The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills 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 Planning 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank - 32 -
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 0 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - 1.765% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 2.913% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 103 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 54.71% 60.59% 57.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 55 46
Average daily rate £400 £410 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +15.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +44.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.23 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £24.40 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Planning
South West

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Project Planning 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 Planning.

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) HP
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) ISEB Practitioner
2 3 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) ABAP
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) SAP BW
4 1 (25.00%) Logistics
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region citing Project Planning 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 Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) QuickTest Pro
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ISEB
1 4 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) ISEB Practitioner
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) HP