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This section looks at the demand for Project Management skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Management over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Management
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1718
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads52655654
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.615 %6.354 %
As % of the category below13.44 %13.73 %
Daily rates quoted21551931
Average minimum daily rate£405£402
Average daily rate£431£428
% change on same period last year+0.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£458£453
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£385
% change on same period last year+3.22 %
Hourly rates quoted167216
Average minimum hourly rate£27.76£28.78
Average hourly rate£29.97£30.55
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.18£32.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.53£29.87
% change on same period last year-4.47 %
Processes & Methodologies UKProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3916641194
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled49.21 %46.29 %
Daily rates quoted1388113088
Average minimum daily rate£390£395
Average daily rate£417£419
% change on same period last year-0.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£443£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£375
% change on same period last year+2.88 %
Hourly rates quoted22582315
Average minimum hourly rate£26.91£27.65
Average hourly rate£29.02£29.40
% change on same period last year-1.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.13£31.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.86£29.40
% change on same period last year-1.85 %

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.

Project Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

Project Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Management
Top 30 Contract Locations

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

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandUp+24994£433+0.65 %
2LondonNo change02379£462-0.04 %
3South EastUp+1874£387+2.46 %
4City of LondonUp+6633£483-7.67 %
5East of EnglandUp+3386£419+3.33 %
6South WestUp+4335£413+2.46 %
7YorkshireDown-2285£380-8.73 %
8North WestUp+4279£364+3.49 %
9BerkshireDown-2226£370-2.77 %
10West MidlandsDown-6185£385+7.83 %
11HertfordshireUp+9183£434+24.41 %
12West YorkshireDown-2177£379+4.75 %
13ScotlandDown-1166£374+8.82 %
14HampshireUp+8149£413-1.31 %
15SurreyDown-2128£356+12.89 %
16East MidlandsDown-8117£461+26.21 %
17BuckinghamshireNo change0114£409+5.39 %
18LeedsDown-1100£373+4.79 %
19WiltshireUp+197£441-0.41 %
20ManchesterUp+695£364+6.58 %
21CheshireUp+1592£354+11.81 %
22Milton KeynesUp+290£416+1.37 %
23Docklands, LondonDown-578£465+7.54 %
24MidlandsDown-474£438+7.81 %
25EssexUp+866£365+0.33 %
26BristolUp+564£378+0.68 %
26EdinburghUp+264£373+24.33 %
27GloucestershireUp+2560£363-4.71 %
28CambridgeshireDown-1057£459+22.95 %
29BirminghamDown-255£361-2.72 %

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Project Management 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 Project Management.

13001 (28.89 %)PRINCE2
22878 (27.70 %)Finance
31448 (13.94 %)Banking
41052 (10.13 %)MS Project
5831 (7.999 %)Government
6817 (7.864 %)Microsoft
7746 (7.181 %)Business Analysis
8729 (7.017 %)MS Excel
9713 (6.863 %)MS Office
10687 (6.613 %)Investment Banking
11683 (6.574 %)Oracle
12661 (6.362 %)Stakeholder Management
13637 (6.131 %)Change Management
14583 (5.612 %)ITIL
15557 (5.361 %)Telecoms
16556 (5.352 %)PRINCE2 Certification
17511 (4.919 %)Migration
17511 (4.919 %)Project Planning
18507 (4.880 %)Retail
19496 (4.774 %)SAP
20486 (4.678 %)PRINCE
21449 (4.322 %)SQL
22445 (4.283 %)Degree
23435 (4.187 %)Windows
24430 (4.139 %)Insurance
25413 (3.975 %)NHS
26388 (3.735 %)Risk Management
27383 (3.687 %)Unix
28382 (3.677 %)Java
29371 (3.571 %)Derivative

