The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT 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 South East 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
IT Project Manager
Rank 170 177 225
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +48
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 53 65 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.681% 0.639% 0.322%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.736% 0.692% 0.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 42 25
Average daily rate £390 £390 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £342 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £464 £487 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £385 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
Average hourly rate £28.49 £22.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.48% -22.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.98 £22.00 £22.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £22.00 £34.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.75 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+27.77% -10.00%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7204 9391 9776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.56% 92.35% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4218 4213
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 721 839
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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.

South East IT Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East IT Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 23 May 2013.

South East IT Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East IT Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

IT 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 IT Project Manager within the South East 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
Hampshire +14 22 £350 -6.66%
Berkshire +20 9 £381 -12.85%
West Sussex +11 9 £406 +4.16%
Surrey +14 5 £413 +14.58%
Middlesex +12 2 £450 +32.15%
Oxfordshire +9 2 £420 +5.00%
Home Counties +2 1 - -
Buckinghamshire -1 1 - -
Kent -1 1 £275 -
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 46 (47.42%) Project Management
2 45 (46.39%) PRINCE2
3 29 (29.90%) Finance
4 26 (26.80%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (22.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 11 (11.34%) Programme Management
6 11 (11.34%) Retail
7 10 (10.31%) Asset Management
8 9 (9.278%) MS Project
9 8 (8.247%) PMI Certification
10 7 (7.216%) PMP
10 7 (7.216%) Microsoft
10 7 (7.216%) Telecoms
10 7 (7.216%) Degree
11 6 (6.186%) ERP
11 6 (6.186%) ITIL
12 5 (5.155%) MS Excel
12 5 (5.155%) E-Commerce
12 5 (5.155%) PRINCE
12 5 (5.155%) Supplier Management
13 4 (4.124%) Time Management
13 4 (4.124%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (4.124%) Maximo
13 4 (4.124%) Migration
13 4 (4.124%) Banking
13 4 (4.124%) EAM
13 4 (4.124%) SAP
13 4 (4.124%) Oracle
13 4 (4.124%) .NET
13 4 (4.124%) Waterfall

IT Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 4 (4.124%) .NET
2 1 (1.031%) Middleware
2 1 (1.031%) Django
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.093%) SharePoint
1 3 (3.093%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.031%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.031%) Adobe CQ
2 1 (1.031%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (1.031%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (1.031%) CMS
2 1 (1.031%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 9 (9.278%) MS Project
2 5 (5.155%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.062%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.031%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.124%) Maximo
2 2 (2.062%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.031%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.093%) Network Security
1 3 (3.093%) Internet
2 1 (1.031%) PABX
2 1 (1.031%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.031%) HTTP
2 1 (1.031%) MPLS
2 1 (1.031%) Firewall
2 1 (1.031%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.031%) Wireless
2 1 (1.031%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.093%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.031%) MySQL
2 1 (1.031%) Data Warehouse
General
1 29 (29.90%) Finance
2 11 (11.34%) Retail
3 7 (7.216%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.124%) Banking
5 3 (3.093%) Back Office
5 3 (3.093%) Billing
5 3 (3.093%) Investment Banking
5 3 (3.093%) Marketing
6 1 (1.031%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.031%) Electronics
6 1 (1.031%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.031%) Advertising
6 1 (1.031%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.093%) NHS
2 2 (2.062%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.062%) AS400
2 2 (2.062%) SaaS
3 1 (1.031%) iPad
3 1 (1.031%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.031%) PMI
3 1 (1.031%) DTV
3 1 (1.031%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.031%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.031%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.031%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (47.42%) Project Management
2 45 (46.39%) PRINCE2
3 26 (26.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (11.34%) Programme Management
5 10 (10.31%) Asset Management
6 6 (6.186%) ERP
6 6 (6.186%) ITIL
7 5 (5.155%) E-Commerce
7 5 (5.155%) PRINCE
7 5 (5.155%) Supplier Management
8 4 (4.124%) Time Management
8 4 (4.124%) Migration
8 4 (4.124%) EAM
8 4 (4.124%) Waterfall
9 3 (3.093%) Change Control
9 3 (3.093%) CRM
9 3 (3.093%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (3.093%) Workflow
9 3 (3.093%) Resource Management
9 3 (3.093%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.093%) Java
2 1 (1.031%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (22.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 8 (8.247%) PMI Certification
3 7 (7.216%) PMP
3 7 (7.216%) Degree
4 4 (4.124%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.062%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.062%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.062%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.031%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.031%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (1.031%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.031%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.062%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (7.216%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.124%) SAP
2 4 (4.124%) Oracle
3 2 (2.062%) JD Edwards
3 2 (2.062%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (1.031%) Twitter
4 1 (1.031%) Citrix
4 1 (1.031%) Adobe
4 1 (1.031%) Cisco
4 1 (1.031%) IBM
4 1 (1.031%) Lotus
4 1 (1.031%) Niku
4 1 (1.031%) Mitel
4 1 (1.031%) Kofax
Crawley, West Sussex
Project Manager with experience of Project Managing both Onshore and Offshore (Off-Shore) projects currently required by my extremley well know West Sussex based client. I am currently...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £325 - £350 per day + Excellent chance of extension.
Posted: 17 May 2013
Crawley, South East
This is an urgent contract opportunity to work on several IT projects working closely with the business to develop viable projects which will add real value to the...
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013