The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 8 9 19
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +10
Contract jobs citing Project Management 93 99 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 11.14% 8.879% 8.925%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.85% 14.10% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 46 38
Average daily rate £413 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £267 £258 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £377 £375
% change year-on-year
+3.51% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £9.00 £11.00 £100.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.18% -89.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.11 £26.28 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+33.59% -16.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
552 702 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.11% 62.96% 66.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 270 310
Average daily rate £390 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.40% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 24 18
Average hourly rate £16.00 £14.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -47.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £23.80 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Management
Berkshire

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 79 (39.90%) Telecoms
2 44 (22.22%) Finance
3 42 (21.21%) PRINCE2
4 37 (18.69%) ATM
5 34 (17.17%) 3G
6 32 (16.16%) Microsoft
7 31 (15.66%) Degree
7 31 (15.66%) Resource Management
8 30 (15.15%) Radio Access Network
9 29 (14.65%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 26 (13.13%) LTE
11 25 (12.63%) MS Excel
12 22 (11.11%) PMP
12 22 (11.11%) PMI Certification
12 22 (11.11%) Ericsson
13 19 (9.596%) Nokia
13 19 (9.596%) SDH
13 19 (9.596%) Huawei
13 19 (9.596%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (9.091%) 3GPP
14 18 (9.091%) MS Project
14 18 (9.091%) UTRAN
14 18 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (8.586%) SQL
15 17 (8.586%) Project Planning
16 16 (8.081%) TOGAF
16 16 (8.081%) 2G
16 16 (8.081%) SharePoint
16 16 (8.081%) Ethernet
16 16 (8.081%) Service Management

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 7 (3.535%) .NET
1 7 (3.535%) XML
1 7 (3.535%) WCF
2 6 (3.030%) J2EE
2 6 (3.030%) HTML
3 5 (2.525%) .NET Framework
3 5 (2.525%) Web Services
3 5 (2.525%) Middleware
3 5 (2.525%) Silverlight
4 3 (1.515%) jQuery
5 2 (1.010%) Struts2
5 2 (1.010%) Struts
5 2 (1.010%) XSLT
6 1 (0.505%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.505%) COM
6 1 (0.505%) CSS
6 1 (0.505%) Mason
6 1 (0.505%) Visualforce
6 1 (0.505%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 16 (8.081%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.525%) MS Project Server
2 5 (2.525%) IIS
2 5 (2.525%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (2.525%) Windows Azure
3 4 (2.020%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (1.515%) Oracle UPK
5 2 (1.010%) Lync
6 1 (0.505%) CMS
6 1 (0.505%) Documentum
6 1 (0.505%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (0.505%) Force.com
Applications
1 25 (12.63%) MS Excel
2 18 (9.091%) MS Project
3 11 (5.556%) MS Office
4 6 (3.030%) MS Visio
5 5 (2.525%) Open Workbench
6 3 (1.515%) MS PowerPoint
7 2 (1.010%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (6.061%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (4.040%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (3.030%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (2.020%) CA Clarity
5 1 (0.505%) SyteLine
5 1 (0.505%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.505%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 37 (18.69%) ATM
2 34 (17.17%) 3G
3 30 (15.15%) Radio Access Network
4 26 (13.13%) LTE
5 19 (9.596%) SDH
6 18 (9.091%) 3GPP
6 18 (9.091%) UTRAN
7 16 (8.081%) 2G
7 16 (8.081%) Ethernet
8 11 (5.556%) Nokia NetAct
8 11 (5.556%) MPLS
9 8 (4.040%) BSS
10 7 (3.535%) RNC
10 7 (3.535%) DWDM
11 2 (1.010%) Wireless
11 2 (1.010%) DSL
11 2 (1.010%) GSM
11 2 (1.010%) HTTP
11 2 (1.010%) UMTS
12 1 (0.505%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.030%) SQL Server
1 6 (3.030%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 6 (3.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (2.525%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.505%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (0.505%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.505%) SAP BI
