Suffolk PMP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management Professional (PMP) in IT contracts within the Suffolk region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited PMP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Project Management Professional (PMP)
Location Berkshire Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester City of London Devon Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands North West Redditch Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Staines Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Thames Valley UK Wakefield Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	26	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	4	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	12.50 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£350	-
Average daily rate	£350	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£350	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£439	£445
% change on same period last year	-1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£52.83	£35.50
% change on same period last year	+48.82 %
Qualifications Suffolk
Matching contract IT job ads	32	29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.042 %	0.031 %
Daily rates quoted	8	10
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£314
Average daily rate	£360	£319
% change on same period last year	+12.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.05	£13.36
Average hourly rate	£20.19	£14.79
% change on same period last year	+36.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.33	£16.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
PMP East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

PMP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PMP across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PMP across the Suffolk region.

PMP
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing PMP within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Ipswich	-	1	£350	-

PMP East of England

PMP
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing PMP 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 PMP.

1 6 (100.00 %) PMI Certification 2 4 (66.67 %) Project Management 3 3 (50.00 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 3 (50.00 %) Software Engineering 4 2 (33.33 %) ISO27001 4 2 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 4 2 (33.33 %) BC Cleared 4 2 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 4 2 (33.33 %) CISSP 4 2 (33.33 %) PRINCE2 4 2 (33.33 %) PRINCE 4 2 (33.33 %) CISA 4 2 (33.33 %) Telecoms 4 2 (33.33 %) Business Continuity 5 1 (16.67 %) Agile Software Development

5 1 (16.67 %) Firewall 5 1 (16.67 %) Unix 5 1 (16.67 %) Windows 5 1 (16.67 %) PMI 5 1 (16.67 %) Network Security

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing PMP 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 PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking 1 1 (16.67 %) Firewall 1 1 (16.67 %) Network Security	General 1 2 (33.33 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 4 (66.67 %) Project Manager 2 2 (33.33 %) Coordinator 3 1 (16.67 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 3 1 (16.67 %) Technical Project Manager 3 1 (16.67 %) Infrastructure Manager 3 1 (16.67 %) Technical Manager	Miscellaneous 1 1 (16.67 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 1 (16.67 %) Unix 1 1 (16.67 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (66.67 %) Project Management 2 3 (50.00 %) Software Engineering 3 2 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 3 2 (33.33 %) BC Cleared 3 2 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 3 2 (33.33 %) Business Continuity 3 2 (33.33 %) PRINCE2 3 2 (33.33 %) PRINCE 4 1 (16.67 %) Agile Software Development
Qualifications 1 6 (100.00 %) PMI Certification 2 3 (50.00 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 2 (33.33 %) CISSP 3 2 (33.33 %) CISA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (33.33 %) ISO27001