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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkProject Management
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank181517
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads306730965197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.006 %6.731 %6.349 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category12.13 %12.98 %12.94 %
Daily rates quoted155812281956
Average daily rate£415£388£405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.090 %-4.320 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£240£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£365£375
% change year-on-year
-0.680 %-2.660 %
Hourly rates quoted111148188
Average hourly rate£26.00£30.00£29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.33 %+3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.21£14.95£15.54
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.70£47.03£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.00£30.00£27.50
% change year-on-year
-23.33 %+9.090 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
252772384540167
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK57.74 %51.84 %49.07 %
Daily rates quoted12018826113388
Average daily rate£400£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.060 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£255
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£588£550£595
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£375
% change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
Hourly rates quoted108316152567
Average hourly rate£24.00£29.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.24 %-3.330 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.50£13.00£13.88
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£40.00£44.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.70£30.00£30.00
% change year-on-year
-24.33 %-

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.

Project Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Management within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Project Management Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Project Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Management
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 Project Management within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-22869£425+9.67 %
LondonUp+11726£450+9.09 %
City of LondonNo change0615£475+11.76 %
South EastNo change0461£375-
North WestDown-4152£295-21.33 %
South WestDown-4118£390-3.06 %
BerkshireUp+1117£388-3.12 %
ScotlandUp+2115£374+3.10 %
YorkshireDown-7107£400+14.28 %
East of EnglandUp+5106£340-2.85 %
West MidlandsDown-691£340-5.55 %
SurreyUp+474£348+11.28 %
West YorkshireDown-570£398+13.57 %
EdinburghUp+268£353-11.87 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1661£363+6.61 %
ManchesterDown-761£231-48.61 %
East MidlandsDown-757£450+80.00 %
Canary WharfDown-151£600+9.09 %
HampshireDown-648£400-
CheshireNo change045£295-23.87 %
WiltshireUp+839£463+8.82 %
Docklands, LondonDown-137£538+13.15 %
MiddlesexDown-437£363-3.33 %
LeedsDown-1437£413+17.85 %
WalesNo change036£344-23.55 %
BristolUp+631£281-40.47 %
Milton KeynesUp+1430£350-
EssexUp+330£425+36.00 %
GlasgowUp+230£359+17.62 %
HertfordshireDown-230£348+11.20 %

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Project Management 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 Project Management.

11740 (29.58 %)Finance
21510 (25.67 %)PRINCE2
31212 (20.61 %)Banking
4697 (11.85 %)Investment Banking
5591 (10.05 %)Business Analysis
