South East PMI Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Project Management Institute (PMI) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PMI over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London County Antrim Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Feltham Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hounslow London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury Newport North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Sheffield Slough South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	206	245
Rank change on same period last year	+39
Matching contract IT job ads	44	46
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.063 %	0.048 %
As % of the category below	2.587 %	1.916 %
Daily rates quoted	20	15
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£330
Average daily rate	£371	£363
% change on same period last year	+2.24 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£395
UK excluding London average daily rate	£393	£373
% change on same period last year	+5.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.00	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£36.00	£15.00
% change on same period last year	+140.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.00	£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.17	£22.00
% change on same period last year	+64.39 %
Miscellaneous South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1701	2401
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.424 %	2.483 %
Daily rates quoted	431	504
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£314
Average daily rate	£352	£337
% change on same period last year	+4.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£374	£360
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£341
% change on same period last year	+2.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	278	403
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.57	£27.29
Average hourly rate	£25.10	£28.92
% change on same period last year	-13.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.63	£30.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.03	£26.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
PMI 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.

PMI
Demand Trend

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

PMI
Daily Rate Trend

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

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PMI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI within the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 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
Berkshire	+28	19	£385	+7.95 %
Middlesex	-	14	£377	-
Buckinghamshire	+18	2	£425	-
M4 Corridor	0	2	£400	-
West Sussex	-	1	£350	-
Surrey	+18	1	£300	-
Hampshire	+18	1	£300	-14.28 %
Oxfordshire	-7	1	£240	-

PMI England

PMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing PMI 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 PMI.

1 70 (77.78 %) PRINCE2 2 41 (45.56 %) Project Management 3 32 (35.56 %) PMI Certification 3 32 (35.56 %) Telecoms 4 29 (32.22 %) PMP 5 22 (24.44 %) MS Project 6 14 (15.56 %) ITIL 6 14 (15.56 %) PRINCE 7 13 (14.44 %) MS Excel 8 9 (10.00 %) Microsoft 8 9 (10.00 %) Programme Management 9 8 (8.889 %) Change Management 10 7 (7.778 %) ISEB 10 7 (7.778 %) MS Office 11 6 (6.667 %) SAP

11 6 (6.667 %) Business Intelligence 11 6 (6.667 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 6 (6.667 %) Finance 12 5 (5.556 %) Security Cleared 12 5 (5.556 %) Risk Management 12 5 (5.556 %) Cisco 13 4 (4.444 %) CRM 13 4 (4.444 %) Cisco Certification 13 4 (4.444 %) MS PowerPoint 13 4 (4.444 %) Project Planning 13 4 (4.444 %) Government 13 4 (4.444 %) Migration 13 4 (4.444 %) Performance Management 14 3 (3.333 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 14 3 (3.333 %) SC Cleared

PMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing PMI 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 PMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (3.333 %) WebServices 2 2 (2.222 %) J2EE 2 2 (2.222 %) SAP XI 3 1 (1.111 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 3 (3.333 %) Office Project Server 2 2 (2.222 %) SharePoint 3 1 (1.111 %) NetWeaver 3 1 (1.111 %) BizTalk Server 3 1 (1.111 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 22 (24.44 %) MS Project 2 13 (14.44 %) MS Excel 3 7 (7.778 %) MS Office 4 4 (4.444 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (3.333 %) MS Visio 6 2 (2.222 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 1 (1.111 %) Microsoft CRM 1 1 (1.111 %) SAP Oil and Gas 1 1 (1.111 %) Dynamics CRM 1 1 (1.111 %) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking 1 3 (3.333 %) ATM 1 3 (3.333 %) SDH 1 3 (3.333 %) MPLS 1 3 (3.333 %) Firewall 2 2 (2.222 %) DVB 2 2 (2.222 %) WAN 2 2 (2.222 %) DEFINITY 2 2 (2.222 %) SAN 2 2 (2.222 %) LAN 3 1 (1.111 %) Internet 3 1 (1.111 %) DWDM 3 1 (1.111 %) VoIP 3 1 (1.111 %) Broadband 3 1 (1.111 %) VPN 3 1 (1.111 %) IP Telephony 3 1 (1.111 %) BSS 3 1 (1.111 %) Cisco IPT	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.222 %) BusinessObjects 2 1 (1.111 %) Datawarehouse
Development Applications 1 1 (1.111 %) PowerBuilder	General 1 32 (35.56 %) Telecoms 2 6 (6.667 %) Finance 3 4 (4.444 %) Government 4 2 (2.222 %) Insurance 4 2 (2.222 %) Pensions 5 1 (1.111 %) Marketing 5 1 (1.111 %) Local Government 5 1 (1.111 %) Education 5 1 (1.111 %) Electric
Job Titles 1 47 (52.22 %) Project Manager 2 15 (16.67 %) Analyst 3 6 (6.667 %) Telecoms Project Manager 3 6 (6.667 %) PMO Analyst 4 5 (5.556 %) Support Specialist 4 5 (5.556 %) Project Planner 4 5 (5.556 %) Technical Manager 5 4 (4.444 %) Coordinator 5 4 (4.444 %) Infrastructure Manager 5 4 (4.444 %) Project Analyst 5 4 (4.444 %) Consultant 5 4 (4.444 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 5 4 (4.444 %) Technical Project Manager 5 4 (4.444 %) Business Analyst 6 3 (3.333 %) Support Analyst 6 3 (3.333 %) Project Support Analyst 7 2 (2.222 %) Project Coordinator 7 2 (2.222 %) Programme Manager 7 2 (2.222 %) Business Project Manager 7 2 (2.222 %) BI Manager	Miscellaneous 1 2 (2.222 %) DTV 2 1 (1.111 %) Handset 2 1 (1.111 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 1 (1.111 %) Windows 1 1 (1.111 %) Windows 2000 1 1 (1.111 %) Windows Server 2003 1 1 (1.111 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 70 (77.78 %) PRINCE2 2 41 (45.56 %) Project Management 3 14 (15.56 %) PRINCE 3 14 (15.56 %) ITIL 4 9 (10.00 %) Programme Management 5 8 (8.889 %) Change Management 6 6 (6.667 %) Business Intelligence 7 5 (5.556 %) Risk Management 7 5 (5.556 %) Security Cleared 8 4 (4.444 %) CRM 8 4 (4.444 %) Performance Management 8 4 (4.444 %) Project Planning 8 4 (4.444 %) Migration 9 3 (3.333 %) Stakeholder Management 9 3 (3.333 %) Business Analysis 9 3 (3.333 %) UML 9 3 (3.333 %) SC Cleared 10 2 (2.222 %) ERP 10 2 (2.222 %) Workflow 10 2 (2.222 %) Six Sigma
Programming Languages 1 3 (3.333 %) Java 2 2 (2.222 %) C 3 1 (1.111 %) SQL 3 1 (1.111 %) VB	Qualifications 1 32 (35.56 %) PMI Certification 2 29 (32.22 %) PMP 3 7 (7.778 %) ISEB 4 6 (6.667 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 4 (4.444 %) Cisco Certification 6 3 (3.333 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 7 2 (2.222 %) CAPM 8 1 (1.111 %) Degree 8 1 (1.111 %) MAPM 8 1 (1.111 %) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (3.333 %) QA 2 2 (2.222 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (1.111 %) ISO9000 3 1 (1.111 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (1.111 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 9 (10.00 %) Microsoft 2 6 (6.667 %) SAP 3 5 (5.556 %) Cisco 4 3 (3.333 %) Ab Initio 5 2 (2.222 %) Primavera 5 2 (2.222 %) Business Objects 5 2 (2.222 %) Avaya 6 1 (1.111 %) Ericsson 6 1 (1.111 %) HP 6 1 (1.111 %) Citrix 6 1 (1.111 %) Oracle 6 1 (1.111 %) IBM 6 1 (1.111 %) Accenture 6 1 (1.111 %) Atos Origin 6 1 (1.111 %) Planview