The first table below looks at the demand for Portfolio Management skills 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 Portfolio Management over the 3 months to 18 June 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Portfolio Management
Rank 196 221 233
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +12
Contract jobs citing Portfolio Management 29 21 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.359% 0.209% 0.199%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.521% 0.317% 0.310%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 11
Average daily rate £475 £500 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £325 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £542 £750
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £388 £400
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.25 £16.75 £26.50
% change year-on-year
+122.38% -36.79%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5567 6635 6776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.88% 66.05% 64.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2905 3156 3140
Average daily rate £375 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 319 350
Average hourly rate £30.00 £28.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Portfolio Management across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Portfolio Management Jobs Demand Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Portfolio Management Daily Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Portfolio Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East Portfolio Management Daily Rate Histogram

Portfolio Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Portfolio Management Hourly Rate Trend

Portfolio Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Portfolio Management within the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +34 13 £538 +26.47% 4
Surrey +14 8 £300 -37.50% 2
Hampshire -5 3 £625 - 1
Oxfordshire +6 2 £475 - 1
Buckinghamshire 0 2 - - 1
Middlesex +1 1 £300 -40.00%
Sussex - - - -
Thames Valley - - - -
Home Counties - - - -
Portfolio Management
England

Portfolio Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Portfolio Management 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 Portfolio Management.

1 18 (50.00%) Project Management
2 16 (44.44%) Finance
3 15 (41.67%) PRINCE2
4 9 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 8 (22.22%) SAP
6 7 (19.44%) Telecoms
7 6 (16.67%) SQL
7 6 (16.67%) PRINCE
7 6 (16.67%) P3M3
8 5 (13.89%) Matrix Management
8 5 (13.89%) IT Governance
8 5 (13.89%) APMP
8 5 (13.89%) PMI
8 5 (13.89%) PMI Certification
8 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
9 4 (11.11%) Business Objects
9 4 (11.11%) MS Project
9 4 (11.11%) SAP BW
9 4 (11.11%) Niku
9 4 (11.11%) ITIL
9 4 (11.11%) ERP
9 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
9 4 (11.11%) CMMI
9 4 (11.11%) Change Management
9 4 (11.11%) Service Management
9 4 (11.11%) SAP XI
9 4 (11.11%) Demand Management
9 4 (11.11%) COBIT
9 4 (11.11%) MS Project Server
9 4 (11.11%) Data Analysis

Portfolio Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Portfolio Management 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 Portfolio Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (11.11%) SAP XI
2 2 (5.556%) XML
3 1 (2.778%) .NET
3 1 (2.778%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) MS Project Server
2 1 (2.778%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
2 4 (11.11%) MS Project
3 2 (5.556%) MS Office
3 2 (5.556%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.778%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.333%) SAP PM
1 3 (8.333%) SAP EHS
1 3 (8.333%) SAP PLM
1 3 (8.333%) SAP xRPM
1 3 (8.333%) SAP cProjects
2 1 (2.778%) SAP HR
2 1 (2.778%) Oracle CRM
2 1 (2.778%) SAP CRM
2 1 (2.778%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.333%) LAN
1 3 (8.333%) WAN
2 1 (2.778%) Firewall
2 1 (2.778%) VLAN
2 1 (2.778%) Network Security
2 1 (2.778%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) SAP BW
2 2 (5.556%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.556%) MS Access
3 1 (2.778%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 16 (44.44%) Finance
2 7 (19.44%) Telecoms
3 2 (5.556%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (5.556%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) Project Manager
2 9 (25.00%) Portfolio Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Project Planner
3 4 (11.11%) Analyst
4 3 (8.333%) Consultant
4 3 (8.333%) Programme Manager
4 3 (8.333%) SAP Manager
5 2 (5.556%) Data Analyst
5 2 (5.556%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (5.556%) Programme Office Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Project Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) Access Developer
6 1 (2.778%) Business Systems Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Project Support Analyst
6 1 (2.778%) E-Commerce Project Manager
6 1 (2.778%) E-Commerce Manager
6 1 (2.778%) SAP Programme Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Business Manager
6 1 (2.778%) Junior
6 1 (2.778%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) PMI
2 1 (2.778%) Data Integration
2 1 (2.778%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.556%) Windows
1 2 (5.556%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Project Management
2 15 (41.67%) PRINCE2
3 9 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 6 (16.67%) P3M3
4 6 (16.67%) PRINCE
5 5 (13.89%) Matrix Management
5 5 (13.89%) IT Governance
6 4 (11.11%) Project Planning
6 4 (11.11%) Data Analysis
6 4 (11.11%) Logistics
6 4 (11.11%) ERP
6 4 (11.11%) Service Management
6 4 (11.11%) CMMI
6 4 (11.11%) Change Management
6 4 (11.11%) ITIL
6 4 (11.11%) Demand Management
7 3 (8.333%) Risk Management
7 3 (8.333%) Quality Management
7 3 (8.333%) SSADM
7 3 (8.333%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (5.556%) C
3 1 (2.778%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) PMI Certification
1 5 (13.89%) APMP
2 2 (5.556%) Degree
3 1 (2.778%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) COBIT
2 1 (2.778%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (5.556%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (22.22%) SAP
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Business Objects
2 4 (11.11%) Niku
3 1 (2.778%) Oracle
3 1 (2.778%) Informatica
3 1 (2.778%) Salesforce.com
Brighton, East Sussex
The project co-ordinator will work within the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) providing the daily support behind successful project management. Key Accountabilities Effective support service to enable them...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £180.00 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
South East
The project co-ordinator will work within the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) providing the daily support behind successful project management... Support the Project Manager in the creation and...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £150.00 - £180.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013