The first table below looks at the demand for PMI Certification in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMI Certification 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 Certification
Rank 201 200 182
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -18
Contract jobs citing PMI Certification 447 524 620
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.963% 0.899% 1.011%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.347% 5.189% 6.398%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 336 416
Average daily rate £468 £450 £515
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.88% -12.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £580 £630 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 7
Average hourly rate £37.75 £38.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.65% +8.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.55 £27.50 £25.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.20 £41.50 £47.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year
- +5.55%
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%

PMI Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

PMI Certification Jobs Demand Trend

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

PMI Certification Daily Rate Trend

PMI Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

PMI Certification Daily Rate Histogram

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PMI Certification Hourly Rate Trend

PMI Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

PMI Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

PMI Certification
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMI Certification 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 -7 398 £475 +5.55%
London -3 221 £500 +5.26%
South East +6 112 £450 -
City of London +22 61 £500 +4.43%
Berkshire +6 42 £428 +6.87%
Surrey +21 29 £450 -7.69%
Scotland -5 24 £438 -28.57%
North West +19 19 £355 -3.86%
East of England +18 16 £538 +19.44%
Cheshire +14 15 £330 -12.00%
Reading -5 14 £440 +44.26%
Essex +3 12 £538 +13.15%
Hampshire -2 11 £425 -16.25%
Sunbury-on-Thames +3 10 £550 +1.38%
Middlesex -1 10 £475 -
East Midlands +6 9 £330 -12.00%
West Midlands +5 8 £400 +45.45%
Guildford -6 8 £300 -31.42%
Uxbridge +7 7 £525 +5.00%
Nottinghamshire +5 7 £320 -1.53%
Nottingham -1 7 £320 -1.53%
Stirling - 7 £325 -
Buckinghamshire +6 6 - -
Staines -5 6 - -
Edinburgh +10 5 £463 -
Aberdeen +5 5 £475 -9.52%
Yorkshire -7 5 £330 +6.45%
Brentwood - 5 £775 -
West Sussex +20 4 £525 +20.00%
Hertfordshire +7 4 - -

PMI Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 705 (76.80%) PRINCE2
2 649 (70.70%) Project Management
3 585 (63.73%) PMP
4 446 (48.58%) PMI
5 337 (36.71%) Finance
6 178 (19.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 162 (17.65%) Degree
8 146 (15.90%) MS Project
9 141 (15.36%) ITIL
10 140 (15.25%) Banking
11 130 (14.16%) PRINCE
12 125 (13.62%) Telecoms
13 118 (12.85%) MS Excel
14 109 (11.87%) Change Management
15 106 (11.55%) Microsoft
16 104 (11.33%) Risk Management
17 90 (9.804%) Project Planning
18 77 (8.388%) Waterfall
19 71 (7.734%) Programme Management
20 65 (7.081%) MS Office
21 64 (6.972%) SAP
22 63 (6.863%) PRINCE2 Certification
23 57 (6.209%) Change Control
24 56 (6.100%) MS Visio
24 56 (6.100%) Performance Management
25 55 (5.991%) Scrum
26 54 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
26 54 (5.882%) Investment Banking
27 52 (5.664%) Oracle
28 51 (5.556%) Windows

