South West Business Project Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Project Manager role in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Business Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Project Manager
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Coventry Derby Derbyshire East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Feltham Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leek London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Norwich Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Scotland Sheffield South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	130	150
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	17	21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.022 %
As % of the category below	0.399 %	0.371 %
Daily rates quoted	12	9
Average minimum daily rate	£429	£404
Average daily rate	£448	£422
% change on same period last year	+6.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£467	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£439	£429
% change on same period last year	+2.38 %
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	£24.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4265	5654
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.078 %	5.847 %
Daily rates quoted	1214	1430
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£337
Average daily rate	£368	£356
% change on same period last year	+3.21 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	604	674
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.26	£25.23
Average hourly rate	£26.99	£26.82
% change on same period last year	+0.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.73	£28.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.64	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-5.56 %
Business Project Manager 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Project Manager across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Project Manager across the South West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Project Manager across the South West region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Project Manager within the South West 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
Wiltshire	-1	8	£550	+27.90 %
Bristol	+7	6	£383	+18.86 %

Business Project Manager England

Business Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Business Project Manager in their job title 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 with Business Project Manager in their job title.

1 28 (56.00 %) Finance 2 21 (42.00 %) Project Management 3 19 (38.00 %) Pensions 4 15 (30.00 %) Insurance 5 11 (22.00 %) MS Project 6 8 (16.00 %) Banking 7 7 (14.00 %) Stakeholder Management 8 6 (12.00 %) PRINCE2 9 5 (10.00 %) Business Analysis 10 4 (8.000 %) Project Planning 10 4 (8.000 %) Change Management 11 3 (6.000 %) Retail 11 3 (6.000 %) BusinessObjects 11 3 (6.000 %) Business Objects 11 3 (6.000 %) Intranet

12 2 (4.000 %) Microsoft 12 2 (4.000 %) PRINCE2 Certification 12 2 (4.000 %) Management Information System 12 2 (4.000 %) Programme Management 12 2 (4.000 %) Retail Banking 12 2 (4.000 %) BPR 13 1 (2.000 %) Logistics 13 1 (2.000 %) Degree 13 1 (2.000 %) Lean Six Sigma 13 1 (2.000 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 13 1 (2.000 %) Workflow 13 1 (2.000 %) Financial Institution 13 1 (2.000 %) Risk Assessment 13 1 (2.000 %) Teradata 13 1 (2.000 %) NHS

Business Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Business Project Manager in their job title 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 with Business Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 11 (22.00 %) MS Project 2 1 (2.000 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 3 (6.000 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (6.000 %) BusinessObjects 2 1 (2.000 %) Datawarehouse	General 1 28 (56.00 %) Finance 2 19 (38.00 %) Pensions 3 15 (30.00 %) Insurance 4 8 (16.00 %) Banking 5 3 (6.000 %) Retail 6 2 (4.000 %) Retail Banking 7 1 (2.000 %) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.000 %) Management Information System 2 1 (2.000 %) NHS	Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (42.00 %) Project Management 2 7 (14.00 %) Stakeholder Management 3 6 (12.00 %) PRINCE2 4 5 (10.00 %) Business Analysis 5 4 (8.000 %) Project Planning 5 4 (8.000 %) Change Management 6 2 (4.000 %) Programme Management 6 2 (4.000 %) BPR 7 1 (2.000 %) Lean Six Sigma 7 1 (2.000 %) Logistics 7 1 (2.000 %) Risk Assessment 7 1 (2.000 %) Workflow 7 1 (2.000 %) Business Intelligence 7 1 (2.000 %) Six Sigma
Qualifications 1 2 (4.000 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 1 (2.000 %) Degree 2 1 (2.000 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner	Vendors 1 3 (6.000 %) Business Objects 2 2 (4.000 %) Microsoft 3 1 (2.000 %) CheckPoint 3 1 (2.000 %) Teradata