The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Project Planning over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 120 124 109
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -15
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 106 130 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.357% 1.280% 1.493%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.994% 1.980% 2.301%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 73 63
Average daily rate £375 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £275 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £499 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £360 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £18.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+108.33% -52.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £12.40 £36.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.50 £23.60 £39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.00% -23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5315 6567 6781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.02% 64.65% 64.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2757 3151 3072
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 363
Average hourly rate £26.98 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Berkshire +20 47 £400 +11.11%
Surrey +27 27 £325 -23.52%
West Sussex +11 10 £369 +34.09%
Hampshire -13 10 £383 +9.28%
Buckinghamshire +6 7 £260 -30.66%
Oxfordshire +6 3 £350 +159.25%
Middlesex +2 1 £420 +34.40%
Kent -2 1 £525 -
M4 Corridor - 1 £390 -
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Project Planning 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 Project Planning.

1 94 (48.70%) Project Management
2 73 (37.82%) PRINCE2
3 63 (32.64%) MS Project
4 59 (30.57%) Finance
5 56 (29.02%) Telecoms
6 39 (20.21%) MS Excel
7 38 (19.69%) Microsoft
8 29 (15.03%) Change Control
9 25 (12.95%) PMI Certification
10 21 (10.88%) Degree
11 20 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (9.845%) Risk Management
12 19 (9.845%) Programme Management
13 18 (9.326%) Change Management
13 18 (9.326%) Security Cleared
14 17 (8.808%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 17 (8.808%) PRINCE
14 17 (8.808%) Oracle
15 16 (8.290%) MS Office
16 15 (7.772%) SQL
17 14 (7.254%) PMI
17 14 (7.254%) PMP
17 14 (7.254%) Critical Path Analysis
18 13 (6.736%) ERP
18 13 (6.736%) Radio Access Network
19 12 (6.218%) Supplier Management
19 12 (6.218%) Retail
19 12 (6.218%) MS Project Server
20 11 (5.699%) SC Cleared
21 10 (5.181%) Spreadsheet

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Project Planning 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 Project Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (3.627%) .NET
2 5 (2.591%) HTML
3 3 (1.554%) XML
3 3 (1.554%) Flash
3 3 (1.554%) Middleware
3 3 (1.554%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.036%) Web Services
4 2 (1.036%) CSS
4 2 (1.036%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.036%) WCF
4 2 (1.036%) jQuery
4 2 (1.036%) OpenGL
5 1 (0.518%) Qt
5 1 (0.518%) OpenGL ES
5 1 (0.518%) WF
5 1 (0.518%) COM
5 1 (0.518%) EJB
5 1 (0.518%) J2EE
5 1 (0.518%) ASP
5 1 (0.518%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 12 (6.218%) MS Project Server
2 9 (4.663%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.554%) Oracle UPK
4 2 (1.036%) Lync
5 1 (0.518%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.518%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.518%) CM System
5 1 (0.518%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.518%) SAS
5 1 (0.518%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (0.518%) CMS
5 1 (0.518%) Drupal
5 1 (0.518%) WebSphere Message Broker
5 1 (0.518%) Windows Azure
5 1 (0.518%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 63 (32.64%) MS Project
2 39 (20.21%) MS Excel
3 16 (8.290%) MS Office
4 10 (5.181%) Spreadsheet
5 9 (4.663%) MS PowerPoint
6 7 (3.627%) MS Visio
7 4 (2.073%) Open Workbench
8 1 (0.518%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.518%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 5 (2.591%) CA Clarity
2 3 (1.554%) SAP HCM
3 2 (1.036%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.036%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.518%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.518%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.518%) Cognos Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.518%) SAP MII
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.736%) Radio Access Network
2 7 (3.627%) Ethernet
2 7 (3.627%) VPN
3 6 (3.109%) MPLS
4 5 (2.591%) OSPF
4 5 (2.591%) BGP
4 5 (2.591%) RSVP
4 5 (2.591%) VRRP
4 5 (2.591%) HSRP
4 5 (2.591%) LTE
4 5 (2.591%) 3G
4 5 (2.591%) 4G
5 4 (2.073%) LAN
6 2 (1.036%) WAN
6 2 (1.036%) ISDN
6 2 (1.036%) H.323
6 2 (1.036%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.518%) Firewall
7 1 (0.518%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.518%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.109%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.036%) DB2
2 2 (1.036%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.518%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (0.518%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.518%) Adabas
3 1 (0.518%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.518%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (0.518%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (0.518%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.518%) Ant
1 1 (0.518%) ClearCase
1 1 (0.518%) Eclipse
1 1 (0.518%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (0.518%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (0.518%) RequisitePro
1 1 (0.518%) Subversion
1 1 (0.518%) JIRA
