The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Wales 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 7 10 12
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 47 43 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 14.33% 10.64% 9.615%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.70% 15.93% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 28 19
Average daily rate £386 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.62% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £296 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £412
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £377 £375
% change year-on-year
+3.51% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.11 £26.28 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+33.59% -16.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
227 270 255
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 69.21% 66.83% 61.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 149 132
Average daily rate £375 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 14
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.83 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.87% -60.40%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Management
Wales

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South Wales Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cardiff +6 36 £375 -11.76%
Newport 0 8 £396 +25.71%
Project Management
Wales

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Project 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 Project Management.

1 53 (63.86%) Finance
2 35 (42.17%) Microsoft
3 24 (28.92%) MS Office
4 23 (27.71%) MS Project
5 20 (24.10%) PRINCE2
6 19 (22.89%) Banking
7 18 (21.69%) AS400
8 17 (20.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (19.28%) Business Analysis
10 11 (13.25%) SQL Server
10 11 (13.25%) Change Control
11 10 (12.05%) Risk Management
12 9 (10.84%) Shell Script
12 9 (10.84%) COBOL
12 9 (10.84%) UNIX
12 9 (10.84%) IIS
12 9 (10.84%) WebSphere
13 8 (9.639%) Degree
13 8 (9.639%) SAP
13 8 (9.639%) UML
13 8 (9.639%) OO
13 8 (9.639%) IBM
13 8 (9.639%) TestDirector
13 8 (9.639%) iSeries
14 7 (8.434%) Security Cleared
14 7 (8.434%) Spreadsheet
14 7 (8.434%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 7 (8.434%) SQL
15 6 (7.229%) Retail
15 6 (7.229%) RPG

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Project 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (10.84%) WebSphere
2 3 (3.614%) .NET
2 3 (3.614%) J2EE
3 1 (1.205%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (10.84%) IIS
2 4 (4.819%) SAS
3 1 (1.205%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (28.92%) MS Office
2 23 (27.71%) MS Project
3 7 (8.434%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (4.819%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.024%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (2.410%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.205%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.205%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.205%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.205%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.205%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.205%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.25%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.229%) DB2
3 5 (6.024%) SQL Server 2000
3 5 (6.024%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (6.024%) DTS
3 5 (6.024%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 5 (6.024%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (6.024%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (6.024%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 5 (6.024%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (6.024%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (4.819%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 4 (4.819%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 8 (9.639%) TestDirector
General
1 53 (63.86%) Finance
2 19 (22.89%) Banking
3 6 (7.229%) Retail
4 5 (6.024%) Retail Banking
5 4 (4.819%) Multimedia
6 3 (3.614%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.410%) Legal
8 1 (1.205%) Billing
8 1 (1.205%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 36 (43.37%) Project Manager
2 29 (34.94%) Analyst
3 16 (19.28%) Business Analyst
4 8 (9.639%) Applications Support
5 7 (8.434%) Support Analyst
5 7 (8.434%) Applications Support Analyst
6 6 (7.229%) Senior Manager
7 5 (6.024%) DBA
7 5 (6.024%) Senior Project Manager
7 5 (6.024%) Business Manager
8 4 (4.819%) SAS Project Manager
8 4 (4.819%) Banking Business Analyst
8 4 (4.819%) SQL Server DBA
8 4 (4.819%) SQL DBA
8 4 (4.819%) Programme Manager
9 3 (3.614%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 3 (3.614%) Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (3.614%) IT Programme Manager
9 3 (3.614%) Business Project Manager
9 3 (3.614%) Financial Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.69%) AS400
2 8 (9.639%) iSeries
3 5 (6.024%) Management Information System
3 5 (6.024%) Clustering
4 2 (2.410%) BBC
4 2 (2.410%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.205%) VLE
5 1 (1.205%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.84%) UNIX
2 6 (7.229%) AIX
2 6 (7.229%) OS/400
3 5 (6.024%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (24.10%) PRINCE2
2 17 (20.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (19.28%) Business Analysis
4 11 (13.25%) Change Control
5 10 (12.05%) Risk Management
6 8 (9.639%) UML
6 8 (9.639%) OO
7 5 (6.024%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (6.024%) ETL
7 5 (6.024%) RUP
7 5 (6.024%) Project Planning
7 5 (6.024%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (6.024%) Kimball Methodology
8 4 (4.819%) Content Management
8 4 (4.819%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (4.819%) Migration
8 4 (4.819%) DSDM
9 3 (3.614%) GAP Analysis
9 3 (3.614%) Change Management
9 3 (3.614%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.84%) Shell Script
1 9 (10.84%) COBOL
2 7 (8.434%) SQL
3 6 (7.229%) RPG
4 5 (6.024%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (9.639%) Degree
2 7 (8.434%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.434%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 5 (6.024%) ISEB
4 4 (4.819%) ISEB Practitioner
5 3 (3.614%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.410%) MBA
7 1 (1.205%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.614%) SLA
2 2 (2.410%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 35 (42.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.639%) SAP
2 8 (9.639%) IBM
3 5 (6.024%) Cognos
4 2 (2.410%) Rackspace
5 1 (1.205%) JDA
5 1 (1.205%) Oracle
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