The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Solihull 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 7 3 9
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +6
Contract jobs citing Project Management 9 16 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 12.68% 19.05% 7.246%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.36% 30.77% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 0
Average daily rate £180 £263 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.42% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.00 £25.88 £33.30
% change year-on-year
+42.99% -22.29%
All Processes & Methodologies
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
55 52 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 77.46% 61.90% 65.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 6 1
Average daily rate £350 £271 £125
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+29.03% +117.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £14.50 £19.00 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.68% +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
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 Solihull region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull 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 Solihull region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 5 (45.45%) Service Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (9.091%) Degree
3 1 (9.091%) APMP
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.091%) MS Project
3 1 (9.091%) MS Office
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
3 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
3 1 (9.091%) SLA
3 1 (9.091%) CAD

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (9.091%) MS Project
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
1 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Services Delivery Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (18.18%) Environment Manager
2 1 (9.091%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.091%) Programme Manager
2 1 (9.091%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Service Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.091%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) CAD
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
1 1 (9.091%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Our client is a global software company and they specialise in financial planning, services & wealth management software... There is usually a large amount of customisation that would need...
Edgar Cowen
Rate: Negotiable- good rates
Posted: 17 June 2013