The first table below looks at the demand for PDM skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PDM 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.

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
Product Data Management (PDM)
Rank 509 526 563
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +37
Contract jobs citing PDM 32 39 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.069% 0.067% 0.037%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.097% 0.099% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 17 16
Average daily rate £550 £475 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.78% +28.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £299 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £643 £840 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £416 £475 £371
% change year-on-year
-12.36% +28.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Average hourly rate £37.80 £19.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+98.94% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £19.00 -
% change year-on-year
+98.94% -
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
32894 39591 41969
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 70.99% 67.83% 67.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 19661 22733 23826
Average daily rate £413 £403 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.48% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 963 1284 1487
Average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £12.68 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%

PDM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PDM within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

PDM Jobs Demand Trend

PDM
Daily Rate Trend

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

PDM Daily Rate Trend

PDM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PDM within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

PDM Daily Rate Histogram

PDM
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PDM within the UK.

PDM Hourly Rate Trend

PDM
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDM within the UK 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
England +39 28 £550 +35.80%
London +44 20 £563 +21.62%
City of London - 7 £575 -
Berkshire +18 4 - -
South East +14 4 - -
Reading - 4 - -
South West +30 1 £383 +47.11%
Wales +13 1 - -
Bristol +13 1 £383 +47.11%
North West +6 1 - -
West Midlands +4 1 - -
Coventry -3 1 - -
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £450 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Merseyside - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 £450 -
Fife - 1 - -
Stevenage - 1 £450 -
Liverpool - 1 - -

PDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PDM 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 PDM.

1 18 (39.13%) Project Management
2 12 (26.09%) Java
3 11 (23.91%) RPG
3 11 (23.91%) Data Modelling
3 11 (23.91%) OS/400
3 11 (23.91%) AS400
3 11 (23.91%) Data Management
3 11 (23.91%) RPG IV
4 10 (21.74%) PLM
4 10 (21.74%) SAP
5 8 (17.39%) Banking
5 8 (17.39%) Investment Banking
6 7 (15.22%) Quality Management
7 6 (13.04%) Finance
7 6 (13.04%) Requirements Analysis
7 6 (13.04%) Manufacturing
7 6 (13.04%) SAP EHS
8 5 (10.87%) SAP PLM
8 5 (10.87%) SAP xRPM
8 5 (10.87%) SAP cProjects
8 5 (10.87%) SAP PM
8 5 (10.87%) ERwin
9 4 (8.696%) CAD
9 4 (8.696%) CA
9 4 (8.696%) JD Edwards
9 4 (8.696%) MS Office
9 4 (8.696%) Oracle
9 4 (8.696%) IBM
9 4 (8.696%) SunGard
9 4 (8.696%) Teradata

PDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PDM 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 PDM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.522%) HTML
1 3 (6.522%) .NET
1 3 (6.522%) CSS
1 3 (6.522%) XML
1 3 (6.522%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.348%) CICS
Applications
1 4 (8.696%) MS Office
2 2 (4.348%) Windchill
3 1 (2.174%) CATIA
3 1 (2.174%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (13.04%) SAP EHS
2 5 (10.87%) SAP PLM
2 5 (10.87%) SAP xRPM
2 5 (10.87%) SAP cProjects
2 5 (10.87%) SAP PM
3 4 (8.696%) JDE World
3 4 (8.696%) SunGard GMI
4 2 (4.348%) SAP PS
4 2 (4.348%) JDE EnterpriseOne
5 1 (2.174%) SAP SRM
5 1 (2.174%) Teamcenter
5 1 (2.174%) ENOVIA
5 1 (2.174%) Lawson
5 1 (2.174%) Infor M3
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.348%) WAN
2 1 (2.174%) HTTP
2 1 (2.174%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.522%) Big Data
2 2 (4.348%) DB2
2 2 (4.348%) Data Mining
3 1 (2.174%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.174%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) ERwin
2 3 (6.522%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (17.39%) Banking
1 8 (17.39%) Investment Banking
2 6 (13.04%) Finance
2 6 (13.04%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.348%) Aerospace
3 2 (4.348%) Marketing
4 1 (2.174%) Retail
4 1 (2.174%) Back Office
4 1 (2.174%) Automotive
4 1 (2.174%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 11 (23.91%) Analyst
2 10 (21.74%) Consultant
3 8 (17.39%) Project Manager
4 7 (15.22%) Programmer
5 5 (10.87%) Developer
5 5 (10.87%) Analyst Programmer
6 4 (8.696%) Business Analyst
6 4 (8.696%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (8.696%) Data Modeller
7 3 (6.522%) SAP PLM Consultant
7 3 (6.522%) JDE Consultant
7 3 (6.522%) Junior Consultant
7 3 (6.522%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (6.522%) Junior
7 3 (6.522%) Software Developer
8 2 (4.348%) AS400 Developer
8 2 (4.348%) RPG Programmer
8 2 (4.348%) Information Manager
8 2 (4.348%) Software Consultant
8 2 (4.348%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) AS400
2 3 (6.522%) Computer Science
3 2 (4.348%) Mainframe
3 2 (4.348%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.348%) CESG
4 1 (2.174%) Semantic Web
4 1 (2.174%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) OS/400
2 1 (2.174%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (39.13%) Project Management
2 11 (23.91%) Data Modelling
2 11 (23.91%) Data Management
3 10 (21.74%) PLM
4 7 (15.22%) Quality Management
5 6 (13.04%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (8.696%) CAD
6 4 (8.696%) Migration
6 4 (8.696%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (8.696%) Dimensional Modelling
7 3 (6.522%) SysML
7 3 (6.522%) Asset Management
7 3 (6.522%) ERP
7 3 (6.522%) UML
8 2 (4.348%) Portfolio Management
8 2 (4.348%) Workflow
8 2 (4.348%) Practice Management
8 2 (4.348%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (4.348%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) Java
2 11 (23.91%) RPG
2 11 (23.91%) RPG IV
3 3 (6.522%) C#
4 2 (4.348%) COBOL
5 1 (2.174%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.522%) Degree
1 3 (6.522%) SC Cleared
1 3 (6.522%) Security Cleared
1 3 (6.522%) HND
2 1 (2.174%) APMP
2 1 (2.174%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) SAP
2 4 (8.696%) CA
2 4 (8.696%) JD Edwards
2 4 (8.696%) Oracle
2 4 (8.696%) IBM
2 4 (8.696%) SunGard
2 4 (8.696%) Teradata
3 3 (6.522%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.348%) Epicor
4 2 (4.348%) Riverbed
5 1 (2.174%) Siebel
City, London
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Rate: £400 - £520 per day
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