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This section looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Manager in their job title over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkProject Manager
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1016
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads67396543
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled8.579 %7.396 %
As % of the category below9.408 %8.093 %
Daily rates quoted29302408
Average minimum daily rate£426£424
Average daily rate£452£448
% change on same period last year+0.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£479£472
UK excluding London average daily rate£417£413
% change on same period last year+1.14 %
Hourly rates quoted101142
Average minimum hourly rate£32.60£36.60
Average hourly rate£35.08£39.04
% change on same period last year-10.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.55£41.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.73£38.68
% change on same period last year-12.80 %
Job Titles UKJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads7162780847
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled91.19 %91.39 %
Daily rates quoted2250022674
Average minimum daily rate£385£392
Average daily rate£412£417
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£440£442
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£352
% change on same period last year+3.33 %
Hourly rates quoted61396487
Average minimum hourly rate£22.33£23.59
Average hourly rate£24.07£25.05
% change on same period last year-3.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£26.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.01
% change on same period last year-5.00 %

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 Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Project Manager across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Project Manager Demand Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the UK over the past 3 months.

Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the UK over the past 3 months.

Project Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager 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+66376£454+0.94 %
2LondonUp+42936£489+0.96 %
3South EastUp+21020£422+4.55 %
4City of LondonUp+5761£534-3.97 %
5South WestUp+5498£418+3.03 %
6East of EnglandUp+1471£420-3.82 %
7North WestNo change0389£401+1.70 %
8YorkshireDown-2341£409-2.73 %
9West MidlandsUp+3256£427+9.04 %
10BerkshireUp+1234£426+7.85 %
11ScotlandDown-1217£405+4.63 %
12East MidlandsUp+3202£424+2.94 %
13West YorkshireDown-3193£397+3.18 %
14HampshireUp+13192£437+1.96 %
15HertfordshireUp+8159£453+20.29 %
16WiltshireUp+1155£440-2.37 %
17ManchesterUp+3143£376-2.41 %
18EssexUp+8133£374-8.86 %
19BuckinghamshireUp+6132£432+9.93 %
20MidlandsUp+1121£391-10.65 %
21Docklands, LondonUp+3114£434-18.23 %
22SurreyDown-2113£397-2.92 %
23EdinburghUp+1108£422+12.52 %
24Milton KeynesUp+9100£424+5.36 %
24LeedsDown-3100£415+5.15 %
25CheshireNo change088£356-15.51 %
26SwindonUp+580£455+3.29 %
27CambridgeshireUp+576£448+25.09 %
28North YorkshireNo change074£432-6.71 %
29BristolDown-369£394-0.87 %

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

14982 (37.87 %)Project Management
24542 (34.52 %)PRINCE2
33364 (25.57 %)Finance
41790 (13.61 %)Banking
51209 (9.190 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61120 (8.513 %)Stakeholder Management
71064 (8.088 %)Government
8892 (6.780 %)MS Project
9777 (5.906 %)Migration
10772 (5.868 %)Retail
11764 (5.807 %)Investment Banking
12749 (5.693 %)Change Management
13721 (5.480 %)Oracle
14690 (5.245 %)NHS
15664 (5.047 %)Insurance
16655 (4.979 %)PRINCE
17642 (4.880 %)Telecoms
18600 (4.561 %)Microsoft
19554 (4.211 %)ITIL
20551 (4.188 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21536 (4.074 %)SAP
22496 (3.770 %)Pensions
23478 (3.633 %)Project Planning
24477 (3.626 %)Business Analysis
25458 (3.481 %)Health
26425 (3.230 %)Risk Management
27419 (3.185 %)Derivative
28405 (3.078 %)MS Office
29403 (3.063 %)MS Excel
30361 (2.744 %)Back Office