3 1 (0.505%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.505%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (0.505%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.525%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.010%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.505%) QADirector
General
1 79 (39.90%) Telecoms
2 44 (22.22%) Finance
3 8 (4.040%) Marketing
4 4 (2.020%) Legal
5 3 (1.515%) Games
5 3 (1.515%) Banking
5 3 (1.515%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.010%) Retail
6 2 (1.010%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.010%) Publishing
7 1 (0.505%) Billing
Job Titles
1 56 (28.28%) Project Manager
2 34 (17.17%) Design Engineer
3 22 (11.11%) Analyst
4 16 (8.081%) RAN Engineer
5 15 (7.576%) Transmission Engineer
5 15 (7.576%) Consultant
6 14 (7.071%) Architect
7 13 (6.566%) Business Analyst
8 9 (4.545%) Coordinator
9 8 (4.040%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (4.040%) Technical Manager
10 7 (3.535%) OSS Architect
11 6 (3.030%) Development Manager
12 5 (2.525%) Integration Project Manager
12 5 (2.525%) Microsoft Consultant
12 5 (2.525%) Integration Manager
12 5 (2.525%) Systems Architect
12 5 (2.525%) Delivery Manager
12 5 (2.525%) CRM Consultant
12 5 (2.525%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.576%) Handset
2 12 (6.061%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.525%) PMI
4 4 (2.020%) Computer Science
5 3 (1.515%) Physics
6 2 (1.010%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.505%) BBC
7 1 (0.505%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.505%) DataPower
7 1 (0.505%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.030%) Windows
2 1 (0.505%) UNIX
2 1 (0.505%) Linux
2 1 (0.505%) Android
2 1 (0.505%) Windows 7
2 1 (0.505%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (21.21%) PRINCE2
2 31 (15.66%) Resource Management
3 19 (9.596%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (8.586%) Project Planning
6 16 (8.081%) TOGAF
6 16 (8.081%) Service Management
7 15 (7.576%) Performance Management
8 14 (7.071%) Network Design
8 14 (7.071%) ITIL
9 11 (5.556%) Fault Management
9 11 (5.556%) Change Control
9 11 (5.556%) ITSM
10 10 (5.051%) CRM
10 10 (5.051%) Configuration Management
10 10 (5.051%) Migration
11 9 (4.545%) Validation
11 9 (4.545%) Programme Management
11 9 (4.545%) Change Management
12 7 (3.535%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.586%) SQL
2 10 (5.051%) Java
3 5 (2.525%) C#
4 1 (0.505%) C++
4 1 (0.505%) C
4 1 (0.505%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.505%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.505%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.505%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 31 (15.66%) Degree
2 22 (11.11%) PMP
2 22 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 10 (5.051%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.535%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (2.020%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.020%) ISEB
6 3 (1.515%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.515%) CISSP
6 3 (1.515%) CISA
6 3 (1.515%) CISM
7 2 (1.010%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.010%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.505%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.505%) ACSA
8 1 (0.505%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.505%) JNCIP
8 1 (0.505%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.505%) MBA
8 1 (0.505%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.051%) QA
2 5 (2.525%) SLA
3 1 (0.505%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (2.525%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.505%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.505%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.505%) vSphere
2 1 (0.505%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (6.061%) Netcool
2 11 (5.556%) Ionix
3 2 (1.010%) HP UCMDB
4 1 (0.505%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 32 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 29 (14.65%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 22 (11.11%) Ericsson
4 19 (9.596%) Nokia
4 19 (9.596%) Huawei
5 14 (7.071%) HP
6 12 (6.061%) Remedy
6 12 (6.061%) BMC
7 11 (5.556%) EMC
8 9 (4.545%) Niku
9 8 (4.040%) Oracle
9 8 (4.040%) BT
10 5 (2.525%) SAP
10 5 (2.525%) MicroStrategy
11 4 (2.020%) NEC
12 3 (1.515%) Cisco
12 3 (1.515%) IBM
12 3 (1.515%) CA
12 3 (1.515%) Ariba
13 2 (1.010%) iRise
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