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The table below looks at the demand for the 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 Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Manager
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1310
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads314470
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.495 %0.504 %
As % of the category below7.949 %8.751 %
Daily rates quoted144190
Average minimum daily rate£395£384
Average daily rate£416£406
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£437£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£412£406
% change on same period last year+1.52 %
Hourly rates quoted37
Average minimum hourly rate£31.67£39.29
Average hourly rate£32.00£40.14
% change on same period last year-20.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.33£41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.72£37.06
% change on same period last year-6.30 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South West
Matching contract IT job ads39505371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.222 %5.755 %
Daily rates quoted11381373
Average minimum daily rate£346£342
Average daily rate£367£362
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£381
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted557675
Average minimum hourly rate£23.34£25.38
Average hourly rate£24.90£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.46£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Project Manager EnglandProject 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.

Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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 21 November 2008.

South West Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

South West Project Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

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 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
WiltshireDown-977£526+19.57 %
BristolDown-175£370+4.85 %
SomersetDown-1028£427-5.92 %
GloucestershireDown-327£464+9.70 %
DorsetUp+1019£376-1.40 %
DevonUp+169£338-16.25 %
CornwallDown-33£425+16.43 %
AvonUp+82--
Project Manager EnglandProject Manager
England

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

1268 (36.31 %)PRINCE2
1268 (36.31 %)Project Management
2226 (30.62 %)Finance
3109 (14.77 %)Pensions
496 (13.01 %)Security Cleared
589 (12.06 %)Government
677 (10.43 %)PRINCE2 Certification
776 (10.30 %)Change Management
863 (8.537 %)Banking
957 (7.724 %)Insurance
957 (7.724 %)Migration
1055 (7.453 %)SC Cleared
1150 (6.775 %)Health
1247 (6.369 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1346 (6.233 %)SAP
1445 (6.098 %)ITIL
1544 (5.962 %)MS Project
1544 (5.962 %)NHS
1641 (5.556 %)Stakeholder Management
1641 (5.556 %)Oracle
1735 (4.743 %)Retail
1831 (4.201 %)PRINCE
1930 (4.065 %)Local Government
2027 (3.659 %)Project Planning
2124 (3.252 %)Microsoft
2222 (2.981 %)Telecoms
2321 (2.846 %)Service Delivery
2420 (2.710 %)Risk Management
2420 (2.710 %)CRM
2420 (2.710 %)MS Office

