The first table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role 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 Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Manager
Rank 16 30 36
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Project Manager 6 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 6.383% 2.463% 2.917%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.818% 2.488% 3.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £483 £288 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+67.91% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £407 £410
% change year-on-year
-1.59% -0.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £17.69 £20.26 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.68% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -24.65%
All Job Titles
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
88 201 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 93.62% 99.01% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 83 94
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £248 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £388 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 10
Average hourly rate £11.63 £17.50 £13.45
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.54% +30.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.00 £12.67 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.89 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Project Manager
West Midlands

Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent +9 1 - -
Burton-upon-Trent - 1 £625 -
Cannock - - - -
Lichfield - - - -
Stafford - - - -
Tamworth - - - -
Project Manager
West Midlands

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (12.50%) SAP CO
5 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (12.50%) Content Management
5 1 (12.50%) Local Government
5 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
5 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
5 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
5 1 (12.50%) Transition Management
5 1 (12.50%) Sage
5 1 (12.50%) SAP FI
5 1 (12.50%) SAP
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Firewall
5 1 (12.50%) Windows
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) LAN
5 1 (12.50%) SMS
5 1 (12.50%) WAN
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP FI
1 1 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (12.50%) SAP CO
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) SMS
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (12.50%) Content Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Transition Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix
1 1 (12.50%) Sage
1 1 (12.50%) VMware