PMI Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 15 (1.634%) WebSphere
2 12 (1.307%) .NET
3 11 (1.198%) J2EE
4 10 (1.089%) XML
5 8 (0.871%) EJB
5 8 (0.871%) JSP
5 8 (0.871%) jQuery
6 7 (0.763%) Web Services
7 6 (0.654%) Ajax
8 5 (0.545%) Struts2
8 5 (0.545%) Hibernate
8 5 (0.545%) XSD
8 5 (0.545%) JMS
8 5 (0.545%) WSDL
8 5 (0.545%) Servlets
8 5 (0.545%) HTML
8 5 (0.545%) Struts
8 5 (0.545%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.436%) Middleware
9 4 (0.436%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 43 (4.684%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.634%) MS Project Server
3 11 (1.198%) CMS
4 10 (1.089%) Lotus Notes
5 9 (0.980%) WebLogic
5 9 (0.980%) MS Exchange
6 8 (0.871%) Escenic
7 7 (0.763%) SharePoint 2010
8 6 (0.654%) Lync
9 5 (0.545%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (0.545%) IBM HTTP Server
9 5 (0.545%) WebSphere MQ
10 3 (0.327%) Lotus Domino
10 3 (0.327%) Exchange Server 2010
10 3 (0.327%) Confluence
11 2 (0.218%) Oracle Service Bus
11 2 (0.218%) Documentum
11 2 (0.218%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (0.218%) FileNet
12 1 (0.109%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 146 (15.90%) MS Project
2 118 (12.85%) MS Excel
3 65 (7.081%) MS Office
4 56 (6.100%) MS Visio
5 47 (5.120%) MS PowerPoint
6 13 (1.416%) Office 365
7 7 (0.763%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.218%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 7 (0.763%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (0.545%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.545%) Taleo
2 5 (0.545%) Endur
2 5 (0.545%) Eagle PACE
2 5 (0.545%) Eagle STAR
3 4 (0.436%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.327%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (0.327%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.218%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.218%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.218%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.218%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.218%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.218%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.218%) SAP GRC
5 2 (0.218%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.218%) CA Clarity
5 2 (0.218%) Aligne
6 1 (0.109%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.941%) Radio Access Network
2 22 (2.397%) 3G
3 14 (1.525%) Unified Communications
4 13 (1.416%) Intranet
5 12 (1.307%) Internet
5 12 (1.307%) 2G
5 12 (1.307%) GSM
6 10 (1.089%) UMTS
6 10 (1.089%) WAN
7 9 (0.980%) Network Security
8 8 (0.871%) VoIP
8 8 (0.871%) ATM
8 8 (0.871%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.763%) MPLS
9 7 (0.763%) CDMA
9 7 (0.763%) HTTP
10 6 (0.654%) LAN
10 6 (0.654%) Firewall
10 6 (0.654%) LTE
10 6 (0.654%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (1.416%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (0.871%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.763%) Data Mining
4 5 (0.545%) DB2
4 5 (0.545%) Oracle 8/8i
4 5 (0.545%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (0.545%) Oracle Exadata
5 4 (0.436%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.327%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.218%) SAP BI
7 2 (0.218%) MS Access
7 2 (0.218%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.109%) Spotfire
8 1 (0.109%) QlikView
8 1 (0.109%) MySQL
8 1 (0.109%) EDMS
8 1 (0.109%) Sybase ASE
8 1 (0.109%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (0.109%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.109%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 21 (2.288%) QuickTest Pro
2 7 (0.763%) JIRA
3 5 (0.545%) ClearCase
3 5 (0.545%) Subversion
4 3 (0.327%) Git (software)
4 3 (0.327%) Gradle
5 1 (0.109%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.109%) ERwin
5 1 (0.109%) LSMW
General
1 337 (36.71%) Finance
2 140 (15.25%) Banking
3 125 (13.62%) Telecoms
4 54 (5.882%) Investment Banking
5 29 (3.159%) Retail
6 25 (2.723%) Financial Institution
7 16 (1.743%) Back Office
8 15 (1.634%) Front Office
9 14 (1.525%) Legal
9 14 (1.525%) Marketing
10 12 (1.307%) Manufacturing
11 11 (1.198%) Billing
11 11 (1.198%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (0.980%) Law
13 8 (0.871%) Automotive
13 8 (0.871%) Corporate Banking
14 6 (0.654%) French Language
15 5 (0.545%) Advertising
16 4 (0.436%) Spanish Language
17 3 (0.327%) Games
Job Titles
1 552 (60.13%) Project Manager
2 87 (9.477%) Analyst
3 56 (6.100%) Programme Manager
4 48 (5.229%) Senior Manager
5 44 (4.793%) Infrastructure Manager
6 42 (4.575%) Business Analyst
7 38 (4.139%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 37 (4.031%) Senior Project Manager
8 37 (4.031%) IT Project Manager
9 34 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
10 28 (3.050%) SAP Manager
11 23 (2.505%) PMO Manager
12 21 (2.288%) Delivery Manager
13 20 (2.179%) Technical Manager
13 20 (2.179%) SAP Project Manager
14 17 (1.852%) Portfolio Manager
