The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 30 32 36
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 2 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.760% 1.149% 0.336%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.117% 2.000% 0.633%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £315 £165 £222
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+90.90% -25.67%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
179 150 158
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 68.06% 57.47% 53.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 77 96
Average daily rate £325 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 8 19
Average hourly rate £26.00 £26.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -38.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.44 £20.57 £20.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £107.00 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Planning
Yorkshire

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Planning across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South Yorkshire Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Sheffield -3 1 £300 +81.81%
Project Planning
Yorkshire

Project Planning
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Project Planning also 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 that cited Project Planning.

1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (50.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Process Management
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) MS Project
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) PMI
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Project Planning also 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 that cited Project Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) MS Project
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Planner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Control
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Process Management
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification