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The table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills within the Reading region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Management
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2320
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads5469
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.069 %
As % of the category below9.457 %10.80 %
Daily rates quoted1533
Average minimum daily rate£381£375
Average daily rate£398£390
% change on same period last year+1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£415£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£382
% change on same period last year+1.58 %
Hourly rates quoted117
Average minimum hourly rate£50.00£33.53
Average hourly rate£52.50£36.24
% change on same period last year+44.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£55.00£38.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.35
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads571639
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.798 %0.642 %
Daily rates quoted155263
Average minimum daily rate£361£359
Average daily rate£389£390
% change on same period last year-0.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£372
% change on same period last year+1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted4681
Average minimum hourly rate£33.80£31.62
Average hourly rate£35.78£33.50
% change on same period last year+6.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.76£35.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£30.27
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Project Management BerkshireProject Management
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.

Project Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Reading Project Management Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Reading region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Reading Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

124 (25.53 %)PRINCE2
223 (24.47 %)Telecoms
321 (22.34 %)Microsoft
419 (20.21 %)PRINCE
517 (18.09 %)Government
615 (15.96 %)Finance
714 (14.89 %)PRINCE2 Certification
813 (13.83 %)ITIL
912 (12.77 %)MS Project
109 (9.574 %)UNIX
109 (9.574 %)MS Excel
118 (8.511 %)Windows
118 (8.511 %)MS Office
118 (8.511 %)Migration
127 (7.447 %)Service Delivery
136 (6.383 %)Cisco
136 (6.383 %)Network Planning
145 (5.319 %)Marketing
145 (5.319 %)QA
145 (5.319 %)CMDB
145 (5.319 %)SAN
145 (5.319 %)Java
145 (5.319 %)Configuration Management
145 (5.319 %)Service Management
145 (5.319 %)HSDPA
145 (5.319 %)Stakeholder Management
154 (4.255 %)Clustering
154 (4.255 %)SoftGrid
154 (4.255 %)Change Management
154 (4.255 %)J2EE

