The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 17 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 Shropshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 20 23 16
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -7
Contract jobs citing Project Management 2 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 1.770% 4.800% 5.556%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.226% 8.955% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Average daily rate £350 £525 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +43.83%
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 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+33.45% -17.53%
All Processes & Methodologies
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
62 67 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 54.87% 53.60% 61.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 49 23
Average daily rate £475 £375 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% +13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £255 £164
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £10.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Project Management
West Midlands

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Telford +2 1 - -
Project Management
West Midlands

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 3 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Open Workbench
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
3 1 (11.11%) HP Data Protector
3 1 (11.11%) HP Superdome
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) MS Project
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) UNIX
3 1 (11.11%) HPUX
3 1 (11.11%) DSDM
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Progress
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) SLA
3 1 (11.11%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) SAN
3 1 (11.11%) CA
3 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
3 1 (11.11%) CA Clarity
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Open Workbench
2 1 (11.11%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (11.11%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) HP Superdome
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
1 1 (11.11%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) DSDM
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) Progress
1 1 (11.11%) HP
1 1 (11.11%) CA