15 16 (1.743%) Resource Manager
16 15 (1.634%) Business Manager
16 15 (1.634%) Technical Project Manager
16 15 (1.634%) PMO Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 446 (48.58%) PMI
2 30 (3.268%) Fixed Income
3 27 (2.941%) Equities
4 22 (2.397%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.634%) Computer Science
6 13 (1.416%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (1.198%) Social Network
8 8 (0.871%) Credit Risk
9 7 (0.763%) Derivative
9 7 (0.763%) Mainframe
9 7 (0.763%) Economics
10 6 (0.654%) NHS
11 5 (0.545%) EPoS
11 5 (0.545%) SaaS
11 5 (0.545%) Social Media
12 4 (0.436%) Hedge funds
12 4 (0.436%) Market Risk
12 4 (0.436%) Digital Media
12 4 (0.436%) Smart Meter
13 3 (0.327%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.556%) Windows
2 32 (3.486%) Windows 7
3 21 (2.288%) UNIX
4 14 (1.525%) Linux
5 10 (1.089%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.089%) Android
6 9 (0.980%) Windows 8
7 4 (0.436%) Windows XP
8 2 (0.218%) NetWare
8 2 (0.218%) SUSE
8 2 (0.218%) AIX
8 2 (0.218%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.109%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.109%) Solaris
9 1 (0.109%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 705 (76.80%) PRINCE2
2 649 (70.70%) Project Management
3 178 (19.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 141 (15.36%) ITIL
5 130 (14.16%) PRINCE
6 109 (11.87%) Change Management
7 104 (11.33%) Risk Management
8 90 (9.804%) Project Planning
9 77 (8.388%) Waterfall
10 71 (7.734%) Programme Management
11 57 (6.209%) Change Control
12 56 (6.100%) Performance Management
13 55 (5.991%) Scrum
14 51 (5.556%) Migration
14 51 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
15 48 (5.229%) Resource Management
16 45 (4.902%) Six Sigma
17 35 (3.813%) Service Management
18 34 (3.704%) RUP
18 34 (3.704%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (3.159%) SQL
2 26 (2.832%) Java
3 16 (1.743%) C
4 9 (0.980%) JavaScript
5 5 (0.545%) VBA
6 3 (0.327%) Groovy
6 3 (0.327%) C#
7 2 (0.218%) VB
7 2 (0.218%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.218%) ABAP
7 2 (0.218%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.109%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.109%) C++
8 1 (0.109%) PHP
Qualifications
1 585 (63.73%) PMP
2 162 (17.65%) Degree
3 63 (6.863%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 54 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 33 (3.595%) Security Cleared
6 30 (3.268%) SC Cleared
7 29 (3.159%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 26 (2.832%) ITIL Certification
8 26 (2.832%) ISEB
9 19 (2.070%) APMP
10 14 (1.525%) CAPM
11 11 (1.198%) MBA
12 10 (1.089%) ISTQB
12 10 (1.089%) PgMP
13 9 (0.980%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.871%) CISSP
15 7 (0.763%) DV Cleared
16 6 (0.654%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 6 (0.654%) GIAC
16 6 (0.654%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.922%) QA
2 26 (2.832%) COBIT
3 9 (0.980%) SLA
4 6 (0.654%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.545%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.218%) FATCA
7 1 (0.109%) GxP
7 1 (0.109%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (0.327%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.109%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (2.288%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (0.436%) SCCM
3 3 (0.327%) CA SiteMinder
4 2 (0.218%) Netcool
4 2 (0.218%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 2 (0.218%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.109%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 106 (11.55%) Microsoft
2 64 (6.972%) SAP
3 52 (5.664%) Oracle
4 22 (2.397%) Cisco
4 22 (2.397%) IBM
5 20 (2.179%) Primavera
6 15 (1.634%) Niku
7 12 (1.307%) Google
7 12 (1.307%) Lotus
8 11 (1.198%) Ericsson
8 11 (1.198%) Citrix
9 7 (0.763%) Business Objects
10 6 (0.654%) HP
11 5 (0.545%) JBoss
11 5 (0.545%) Chordiant
11 5 (0.545%) OpenLink
12 4 (0.436%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.436%) PeopleSoft
12 4 (0.436%) Huawei
12 4 (0.436%) ArcSight
Manchester, Lancashire
Manchester Contract My client has an exciting opportunity in the North West of England for an interim period of six to nine months. Successful applicant will work with...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Location: London & extensive European travel (4-5 days a week) Rate: to £450 per day Start: ASAP Duration: Initial 6 month My client is looking for a Project...
Verticality Ltd
Rate: to £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Key Accountabilities Reporting to the Head of PMO & Project Management , the candidate will be an experienced and professionally qualified Project Manager with a record of successful project delivery.....
WorldPay
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
You will be responsible for the all of the relationship management between the business and the IT from front to back office, Maintaining the project plan to make...