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (4.255 %)J2EE
14 (4.255 %)CSS
23 (3.191 %)WebSphere
32 (2.128 %)HTML
32 (2.128 %).NET
41 (1.064 %)WebServices
41 (1.064 %)XML
41 (1.064 %)XHTML
41 (1.064 %)WSH
41 (1.064 %)AJAX
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (1.064 %)SharePoint
11 (1.064 %)MS Exchange
11 (1.064 %)Documentum
11 (1.064 %)CMS
11 (1.064 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (1.064 %)ESB
11 (1.064 %)Office Project Server
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (12.77 %)MS Project
29 (9.574 %)MS Excel
38 (8.511 %)MS Office
44 (4.255 %)MS Visio
44 (4.255 %)MS PowerPoint
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (4.255 %)SoftGrid
21 (1.064 %)HFM
21 (1.064 %)Hyperion Enterprise
21 (1.064 %)Oracle Financials
21 (1.064 %)SAP SD
21 (1.064 %)BusinessWorks
21 (1.064 %)Singl.eView
21 (1.064 %)Oracle Applications
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (5.319 %)SAN
15 (5.319 %)HSDPA
23 (3.191 %)LAN
32 (2.128 %)VoIP
32 (2.128 %)MPLS
41 (1.064 %)Firewall
41 (1.064 %)Internet
41 (1.064 %)GGSN
41 (1.064 %)SGSN
41 (1.064 %)WAN
41 (1.064 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.064 %)DNS
41 (1.064 %)SDH
41 (1.064 %)ATM
41 (1.064 %)Broadband
41 (1.064 %)ISDN
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (2.128 %)DB2
21 (1.064 %)Informix
21 (1.064 %)MS Access
21 (1.064 %)BusinessObjects
21 (1.064 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (1.064 %)GIS
21 (1.064 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (1.064 %)SQL Server
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.064 %)TestDirector
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
123 (24.47 %)Telecoms
217 (18.09 %)Government
315 (15.96 %)Finance
45 (5.319 %)Marketing
53 (3.191 %)Billing
62 (2.128 %)FMCG
62 (2.128 %)Construction
62 (2.128 %)Multimedia
71 (1.064 %)Telemarketing
71 (1.064 %)Pharmaceutical
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
136 (38.30 %)Project Manager
212 (12.77 %)Coordinator
310 (10.64 %)Analyst
48 (8.511 %)Architect
57 (7.447 %)Business Analyst
65 (5.319 %)Senior Project Manager
65 (5.319 %)Senior Manager
65 (5.319 %)Programme Coordinator
74 (4.255 %)Project Coordinator
74 (4.255 %)Infrastructure Architect
74 (4.255 %)Junior
83 (3.191 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
83 (3.191 %)Project Leader
83 (3.191 %)Change Analyst
83 (3.191 %)Team Leader
83 (3.191 %)Infrastructure Manager
83 (3.191 %)Business Change Analyst
92 (2.128 %)Deployment Engineer
92 (2.128 %)Financial Business Analyst
92 (2.128 %)Service Management Consultant
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (5.319 %)CMDB
24 (4.255 %)Clustering
33 (3.191 %)Management Information System
42 (2.128 %)Replication
42 (2.128 %)N-Tier
42 (2.128 %)PMI
51 (1.064 %)CLARiiON
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (9.574 %)UNIX
28 (8.511 %)Windows
33 (3.191 %)HPUX
33 (3.191 %)Solaris
33 (3.191 %)Windows 2000
33 (3.191 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (2.128 %)Windows Vista
42 (2.128 %)AIX
51 (1.064 %)Windows Server 2008
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
124 (25.53 %)PRINCE2
219 (20.21 %)PRINCE
313 (13.83 %)ITIL
48 (8.511 %)Migration
57 (7.447 %)Service Delivery
66 (6.383 %)Network Planning
75 (5.319 %)Stakeholder Management
75 (5.319 %)Configuration Management
75 (5.319 %)Service Management
84 (4.255 %)Change Management
84 (4.255 %)Agile Software Development
84 (4.255 %)Project Planning
93 (3.191 %)Release Management
93 (3.191 %)Asset Management
93 (3.191 %)Workflow
93 (3.191 %)UML
93 (3.191 %)Business Intelligence
93 (3.191 %)Product Marketing
93 (3.191 %)Performance Management
102 (2.128 %)Load Balancing
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (5.319 %)Java
22 (2.128 %)C
22 (2.128 %)C#
22 (2.128 %)SQL
22 (2.128 %)Shell Script
31 (1.064 %)AWK
31 (1.064 %)PowerShell
31 (1.064 %)VBScript
31 (1.064 %)JavaScript
31 (1.064 %)Perl
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (14.89 %)PRINCE2 Certification
23 (3.191 %)Degree
32 (2.128 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (1.064 %)PMP
41 (1.064 %)PMI Certification
41 (1.064 %)HND
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (5.319 %)QA
23 (3.191 %)ISO9000
23 (3.191 %)SLA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (4.255 %)Active Directory
22 (2.128 %)Terminal Services
31 (1.064 %)VMware Infrastructure
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (4.255 %)SCCM
22 (2.128 %)CONTROL-M
22 (2.128 %)Tivoli
31 (1.064 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (1.064 %)OpenView
31 (1.064 %)Unicenter
31 (1.064 %)MIIS
31 (1.064 %)OVSD
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (22.34 %)Microsoft
26 (6.383 %)Cisco
34 (4.255 %)Oracle
34 (4.255 %)SAP
43 (3.191 %)HP
52 (2.128 %)IBM
52 (2.128 %)Citrix
52 (2.128 %)VMware
61 (1.064 %)Atos Origin
61 (1.064 %)CA
61 (1.064 %)Hyperion
61 (1.064 %)Nokia
61 (1.064 %)VERITAS
61 (1.064 %)TIBCO
61 (1.064 %)Accenture
61 (1.064 %)EMC
61 (1.064 %)Cognos
61 (1.064 %)Business Objects