South East PMP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management Professional (PMP) in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PMP over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management Professional (PMP)
Location Aberdeenshire Amersham Basingstoke Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cheltenham City of London Devon East Anglia East of England England Essex Exeter Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North West Scotland Shropshire South East South West Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 9 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	228	259
Rank change on same period last year	+31
Matching contract IT job ads	25	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.032 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	1.676 %	2.034 %
Daily rates quoted	12	13
Average minimum daily rate	£442	£382
Average daily rate	£483	£412
% change on same period last year	+17.40 %
Average maximum daily rate	£525	£442
UK excluding London average daily rate	£448	£439
% change on same period last year	+1.91 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£48.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Qualifications South East
Matching contract IT job ads	1492	1770
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.899 %	2.001 %
Daily rates quoted	424	407
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£319
Average daily rate	£342	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.89 %
Average maximum daily rate	£360	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£330
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	202	227
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.33	£24.49
Average hourly rate	£25.96	£25.94
% change on same period last year	+0.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.58	£27.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.29	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-5.43 %
PMP 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.

PMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing PMP across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMP across the South East region over the past 3 months.

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PMP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP within the South East region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Berkshire	+24	7	£454	+10.05 %
2	Surrey	+21	5	£725	+99.54 %
2	Middlesex	-4	5	£450	-
3	Buckinghamshire	+3	2	-	-
3	Hampshire	+5	2	£500	+8.10 %
4	Thames Valley	-	1	-	-
4	West Sussex	-4	1	-	-

PMP England

PMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South East region citing PMP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMP.

1 57 (100.00 %) PMI Certification 2 51 (89.47 %) PRINCE2 3 32 (56.14 %) Project Management 4 18 (31.58 %) Risk Management 5 16 (28.07 %) PMI 6 15 (26.32 %) MS Office 7 10 (17.54 %) MS Project 8 9 (15.79 %) SharePoint 8 9 (15.79 %) Performance Management 9 8 (14.04 %) Telecoms 9 8 (14.04 %) ITIL 9 8 (14.04 %) Internet 9 8 (14.04 %) Change Management 9 8 (14.04 %) Stakeholder Management 10 7 (12.28 %) Finance

10 7 (12.28 %) PRINCE 10 7 (12.28 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 6 (10.53 %) E-Procurement 11 6 (10.53 %) MS PowerPoint 12 5 (8.772 %) Investment Banking 12 5 (8.772 %) Banking 12 5 (8.772 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 13 4 (7.018 %) Documentum 13 4 (7.018 %) Windows 13 4 (7.018 %) Programme Management 13 4 (7.018 %) Document Management 13 4 (7.018 %) eTOM 14 3 (5.263 %) Requirements Analysis 14 3 (5.263 %) Migration 14 3 (5.263 %) Retail

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South East region citing PMP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (3.509 %) JSP 2 1 (1.754 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 9 (15.79 %) SharePoint 2 4 (7.018 %) Documentum 3 1 (1.754 %) Office Project Server 3 1 (1.754 %) CMS
Applications 1 15 (26.32 %) MS Office 2 10 (17.54 %) MS Project 3 6 (10.53 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (1.754 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.754 %) SAP Retail 1 1 (1.754 %) SAP HR 1 1 (1.754 %) SAP R/3 1 1 (1.754 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 8 (14.04 %) Internet 2 3 (5.263 %) Firewall 3 2 (3.509 %) DSL 3 2 (3.509 %) SAN 3 2 (3.509 %) DWDM 3 2 (3.509 %) LAN 3 2 (3.509 %) SDH 4 1 (1.754 %) BSS 4 1 (1.754 %) NGN 4 1 (1.754 %) LLU 4 1 (1.754 %) VoIP 4 1 (1.754 %) ATM 4 1 (1.754 %) DSLAM	General 1 8 (14.04 %) Telecoms 2 7 (12.28 %) Finance 3 5 (8.772 %) Investment Banking 3 5 (8.772 %) Banking 4 3 (5.263 %) Retail 5 2 (3.509 %) Back Office 5 2 (3.509 %) Construction 5 2 (3.509 %) Education 5 2 (3.509 %) Marketing 6 1 (1.754 %) Insurance 6 1 (1.754 %) Government 6 1 (1.754 %) Health 6 1 (1.754 %) Publishing 6 1 (1.754 %) Military
Job Titles 1 40 (70.18 %) Project Manager 2 4 (7.018 %) Programme Manager 2 4 (7.018 %) IT Manager 2 4 (7.018 %) IT Project Manager 2 4 (7.018 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 3 3 (5.263 %) Telecoms Project Manager 3 3 (5.263 %) Senior Manager 4 2 (3.509 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 4 2 (3.509 %) Test Manager 4 2 (3.509 %) Infrastructure Manager 4 2 (3.509 %) Senior Project Manager 4 2 (3.509 %) Delivery Manager 5 1 (1.754 %) Service Support Manager 5 1 (1.754 %) Data Manager 5 1 (1.754 %) Programme Director 5 1 (1.754 %) Disaster Recovery Manager 5 1 (1.754 %) Service Manager 5 1 (1.754 %) Project Coordinator 5 1 (1.754 %) SAP Project Manager 5 1 (1.754 %) Technical Manager	Miscellaneous 1 16 (28.07 %) PMI 2 1 (1.754 %) IPTV 2 1 (1.754 %) Derivative 2 1 (1.754 %) Credit Derivative 2 1 (1.754 %) Japanese Language 2 1 (1.754 %) Fixed Income 2 1 (1.754 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 4 (7.018 %) Windows 2 3 (5.263 %) VMS 2 3 (5.263 %) Tru64 3 2 (3.509 %) Windows NT 3 2 (3.509 %) Unix	Processes & Methodologies 1 51 (89.47 %) PRINCE2 2 32 (56.14 %) Project Management 3 18 (31.58 %) Risk Management 4 9 (15.79 %) Performance Management 5 8 (14.04 %) ITIL 5 8 (14.04 %) Change Management 5 8 (14.04 %) Stakeholder Management 6 7 (12.28 %) PRINCE 7 6 (10.53 %) E-Procurement 8 4 (7.018 %) Programme Management 8 4 (7.018 %) Document Management 8 4 (7.018 %) eTOM 9 3 (5.263 %) Requirements Analysis 9 3 (5.263 %) Migration 9 3 (5.263 %) Project Planning 9 3 (5.263 %) CRM 10 2 (3.509 %) Disaster Recovery 10 2 (3.509 %) Service Management 10 2 (3.509 %) Six Sigma 10 2 (3.509 %) E-Commerce
Qualifications 1 57 (100.00 %) PMI Certification 2 7 (12.28 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 3 (5.263 %) CAPM 4 1 (1.754 %) Degree 4 1 (1.754 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (1.754 %) MBA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (8.772 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 2 (3.509 %) JSP 440
Systems Management 1 1 (1.754 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 3 (5.263 %) Microsoft 2 2 (3.509 %) Sun 2 2 (3.509 %) Intel 2 2 (3.509 %) SAP 3 1 (1.754 %) Oracle 3 1 (1.754 %) Cognos 3 1 (1.754 %) Citrix 3 1 (1.754 %) HP