The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management 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 Staffordshire 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 Management
Rank 12 22 30
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 7 12 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 8.333% 5.556% 3.687%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% 8.333% 5.926%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
Average daily rate £370 £256 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.39% -39.70%
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £377 £375
% change year-on-year
+3.51% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
Average hourly rate £21.29 £26.38 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.28% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.11 £26.28 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+33.59% -16.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
63 144 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 75.00% 66.67% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 57 50
Average daily rate £325 £290 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.06% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £231 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £370 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 5
Average hourly rate £21.29 £20.26 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -18.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Project Management
West Midlands

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Staffordshire Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Staffordshire 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
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 £625 -
Stafford - 1 - -
Project Management
West Midlands

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Project Management 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 Management.

1 6 (35.29%) Scrum
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) Local Government
3 3 (17.65%) Supplier Management
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) SAP
3 3 (17.65%) Progress
4 2 (11.76%) LAN
4 2 (11.76%) Java
4 2 (11.76%) SQL
4 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
4 2 (11.76%) .NET
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
4 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
4 2 (11.76%) WAN
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) GIS
4 2 (11.76%) Firewall
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 1 (5.882%) IT Governance
5 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (5.882%) Degree
5 1 (5.882%) NetScaler
5 1 (5.882%) Business Transformation
5 1 (5.882%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (5.882%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.882%) Retail

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire region citing Project Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Simulink
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (5.882%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (5.882%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (5.882%) SAP CO
1 1 (5.882%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) LAN
1 2 (11.76%) WAN
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 1 (5.882%) NetScaler
2 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.882%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.76%) GIS
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
General
1 3 (17.65%) Local Government
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.882%) Retail
3 1 (5.882%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (17.65%) ScrumMaster
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Resource Manager
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Contracts Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Delivery Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Report Developer
5 1 (5.882%) SAP Manager
5 1 (5.882%) PMO Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Software Team Leader
5 1 (5.882%) Software Development Team Leader
5 1 (5.882%) Planning Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Agile Development Manager
5 1 (5.882%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.882%) Development Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 1 (5.882%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
1 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Scrum
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) Supplier Management
4 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.882%) IT Governance
5 1 (5.882%) Business Transformation
5 1 (5.882%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.882%) Content Management
5 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
5 1 (5.882%) Performance Management
5 1 (5.882%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) Change Management
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.882%) CRM
5 1 (5.882%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Java
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
1 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
2 1 (5.882%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
1 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (5.882%) HNC
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) SAP
1 3 (17.65%) Progress
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.882%) VMware
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.882%) Nortel
3 1 (5.882%) Citrix
3 1 (5.882%) Avaya
3 1 (5.882%) Sage
3 1 (5.882%) Symantec
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Posted: 22 May 2013