The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management 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 Suffolk 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 Management
Rank 17 26 27
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +1
Contract jobs citing Project Management 14 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 9.333% 4.858% 3.158%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.74% 7.742% 5.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 4
Average daily rate £300 £425 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.41% -22.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.81 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.03 £26.28 £31.50
% change year-on-year
+33.27% -16.57%
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
95 155 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 63.33% 62.75% 62.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 90 53
Average daily rate £350 £325 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £285 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 8
Average hourly rate £15.16 £29.50 £17.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.61% +67.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £12.50 £13.53
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £48.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 23 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
Ipswich +9 7 £338 +35.00%
Project Management
East of England

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 17 (48.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (45.71%) Finance
3 10 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 6 (17.14%) Change Management
4 6 (17.14%) MySQL
5 5 (14.29%) Migration
6 4 (11.43%) Matrix Management
6 4 (11.43%) Data Migration
6 4 (11.43%) CSS
6 4 (11.43%) VoIP
6 4 (11.43%) Cisco
6 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
7 3 (8.571%) ITIL
7 3 (8.571%) SQL Server
7 3 (8.571%) HTML
7 3 (8.571%) PHP
7 3 (8.571%) Web Development
7 3 (8.571%) LAMP
7 3 (8.571%) Change Control
8 2 (5.714%) Back Office
8 2 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (5.714%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (5.714%) QA
8 2 (5.714%) Software Engineering
8 2 (5.714%) Oracle
8 2 (5.714%) PRINCE2
8 2 (5.714%) UML
8 2 (5.714%) OO
8 2 (5.714%) ISO 9001
8 2 (5.714%) OOD

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk 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 4 (11.43%) CSS
2 3 (8.571%) HTML
2 3 (8.571%) LAMP
3 1 (2.857%) XHTML
3 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.857%) .NET
3 1 (2.857%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.857%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.857%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.857%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) VoIP
2 1 (2.857%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.14%) MySQL
2 3 (8.571%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (45.71%) Finance
2 2 (5.714%) Back Office
3 1 (2.857%) Local Government
3 1 (2.857%) Retail
3 1 (2.857%) Billing
3 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (68.57%) Project Manager
2 6 (17.14%) Senior Project Manager
2 6 (17.14%) Senior Manager
3 5 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Developer
5 3 (8.571%) LAMP Developer
6 2 (5.714%) Senior IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.714%) Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.714%) Programme Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Senior Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Web Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Consultant
7 1 (2.857%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.857%) Architect
7 1 (2.857%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 1 (2.857%) Senior Web Developer
7 1 (2.857%) Team Leader
7 1 (2.857%) Help Desk Team Lead
7 1 (2.857%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.857%) NHS
1 1 (2.857%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (2.857%) Windows XP
1 1 (2.857%) Windows
1 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 6 (17.14%) Change Management
4 5 (14.29%) Migration
5 4 (11.43%) Matrix Management
5 4 (11.43%) Data Migration
6 3 (8.571%) ITIL
6 3 (8.571%) Web Development
6 3 (8.571%) Change Control
7 2 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (5.714%) Software Engineering
7 2 (5.714%) PRINCE2
7 2 (5.714%) UML
7 2 (5.714%) OO
7 2 (5.714%) OOD
8 1 (2.857%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (2.857%) Information Assurance
8 1 (2.857%) Release Management
8 1 (2.857%) Risk Management
8 1 (2.857%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.571%) PHP
2 1 (2.857%) C
2 1 (2.857%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.857%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (2.857%) PMP
1 1 (2.857%) Degree
1 1 (2.857%) APMP
1 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
1 1 (2.857%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.714%) QA
1 2 (5.714%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) Cisco
2 2 (5.714%) Oracle
Ipswich, East Anglia
communications transformation insurance programme management change management project management pmoOpus have been engaged to resource a Communications Manager with a background in Business Change and Transformation-You will...
OPUS
Rate: GBP350 to GBP400 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013