6498 (8.467 %)Stakeholder Management
7451 (7.667 %)MS Project
8426 (7.242 %)Government
9418 (7.106 %)Microsoft
10404 (6.868 %)Migration
11383 (6.511 %)ITIL
12377 (6.409 %)Change Management
13367 (6.239 %)Oracle
14352 (5.984 %)MS Excel
15318 (5.406 %)Risk Management
16310 (5.270 %)Security Cleared
17305 (5.185 %)SAP
18298 (5.066 %)Derivative
19288 (4.896 %)MS Office
19288 (4.896 %)SQL
20287 (4.879 %)NHS
21279 (4.743 %)Retail
22274 (4.658 %)Front Office
23272 (4.624 %)PMI Certification
24266 (4.522 %)PRINCE2 Certification
25256 (4.352 %)Degree
26250 (4.250 %)Windows
27248 (4.216 %)Insurance
28239 (4.063 %)Project Planning
29237 (4.029 %)PRINCE

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Project Management 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1194 (3.298 %).NET
2125 (2.125 %)XML
378 (1.326 %)Web Services
476 (1.292 %)HTML
563 (1.071 %)ASP.NET
655 (0.935 %)CSS
753 (0.901 %)Middleware
848 (0.816 %)WebSphere
940 (0.680 %)Flash
1038 (0.646 %)J2EE
1126 (0.442 %)XSLT
1225 (0.425 %)ASP
1322 (0.374 %)Java EE
1322 (0.374 %)AJAX
1421 (0.357 %).NET Framework
1518 (0.306 %)Spring
1616 (0.272 %)EDI
1616 (0.272 %)XML Schema
1715 (0.255 %)JMS
1814 (0.238 %)jQuery
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1198 (3.366 %)SharePoint
270 (1.190 %)CMS
340 (0.680 %)SharePoint Server 2007
438 (0.646 %)IIS
526 (0.442 %)SAS
526 (0.442 %)MS Exchange
617 (0.289 %)Exchange Server 2007
716 (0.272 %)Lotus Notes
815 (0.255 %)WebLogic
914 (0.238 %)Documentum
1013 (0.221 %)Exchange Server 2003
1112 (0.204 %)Office Project Server
1112 (0.204 %)WebSphere MQ
1211 (0.187 %)BizTalk Server
1211 (0.187 %)Apache
1211 (0.187 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1310 (0.170 %)MQSeries
149 (0.153 %)WebSphere Application Server
158 (0.136 %)Content Management Server
167 (0.119 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1451 (7.667 %)MS Project
2352 (5.984 %)MS Excel
3288 (4.896 %)MS Office
4186 (3.162 %)MS Visio
5164 (2.788 %)MS PowerPoint
673 (1.241 %)CA Clarity
725 (0.425 %)Spreadsheet
813 (0.221 %)Photoshop
911 (0.187 %)InfoPath
106 (0.102 %)Open Workbench
114 (0.068 %)Fireworks
114 (0.068 %)Acrobat
123 (0.051 %)Adobe Illustrator
123 (0.051 %)CATIA
132 (0.034 %)SPSS
132 (0.034 %)AutoCAD
141 (0.017 %)MATLAB
141 (0.017 %)SmartSuite
141 (0.017 %)QuarkXPress
141 (0.017 %)InDesign
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
166 (1.122 %)Endur
236 (0.612 %)Summit
331 (0.527 %)RMDS
426 (0.442 %)Oracle Financials
525 (0.425 %)SAP HR
623 (0.391 %)SAP CO
623 (0.391 %)SAP FI
722 (0.374 %)SAP FI/CO
818 (0.306 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
917 (0.289 %)Oracle EBS
1016 (0.272 %)SAP R/3
1115 (0.255 %)Oracle Applications
1115 (0.255 %)SAP ERP
1214 (0.238 %)SAP CRM
1313 (0.221 %)Dynamics CRM
1313 (0.221 %)GL Clearvision
1412 (0.204 %)Oracle EBS R12
1510 (0.170 %)Remedy ITSM
1510 (0.170 %)CODA-Financials
169 (0.153 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1116 (1.972 %)Internet
284 (1.428 %)WAN
383 (1.411 %)LAN
468 (1.156 %)Intranet
468 (1.156 %)Firewall
564 (1.088 %)SAN
637 (0.629 %)TCP/IP
729 (0.493 %)Network Security
828 (0.476 %)DNS
922 (0.374 %)VPN
922 (0.374 %)MPLS
1021 (0.357 %)BSS
1120 (0.340 %)GSM
1120 (0.340 %)Wireless
1219 (0.323 %)VoIP
1318 (0.306 %)Broadband
1417 (0.289 %)UMTS
1417 (0.289 %)IP Telephony
1515 (0.255 %)3G
1614 (0.238 %)ATM
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1169 (2.873 %)SQL Server
2120 (2.040 %)Datawarehouse
365 (1.105 %)ETL
459 (1.003 %)BusinessObjects
540 (0.680 %)Reference Data
628 (0.476 %)SQL Server 2005
628 (0.476 %)DB2
725 (0.425 %)SAP BW
725 (0.425 %)MS Access
