PMI Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for PMI Certification in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PMI Certification over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

PMI Certification
Location Aberdeenshire Amersham Basildon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim East Anglia East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newport North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Sandwich Scotland Shropshire South East South Wales South West Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 12 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	397	441
Rank change on same period last year	+44
Matching contract IT job ads	191	168
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.240 %	0.189 %
As % of the category below	2.461 %	1.958 %
Daily rates quoted	83	68
Average minimum daily rate	£420	£435
Average daily rate	£461	£466
% change on same period last year	-1.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£501	£498
UK excluding London average daily rate	£405	£440
% change on same period last year	-8.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.00	£38.17
Average hourly rate	£45.33	£38.17
% change on same period last year	+18.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.67	£38.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£45.33	£38.17
% change on same period last year	+18.77 %
Qualifications UK
Matching contract IT job ads	7761	8580
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.751 %	9.642 %
Daily rates quoted	2511	2405
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£344
Average daily rate	£359	£365
% change on same period last year	-1.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£380	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£332
% change on same period last year	-0.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	771	912
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.56	£23.77
Average hourly rate	£25.16	£25.32
% change on same period last year	-0.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.77	£26.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.34	£25.74
% change on same period last year	-5.45 %

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.

PMI Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing PMI Certification across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing PMI Certification across the UK.

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI Certification across the UK over the past 3 months.

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing PMI Certification across the UK.

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI Certification across the UK over the past 3 months.

PMI Certification
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI Certification within the UK over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	England	+53	180	£462	-1.37 %
2	London	+65	99	£492	-0.38 %
3	City of London	-14	30	£521	-14.36 %
4	South East	+10	29	£483	+15.94 %
5	East of England	0	20	£366	-27.99 %
6	Hertfordshire	-7	8	£475	+18.75 %
7	Berkshire	+25	7	£454	+11.04 %
7	Midlands	+10	7	£300	-46.66 %
8	North West	-10	6	£575	+43.75 %
8	Surrey	+14	6	£725	+99.54 %
8	Essex	-3	6	£265	-
9	Middlesex	0	5	£450	-
9	Sunbury-on-Thames	-	5	-	-
9	Watford	-	5	£500	-
9	West Midlands	-5	5	£425	-15.00 %
10	Yorkshire	-	4	£425	-
10	Suffolk	0	4	£350	-
10	Uxbridge	-	4	£350	-
10	Herefordshire	-	4	-	-
10	Hemel Hempstead	-	4	-	-
11	West Yorkshire	-	3	£425	-
11	South West	-	3	-	-
11	Thames Valley	-	3	-	-
12	Wiltshire	-	2	-	-
12	East Anglia	-	2	-	-
12	Lancashire	-	2	-	-
12	Scotland	+4	2	-	-
12	Leeds	-	2	£500	-
12	Manchester	-17	2	-	-
12	Hampshire	+10	2	£500	+25.00 %

PMI Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing PMI Certification also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMI Certification.

1 269 (81.52 %) PMP 2 267 (80.91 %) PRINCE2 3 196 (59.39 %) Project Management 4 142 (43.03 %) PMI 5 73 (22.12 %) MS Project 6 68 (20.61 %) Finance 7 59 (17.88 %) MS Office 8 53 (16.06 %) Risk Management 9 52 (15.76 %) Banking 10 51 (15.45 %) ITIL 11 46 (13.94 %) PRINCE 11 46 (13.94 %) Telecoms 12 38 (11.52 %) Investment Banking 13 35 (10.61 %) MS Excel 14 32 (9.697 %) Project Planning

15 31 (9.394 %) SharePoint 15 31 (9.394 %) PRINCE2 Certification 16 29 (8.788 %) MS PowerPoint 17 28 (8.485 %) Change Management 18 25 (7.576 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 19 23 (6.970 %) CAPM 20 20 (6.061 %) Windows 20 20 (6.061 %) Health 20 20 (6.061 %) Stakeholder Management 21 19 (5.758 %) Office Project Server 22 18 (5.455 %) Microsoft 22 18 (5.455 %) Derivative 23 17 (5.152 %) Performance Management 24 15 (4.545 %) SQL 24 15 (4.545 %) MS Visio

