 3.659% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Average daily rate £293 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.87% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £405
% change year-on-year
- -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -17.14%
All Job Titles
Preston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
45 164 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Preston 91.84% 92.13% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 135 5
Average daily rate £300 £380 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.05% +47.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £283 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £475 £335
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 1
Average hourly rate £19.00 £29.50 £11.07
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.59% +166.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
Lancashire

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

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 Preston region.

Preston Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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 2 (25.00%) Project Management
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (12.50%) Information Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) MS Project
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) ERP
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Workflow
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
2 1 (12.50%) Publishing
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Web Design
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Use Case
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) System Testing
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Preston 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.

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
1 1 (12.50%) Publishing
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Workflow
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Web Design
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (12.50%) Use Case
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) System Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (12.50%) Information Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) ERP
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BC Cleared