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Project Management 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 Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1298 (2.868 %).NET
2215 (2.069 %)XML
3153 (1.473 %)HTML
4146 (1.405 %)J2EE
5116 (1.117 %)CSS
6114 (1.097 %)ASP.NET
798 (0.943 %)Middleware
883 (0.799 %)WebSphere
883 (0.799 %)WebServices
976 (0.732 %)ASP
1055 (0.529 %)XSLT
1136 (0.347 %)XHTML
1234 (0.327 %).NET Framework
1332 (0.308 %)AJAX
1425 (0.241 %)XSL
1521 (0.202 %)JSP
1521 (0.202 %)Hibernate
1614 (0.135 %)SOAP
1711 (0.106 %)Struts
1711 (0.106 %)Spring
Application Platforms
1190 (1.829 %)SharePoint
290 (0.866 %)CMS
375 (0.722 %)Office Project Server
467 (0.645 %)MS Exchange
561 (0.587 %)Exchange Server 2003
643 (0.414 %)SAS
740 (0.385 %)WebLogic
740 (0.385 %)IIS
836 (0.347 %)Lotus Notes
935 (0.337 %)Tomcat
1032 (0.308 %)WorkSite
1130 (0.289 %)Apache
1229 (0.279 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1328 (0.270 %)Exchange Server 2000
1328 (0.270 %)BizTalk Server
1426 (0.250 %)Documentum
1523 (0.221 %)MQSeries
1620 (0.193 %)Exchange Server 2007
1719 (0.183 %)LiveLink
1817 (0.164 %)JBoss
Applications
11052 (10.13 %)MS Project
2729 (7.017 %)MS Excel
3713 (6.863 %)MS Office
4335 (3.225 %)MS Visio
5302 (2.907 %)MS PowerPoint
660 (0.578 %)CA Clarity
717 (0.164 %)Photoshop
88 (0.077 %)Open Workbench
96 (0.058 %)Adobe Illustrator
96 (0.058 %)Fireworks
104 (0.039 %)Quicktime
104 (0.039 %)AutoCAD
104 (0.039 %)InfoPath
113 (0.029 %)Pro/ENGINEER
113 (0.029 %)Niku Workbench
122 (0.019 %)SPSS
122 (0.019 %)CATIA
122 (0.019 %)S-PLUS
122 (0.019 %)Paint Shop Pro
122 (0.019 %)Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
146 (0.443 %)Summit
244 (0.424 %)SAP HR
330 (0.289 %)Oracle Financials
424 (0.231 %)SAP FI
523 (0.221 %)Oracle EBS
523 (0.221 %)Oracle ERP
523 (0.221 %)SAP CO
523 (0.221 %)SAP R/3
621 (0.202 %)SAP FI/CO
717 (0.164 %)Oracle Applications
816 (0.154 %)Fidessa
816 (0.154 %)FRONT ARENA
816 (0.154 %)SAP Oil and Gas
915 (0.144 %)Global One
915 (0.144 %)SAP SD
1014 (0.135 %)SAP IS-U
1111 (0.106 %)SAP CRM
1111 (0.106 %)HiPortfolio
1210 (0.096 %)SAP Payroll
1210 (0.096 %)SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1273 (2.628 %)Internet
2184 (1.771 %)WAN
3166 (1.598 %)LAN
4158 (1.521 %)Firewall
5113 (1.088 %)Intranet
6101 (0.972 %)SAN
796 (0.924 %)TCP/IP
881 (0.780 %)VoIP
969 (0.664 %)VPN
1062 (0.597 %)DNS
1150 (0.481 %)Broadband
1243 (0.414 %)MPLS
1337 (0.356 %)SSL
1435 (0.337 %)3G
1531 (0.298 %)Network Security
1626 (0.250 %)OSPF
1626 (0.250 %)BGP
1724 (0.231 %)BSS
1823 (0.221 %)ATM
1922 (0.212 %)LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1238 (2.291 %)SQL Server
2157 (1.511 %)Datawarehouse
384 (0.809 %)BusinessObjects
476 (0.732 %)MS Access
561 (0.587 %)SQL Server 2005
659 (0.568 %)SQL Server 2000
757 (0.549 %)RDBMS
848 (0.462 %)DB2
945 (0.433 %)Oracle 10g
1041 (0.395 %)Oracle 8/8i
1136 (0.347 %)Reference Data
1234 (0.327 %)GIS
1331 (0.298 %)EDRMS
1430 (0.289 %)SAP BW
1526 (0.250 %)OLAP
1625 (0.241 %)MySQL
1625 (0.241 %)ETL
1722 (0.212 %)Oracle Reports
1722 (0.212 %)SQL Server 7
1819 (0.183 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
165 (0.626 %)ClearQuest
256 (0.539 %)Flash
339 (0.375 %)ClearCase