PMI Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing PMI Certification also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PMI Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (1.818 %) .NET 2 2 (0.606 %) J2EE 2 2 (0.606 %) JSP 2 2 (0.606 %) XML 2 2 (0.606 %) XSD 2 2 (0.606 %) Middleware 2 2 (0.606 %) Spring 2 2 (0.606 %) AJAX 3 1 (0.303 %) HTML 3 1 (0.303 %) SAP XI 3 1 (0.303 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (0.303 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 31 (9.394 %) SharePoint 2 19 (5.758 %) Office Project Server 3 7 (2.121 %) Documentum 4 3 (0.909 %) MS Exchange 5 2 (0.606 %) IIS 5 2 (0.606 %) CMS 5 2 (0.606 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (0.303 %) WorkSite 6 1 (0.303 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (0.303 %) Live Communications Server 6 1 (0.303 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (0.303 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 1 (0.303 %) Lotus Notes 6 1 (0.303 %) Apache
Applications 1 73 (22.12 %) MS Project 2 59 (17.88 %) MS Office 3 35 (10.61 %) MS Excel 4 29 (8.788 %) MS PowerPoint 5 15 (4.545 %) MS Visio 6 1 (0.303 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 1 (0.303 %) PeopleSoft Financials 1 1 (0.303 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 1 1 (0.303 %) Microsoft CRM 1 1 (0.303 %) Navision 1 1 (0.303 %) SAP HR 1 1 (0.303 %) SAP R/3 1 1 (0.303 %) SAP FI 1 1 (0.303 %) SAP CRM 1 1 (0.303 %) SAP FI/CO 1 1 (0.303 %) SAP CO 1 1 (0.303 %) Pivotal CRM 1 1 (0.303 %) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking 1 12 (3.636 %) Internet 2 11 (3.333 %) Firewall 3 9 (2.727 %) SAN 4 6 (1.818 %) LAN 5 4 (1.212 %) VoIP 5 4 (1.212 %) WAN 6 3 (0.909 %) Broadband 6 3 (0.909 %) TCP/IP 6 3 (0.909 %) DSL 6 3 (0.909 %) BSS 7 2 (0.606 %) DWDM 7 2 (0.606 %) LLU 7 2 (0.606 %) TETRA 7 2 (0.606 %) Intranet 7 2 (0.606 %) SDH 8 1 (0.303 %) GPRS 8 1 (0.303 %) GSM 8 1 (0.303 %) WCDMA 8 1 (0.303 %) SMTP 8 1 (0.303 %) DHCP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (0.909 %) SAP BW 2 2 (0.606 %) SQL Server 2 2 (0.606 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (0.303 %) Oracle Discoverer 3 1 (0.303 %) RDBMS 3 1 (0.303 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 3 (0.909 %) ClearQuest	General 1 68 (20.61 %) Finance 2 52 (15.76 %) Banking 3 46 (13.94 %) Telecoms 4 38 (11.52 %) Investment Banking 5 20 (6.061 %) Health 6 13 (3.939 %) Education 6 13 (3.939 %) Retail 7 11 (3.333 %) Government 8 9 (2.727 %) Insurance 9 6 (1.818 %) Marketing 9 6 (1.818 %) Front Office 9 6 (1.818 %) Back Office 10 4 (1.212 %) Law 11 3 (0.909 %) Legal 11 3 (0.909 %) Military 11 3 (0.909 %) Construction 11 3 (0.909 %) Retail Banking 12 2 (0.606 %) Pharmaceutical 12 2 (0.606 %) Publishing 13 1 (0.303 %) Games
