South West Project Officer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Project Officer 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 Officer 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 Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England England Fareham Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Hounslow Kent Leeds London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Reading Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Stafford Staffordshire Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon UK Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	103	125
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	32	38
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.050 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	0.810 %	0.708 %
Daily rates quoted	10	4
Average minimum daily rate	£189	£285
Average daily rate	£196	£291
% change on same period last year	-32.70 %
Average maximum daily rate	£204	£298
UK excluding London average daily rate	£188	£265
% change on same period last year	-29.29 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.38	£34.62
Average hourly rate	£21.88	£34.62
% change on same period last year	-36.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.38	£34.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.79	£25.07
% change on same period last year	-32.99 %
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 %
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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 Officer 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 Officer 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 Officer 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 Officer 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 Officer 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 Officer 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
Gloucestershire	-10	12	£215	-
Bristol	-	9	£155	-
Wiltshire	0	5	£202	-59.66 %
Somerset	-	2	£215	-
Dorset	-	2	£213	-

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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 Officer 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 Officer in their job title.

1 31 (58.49 %) PRINCE2 2 26 (49.06 %) Security Cleared 3 24 (45.28 %) DV Cleared 4 17 (32.08 %) Configuration Management 4 17 (32.08 %) Project Management 5 15 (28.30 %) Service Delivery 6 14 (26.42 %) Government 7 12 (22.64 %) Finance 8 11 (20.75 %) C 9 10 (18.87 %) MS Project 10 8 (15.09 %) ISEB 11 5 (9.434 %) MS Excel 11 5 (9.434 %) MS PowerPoint 12 4 (7.547 %) SC Cleared 12 4 (7.547 %) Change Management

13 3 (5.660 %) MS Office 13 3 (5.660 %) Microsoft 13 3 (5.660 %) Project Planning 14 2 (3.774 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 14 2 (3.774 %) PRINCE2 Certification 14 2 (3.774 %) Peregrine 14 2 (3.774 %) MS Visio 14 2 (3.774 %) SLA 14 2 (3.774 %) Financial Institution 14 2 (3.774 %) Stakeholder Management 15 1 (1.887 %) Migration 15 1 (1.887 %) Risk Management 15 1 (1.887 %) Service Management 15 1 (1.887 %) Lotus Notes 15 1 (1.887 %) SAP

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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 Officer 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 Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (1.887 %) Lotus Notes	Applications 1 10 (18.87 %) MS Project 2 5 (9.434 %) MS Excel 2 5 (9.434 %) MS PowerPoint 3 3 (5.660 %) MS Office 4 2 (3.774 %) MS Visio
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.887 %) Intranet	General 1 14 (26.42 %) Government 2 12 (22.64 %) Finance 3 2 (3.774 %) Financial Institution 4 1 (1.887 %) Pensions
Processes & Methodologies 1 31 (58.49 %) PRINCE2 2 26 (49.06 %) Security Cleared 3 24 (45.28 %) DV Cleared 4 17 (32.08 %) Configuration Management 4 17 (32.08 %) Project Management 5 15 (28.30 %) Service Delivery 6 4 (7.547 %) SC Cleared 6 4 (7.547 %) Change Management 7 3 (5.660 %) Project Planning 8 2 (3.774 %) Stakeholder Management 9 1 (1.887 %) Migration 9 1 (1.887 %) Risk Management 9 1 (1.887 %) Service Management 9 1 (1.887 %) ITIL 9 1 (1.887 %) Data Migration 9 1 (1.887 %) Asset Management 9 1 (1.887 %) Business Analysis 9 1 (1.887 %) Supplier Management	Programming Languages 1 11 (20.75 %) C
Qualifications 1 8 (15.09 %) ISEB 2 2 (3.774 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 2 (3.774 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (1.887 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (3.774 %) SLA 2 1 (1.887 %) QA
Vendors 1 3 (5.660 %) Microsoft 2 2 (3.774 %) Peregrine 3 1 (1.887 %) SAP 3 1 (1.887 %) Lotus 3 1 (1.887 %) CheckPoint 3 1 (1.887 %) HP