The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the Somerset 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 16 28 33
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 15 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 8.621% 4.142% 1.149%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.434% 4.294% 1.205%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 1
Average daily rate £400 £420 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -1.17%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £404 £405
% change year-on-year
-0.92% -0.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £29.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+30.34% -12.12%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
159 163 166
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.38% 96.45% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 91 75
Average daily rate £301 £320 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.93% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £433 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 22
Average hourly rate £10.00 £13.25 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.52% -11.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
South West

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Somerset Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Manager across the Somerset region.

Somerset Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager across the Somerset region.

Somerset Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 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
Taunton +4 5 - -
Bath - 2 £425 -
Street - 1 - -
Project Manager
South West

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Project Manager in their job title 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 with Project Manager in their job title.

1 10 (43.48%) SAP
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Finance
3 5 (21.74%) Change Management
3 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (21.74%) Project Management
3 5 (21.74%) E-Commerce
3 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
4 4 (17.39%) Supplier Management
5 3 (13.04%) Retail
5 3 (13.04%) MVC
5 3 (13.04%) IVR
5 3 (13.04%) C#
5 3 (13.04%) .NET
5 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET
5 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
5 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
5 3 (13.04%) SAP R/3
5 3 (13.04%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (13.04%) Commerce Server
5 3 (13.04%) Intranet
5 3 (13.04%) SharePoint 2010
5 3 (13.04%) PABX
5 3 (13.04%) Office 365
5 3 (13.04%) SharePoint 2013
5 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
6 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (8.696%) Oracle
7 1 (4.348%) Data Management

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Project Manager in their job title 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 with Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (13.04%) .NET
1 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.348%) WebSphere
2 1 (4.348%) Middleware
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
1 3 (13.04%) BizTalk Server
1 3 (13.04%) Commerce Server
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) SAP R/3
2 1 (4.348%) SAP SCM
2 1 (4.348%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Intranet
1 3 (13.04%) PABX
2 1 (4.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (4.348%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.348%) GIS
General
1 6 (26.09%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Retail
3 1 (4.348%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.348%) General Ledger
3 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.348%) Back Office
3 1 (4.348%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) IVR
2 1 (4.348%) Derivative
2 1 (4.348%) Mathematics
2 1 (4.348%) Social Network
2 1 (4.348%) E-Learning
2 1 (4.348%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (4.348%) Reference Data
2 1 (4.348%) FMCG
2 1 (4.348%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.348%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.348%) UNIX
1 1 (4.348%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Change Management
1 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (21.74%) Project Management
1 5 (21.74%) E-Commerce
1 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
2 4 (17.39%) Supplier Management
3 3 (13.04%) MVC
4 2 (8.696%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (4.348%) Data Management
5 1 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.348%) Investment Management
5 1 (4.348%) Migration
5 1 (4.348%) ITSM
5 1 (4.348%) Scrum
5 1 (4.348%) ERP
5 1 (4.348%) SOA
5 1 (4.348%) Service Management
5 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.348%) Data Migration
5 1 (4.348%) Feature Driven Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) C#
2 1 (4.348%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.348%) CIMA
2 1 (4.348%) ACCA
2 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) SAP
2 6 (26.09%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.696%) Oracle
4 1 (4.348%) ATG
4 1 (4.348%) IBM
4 1 (4.348%) Wall Street Systems