Job Titles 1 219 (66.36 %) Project Manager 2 20 (6.061 %) Senior Manager 3 19 (5.758 %) Programme Manager 4 18 (5.455 %) Coordinator 5 16 (4.848 %) Analyst 6 15 (4.545 %) Senior Project Manager 7 14 (4.242 %) Infrastructure Manager 7 14 (4.242 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 7 14 (4.242 %) PMO Analyst 8 13 (3.939 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 9 12 (3.636 %) Technical Project Manager 9 12 (3.636 %) Technical Manager 10 9 (2.727 %) IT Manager 10 9 (2.727 %) Telecoms Project Manager 11 8 (2.424 %) PMO Manager 11 8 (2.424 %) Programme Coordinator 11 8 (2.424 %) IT Project Manager 12 6 (1.818 %) Software Manager 12 6 (1.818 %) Delivery Manager 12 6 (1.818 %) Software Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 142 (43.03 %) PMI 2 18 (5.455 %) Derivative 3 12 (3.636 %) Fixed Income 4 10 (3.030 %) Equities 4 10 (3.030 %) Credit Derivative 5 8 (2.424 %) Asset Management 6 6 (1.818 %) Equity Derivative 7 3 (0.909 %) IPTV 7 3 (0.909 %) CLARiiON 7 3 (0.909 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 7 3 (0.909 %) EMV 7 3 (0.909 %) EFT 8 2 (0.606 %) EPoS 8 2 (0.606 %) Mainframe 8 2 (0.606 %) Replication 8 2 (0.606 %) Interest Rate Derivative 9 1 (0.303 %) Robotics 9 1 (0.303 %) Japanese Language 9 1 (0.303 %) Fund Management 9 1 (0.303 %) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 20 (6.061 %) Windows 2 11 (3.333 %) Unix 3 4 (1.212 %) Windows 2000 4 3 (0.909 %) Tru64 4 3 (0.909 %) VMS 5 2 (0.606 %) Windows NT 5 2 (0.606 %) Windows XP 6 1 (0.303 %) Solaris 6 1 (0.303 %) Linux 6 1 (0.303 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 267 (80.91 %) PRINCE2 2 196 (59.39 %) Project Management 3 53 (16.06 %) Risk Management 4 51 (15.45 %) ITIL 5 46 (13.94 %) PRINCE 6 32 (9.697 %) Project Planning 7 28 (8.485 %) Change Management 8 20 (6.061 %) Stakeholder Management 9 17 (5.152 %) Performance Management 10 13 (3.939 %) Time Management 10 13 (3.939 %) RUP 11 12 (3.636 %) Migration 11 12 (3.636 %) Programme Management 11 12 (3.636 %) Service Delivery 11 12 (3.636 %) Resource Management 12 9 (2.727 %) Matrix Management 12 9 (2.727 %) Programme Office Management 12 9 (2.727 %) Business Continuity 12 9 (2.727 %) Service Management 13 7 (2.121 %) CRM
Programming Languages 1 15 (4.545 %) SQL 2 5 (1.515 %) PL/SQL 3 3 (0.909 %) Java 4 2 (0.606 %) C 5 1 (0.303 %) C# 5 1 (0.303 %) C++ 5 1 (0.303 %) PowerHouse	Qualifications 1 269 (81.52 %) PMP 2 31 (9.394 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 23 (6.970 %) CAPM 4 11 (3.333 %) Degree 5 5 (1.515 %) CISA 5 5 (1.515 %) CISSP 6 4 (1.212 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 6 4 (1.212 %) ISEB 7 3 (0.909 %) MAPM 7 3 (0.909 %) Microsoft Certification 7 3 (0.909 %) MCSE 7 3 (0.909 %) ITIL Certification 8 2 (0.606 %) MBA 9 1 (0.303 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 25 (7.576 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 5 (1.515 %) ISO27001 2 5 (1.515 %) SLA 3 3 (0.909 %) ISO9000 4 2 (0.606 %) QA 4 2 (0.606 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 1 (0.303 %) Active Directory 1 1 (0.303 %) VMware ESX
Vendors 1 18 (5.455 %) Microsoft 2 12 (3.636 %) SAP 3 10 (3.030 %) Planview 4 9 (2.727 %) Oracle 5 8 (2.424 %) Cisco 6 5 (1.515 %) Sun 6 5 (1.515 %) HP 6 5 (1.515 %) Informatica 7 4 (1.212 %) EMC 8 3 (0.909 %) IBM 8 3 (0.909 %) BMC 8 3 (0.909 %) Remedy 9 2 (0.606 %) NEC 9 2 (0.606 %) Baan 9 2 (0.606 %) PeopleSoft 9 2 (0.606 %) Intel 9 2 (0.606 %) Dell 9 2 (0.606 %) Siebel 10 1 (0.303 %) Sybase 10 1 (0.303 %) Business Objects