The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 9 10 16
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 209 316 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 10.26% 10.25% 7.321%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.98% 10.90% 7.827%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 236 139
Average daily rate £400 £410 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% -3.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £323 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £479 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £408 £405
% change year-on-year
-1.84% +0.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £27.00 £20.00 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.00% -31.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £27.75 £35.50
% change year-on-year
+35.13% -21.83%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1903 2899 2849
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.42% 94.03% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1739 1420
Average daily rate £350 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £226 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £483 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 174 253
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.50 £23.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -3.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.58 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
England

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South West Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bristol -1 63 £375 -9.09% 16
Wiltshire +7 61 £423 +2.73% 5
Dorset -5 25 £500 +35.13% 4
Somerset -1 14 £350 -16.66% 2
Devon +2 12 £375 -31.81%
Gloucestershire -9 7 £375 -6.25% 3
Cornwall - 2 £350 -
Project Manager
England

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title.

1 181 (43.10%) Finance
2 178 (42.38%) Project Management
3 162 (38.57%) PRINCE2
4 108 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
5 75 (17.86%) Banking
6 54 (12.86%) Change Management
7 51 (12.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 45 (10.71%) Retail
9 38 (9.048%) Security Cleared
10 35 (8.333%) Migration
11 33 (7.857%) Retail Banking
12 32 (7.619%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 31 (7.381%) Risk Management
13 31 (7.381%) MS Project
14 30 (7.143%) Microsoft
15 29 (6.905%) PRINCE
16 28 (6.667%) Change Control
17 27 (6.429%) SAP
18 23 (5.476%) MS Excel
19 22 (5.238%) Supplier Management
20 20 (4.762%) Windows
20 20 (4.762%) ITIL
20 20 (4.762%) NHS
20 20 (4.762%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 20 (4.762%) SC Cleared
21 19 (4.524%) SWIFT
22 18 (4.286%) Service Management
22 18 (4.286%) Business Intelligence
23 17 (4.048%) Data Warehouse
23 17 (4.048%) Project Planning