823 (0.391 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
922 (0.374 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1021 (0.357 %)Oracle Reports
1119 (0.323 %)Oracle 8/8i
1218 (0.306 %)Oracle 10g
1317 (0.289 %)RDBMS
1415 (0.255 %)SQL Server 2000
1513 (0.221 %)Oracle Discoverer
1513 (0.221 %)Crystal Reports
1612 (0.204 %)Oracle BI EE
1612 (0.204 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
131 (0.527 %)Team Foundation Server
225 (0.425 %)ClearCase
225 (0.425 %)Visual Studio
322 (0.374 %)TestDirector
416 (0.272 %)Rational Rose
513 (0.221 %)Oracle Forms
612 (0.204 %)JIRA
710 (0.170 %)LoadRunner
710 (0.170 %)Dreamweaver
89 (0.153 %)Eclipse
98 (0.136 %)PowerDesigner
98 (0.136 %)ClearQuest
107 (0.119 %)JCAPS
116 (0.102 %)QuickTest Pro
125 (0.085 %)Subversion
133 (0.051 %)ProC
133 (0.051 %)RequisitePro
133 (0.051 %)VSS/SourceSafe
133 (0.051 %)Telelogic DOORS
133 (0.051 %)FrontPage
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11740 (29.58 %)Finance
21212 (20.61 %)Banking
3697 (11.85 %)Investment Banking
4426 (7.242 %)Government
5279 (4.743 %)Retail
6274 (4.658 %)Front Office
7248 (4.216 %)Insurance
8203 (3.451 %)Health
8203 (3.451 %)Telecoms
9191 (3.247 %)Back Office
10119 (2.023 %)Retail Banking
11112 (1.904 %)Education
12102 (1.734 %)Marketing
1389 (1.513 %)Legal
1488 (1.496 %)Financial Institution
1586 (1.462 %)Local Government
1662 (1.054 %)Pensions
1759 (1.003 %)Pharmaceutical
1838 (0.646 %)Manufacturing
1934 (0.578 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12754 (46.82 %)Project Manager
21105 (18.79 %)Analyst
3739 (12.56 %)Business Analyst
4224 (3.808 %)Consultant
5220 (3.740 %)Programme Manager
6217 (3.689 %)Senior Manager
7204 (3.468 %)Technical Manager
8194 (3.298 %)Business Manager
9188 (3.196 %)Developer
9188 (3.196 %)Senior Project Manager
10174 (2.958 %)Technical Project Manager
11150 (2.550 %)Business Project Manager
12138 (2.346 %)Infrastructure Manager
13131 (2.227 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
14128 (2.176 %)Architect
15125 (2.125 %)IT Project Manager
16117 (1.989 %)Delivery Manager
1799 (1.683 %)Project Analyst
1891 (1.547 %)SAP Manager
1990 (1.530 %)Change Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1298 (5.066 %)Derivative
2287 (4.879 %)NHS
3186 (3.162 %)Fixed Income
4166 (2.822 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5153 (2.601 %)PMI
6145 (2.465 %)Management Information System
7105 (1.785 %)Equities
877 (1.309 %)Interest Rate Derivative
967 (1.139 %)Credit Risk
1065 (1.105 %)Equity Derivative
1149 (0.833 %)Mainframe
1248 (0.816 %)Market Risk
1345 (0.765 %)Credit Derivative
1431 (0.527 %)NPfIT
1529 (0.493 %)Computer Science
1625 (0.425 %)French Language
1723 (0.391 %)Client/Server
1822 (0.374 %)Open Source
1822 (0.374 %)E-Learning
1921 (0.357 %)German Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1250 (4.250 %)Windows
2202 (3.434 %)UNIX
3103 (1.751 %)Linux
460 (1.020 %)Windows Server 2003
460 (1.020 %)Solaris
542 (0.714 %)AIX
632 (0.544 %)Windows Server 2008
726 (0.442 %)Windows XP
813 (0.221 %)Windows 2000
912 (0.204 %)Red Hat Linux
1011 (0.187 %)HPUX
118 (0.136 %)Windows 7
118 (0.136 %)Windows Vista
127 (0.119 %)Windows NT
135 (0.085 %)VMS
144 (0.068 %)Windows 2000 Server
153 (0.051 %)OpenVMS
153 (0.051 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
162 (0.034 %)Windows Mobile
171 (0.017 %)OS/390
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11510 (25.67 %)PRINCE2
2591 (10.05 %)Business Analysis
3498 (8.467 %)Stakeholder Management
4404 (6.868 %)Migration
5383 (6.511 %)ITIL
6377 (6.409 %)Change Management
7318 (5.406 %)Risk Management
