Reading PMP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management Professional (PMP) in IT contracts within the Reading region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited PMP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management Professional (PMP)
Location Berkshire Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester City of London Devon Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands North West Reading Redditch Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Thames Valley UK Wakefield Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£439	£445
% change on same period last year	-1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£52.83	£35.50
% change on same period last year	+48.82 %
Qualifications Reading
Matching contract IT job ads	100	128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.132 %	0.136 %
Daily rates quoted	34	41
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£285
Average daily rate	£367	£299
% change on same period last year	+22.67 %
Average maximum daily rate	£386	£313
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	16	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.00	£22.67
Average hourly rate	£16.71	£24.39
% change on same period last year	-31.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.42	£26.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
PMP Berkshire

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.

PMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PMP across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PMP across the Reading region.

PMP
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing PMP 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 PMP.

1 2 (100.00 %) JSP 1 2 (100.00 %) PMI Certification 1 2 (100.00 %) PRINCE 1 2 (100.00 %) Project Management 1 2 (100.00 %) Construction 1 2 (100.00 %) JSP 440 1 2 (100.00 %) SC Cleared 1 2 (100.00 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (50.00 %) Government 2 1 (50.00 %) Military

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region citing PMP 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 PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (100.00 %) JSP	General 1 2 (100.00 %) Construction 2 1 (50.00 %) Government 2 1 (50.00 %) Military
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (100.00 %) PRINCE 1 2 (100.00 %) Project Management 1 2 (100.00 %) SC Cleared 1 2 (100.00 %) Security Cleared	Qualifications 1 2 (100.00 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (100.00 %) JSP 440