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (2.143%) .NET
2 3 (0.714%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.476%) JSP
4 1 (0.238%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.238%) EDI
4 1 (0.238%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 16 (3.810%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (1.429%) SAS
3 6 (1.429%) MS Exchange
3 6 (1.429%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (0.952%) CMS
4 4 (0.952%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (0.714%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (0.714%) Commerce Server
6 2 (0.476%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (0.476%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.238%) ESB
7 1 (0.238%) Apache
Applications
1 31 (7.381%) MS Project
2 23 (5.476%) MS Excel
3 11 (2.619%) Office 365
4 9 (2.143%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (1.667%) MS Office
6 3 (0.714%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (1.429%) SAP R/3
2 5 (1.190%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.714%) SAP FI-GL
3 3 (0.714%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 2 (0.476%) Agresso
4 2 (0.476%) Summit
5 1 (0.238%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.238%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.238%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (0.238%) AWD
5 1 (0.238%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.238%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.238%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.238%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.905%) Intranet
1 8 (1.905%) SMS
1 8 (1.905%) WAN
2 7 (1.667%) LAN
3 4 (0.952%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (0.952%) Wireless
4 3 (0.714%) PABX
4 3 (0.714%) Internet
5 2 (0.476%) SAN
5 2 (0.476%) HTTP
5 2 (0.476%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.476%) Network Security
6 1 (0.238%) 4G
6 1 (0.238%) NAS
6 1 (0.238%) BSS
6 1 (0.238%) VoIP
6 1 (0.238%) DNS
6 1 (0.238%) ATM
6 1 (0.238%) LDAP
6 1 (0.238%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.048%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.429%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.952%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (0.952%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (0.476%) EDRMS
4 2 (0.476%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.238%) Big Data
5 1 (0.238%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.238%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.238%) OLTP
5 1 (0.238%) GIS
5 1 (0.238%) EDMS
5 1 (0.238%) DataStage
General
1 181 (43.10%) Finance
2 75 (17.86%) Banking
3 45 (10.71%) Retail
4 33 (7.857%) Retail Banking
5 13 (3.095%) Telecoms
6 11 (2.619%) Marketing
7 8 (1.905%) Financial Institution
7 8 (1.905%) Local Government
7 8 (1.905%) Wholesale Banking
8 6 (1.429%) General Ledger
9 5 (1.190%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.952%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.952%) Legal
11 2 (0.476%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.476%) Law
11 2 (0.476%) Military
11 2 (0.476%) Games
11 2 (0.476%) Billing
12 1 (0.238%) Back Office
12 1 (0.238%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.762%) NHS
2 19 (4.524%) SWIFT
3 6 (1.429%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.190%) PACS
5 3 (0.714%) IVR
5 3 (0.714%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.476%) Replication
6 2 (0.476%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.238%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.238%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.238%) SaaS
7 1 (0.238%) PaaS
7 1 (0.238%) FMCG
7 1 (0.238%) Economics
7 1 (0.238%) Tandem
7 1 (0.238%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.238%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.238%) Derivative
7 1 (0.238%) PMI
7 1 (0.238%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.762%) Windows
2 14 (3.333%) Windows 7
3 6 (1.429%) UNIX
4 4 (0.952%) Windows XP
5 2 (0.476%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.476%) Linux
5 2 (0.476%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.476%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.238%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.238%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (42.38%) Project Management
2 162 (38.57%) PRINCE2
3 108 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 54 (12.86%) Change Management
5 35 (8.333%) Migration
6 31 (7.381%) Risk Management
7 29 (6.905%) PRINCE
8 28 (6.667%) Change Control
9 22 (5.238%) Supplier Management
10 20 (4.762%) ITIL
10 20 (4.762%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 18 (4.286%) Service Management
11 18 (4.286%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (4.048%) Project Planning
13 15 (3.571%) Business Transformation
14 13 (3.095%) Matrix Management
15 12 (2.857%) Programme Management
15 12 (2.857%) Data Migration
16 11 (2.619%) Document Management
17 10 (2.381%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.619%) C
2 6 (1.429%) SQL
3 5 (1.190%) C#
4 3 (0.714%) Java
5 2 (0.476%) PHP
6 1 (0.238%) Ruby
6 1 (0.238%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 51 (12.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 38 (9.048%) Security Cleared
3 32 (7.619%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 20 (4.762%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.095%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.190%) APMP
7 3 (0.714%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 3 (0.714%) ISEB
7 3 (0.714%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.476%) ACCA
8 2 (0.476%) PMP
8 2 (0.476%) MCTS
8 2 (0.476%) Degree
8 2 (0.476%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.238%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.238%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.238%) MCP
9 1 (0.238%) HND
9 1 (0.238%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.381%) QA
2 8 (1.905%) SLA
3 5 (1.190%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.476%) ISO 14001
4 2 (0.476%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.238%) Solvency II
System Software
1 8 (1.905%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.476%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.238%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.238%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 30 (7.143%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.429%) SAP
3 13 (3.095%) Oracle
4 11 (2.619%) Citrix
5 8 (1.905%) Business Objects
6 5 (1.190%) Pega
6 5 (1.190%) Unisys
6 5 (1.190%) BMC
6 5 (1.190%) Remedy
7 4 (0.952%) VMware
8 3 (0.714%) Cisco
8 3 (0.714%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (0.714%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.238%) Fundtech
9 1 (0.238%) Wall Street Systems
9 1 (0.238%) Capita
9 1 (0.238%) HP
9 1 (0.238%) Intel
9 1 (0.238%) JBoss
9 1 (0.238%) ATG
Bristol, South West
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Huxley Associates
Rate: £20 - £25 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bath, South West
Preparing reports to Programme and Project governance bodies including Strategic Management Team and Public Services Board 4... High-level IT skills including experience of designing and delivering programme...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £190.00 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will hold experience delivering projects defined in the Service Delivery Project Plan... Quality assurance and overall integrity of the programme - focusing inwardly on the internal...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + £350 Max Offer
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
The successful candidate will hold experience delivering projects defined in the Service Delivery Project Plan... Quality assurance and overall integrity of the programme - focusing inwardly on the internal...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + £350 Max Offer
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Experienced project manager needed to scope and plan a Power 7 AS/400 upgrade project. Candidate must have detailed AS/400 project exposure and excellent Stakeholder management and...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Huxley Associates
Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bournemouth, South West
IT Human Resources
Rate: £375 - £390 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
South West England
Computer Futures
Rate: £400 - £401 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Experis IT
Posted: 14 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Sand Resources
Posted: 30 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
LA International
Rate: £345 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Sand Resources
Rate: £280 - £340 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
South West
Sanderson
Rate: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
South West
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £400.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Dorset
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Sanderson
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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