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (2.710 %).NET
210 (1.355 %)XML
35 (0.678 %)ASP.NET
43 (0.407 %)HTML
43 (0.407 %)J2EE
43 (0.407 %)WebSphere
52 (0.271 %)XSL
61 (0.136 %)ASP
61 (0.136 %)XHTML
61 (0.136 %)CSS
61 (0.136 %)SAP Basis
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (2.304 %)CMS
211 (1.491 %)SharePoint
33 (0.407 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (0.271 %)Morello
51 (0.136 %)SAS
51 (0.136 %)BizTalk Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
144 (5.962 %)MS Project
220 (2.710 %)MS Office
315 (2.033 %)MS Excel
411 (1.491 %)MS PowerPoint
57 (0.949 %)MS Visio
65 (0.678 %)CA Clarity
74 (0.542 %)Open Workbench
74 (0.542 %)QuarkXPress
82 (0.271 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.271 %)InDesign
91 (0.136 %)Photoshop
91 (0.136 %)SPSS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (1.084 %)Summit
22 (0.271 %)SAP SRM
22 (0.271 %)Oracle HRMS
22 (0.271 %)Oracle ERP
31 (0.136 %)Oracle 11i
31 (0.136 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.136 %)CODA-Financials
31 (0.136 %)HiPortfolio
31 (0.136 %)Oracle EBS R12
31 (0.136 %)SAP PLM
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (1.491 %)Internet
27 (0.949 %)MPLS
35 (0.678 %)WAN
35 (0.678 %)CTI
35 (0.678 %)Extranet
44 (0.542 %)Network Security
44 (0.542 %)Intranet
53 (0.407 %)ATM
53 (0.407 %)LDAP
53 (0.407 %)SS7
62 (0.271 %)SAN
62 (0.271 %)SMS
71 (0.136 %)TETRA
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (1.084 %)Datawarehouse
27 (0.949 %)SQL Server
27 (0.949 %)SAP BW
27 (0.949 %)EDRMS
34 (0.542 %)GIS
42 (0.271 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.136 %)Adabas
51 (0.136 %)ETL
51 (0.136 %)DB2
51 (0.136 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.136 %)Data Cleansing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (1.491 %)Oracle APEX
22 (0.271 %)JIRA
22 (0.271 %)Subversion
22 (0.271 %)TestDirector
22 (0.271 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.136 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.136 %)Flash
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1226 (30.62 %)Finance
2109 (14.77 %)Pensions
389 (12.06 %)Government
463 (8.537 %)Banking
557 (7.724 %)Insurance
650 (6.775 %)Health
735 (4.743 %)Retail
830 (4.065 %)Local Government
922 (2.981 %)Telecoms
1017 (2.304 %)Retail Banking
1116 (2.168 %)Legal
1213 (1.762 %)Marketing
1312 (1.626 %)Manufacturing
149 (1.220 %)Financial Institution
158 (1.084 %)Publishing
167 (0.949 %)Aerospace
176 (0.813 %)Military
185 (0.678 %)Back Office
185 (0.678 %)Multimedia
194 (0.542 %)Automotive
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (5.962 %)NHS
211 (1.491 %)Management Information System
35 (0.678 %)IVR
44 (0.542 %)Informatics
53 (0.407 %)EPoS
53 (0.407 %)EFT
62 (0.271 %)Smartcard
62 (0.271 %)NPfIT
71 (0.136 %)Client/Server
71 (0.136 %)Mainframe
71 (0.136 %)PMI
71 (0.136 %)E-Learning
71 (0.136 %)PDA
71 (0.136 %)French Language
71 (0.136 %)German Language
71 (0.136 %)Polish Language
71 (0.136 %)Credit Risk
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (1.762 %)Windows
25 (0.678 %)Windows NT
25 (0.678 %)VxWorks
33 (0.407 %)Solaris
33 (0.407 %)Windows XP
33 (0.407 %)UNIX
42 (0.271 %)VMS
51 (0.136 %)NetWare
51 (0.136 %)Linux
51 (0.136 %)Red Hat Linux
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1268 (36.31 %)PRINCE2
1268 (36.31 %)Project Management
296 (13.01 %)Security Cleared
376 (10.30 %)Change Management
457 (7.724 %)Migration
555 (7.453 %)SC Cleared
645 (6.098 %)ITIL
741 (5.556 %)Stakeholder Management
831 (4.201 %)PRINCE
927 (3.659 %)Project Planning
1021 (2.846 %)Service Delivery
1120 (2.710 %)Risk Management
1120 (2.710 %)CRM
1219 (2.575 %)Data Migration
1317 (2.304 %)DV Cleared
1416 (2.168 %)Service Management
1514 (1.897 %)Content Management
1613 (1.762 %)Supplier Management
1712 (1.626 %)Resource Management
1712 (1.626 %)Configuration Management
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (1.626 %)C
25 (0.678 %)SQL
34 (0.542 %)Java
43 (0.407 %)C#
52 (0.271 %)VB.NET
52 (0.271 %)FoxPro (VFP)
61 (0.136 %)VB
61 (0.136 %)COBOL
61 (0.136 %)NATURAL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
177 (10.43 %)PRINCE2 Certification
247 (6.369 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
310 (1.355 %)ITIL Certification
45 (0.678 %)ISEB
45 (0.678 %)PMP
45 (0.678 %)Degree
54 (0.542 %)PMI Certification
61 (0.136 %)ISTQB
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (0.813 %)QA
16 (0.813 %)COBIT
23 (0.407 %)SLA
32 (0.271 %)JSP 440
41 (0.136 %)GMP
41 (0.136 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.136 %)ISO27001
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.542 %)Active Directory
22 (0.271 %)NetBackup
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.136 %)OpenView
11 (0.136 %)OVSD
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
146 (6.233 %)SAP
241 (5.556 %)Oracle
324 (3.252 %)Microsoft
413 (1.762 %)Google
57 (0.949 %)CheckPoint
66 (0.813 %)BT
66 (0.813 %)Avaya
75 (0.678 %)Sun
75 (0.678 %)HP
75 (0.678 %)Siebel
84 (0.542 %)Teradata
84 (0.542 %)Interwoven
84 (0.542 %)Sybase
84 (0.542 %)Adobe
93 (0.407 %)Hyperion
93 (0.407 %)Niku
102 (0.271 %)Meridio
102 (0.271 %)Mediasurface
102 (0.271 %)Open Text
111 (0.136 %)Unisys