The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Salford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 22 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 Salford 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 9 7 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Project Management 2 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 8.000% 12.82% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.53% 17.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
Average daily rate £363 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.83% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 £26.39 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+33.45% -13.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Salford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
19 29 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Salford 76.00% 74.36% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 24 2
Average daily rate £323 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.76% -23.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Management
Manchester

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Salford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Project Management Daily Rate Trend

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 Salford region.

Salford Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) Internet
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (40.00%) Information Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (20.00%) APMP
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) Kanban
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Multimedia
4 1 (20.00%) Content Management
4 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
4 1 (20.00%) Flash
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) HTML
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) JavaScript

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Salford 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 1 (20.00%) Flash
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) XSLT
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (20.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Manager
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Project Manager
4 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (60.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (40.00%) Information Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control
4 1 (20.00%) Kanban
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Content Management
4 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PHP
1 1 (20.00%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) APMP
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SAP