South West Project Manager Contracts

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.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Alderley Edge Andover Avon Banstead Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Chesham Cheshire Cheshunt Chester Chichester City of London Colchester Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Crowthorne Croydon Cumbria Darlington Dartford Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Dunfermline Dunstable Durham East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Fife Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Ilford Ipswich Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Margate Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rotherham Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wetherby Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	13	10
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	314	470
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.495 %	0.504 %
As % of the category below	7.949 %	8.751 %
Daily rates quoted	144	190
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 quoted	3	7
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 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	3950	5371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.222 %	5.755 %
Daily rates quoted	1138	1373
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 quoted	557	675
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 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 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 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 Project Manager across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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 Project Manager across the South West region.

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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.

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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 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.

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	-9	77	£526	+19.57 %
Bristol	-1	75	£370	+4.85 %
Somerset	-10	28	£427	-5.92 %
Gloucestershire	-3	27	£464	+9.70 %
Dorset	+10	19	£376	-1.40 %
Devon	+16	9	£338	-16.25 %
Cornwall	-3	3	£425	+16.43 %
Avon	+8	2	-	-

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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.

1 268 (36.31 %) PRINCE2 1 268 (36.31 %) Project Management 2 226 (30.62 %) Finance 3 109 (14.77 %) Pensions 4 96 (13.01 %) Security Cleared 5 89 (12.06 %) Government 6 77 (10.43 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 76 (10.30 %) Change Management 8 63 (8.537 %) Banking 9 57 (7.724 %) Insurance 9 57 (7.724 %) Migration 10 55 (7.453 %) SC Cleared 11 50 (6.775 %) Health 12 47 (6.369 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 13 46 (6.233 %) SAP

14 45 (6.098 %) ITIL 15 44 (5.962 %) MS Project 15 44 (5.962 %) NHS 16 41 (5.556 %) Stakeholder Management 16 41 (5.556 %) Oracle 17 35 (4.743 %) Retail 18 31 (4.201 %) PRINCE 19 30 (4.065 %) Local Government 20 27 (3.659 %) Project Planning 21 24 (3.252 %) Microsoft 22 22 (2.981 %) Telecoms 23 21 (2.846 %) Service Delivery 24 20 (2.710 %) Risk Management 24 20 (2.710 %) CRM 24 20 (2.710 %) MS Office

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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.

