The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning over the 3 months to 20 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 Swindon 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 37 36 31
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -5
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 3 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 1.075% 0.831% 1.929%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.422% 1.235% 2.715%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £360 £358 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.69% -10.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £377 £360 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.79% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
211 243 221
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 75.63% 67.31% 71.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 179 134
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 10
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +3.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £15.70 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £30.50 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Project Planning
Wiltshire

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swindon Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 9 (64.29%) MS Project
3 7 (50.00%) Change Management
4 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
4 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 5 (35.71%) Banking
5 5 (35.71%) Retail
5 5 (35.71%) Retail Banking
6 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (28.57%) Project Management
6 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
7 2 (14.29%) MS Office
7 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (7.143%) Resource Management
8 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
8 1 (7.143%) Portfolio Management
8 1 (7.143%) Change Control
8 1 (7.143%) CheckPoint
8 1 (7.143%) Niku
8 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
8 1 (7.143%) Quality Management
8 1 (7.143%) Oracle
8 1 (7.143%) Migration

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

Applications
1 9 (64.29%) MS Project
2 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 2 (14.29%) MS Office
4 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Banking
2 5 (35.71%) Retail
2 5 (35.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Project Planner
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Project Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Planner
4 1 (7.143%) Project Support Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Data Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Change Management
2 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 4 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 1 (7.143%) Resource Management
5 1 (7.143%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.143%) Quality Management
5 1 (7.143%) Migration
5 1 (7.143%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (7.143%) Change Control
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.143%) CheckPoint
2 1 (7.143%) Niku
2 1 (7.143%) Oracle