The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PMI in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMI over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Rank 347 366 314
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -52
Contract jobs citing PMI 204 215 324
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.424% 0.370% 0.520%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.574% 1.508% 1.877%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 142 223
Average daily rate £475 £450 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% -18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £283 £365
10% offered a daily rate of more than £573 £575 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £400 £378
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 4
Average hourly rate £43.75 £27.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+59.09% -21.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.75 £27.50 £33.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.75 £29.50 £36.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.75 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+59.09% -21.42%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12964 14261 17263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.94% 24.57% 27.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 7811 8294 10400
Average daily rate £425 £425 £501
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £601 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £328
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +5.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 691 684
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.50 £22.81
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -1.36%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.43 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.65 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.63 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-3.88% -10.00%

PMI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

PMI Jobs Demand Trend

PMI
Daily Rate Trend

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

PMI Daily Rate Trend

PMI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

PMI Daily Rate Histogram

PMI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PMI Hourly Rate Trend

PMI
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMI within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

PMI Hourly Rate Histogram

PMI
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +6 188 £475 +5.55% 57
London +36 124 £500 +1.01% 26
South East +27 43 £475 +21.79% 14
City of London +11 33 £475 +2.15% 6
Berkshire +13 11 - - 3
Surrey +11 11 £425 +30.76% 2
North West +20 10 £300 -20.00% 7
Hampshire +5 9 £475 +5.43% 8
Cheshire +5 8 £440 +21.37% 3
Middlesex +10 6 £463 +6.93% 1
Scotland -10 5 £663 +26.19% 4
Oxfordshire - 4 £494 -
East of England +19 3 £255 -46.31% 1
Essex -1 3 £255 -46.31%
Edinburgh - 3 £663 - 1
Oxford - 3 £498 -
Portsmouth - 3 £425 - 1
Bromley - 3 £475 -
Milton Keynes +6 2 £495 +52.30%
West Midlands +3 2 £525 +90.90% 4
Buckinghamshire -3 2 £495 +52.30%
Yorkshire -4 2 £300 -3.22% 1
Knutsford - 2 £465 - 1
Reading +2 1 - - 1
West Yorkshire -8 1 - -
Leeds -9 1 - -
Liverpool - 1 £300 - 1
Glasgow - 1 - -
Sheffield - 1 £300 - 1
Croydon - 1 £450 -

PMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PMI 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.

1 437 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 342 (78.26%) PRINCE2
3 327 (74.83%) Project Management
4 165 (37.76%) Finance
5 109 (24.94%) PMP
6 87 (19.91%) Degree
7 84 (19.22%) ITIL
8 81 (18.54%) MS Project
9 71 (16.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 67 (15.33%) Banking
11 61 (13.96%) Change Management
11 61 (13.96%) MS Excel
12 58 (13.27%) Microsoft
13 57 (13.04%) Risk Management
14 51 (11.67%) MS Office
15 49 (11.21%) PRINCE
16 48 (10.98%) Waterfall
17 44 (10.07%) Telecoms
18 40 (9.153%) SAP
19 39 (8.924%) Programme Management
20 37 (8.467%) Scrum
21 36 (8.238%) Project Planning
22 33 (7.551%) Agile Software Development
22 33 (7.551%) MS Visio
23 30 (6.865%) Six Sigma
23 30 (6.865%) SharePoint
24 28 (6.407%) Investment Banking
25 26 (5.950%) Performance Management
25 26 (5.950%) Portfolio Management
25 26 (5.950%) RUP

PMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PMI 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (2.975%) WebSphere
2 9 (2.059%) .NET
3 8 (1.831%) jQuery
4 6 (1.373%) J2EE
4 6 (1.373%) Web Services
5 5 (1.144%) Struts2
5 5 (1.144%) Ajax
5 5 (1.144%) WebSphere MQ
5 5 (1.144%) WSDL
5 5 (1.144%) JMS
5 5 (1.144%) XML
5 5 (1.144%) XSD
5 5 (1.144%) JSP
5 5 (1.144%) Servlets
5 5 (1.144%) Struts
5 5 (1.144%) EJB
5 5 (1.144%) Hibernate
6 4 (0.915%) ASP.NET
7 3 (0.686%) XHTML
7 3 (0.686%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 30 (6.865%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.288%) MS Project Server
3 9 (2.059%) WebLogic
4 8 (1.831%) IBM Notes
5 6 (1.373%) MS Exchange
5 6 (1.373%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (1.144%) WebSphere Application Server
6 5 (1.144%) IBM HTTP Server
6 5 (1.144%) CMS
7 4 (0.915%) Escenic
8 3 (0.686%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.686%) Lync
9 1 (0.229%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.229%) Confluence
9 1 (0.229%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.229%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (0.229%) ESB
9 1 (0.229%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.229%) Documentum
9 1 (0.229%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 81 (18.54%) MS Project
2 61 (13.96%) MS Excel
3 51 (11.67%) MS Office
4 33 (7.551%) MS Visio
5 17 (3.890%) MS PowerPoint
6 6 (1.373%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.229%) Office 365
7 1 (0.229%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 7 (1.602%) Endur
2 4 (0.915%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (0.915%) SAP CO
2 4 (0.915%) SAP FI
2 4 (0.915%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.686%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.458%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.458%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.458%) SAP APO
4 2 (0.458%) CA Clarity
4 2 (0.458%) Aligne
5 1 (0.229%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.229%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.229%) Taleo
5 1 (0.229%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.229%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.229%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.229%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.229%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.229%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.059%) Network Security
2 8 (1.831%) Radio Access Network
3 6 (1.373%) ATM
3 6 (1.373%) HTTP
4 5 (1.144%) MPLS
5 4 (0.915%) VoIP
5 4 (0.915%) Internet
5 4 (0.915%) 3G
5 4 (0.915%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.686%) SAN
6 3 (0.686%) LDAP
6 3 (0.686%) Frame Relay
7 2 (0.458%) IP Telephony
7 2 (0.458%) BSS
8 1 (0.229%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.229%) DMZ
8 1 (0.229%) DNS
8 1 (0.229%) VPN
8 1 (0.229%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.229%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.602%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.373%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.144%) DB2
4 3 (0.686%) SAP BW
4 3 (0.686%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.458%) UniData
5 2 (0.458%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (0.458%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.229%) Big Data
6 1 (0.229%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.229%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.229%) Spotfire
6 1 (0.229%) SAP BI
6 1 (0.229%) EDMS
6 1 (0.229%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.229%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 16 (3.661%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (1.144%) ClearCase
2 5 (1.144%) Subversion
3 3 (0.686%) Gradle
3 3 (0.686%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.229%) JIRA
4 1 (0.229%) LSMW
General
1 165 (37.76%) Finance
2 67 (15.33%) Banking
3 44 (10.07%) Telecoms
4 28 (6.407%) Investment Banking
5 17 (3.890%) Retail
6 16 (3.661%) Financial Institution
7 12 (2.746%) Front Office
8 5 (1.144%) French Language
8 5 (1.144%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (0.915%) Automotive
9 4 (0.915%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.915%) Publishing
9 4 (0.915%) Marketing
10 3 (0.686%) Dutch Language
10 3 (0.686%) Legal
11 2 (0.458%) Back Office
11 2 (0.458%) Advertising
11 2 (0.458%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.458%) Hindi Language
12 1 (0.229%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 277 (63.39%) Project Manager
2 33 (7.551%) Programme Manager
3 30 (6.865%) Analyst
4 25 (5.721%) Infrastructure Manager
5 23 (5.263%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 23 (5.263%) SAP Manager
6 18 (4.119%) IT Project Manager
7 17 (3.890%) SAP Project Manager
8 16 (3.661%) Business Analyst
8 16 (3.661%) Portfolio Manager
9 14 (3.204%) Senior Manager
10 13 (2.975%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
11 12 (2.746%) QA Manager
12 11 (2.517%) Project Planner
12 11 (2.517%) SAP Programme Manager
13 10 (2.288%) Technical Manager
14 9 (2.059%) PMO Manager
14 9 (2.059%) Senior Project Manager
14 9 (2.059%) Delivery Manager
15 6 (1.373%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.034%) Fixed Income
2 17 (3.890%) Equities
3 8 (1.831%) Mainframe
3 8 (1.831%) Credit Risk
4 7 (1.602%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.144%) Smart Meter
5 5 (1.144%) EPoS
5 5 (1.144%) NHS
6 4 (0.915%) Market Risk
6 4 (0.915%) SaaS
7 3 (0.686%) Digital Media
7 3 (0.686%) PKI
7 3 (0.686%) Derivative
7 3 (0.686%) EMV
7 3 (0.686%) Chip and PIN
7 3 (0.686%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.458%) E-Learning
8 2 (0.458%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.458%) Computer Science
8 2 (0.458%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.034%) Windows
2 15 (3.432%) UNIX
3 12 (2.746%) Windows 7
4 8 (1.831%) Linux
5 4 (0.915%) Android
5 4 (0.915%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.915%) Windows 8
6 3 (0.686%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.458%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (78.26%) PRINCE2
2 327 (74.83%) Project Management
3 84 (19.22%) ITIL
4 71 (16.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 61 (13.96%) Change Management
6 57 (13.04%) Risk Management
7 49 (11.21%) PRINCE
8 48 (10.98%) Waterfall
9 39 (8.924%) Programme Management
10 37 (8.467%) Scrum
11 36 (8.238%) Project Planning
12 33 (7.551%) Agile Software Development
13 30 (6.865%) Six Sigma
14 26 (5.950%) Performance Management
14 26 (5.950%) Portfolio Management
14 26 (5.950%) RUP
15 24 (5.492%) Migration
16 22 (5.034%) CMMI
16 22 (5.034%) Configuration Management
17 21 (4.805%) UML
Programming Languages
1 21 (4.805%) SQL
2 13 (2.975%) Java
3 8 (1.831%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.915%) VBA
5 3 (0.686%) Groovy
5 3 (0.686%) C
5 3 (0.686%) C#
6 1 (0.229%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 437 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 109 (24.94%) PMP
3 87 (19.91%) Degree
4 25 (5.721%) ISEB
5 24 (5.492%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 18 (4.119%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 15 (3.432%) CAPM
7 15 (3.432%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 14 (3.204%) Security Cleared
9 13 (2.975%) APMP
10 11 (2.517%) SC Cleared
11 9 (2.059%) PgMP
12 7 (1.602%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (1.373%) MBA
14 5 (1.144%) ISTQB
14 5 (1.144%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (1.144%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (1.144%) MCSE
15 3 (0.686%) BC Cleared
15 3 (0.686%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.577%) COBIT
2 19 (4.348%) QA
3 4 (0.915%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.458%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.458%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.229%) HL7
5 1 (0.229%) SLA
5 1 (0.229%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (0.458%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.229%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (3.661%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.686%) CA SiteMinder
3 2 (0.458%) SCCM
4 1 (0.229%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 58 (13.27%) Microsoft
2 40 (9.153%) SAP
3 19 (4.348%) Oracle
4 13 (2.975%) Niku
5 10 (2.288%) Primavera
6 9 (2.059%) Lotus
6 9 (2.059%) IBM
7 8 (1.831%) Cisco
8 7 (1.602%) OpenLink
9 5 (1.144%) Chordiant
9 5 (1.144%) HP
9 5 (1.144%) JBoss
9 5 (1.144%) Business Objects
9 5 (1.144%) VMware
10 4 (0.915%) Citrix
10 4 (0.915%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.686%) Avaya
12 2 (0.458%) CA
12 2 (0.458%) Salesforce.com
12 2 (0.458%) Pega
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