The first table below looks at the demand for CAPM in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CAPM over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Rank 518 560 582
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +22
Contract jobs citing CAPM 12 18 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.026% 0.031% 0.010%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.144% 0.178% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 6
Average daily rate £466 £300 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+55.41% -29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £250 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £578 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate - £275 £325
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8360 10099 9690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.02% 17.33% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4481 5262 4618
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 455 547 662
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%

CAPM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CAPM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

CAPM Jobs Demand Trend

CAPM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CAPM within the UK.

CAPM Daily Rate Trend

CAPM
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CAPM within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +42 12 £466 +55.41%
London +25 12 £466 -19.26%
City of London +13 2 £449 +49.58%
Docklands, London - 2 £438 -
Westminster - 1 £460 -

CAPM
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CAPM 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 CAPM.

1 14 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 14 (100.00%) PMP
1 14 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 13 (92.86%) PMI
2 13 (92.86%) ITIL
3 11 (78.57%) Project Management
4 8 (57.14%) Finance
5 7 (50.00%) Financial Institution
5 7 (50.00%) Identity Management
5 7 (50.00%) Network Security
6 6 (42.86%) Banking
7 5 (35.71%) MS Office
7 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
8 4 (28.57%) Investment Banking
8 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
9 2 (14.29%) Degree
9 2 (14.29%) Internet
9 2 (14.29%) CA SiteMinder
9 2 (14.29%) UNIX
9 2 (14.29%) Linux
9 2 (14.29%) WebLogic
10 1 (7.143%) MS Project
10 1 (7.143%) HTTP
10 1 (7.143%) QA
10 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
10 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (7.143%) Project Governance
10 1 (7.143%) Project Planning

CAPM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing CAPM 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 CAPM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Office
1 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (7.143%) HTTP
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 7 (50.00%) Financial Institution
3 6 (42.86%) Banking
4 4 (28.57%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Project Manager
2 5 (35.71%) IT Project Manager
2 5 (35.71%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
3 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) UNIX Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.143%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (92.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) UNIX
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 13 (92.86%) ITIL
3 11 (78.57%) Project Management
4 7 (50.00%) Identity Management
5 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
6 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
6 1 (7.143%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.143%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) PMP
1 14 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) CA SiteMinder