The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the Southampton 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 9 7 12
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 28 29 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 9.492% 12.66% 9.290%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.964% 13.30% 9.714%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 25 13
Average daily rate £350 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.22% -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £255 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £515 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £405
% change year-on-year
- -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -14.28%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
281 218 175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 95.25% 95.20% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 113 75
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £250 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £526
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 53 29
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -15.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Project Manager
Hampshire

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 22 (48.89%) Project Management
2 18 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
4 12 (26.67%) MS Project
5 9 (20.00%) ITIL
6 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (17.78%) Retail
7 7 (15.56%) Programme Management
7 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
8 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
9 5 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (11.11%) Scrum
9 5 (11.11%) Degree
9 5 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (8.889%) SQL Server
10 4 (8.889%) SAP
10 4 (8.889%) Active Directory
10 4 (8.889%) MS Excel
10 4 (8.889%) SharePoint
10 4 (8.889%) DNS
10 4 (8.889%) Time Management
11 3 (6.667%) Waterfall
11 3 (6.667%) Kanban
11 3 (6.667%) Velocity
12 2 (4.444%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (4.444%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (4.444%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (4.444%) User Acceptance Testing
12 2 (4.444%) Performance Testing
12 2 (4.444%) Test Management

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 3 (6.667%) Velocity
2 1 (2.222%) .NET
2 1 (2.222%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.889%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.222%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 12 (26.67%) MS Project
2 4 (8.889%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.444%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.889%) DNS
2 1 (2.222%) PABX
2 1 (2.222%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.889%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (17.78%) Retail
2 2 (4.444%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.444%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.222%) Client/Server
1 1 (2.222%) EPoS
1 1 (2.222%) Data Integration
1 1 (2.222%) FMCG
1 1 (2.222%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.222%) UNIX
1 1 (2.222%) Windows
1 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (2.222%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (48.89%) Project Management
2 18 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 9 (20.00%) ITIL
4 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (15.56%) Programme Management
6 5 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (11.11%) Scrum
7 4 (8.889%) Time Management
8 3 (6.667%) Kanban
8 3 (6.667%) Waterfall
9 2 (4.444%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.444%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (4.444%) Performance Testing
9 2 (4.444%) Test Management
9 2 (4.444%) Migration
9 2 (4.444%) Regression Testing
9 2 (4.444%) E-Commerce
9 2 (4.444%) PRINCE
10 1 (2.222%) Service Delivery
10 1 (2.222%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.444%) C
2 1 (2.222%) C#
2 1 (2.222%) Java
2 1 (2.222%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.11%) Degree
3 5 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (4.444%) ISTQB
4 2 (4.444%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (2.222%) APMP
5 1 (2.222%) ISEB
5 1 (2.222%) PMP
5 1 (2.222%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) ISO 9001
1 1 (2.222%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.889%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (4.444%) SCOM
1 2 (4.444%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.889%) SAP
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle
3 1 (2.222%) ATG
3 1 (2.222%) EPiServer
3 1 (2.222%) RedPrairie
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Posted: 14 May 2013