The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Planning over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 18 32 33
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 1 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.136% 1.869% 3.196%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.538% 2.857% 5.185%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £341 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £358 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.89% -4.66%
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
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
65 140 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 73.86% 65.42% 61.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 56 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 £235 £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 £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Project Planning
West Midlands

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification