The first table below looks at the demand for PMP in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PMP over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank 264 272 309
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +37
Contract jobs citing PMP 306 382 314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.649% 0.644% 0.522%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.579% 3.732% 3.312%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 223 195
Average daily rate £470 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £305 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £638 £554
UK excluding London average daily rate £423 £450 £450
% change year-on-year
-6.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 4
Average hourly rate £36.53 £38.00 £37.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.88% +2.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.25 £27.50 £20.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.00 £41.50 £52.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- -7.87%
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8550 10235 9482
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.26% 15.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4574 5344 4533
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £539 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 462 564 657
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 £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

PMP Jobs Demand Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

PMP Daily Rate Histogram

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PMP Hourly Rate Trend

PMP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PMP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

PMP Hourly Rate Histogram

PMP
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 PMP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 -1 275 £475 +5.55%
London +12 148 £500 +5.26%
South East -10 83 £450 -
City of London +27 42 £500 -3.84%
Berkshire 0 34 £428 +10.32%
Surrey +12 18 £550 +2.80%
Scotland -9 16 £386 -
Reading -10 15 £440 +44.26%
East of England +15 13 £538 +21.12%
Sunbury-on-Thames +4 10 £550 +1.38%
Essex +3 10 £538 +13.15%
East Midlands +7 8 £330 +1.53%
North West +8 7 £342 -5.58%
Nottinghamshire +4 7 £320 -1.53%
Hampshire +1 7 £390 -10.85%
Nottingham -1 7 £320 -1.53%
Stirling - 7 £325 -
Buckinghamshire +3 6 - -
Yorkshire +1 6 £271 -9.58%
Middlesex -5 6 £475 -
Guildford -6 6 £313 -28.57%
Uxbridge +7 5 £625 +25.00%
Leeds +5 5 £213 -30.32%
West Yorkshire -1 5 £213 -30.32%
West Sussex +17 4 £525 +20.00%
North East +12 4 £450 +28.57%
Tyne and Wear +11 4 £450 +24.82%
Newcastle upon Tyne +9 4 £450 +24.82%
Edinburgh +4 4 £400 -
Cheshire +3 4 £300 -20.52%

PMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PMP 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 PMP.

1 591 (97.85%) PMI Certification
2 440 (72.85%) PRINCE2
3 437 (72.35%) Project Management
4 230 (38.08%) Finance
5 130 (21.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 116 (19.21%) PMI
7 106 (17.55%) Banking
8 96 (15.89%) Degree
9 94 (15.56%) Telecoms
10 83 (13.74%) PRINCE
11 82 (13.58%) ITIL
12 80 (13.25%) MS Project
13 70 (11.59%) MS Excel
14 67 (11.09%) Change Management
15 64 (10.60%) Project Planning
16 63 (10.43%) Risk Management
17 54 (8.940%) Microsoft
18 46 (7.616%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 46 (7.616%) Change Control
19 43 (7.119%) Investment Banking
20 42 (6.954%) PRINCE2 Certification
21 41 (6.788%) Oracle
22 38 (6.291%) MS Office
22 38 (6.291%) SAP
23 37 (6.126%) Migration
23 37 (6.126%) Resource Management
24 36 (5.960%) MS PowerPoint
25 35 (5.795%) Programme Management
26 33 (5.464%) Windows
27 27 (4.470%) Agile Software Development

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing PMP 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 PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (0.828%) .NET
1 5 (0.828%) J2EE
1 5 (0.828%) XML
2 4 (0.662%) Web Services
2 4 (0.662%) Middleware
2 4 (0.662%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (0.497%) HTML
4 2 (0.331%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.331%) SOAP
4 2 (0.331%) XHTML
4 2 (0.331%) Motif
4 2 (0.331%) Ajax
5 1 (0.166%) jQuery
5 1 (0.166%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.166%) COM
5 1 (0.166%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 23 (3.808%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.987%) MS Project Server
3 4 (0.662%) MS Exchange
3 4 (0.662%) Lync
3 4 (0.662%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (0.497%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (0.497%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.331%) Apache
5 2 (0.331%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.331%) CMS
5 2 (0.331%) FileNet
5 2 (0.331%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.166%) SAP Portal
6 1 (0.166%) ESB
6 1 (0.166%) Exchange Server 2000
6 1 (0.166%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (0.166%) Documentum
6 1 (0.166%) SAS
Applications
1 80 (13.25%) MS Project
2 70 (11.59%) MS Excel
3 38 (6.291%) MS Office
4 36 (5.960%) MS PowerPoint
5 22 (3.642%) MS Visio
6 12 (1.987%) Office 365
7 1 (0.166%) Open Workbench
Business Applications
1 6 (0.993%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.828%) Eagle PACE
2 5 (0.828%) Eagle STAR
2 5 (0.828%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.662%) Taleo
4 2 (0.331%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.331%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.331%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.331%) CA Clarity
4 2 (0.331%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.331%) RMDS
4 2 (0.331%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.331%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.166%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.166%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.166%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.166%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.166%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.166%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.166%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.139%) Radio Access Network
2 18 (2.980%) 3G
3 13 (2.152%) Intranet
4 11 (1.821%) Unified Communications
4 11 (1.821%) 2G
4 11 (1.821%) GSM
5 10 (1.656%) WAN
6 9 (1.490%) UMTS
6 9 (1.490%) Internet
7 8 (1.325%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.325%) Network Security
8 7 (1.159%) LAN
8 7 (1.159%) CDMA
9 6 (0.993%) Firewall
9 6 (0.993%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.828%) LTE
10 5 (0.828%) GPRS
11 4 (0.662%) VoIP
11 4 (0.662%) Wireless
11 4 (0.662%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.821%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (0.993%) Data Mining
3 5 (0.828%) Oracle Exadata
4 4 (0.662%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (0.662%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (0.497%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.331%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.331%) MS Access
6 2 (0.331%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.331%) SAP BI
6 2 (0.331%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.166%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.166%) QlikView
7 1 (0.166%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.166%) EDMS
7 1 (0.166%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (0.993%) JIRA
2 2 (0.331%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.166%) ERwin
General
1 230 (38.08%) Finance
2 106 (17.55%) Banking
3 94 (15.56%) Telecoms
4 43 (7.119%) Investment Banking
5 18 (2.980%) Retail
6 16 (2.649%) Financial Institution
7 15 (2.483%) Marketing
8 14 (2.318%) Back Office
9 11 (1.821%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (1.656%) Legal
10 10 (1.656%) Billing
11 9 (1.490%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.490%) Law
12 8 (1.325%) Front Office
13 7 (1.159%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (0.662%) Games
14 4 (0.662%) Advertising
15 3 (0.497%) French Language
15 3 (0.497%) German Language
15 3 (0.497%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 381 (63.08%) Project Manager
2 53 (8.775%) Analyst
3 39 (6.457%) Senior Manager
4 35 (5.795%) Infrastructure Manager
5 33 (5.464%) Programme Manager
6 29 (4.801%) Business Analyst
6 29 (4.801%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 29 (4.801%) Senior Project Manager
7 27 (4.470%) IT Project Manager
8 22 (3.642%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 19 (3.146%) PMO Manager
10 15 (2.483%) SAP Manager
11 14 (2.318%) Resource Manager
12 13 (2.152%) Business Manager
12 13 (2.152%) Delivery Manager
13 12 (1.987%) Technical Manager
14 11 (1.821%) Technical Project Manager
15 10 (1.656%) PMO Analyst
16 9 (1.490%) Business Project Manager
16 9 (1.490%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 116 (19.21%) PMI
2 17 (2.815%) Management Information System
3 16 (2.649%) Computer Science
4 11 (1.821%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (1.656%) Social Network
6 7 (1.159%) Economics
7 5 (0.828%) Equities
8 4 (0.662%) Fixed Income
8 4 (0.662%) Derivative
8 4 (0.662%) Online Games
8 4 (0.662%) Social Media
9 3 (0.497%) SaaS
9 3 (0.497%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.497%) Life Science
10 2 (0.331%) EPoS
10 2 (0.331%) NHS
10 2 (0.331%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.331%) FMCG
10 2 (0.331%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.331%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 33 (5.464%) Windows
2 24 (3.974%) Windows 7
3 9 (1.490%) UNIX
4 8 (1.325%) Linux
5 4 (0.662%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (0.497%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.331%) Windows XP
7 2 (0.331%) SUSE
7 2 (0.331%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.331%) Android
7 2 (0.331%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.166%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.166%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (72.85%) PRINCE2
2 437 (72.35%) Project Management
3 130 (21.52%) Stakeholder Management
4 83 (13.74%) PRINCE
5 82 (13.58%) ITIL
6 67 (11.09%) Change Management
7 64 (10.60%) Project Planning
8 63 (10.43%) Risk Management
9 46 (7.616%) Change Control
10 37 (6.126%) Migration
10 37 (6.126%) Resource Management
11 35 (5.795%) Programme Management
12 27 (4.470%) Agile Software Development
12 27 (4.470%) Performance Management
13 25 (4.139%) ERP
14 23 (3.808%) Waterfall
15 21 (3.477%) Document Management
16 20 (3.311%) Data Management
16 20 (3.311%) Business Analysis
17 19 (3.146%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.152%) C
2 12 (1.987%) SQL
3 7 (1.159%) Java
4 3 (0.497%) Shell Script
4 3 (0.497%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.331%) PHP
5 2 (0.331%) C#
5 2 (0.331%) C++
5 2 (0.331%) VB
5 2 (0.331%) ABAP
6 1 (0.166%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.166%) VBA
6 1 (0.166%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.166%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.166%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 591 (97.85%) PMI Certification
2 96 (15.89%) Degree
3 46 (7.616%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 42 (6.954%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 23 (3.808%) ITIL Certification
6 22 (3.642%) Security Cleared
7 21 (3.477%) SC Cleared
8 14 (2.318%) CAPM
9 11 (1.821%) ISEB
10 9 (1.490%) CISSP
11 8 (1.325%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.325%) MBA
12 7 (1.159%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 7 (1.159%) PgMP
13 6 (0.993%) GIAC
13 6 (0.993%) CFA
13 6 (0.993%) APMP
14 5 (0.828%) DV Cleared
14 5 (0.828%) ISTQB
15 4 (0.662%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.311%) QA
2 7 (1.159%) SLA
3 4 (0.662%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.331%) GxP
4 2 (0.331%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.331%) FATCA
System Software
1 2 (0.331%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.331%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.166%) vSphere
2 1 (0.166%) XenDesktop
2 1 (0.166%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (0.497%) CA SiteMinder
2 2 (0.331%) Netcool
2 2 (0.331%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.166%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.166%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 54 (8.940%) Microsoft
2 41 (6.788%) Oracle
3 38 (6.291%) SAP
4 21 (3.477%) Cisco
5 16 (2.649%) IBM
6 12 (1.987%) Google
7 10 (1.656%) Ericsson
7 10 (1.656%) Citrix
7 10 (1.656%) Primavera
8 4 (0.662%) PeopleSoft
8 4 (0.662%) HP
8 4 (0.662%) Huawei
8 4 (0.662%) ArcSight
9 3 (0.497%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 3 (0.497%) Trayport
9 3 (0.497%) Convergys
9 3 (0.497%) VMware
9 3 (0.497%) Misys
9 3 (0.497%) Remedy
9 3 (0.497%) NetApp
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