426 (0.250 %)RequisitePro
522 (0.212 %)Rational Rose
522 (0.212 %)Visual Studio
621 (0.202 %)TestDirector
720 (0.193 %)Dreamweaver
816 (0.154 %)ERwin
913 (0.125 %)QuickTest Pro
1011 (0.106 %)Eclipse
1110 (0.096 %)WinRunner
129 (0.087 %)JUnit
137 (0.067 %)Oracle Forms
137 (0.067 %)LoadRunner
137 (0.067 %)FrontPage
146 (0.058 %)PVCS
146 (0.058 %)VSS/SourceSafe
154 (0.039 %)NUnit
154 (0.039 %)Oracle Developer 2000
General
12878 (27.70 %)Finance
21448 (13.94 %)Banking
3831 (7.999 %)Government
4687 (6.613 %)Investment Banking
5557 (5.361 %)Telecoms
6507 (4.880 %)Retail
7430 (4.139 %)Insurance
8364 (3.504 %)Health
9334 (3.215 %)Back Office
10267 (2.570 %)Front Office
10267 (2.570 %)Pensions
11247 (2.378 %)Marketing
12193 (1.858 %)Financial Institution
13169 (1.627 %)Legal
14157 (1.511 %)Retail Banking
15144 (1.386 %)Local Government
16132 (1.271 %)Education
1792 (0.886 %)Construction
1883 (0.799 %)Law
1982 (0.789 %)Billing
Job Titles
14972 (47.86 %)Project Manager
21524 (14.67 %)Analyst
3992 (9.549 %)Business Analyst
4473 (4.553 %)Consultant
5346 (3.330 %)Programme Manager
6306 (2.945 %)Senior Manager
7300 (2.888 %)Technical Manager
8299 (2.878 %)Infrastructure Manager
9272 (2.618 %)Senior Project Manager
10262 (2.522 %)Business Manager
11259 (2.493 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
12244 (2.349 %)Developer
13243 (2.339 %)Coordinator
14234 (2.252 %)Architect
15233 (2.243 %)Technical Project Manager
16202 (1.944 %)Business Project Manager
17190 (1.829 %)IT Manager
18187 (1.800 %)Project Analyst
19166 (1.598 %)Administrator
20163 (1.569 %)Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1413 (3.975 %)NHS
2371 (3.571 %)Derivative
3248 (2.387 %)PMI
4235 (2.262 %)Asset Management
5170 (1.636 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6166 (1.598 %)Fixed Income
7162 (1.559 %)Management Information System
8156 (1.502 %)Equities
9134 (1.290 %)Credit Risk
10117 (1.126 %)Market Risk
1171 (0.683 %)Credit Derivative
1261 (0.587 %)Equity Derivative
1359 (0.568 %)Mainframe
1453 (0.510 %)NPfIT
1551 (0.491 %)Client/Server
1551 (0.491 %)French Language
1645 (0.433 %)Fund Management
1738 (0.366 %)E-Learning
1831 (0.298 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1831 (0.298 %)Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1435 (4.187 %)Windows
2383 (3.687 %)Unix
3161 (1.550 %)Linux
4117 (1.126 %)Solaris
574 (0.712 %)Windows 2000
665 (0.626 %)AIX
764 (0.616 %)Windows Server 2003
853 (0.510 %)Windows NT
948 (0.462 %)Windows XP
1020 (0.193 %)HPUX
1115 (0.144 %)zOS
126 (0.058 %)VMS
126 (0.058 %)Windows Vista
135 (0.048 %)OS/390
143 (0.029 %)VME
143 (0.029 %)Mac OS X
152 (0.019 %)NetWare
152 (0.019 %)MVS
152 (0.019 %)Windows Mobile
161 (0.010 %)Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
13001 (28.89 %)PRINCE2
2746 (7.181 %)Business Analysis
3661 (6.362 %)Stakeholder Management
4637 (6.131 %)Change Management
5583 (5.612 %)ITIL
6511 (4.919 %)Migration
6511 (4.919 %)Project Planning
7486 (4.678 %)PRINCE
8388 (3.735 %)Risk Management
9321 (3.090 %)Programme Management
10286 (2.753 %)Service Delivery
11230 (2.214 %)E-Commerce
12221 (2.127 %)CRM
13201 (1.935 %)Service Management
14193 (1.858 %)UML
15189 (1.819 %)Resource Management