Application Development 1 20 (2.710 %) .NET 2 10 (1.355 %) XML 3 5 (0.678 %) ASP.NET 4 3 (0.407 %) HTML 4 3 (0.407 %) J2EE 4 3 (0.407 %) WebSphere 5 2 (0.271 %) XSL 6 1 (0.136 %) ASP 6 1 (0.136 %) XHTML 6 1 (0.136 %) CSS 6 1 (0.136 %) SAP Basis	Application Platforms 1 17 (2.304 %) CMS 2 11 (1.491 %) SharePoint 3 3 (0.407 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 2 (0.271 %) Morello 5 1 (0.136 %) SAS 5 1 (0.136 %) BizTalk Server
Applications 1 44 (5.962 %) MS Project 2 20 (2.710 %) MS Office 3 15 (2.033 %) MS Excel 4 11 (1.491 %) MS PowerPoint 5 7 (0.949 %) MS Visio 6 5 (0.678 %) CA Clarity 7 4 (0.542 %) Open Workbench 7 4 (0.542 %) QuarkXPress 8 2 (0.271 %) Spreadsheet 8 2 (0.271 %) InDesign 9 1 (0.136 %) Photoshop 9 1 (0.136 %) SPSS	Business Applications 1 8 (1.084 %) Summit 2 2 (0.271 %) SAP SRM 2 2 (0.271 %) Oracle HRMS 2 2 (0.271 %) Oracle ERP 3 1 (0.136 %) Oracle 11i 3 1 (0.136 %) Oracle Financials 3 1 (0.136 %) CODA-Financials 3 1 (0.136 %) HiPortfolio 3 1 (0.136 %) Oracle EBS R12 3 1 (0.136 %) SAP PLM
Communications & Networking 1 11 (1.491 %) Internet 2 7 (0.949 %) MPLS 3 5 (0.678 %) WAN 3 5 (0.678 %) CTI 3 5 (0.678 %) Extranet 4 4 (0.542 %) Network Security 4 4 (0.542 %) Intranet 5 3 (0.407 %) ATM 5 3 (0.407 %) LDAP 5 3 (0.407 %) SS7 6 2 (0.271 %) SAN 6 2 (0.271 %) SMS 7 1 (0.136 %) TETRA	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (1.084 %) Datawarehouse 2 7 (0.949 %) SQL Server 2 7 (0.949 %) SAP BW 2 7 (0.949 %) EDRMS 3 4 (0.542 %) GIS 4 2 (0.271 %) Oracle Reports 5 1 (0.136 %) Adabas 5 1 (0.136 %) ETL 5 1 (0.136 %) DB2 5 1 (0.136 %) Oracle 8/8i 5 1 (0.136 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 11 (1.491 %) Oracle APEX 2 2 (0.271 %) JIRA 2 2 (0.271 %) Subversion 2 2 (0.271 %) TestDirector 2 2 (0.271 %) Visual Studio 3 1 (0.136 %) Dreamweaver 3 1 (0.136 %) Flash	General 1 226 (30.62 %) Finance 2 109 (14.77 %) Pensions 3 89 (12.06 %) Government 4 63 (8.537 %) Banking 5 57 (7.724 %) Insurance 6 50 (6.775 %) Health 7 35 (4.743 %) Retail 8 30 (4.065 %) Local Government 9 22 (2.981 %) Telecoms 10 17 (2.304 %) Retail Banking 11 16 (2.168 %) Legal 12 13 (1.762 %) Marketing 13 12 (1.626 %) Manufacturing 14 9 (1.220 %) Financial Institution 15 8 (1.084 %) Publishing 16 7 (0.949 %) Aerospace 17 6 (0.813 %) Military 18 5 (0.678 %) Back Office 18 5 (0.678 %) Multimedia 19 4 (0.542 %) Automotive
Miscellaneous 1 44 (5.962 %) NHS 2 11 (1.491 %) Management Information System 3 5 (0.678 %) IVR 4 4 (0.542 %) Informatics 5 3 (0.407 %) EPoS 5 3 (0.407 %) EFT 6 2 (0.271 %) Smartcard 6 2 (0.271 %) NPfIT 7 1 (0.136 %) Client/Server 7 1 (0.136 %) Mainframe 7 1 (0.136 %) PMI 7 1 (0.136 %) E-Learning 7 1 (0.136 %) PDA 7 1 (0.136 %) French Language 7 1 (0.136 %) German Language 7 1 (0.136 %) Polish Language 7 1 (0.136 %) Credit Risk	Operating Systems 1 13 (1.762 %) Windows 2 5 (0.678 %) Windows NT 2 5 (0.678 %) VxWorks 3 3 (0.407 %) Solaris 3 3 (0.407 %) Windows XP 3 3 (0.407 %) UNIX 4 2 (0.271 %) VMS 5 1 (0.136 %) NetWare 5 1 (0.136 %) Linux 5 1 (0.136 %) Red Hat Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 268 (36.31 %) PRINCE2 1 268 (36.31 %) Project Management 2 96 (13.01 %) Security Cleared 3 76 (10.30 %) Change Management 4 57 (7.724 %) Migration 5 55 (7.453 %) SC Cleared 6 45 (6.098 %) ITIL 7 41 (5.556 %) Stakeholder Management 8 31 (4.201 %) PRINCE 9 27 (3.659 %) Project Planning 10 21 (2.846 %) Service Delivery 11 20 (2.710 %) Risk Management 11 20 (2.710 %) CRM 12 19 (2.575 %) Data Migration 13 17 (2.304 %) DV Cleared 14 16 (2.168 %) Service Management 15 14 (1.897 %) Content Management 16 13 (1.762 %) Supplier Management 17 12 (1.626 %) Resource Management 17 12 (1.626 %) Configuration Management	Programming Languages 1 12 (1.626 %) C 2 5 (0.678 %) SQL 3 4 (0.542 %) Java 4 3 (0.407 %) C# 5 2 (0.271 %) VB.NET 5 2 (0.271 %) FoxPro (VFP) 6 1 (0.136 %) VB 6 1 (0.136 %) COBOL 6 1 (0.136 %) NATURAL
Qualifications 1 77 (10.43 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 47 (6.369 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 10 (1.355 %) ITIL Certification 4 5 (0.678 %) ISEB 4 5 (0.678 %) PMP 4 5 (0.678 %) Degree 5 4 (0.542 %) PMI Certification 6 1 (0.136 %) ISTQB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (0.813 %) QA 1 6 (0.813 %) COBIT 2 3 (0.407 %) SLA 3 2 (0.271 %) JSP 440 4 1 (0.136 %) GMP 4 1 (0.136 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 1 (0.136 %) ISO27001
System Software 1 4 (0.542 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.271 %) NetBackup	Systems Management 1 1 (0.136 %) OpenView 1 1 (0.136 %) OVSD
Vendors 1 46 (6.233 %) SAP 2 41 (5.556 %) Oracle 3 24 (3.252 %) Microsoft 4 13 (1.762 %) Google 5 7 (0.949 %) CheckPoint 6 6 (0.813 %) BT 6 6 (0.813 %) Avaya 7 5 (0.678 %) Sun 7 5 (0.678 %) HP 7 5 (0.678 %) Siebel 8 4 (0.542 %) Teradata 8 4 (0.542 %) Interwoven 8 4 (0.542 %) Sybase 8 4 (0.542 %) Adobe 9 3 (0.407 %) Hyperion 9 3 (0.407 %) Niku 10 2 (0.271 %) Meridio 10 2 (0.271 %) Mediasurface 10 2 (0.271 %) Open Text 11 1 (0.136 %) Unisys