Real Staffing
Rate: £500 - £600 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wiltshire, South West
The role will be fairly hands on, so they are looking for someone who is prepared to get their hands dirty with the project. They will be looking...
Computer Futures
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Billericay, Essex
In order to be considered you must ideally be degree educated, and boast a minimum of 2-3 years Project Management / full Project Lifecycle experience. It is essential...
Executive Resource Group
Rate: From £250 to £260 per day Up to £260 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
Candidates with experience of working within a Research, Academic or Medical research environment are highly desirable.You will report to the Programme Manager assisting in the development of...
Sand Resources
Rate: £200 - £260 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
My Client is a leading investment bank, they are looking for a project manager to plan and manage a portfolio of projects in the MOTIF area:- Skills:- - Experience...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £600 - £700 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
PMI/Prince 2 project management qualification Educated to degree level or equivalent Previous experience of a large scale programme in the Cards Acquiring industry is preferable but not...
WorldPay
Posted: 18 May 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Cisco Project Manager required - ideally PMP and/or Prince 2 certified - the ideal candidate will have previous experience of managing multiple Cisco / networking based projects including; unified communications,...
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 1 May 2013
City of London
RATES IT PROJECT MANAGER - £650/DAY** - GLOBAL IB - A STRONG IT Project Manager is required for our client, a leading Global Investment Bank, to come on board the...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Outsourcing/Off Shoring PM - Operational Risk - £400/£500 per day** My client, a leading Investment Bank, is looking for an Operation Risk Project Manager to work within a...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £350 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
PMP, PRINCE 2 Practioner)-A sound project management background gained within an international organisation managing projects through the entire project life cycle-Core competence in Planning, Cost Estimating,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £425.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
West London
Our client, an online gaming and betting company, is currently recruiting for a Infrastructure/ Security Project Manager to join their team in West London, initially on a 6...
Experis IT
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The role is a Project Manager & Business Analysis hybrid, taking responsibility for delivering projects already in-flight and providing analysis on others to define the requirements prior to...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Pro rata plus benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Buckinghamshire
Project Manager : Network/Telecoms Infrastructure Projects; (WAN Connectivity, hosting/server architecture, WLAN/Wifi) Advantage Resourcing are currently recruiting for a number of Network Infrastructure Project Managers to deliver...
Advantage Resourcing
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
PMO LEAD - £650/DAY+ INVESTMENT BANKING EXPERIENCE - CRUCIAL Our client, a leading Investment Bank, is URGENTLY seeking a strong PMO Lead. The candidate will have 10 years solid...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £650 - £750 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Responsible for the validation of all GxP relevant applications and maintaining the validated state of those applications... Qualifications: Demonstrated Oracle project management skills including project initiation, scoping, resourcing,...
Networking People
Posted: 17 May 2013
Portsmouth, South East
KEY SKILLS:*Strong background in managing the strategic direction of a development team*Programme / project management experience*Good team leadership abilities*Agile / Scrum development methodologies*Managing and delivering...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
Slough, South East
Additional skills which would be BENEFICIAL: Experience/knowledge of project management methodologies e.g. Prince2, PMP. The RoleAs an experienced VB.Net/ASP.Net Web Developer, you will:...
OCC Computing
Rate: To £35k per annum + bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Obtain monthly PMI statements, update P11D records, and administer any necessary deductions through payroll... *Ensure all processes and procedures are adequately documented to comply with company and regulatory...
Hy-phen
Rate: £24000 - £28500 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013