16181 (1.742 %)Supplier Management
16181 (1.742 %)ERP
17165 (1.588 %)Matrix Management
18164 (1.579 %)User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1449 (4.322 %)SQL
2382 (3.677 %)Java
3165 (1.588 %)C#
4121 (1.165 %)C
5104 (1.001 %)JavaScript
694 (0.905 %)VB
772 (0.693 %)C++
869 (0.664 %)Perl
953 (0.510 %)VBA
1050 (0.481 %)Shell Script
1148 (0.462 %)PL/SQL
1235 (0.337 %)VB.NET
1325 (0.241 %)VBScript
1423 (0.221 %)Transact-SQL
1521 (0.202 %)ActionScript
1521 (0.202 %)VB6
1620 (0.193 %)PHP
1716 (0.154 %)ABAP
1812 (0.116 %)COBOL
198 (0.077 %)AWK
Qualifications
1556 (5.352 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2445 (4.283 %)Degree
3303 (2.917 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
4196 (1.887 %)PMI Certification
5161 (1.550 %)PMP
6152 (1.463 %)ISEB
796 (0.924 %)Cisco Certification
892 (0.886 %)Microsoft Certification
988 (0.847 %)ITIL Certification
1079 (0.760 %)MCSE
1155 (0.529 %)CCNP
1243 (0.414 %)CCNA
1328 (0.270 %)CCIE
1425 (0.241 %)Citrix Certification
1522 (0.212 %)CISSP
1522 (0.212 %)CAPM
1522 (0.212 %)MOS
1621 (0.202 %)CISA
1720 (0.193 %)CISM
1816 (0.154 %)ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1212 (2.041 %)QA
298 (0.943 %)SLA
385 (0.818 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
445 (0.433 %)Basel II
522 (0.212 %)ISO9001
616 (0.154 %)ISO27001
711 (0.106 %)ISO9000
89 (0.087 %)MiFID
97 (0.067 %)COBIT
97 (0.067 %)BS7799
106 (0.058 %)BS15000
115 (0.048 %)GMP
115 (0.048 %)ISO17799
115 (0.048 %)WAI
115 (0.048 %)JSP 440
124 (0.039 %)21 CFR Part 11
133 (0.029 %)GAMP
133 (0.029 %)EFQM
142 (0.019 %)GxP
142 (0.019 %)BS25999
System Software
1120 (1.155 %)Active Directory
216 (0.154 %)VMware ESX
216 (0.154 %)Oracle RAC
312 (0.116 %)Citrix Presentation Server
312 (0.116 %)ISA Server
48 (0.077 %)NFS
57 (0.067 %)NetBackup
57 (0.067 %)Oracle RMAN
63 (0.029 %)AquaLogic
63 (0.029 %)VMware GSX
72 (0.019 %)NDS
72 (0.019 %)MetaFrame
72 (0.019 %)Terminal Services
72 (0.019 %)Nmap
81 (0.010 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.010 %)Xen
81 (0.010 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
81 (0.010 %)SAP ITS
81 (0.010 %)MSMQ
81 (0.010 %)RACF
Systems Management
117 (0.164 %)EMC NetWorker
214 (0.135 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
313 (0.125 %)Tivoli
411 (0.106 %)OpenView
510 (0.096 %)SCOM
69 (0.087 %)BMC Marimba
69 (0.087 %)AutoSys
77 (0.067 %)MOM
77 (0.067 %)ZENworks
77 (0.067 %)CiscoWorks
85 (0.048 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
85 (0.048 %)EMC TimeFinder
94 (0.039 %)CA SiteMinder
94 (0.039 %)Netcool
94 (0.039 %)AllFusion Endevor
103 (0.029 %)ServiceCenter
103 (0.029 %)HP Data Protector
103 (0.029 %)Tivoli NetView
103 (0.029 %)WSUS
112 (0.019 %)Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1817 (7.864 %)Microsoft
2683 (6.574 %)Oracle
3496 (4.774 %)SAP
4195 (1.877 %)Cisco
5107 (1.030 %)IBM
684 (0.809 %)Business Objects
779 (0.760 %)HP
876 (0.732 %)VMware
969 (0.664 %)Citrix
1067 (0.645 %)CheckPoint
1166 (0.635 %)Sun
1262 (0.597 %)Siebel
1352 (0.501 %)Sybase
1449 (0.472 %)EMC
1545 (0.433 %)Remedy
1643 (0.414 %)PeopleSoft
1643 (0.414 %)Nokia
1643 (0.414 %)Lotus
1740 (0.385 %)Hyperion
1838 (0.366 %)Interwoven
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