8239 (4.063 %)Project Planning
9237 (4.029 %)PRINCE
10221 (3.757 %)Programme Management
11189 (3.213 %)E-Commerce
12173 (2.941 %)Agile Software Development
13166 (2.822 %)User Acceptance Testing
14158 (2.686 %)Service Management
15144 (2.448 %)Resource Management
16128 (2.176 %)Business Intelligence
17124 (2.108 %)Scrum
18120 (2.040 %)CRM
19119 (2.023 %)Service Delivery
20117 (1.989 %)Data Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1288 (4.896 %)SQL
2218 (3.706 %)C
2218 (3.706 %)Java
3109 (1.853 %)C#
478 (1.326 %)JavaScript
544 (0.748 %)C++
640 (0.680 %)Perl
737 (0.629 %)PL/SQL
832 (0.544 %)PHP
927 (0.459 %)VBA
1022 (0.374 %)VB
1117 (0.289 %)T-SQL
1215 (0.255 %)Shell Script
1313 (0.221 %)COBOL
1412 (0.204 %)VB.NET
1412 (0.204 %)ABAP
159 (0.153 %)ActionScript
159 (0.153 %)VBScript
159 (0.153 %)Korn
166 (0.102 %)C-shell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1310 (5.270 %)Security Cleared
2272 (4.624 %)PMI Certification
3266 (4.522 %)PRINCE2 Certification
4256 (4.352 %)Degree
5168 (2.856 %)SC Cleared
6153 (2.601 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
7140 (2.380 %)PMP
869 (1.173 %)ITIL Certification
960 (1.020 %)DV Cleared
1052 (0.884 %)Cisco Certification
1151 (0.867 %)ISEB
1247 (0.799 %)Microsoft Certification
1331 (0.527 %)MCSE
1429 (0.493 %)CCNA
1522 (0.374 %)CCNP
1621 (0.357 %)CTC Cleared
1720 (0.340 %)CCIE
1818 (0.306 %)ACCA
1914 (0.238 %)CISSP
2012 (0.204 %)CIMA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1180 (3.060 %)QA
251 (0.867 %)SLA
339 (0.663 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
435 (0.595 %)Basel II
514 (0.238 %)PCI DSS
611 (0.187 %)COBIT
710 (0.170 %)ISO27001
88 (0.136 %)ISO9001
96 (0.102 %)MiFID
105 (0.085 %)ISO17799
114 (0.068 %)HL7
114 (0.068 %)GAAP
123 (0.051 %)TickIT
132 (0.034 %)SNOMED CT
132 (0.034 %)WAI
132 (0.034 %)GxP
132 (0.034 %)BS7799
132 (0.034 %)Prudential Sourcebook
141 (0.017 %)GAMP
141 (0.017 %)GMP
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
161 (1.037 %)Active Directory
222 (0.374 %)VMware Infrastructure
310 (0.170 %)Hyper-V
48 (0.136 %)Oracle RAC
55 (0.085 %)Terminal Services
55 (0.085 %)NetBackup
64 (0.068 %)VMware ESX
73 (0.051 %)ISA Server
73 (0.051 %)XenApp
82 (0.034 %)SAP ITS
82 (0.034 %)Veritas File System
82 (0.034 %)AquaLogic
82 (0.034 %)NFS
82 (0.034 %)Terminal Server
91 (0.017 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
91 (0.017 %)MetaFrame
91 (0.017 %)NDS
91 (0.017 %)Backup Exec
91 (0.017 %)Oracle RMAN
91 (0.017 %)XenServer
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
112 (0.204 %)Netcool/Webtop
112 (0.204 %)Netcool
28 (0.136 %)HP Quality Center
36 (0.102 %)ServiceCenter
36 (0.102 %)SCCM
36 (0.102 %)SCOM
36 (0.102 %)Tivoli
45 (0.085 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
53 (0.051 %)AutoSys
53 (0.051 %)TIBCO Hawk
53 (0.051 %)WSUS
62 (0.034 %)OpenView
62 (0.034 %)CiscoWorks
62 (0.034 %)Unicenter
62 (0.034 %)CONTROL-M
62 (0.034 %)Tivoli Monitoring
71 (0.017 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.017 %)MSI
71 (0.017 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
71 (0.017 %)MOM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1418 (7.106 %)Microsoft
2367 (6.239 %)Oracle
3305 (5.185 %)SAP
4100 (1.700 %)Cisco
565 (1.105 %)OpenLink
660 (1.020 %)HP
759 (1.003 %)Business Objects
759 (1.003 %)IBM
856 (0.952 %)Citrix
951 (0.867 %)Sybase
1048 (0.816 %)VMware
1048 (0.816 %)TIBCO
1141 (0.697 %)Cognos
1233 (0.561 %)Reuters
1329 (0.493 %)Salesforce.com
1329 (0.493 %)CheckPoint
1428 (0.476 %)Sun
1428 (0.476 %)Remedy
1524 (0.408 %)Siebel
1623 (0.391 %)Wall Street Systems