South East IT Project Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the IT Project Manager role in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IT Project Manager
Location Aberdeen Basildon Berkshire Bournemouth Bradford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Denbighshire Devon Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leeds London Lytham St Annes Middlesex Midlands Newcastle North East North Wales North West Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Preston Reading Rhyl Scotland South East South Wales South West Southampton Staffordshire Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	229	272
Rank change on same period last year	+43
Matching contract IT job ads	19	23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.025 %	0.023 %
As % of the category below	0.159 %	0.140 %
Daily rates quoted	9	8
Average minimum daily rate	£376	£370
Average daily rate	£399	£393
% change on same period last year	+1.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£423	£415
UK excluding London average daily rate	£403	£388
% change on same period last year	+3.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.80	-
Average hourly rate	£23.27	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.74	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£22.51	£21.50
% change on same period last year	+4.70 %
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	11958	16482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.94 %	16.68 %
Daily rates quoted	2991	4002
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£334
Average daily rate	£356	£352
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£370
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	1480	1956
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.78	£26.68
Average hourly rate	£23.27	£28.01
% change on same period last year	-16.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.77	£29.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
IT Project Manager England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

IT Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IT Project Manager across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Project Manager across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Project Manager across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hampshire	+21	6	£375	-11.41 %
Oxfordshire	-	2	£388	-
East Sussex	-	2	£415	-
Kent	-	2	£388	-
Buckinghamshire	+12	1	-	-
Berkshire	+32	1	-	-
Middlesex	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited IT 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 IT Project Manager in their job title.

1 23 (41.07 %) Project Management 2 21 (37.50 %) PRINCE2 3 8 (14.29 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 8 (14.29 %) Finance 4 5 (8.929 %) Government 4 5 (8.929 %) Banking 4 5 (8.929 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 4 (7.143 %) SC Cleared 5 4 (7.143 %) Security Cleared 5 4 (7.143 %) Project Planning 5 4 (7.143 %) Stakeholder Management 5 4 (7.143 %) Windows 5 4 (7.143 %) ERP 5 4 (7.143 %) MS Project 5 4 (7.143 %) SAP

6 3 (5.357 %) ITIL 6 3 (5.357 %) RAD 6 3 (5.357 %) SQL 6 3 (5.357 %) LAN 6 3 (5.357 %) WAN 6 3 (5.357 %) Microsoft 6 3 (5.357 %) PRINCE 6 3 (5.357 %) Cognos 6 3 (5.357 %) Service Delivery 6 3 (5.357 %) Change Management 6 3 (5.357 %) Insurance 6 3 (5.357 %) Degree 7 2 (3.571 %) Retail 7 2 (3.571 %) Performance Testing 7 2 (3.571 %) Telecoms

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited IT 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 IT Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (3.571 %) SOAP 2 1 (1.786 %) .NET 2 1 (1.786 %) J2EE 2 1 (1.786 %) ASP.NET	Applications 1 4 (7.143 %) MS Project 2 1 (1.786 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 3 (5.357 %) LAN 1 3 (5.357 %) WAN 2 2 (3.571 %) SAN 3 1 (1.786 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (1.786 %) SQL Server 1 1 (1.786 %) MS Access 1 1 (1.786 %) RDBMS 1 1 (1.786 %) EDRMS
Development Applications 1 1 (1.786 %) Synon	General 1 8 (14.29 %) Finance 2 5 (8.929 %) Government 2 5 (8.929 %) Banking 3 3 (5.357 %) Insurance 4 2 (3.571 %) Health 4 2 (3.571 %) Pharmaceutical 4 2 (3.571 %) Retail 4 2 (3.571 %) Telecoms 5 1 (1.786 %) Back Office 5 1 (1.786 %) Pensions 5 1 (1.786 %) Retail Banking 5 1 (1.786 %) Online Banking 5 1 (1.786 %) Marketing 5 1 (1.786 %) FMCG
Miscellaneous 1 1 (1.786 %) Management Information System 1 1 (1.786 %) Computer Science	Operating Systems 1 4 (7.143 %) Windows 2 2 (3.571 %) Linux 3 1 (1.786 %) Windows NT 3 1 (1.786 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (41.07 %) Project Management 2 21 (37.50 %) PRINCE2 3 4 (7.143 %) ERP 3 4 (7.143 %) Stakeholder Management 3 4 (7.143 %) Project Planning 3 4 (7.143 %) SC Cleared 3 4 (7.143 %) Security Cleared 4 3 (5.357 %) ITIL 4 3 (5.357 %) RAD 4 3 (5.357 %) PRINCE 4 3 (5.357 %) Service Delivery 4 3 (5.357 %) Change Management 5 2 (3.571 %) Disaster Recovery 5 2 (3.571 %) e-GIF 5 2 (3.571 %) Performance Testing 5 2 (3.571 %) Migration 6 1 (1.786 %) Time Management 6 1 (1.786 %) Direct Marketing 6 1 (1.786 %) Release Management 6 1 (1.786 %) User Acceptance Testing	Programming Languages 1 3 (5.357 %) SQL 2 2 (3.571 %) VB 2 2 (3.571 %) C 3 1 (1.786 %) Java
Qualifications 1 8 (14.29 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 5 (8.929 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 3 (5.357 %) Degree 4 2 (3.571 %) ACCA 4 2 (3.571 %) CIMA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.786 %) QA
Systems Management 1 2 (3.571 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 4 (7.143 %) SAP 2 3 (5.357 %) Cognos 2 3 (5.357 %) Microsoft 3 2 (3.571 %) Hyperion 3 2 (3.571 %) Oracle 3 2 (3.571 %) OutlookSoft 4 1 (1.786 %) Agresso 4 1 (1.786 %) Progress 4 1 (1.786 %) Cisco