General
1 59 (30.57%) Finance
2 56 (29.02%) Telecoms
3 12 (6.218%) Retail
4 6 (3.109%) Banking
5 5 (2.591%) Marketing
6 4 (2.073%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (2.073%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.036%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.036%) Back Office
7 2 (1.036%) Electronics
7 2 (1.036%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.036%) Automotive
8 1 (0.518%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.518%) Advertising
8 1 (0.518%) Publishing
8 1 (0.518%) Games
Job Titles
1 62 (32.12%) Project Manager
2 26 (13.47%) Project Planner
3 24 (12.44%) Analyst
4 11 (5.699%) Coordinator
4 11 (5.699%) Project Support Officer
4 11 (5.699%) Project Officer
5 9 (4.663%) Business Analyst
6 7 (3.627%) Junior
7 6 (3.109%) Architect
7 6 (3.109%) Project Coordinator
8 5 (2.591%) Support Analyst
8 5 (2.591%) Design Engineer
8 5 (2.591%) Developer
8 5 (2.591%) Network Engineer
8 5 (2.591%) Network Design Engineer
8 5 (2.591%) Project Analyst
9 4 (2.073%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (2.073%) PMO Analyst
9 4 (2.073%) Consultant
9 4 (2.073%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.254%) PMI
2 6 (3.109%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.073%) Computer Science
4 3 (1.554%) Economics
4 3 (1.554%) Mathematics
4 3 (1.554%) Mainframe
4 3 (1.554%) Smart Meter
4 3 (1.554%) Open Source
5 2 (1.036%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.036%) DTV
5 2 (1.036%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (1.036%) STB
5 2 (1.036%) iSeries
6 1 (0.518%) FMCG
6 1 (0.518%) Chemistry
6 1 (0.518%) Animation
6 1 (0.518%) Replication
6 1 (0.518%) Clustering
6 1 (0.518%) NHS
6 1 (0.518%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.073%) UNIX
2 3 (1.554%) Windows
2 3 (1.554%) Linux
3 2 (1.036%) Android
3 2 (1.036%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.036%) Solaris
4 1 (0.518%) CentOS
4 1 (0.518%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (48.70%) Project Management
2 73 (37.82%) PRINCE2
3 29 (15.03%) Change Control
4 20 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
5 19 (9.845%) Programme Management
5 19 (9.845%) Risk Management
6 18 (9.326%) Change Management
7 17 (8.808%) PRINCE
8 14 (7.254%) Critical Path Analysis
9 13 (6.736%) ERP
10 12 (6.218%) Supplier Management
11 10 (5.181%) Agile Software Development
12 9 (4.663%) CRM
13 8 (4.145%) ITIL
14 7 (3.627%) Logistics
14 7 (3.627%) Resource Management
15 6 (3.109%) Network Design
15 6 (3.109%) Asset Management
15 6 (3.109%) Scrum
15 6 (3.109%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.772%) SQL
2 7 (3.627%) C
2 7 (3.627%) Java
2 7 (3.627%) VBA
3 3 (1.554%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.036%) C#
4 2 (1.036%) C++
4 2 (1.036%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.518%) Python
5 1 (0.518%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.518%) NATURAL
5 1 (0.518%) VB6
5 1 (0.518%) Bash shell
5 1 (0.518%) GLSL
5 1 (0.518%) VB
5 1 (0.518%) Perl
5 1 (0.518%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (12.95%) PMI Certification
2 21 (10.88%) Degree
3 18 (9.326%) Security Cleared
4 17 (8.808%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 14 (7.254%) PMP
6 11 (5.699%) SC Cleared
7 7 (3.627%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.627%) ISEB
8 2 (1.036%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.036%) CBAP
9 1 (0.518%) SCJP
9 1 (0.518%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.518%) Sun Certification
9 1 (0.518%) HNC
9 1 (0.518%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.145%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.036%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.036%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.036%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (1.036%) SCCM
2 1 (0.518%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.518%) MOM
Vendors
1 38 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.808%) Oracle
3 9 (4.663%) SAP
4 8 (4.145%) Ericsson
5 7 (3.627%) Niku
5 7 (3.627%) Primavera
6 5 (2.591%) VMware
7 4 (2.073%) CA
8 3 (1.554%) MicroStrategy
8 3 (1.554%) Business Objects
8 3 (1.554%) Cisco
9 2 (1.036%) IBM
9 2 (1.036%) Sun
9 2 (1.036%) Compuware
9 2 (1.036%) HP
9 2 (1.036%) Citrix
10 1 (0.518%) Juniper
10 1 (0.518%) Cerner
10 1 (0.518%) NetApp
10 1 (0.518%) McAfee
South East
The individual will own the work stream, applying good project management principles e.g. Project Planning, Reporting etc Experience delivering portal solutions is paramount as well as having...
Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Surrey, South East
The role will involve CRM implementation, migration and enhancements and a good understanding of the functional modules of CRM is essential.Senior Project Manager Responsibilities:*Manage CRM based...
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Havant, Hampshire
An understanding of the end to end project lifecycle, Prince2 or equivalent PM discipline would be an advantage... ISEB or equivalent would be an advantage. - Strong Stakeholder Management...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Surrey
The successful candidate will join the team and support project management decisions and maintain drive for the overall business objectives... * Work with project management community to support project...
Experis IT
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 13 May 2013
Middlesex
Expertise in Graphics with experience in design and development of Graphic stacks for embedded systems including low-level graphics acceleration, OpenGL and its extensions, and GLSL programming... A...
Proteus Europe
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013