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1267 (2.029 %).NET
2119 (0.905 %)J2EE
3118 (0.897 %)Middleware
4117 (0.889 %)XML
592 (0.699 %)HTML
672 (0.547 %)WebSphere
770 (0.532 %)ASP.NET
852 (0.395 %)WebServices
947 (0.357 %)CSS
1030 (0.228 %)ASP
1127 (0.205 %)XSL
1217 (0.129 %)XSLT
1217 (0.129 %)JSP
1217 (0.129 %).NET Framework
1314 (0.106 %)SAP XI
1314 (0.106 %)SOAP
1412 (0.091 %)AJAX
1511 (0.084 %)Hibernate
1610 (0.076 %)EDI
179 (0.068 %)EJB
Application Platforms
1202 (1.535 %)SharePoint
2134 (1.019 %)CMS
380 (0.608 %)MS Exchange
443 (0.327 %)Exchange Server 2003
541 (0.312 %)SharePoint Server 2007
541 (0.312 %)BizTalk Server
637 (0.281 %)WebLogic
637 (0.281 %)Lotus Notes
736 (0.274 %)SAS
736 (0.274 %)Exchange Server 2007
832 (0.243 %)Documentum
925 (0.190 %)Office Project Server
1022 (0.167 %)IIS
1120 (0.152 %)Exchange Server 2000
1218 (0.137 %)Apache
1218 (0.137 %)MQSeries
1218 (0.137 %)CICS
1316 (0.122 %)ColdFusion
1413 (0.099 %)Tomcat
1511 (0.084 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1892 (6.780 %)MS Project
2405 (3.078 %)MS Office
3403 (3.063 %)MS Excel
4231 (1.756 %)MS Visio
5142 (1.079 %)MS PowerPoint
640 (0.304 %)CA Clarity
74 (0.030 %)Open Workbench
83 (0.023 %)Photoshop
83 (0.023 %)AutoCAD
83 (0.023 %)MATLAB
92 (0.015 %)TeamPlay
92 (0.015 %)S-PLUS
92 (0.015 %)CATIA
92 (0.015 %)Fireworks
92 (0.015 %)Niku Workbench
101 (0.008 %)InfoPath
101 (0.008 %)SPSS
Business Applications
161 (0.464 %)Oracle Financials
247 (0.357 %)Summit
345 (0.342 %)Oracle Applications
439 (0.296 %)SAP HR
533 (0.251 %)Oracle ERP
626 (0.198 %)Oracle EBS
722 (0.167 %)HiPortfolio
821 (0.160 %)SAP FI
919 (0.144 %)Oracle HRMS
1018 (0.137 %)FRONT ARENA
1117 (0.129 %)RMDS
1117 (0.129 %)SAP FI/CO
1117 (0.129 %)SAP CO
1117 (0.129 %)SAP R/3
1216 (0.122 %)Dynamics AX
1315 (0.114 %)SimCorp Dimension
1315 (0.114 %)Global One
1315 (0.114 %)Navision
1414 (0.106 %)Cartesis Magnitude
1513 (0.099 %)MarketView
Communications & Networking
1309 (2.349 %)Internet
2212 (1.611 %)WAN
3175 (1.330 %)LAN
4141 (1.072 %)Intranet
5117 (0.889 %)SAN
6100 (0.760 %)VoIP
786 (0.654 %)Firewall
851 (0.388 %)MPLS
939 (0.296 %)Broadband
1038 (0.289 %)VPN
1137 (0.281 %)Wireless
1234 (0.258 %)Network Security
1332 (0.243 %)TCP/IP
1429 (0.220 %)Extranet
1429 (0.220 %)BSS
1528 (0.213 %)DNS
1625 (0.190 %)SSL
1724 (0.182 %)HTTP
1823 (0.175 %)3G
1823 (0.175 %)Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1190 (1.444 %)Datawarehouse
2134 (1.019 %)SQL Server
390 (0.684 %)BusinessObjects
462 (0.471 %)EDRMS
557 (0.433 %)Oracle 8/8i
649 (0.372 %)Oracle 10g
743 (0.327 %)Reference Data
836 (0.274 %)MS Access
934 (0.258 %)ETL
1032 (0.243 %)Data Cleansing
1130 (0.228 %)SQL Server 2005
1229 (0.220 %)Oracle Reports
1327 (0.205 %)RDBMS
1426 (0.198 %)SAP BW
1426 (0.198 %)DB2
1525 (0.190 %)GIS
1624 (0.182 %)SQL Server 2000
1717 (0.129 %)OLAP
1816 (0.122 %)Oracle 9i
1816 (0.122 %)BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
136 (0.274 %)Flash
230 (0.228 %)RequisitePro
230 (0.228 %)Rational Rose
323 (0.175 %)ClearQuest
420 (0.152 %)TestDirector
518 (0.137 %)ClearCase
613 (0.099 %)ERwin
710 (0.076 %)Eclipse
89 (0.068 %)JUnit
98 (0.061 %)Oracle APEX
106 (0.046 %)PowerBuilder
115 (0.038 %)Dreamweaver
124 (0.030 %)Oracle Forms
124 (0.030 %)FrontPage
133 (0.023 %)COOL:Gen
133 (0.023 %)LoadRunner
133 (0.023 %)Visual Studio
133 (0.023 %)Ant
142 (0.015 %)VSS/SourceSafe
142 (0.015 %)WinRunner
General
13364 (25.57 %)Finance
21790 (13.61 %)Banking
31064 (8.088 %)Government
4772 (5.868 %)Retail
5764 (5.807 %)Investment Banking
6664 (5.047 %)Insurance
7642 (4.880 %)Telecoms
8496 (3.770 %)Pensions
9458 (3.481 %)Health
10361 (2.744 %)Back Office
11292 (2.220 %)Front Office
12274 (2.083 %)Marketing
13253 (1.923 %)Retail Banking
14181 (1.376 %)Local Government
15159 (1.209 %)Financial Institution
16134 (1.019 %)Education
17109 (0.829 %)Legal
18103 (0.783 %)Billing
19102 (0.775 %)Pharmaceutical
2099 (0.753 %)Construction
Miscellaneous
1690 (5.245 %)NHS
2419 (3.185 %)Derivative
3302 (2.296 %)Asset Management
4260 (1.976 %)PMI
5248 (1.885 %)Fixed Income
6201 (1.528 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7172 (1.307 %)Equities
8136 (1.034 %)Management Information System
9109 (0.829 %)Mainframe
10107 (0.813 %)Credit Derivative
11103 (0.783 %)Equity Derivative
1277 (0.585 %)NPfIT
1375 (0.570 %)Credit Risk
1458 (0.441 %)Client/Server
1458 (0.441 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1557 (0.433 %)French Language
1653 (0.403 %)Fund Management
1751 (0.388 %)Web 2.0
1846 (0.350 %)Smartcard
1944 (0.334 %)German Language
Operating Systems
1336 (2.554 %)Windows
2297 (2.258 %)Unix
380 (0.608 %)Solaris
478 (0.593 %)Linux
553 (0.403 %)Windows 2000
651 (0.388 %)Windows Server 2003
743 (0.327 %)Windows NT
842 (0.319 %)AIX
932 (0.243 %)Windows XP
1017 (0.129 %)zOS
1112 (0.091 %)HPUX
1210 (0.076 %)VMS
1210 (0.076 %)Windows Vista
139 (0.068 %)Symbian OS
145 (0.038 %)MVS
154 (0.030 %)NetWare
154 (0.030 %)VME
163 (0.023 %)Windows Mobile
163 (0.023 %)Tru64
172 (0.015 %)Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
14982 (37.87 %)Project Management
24542 (34.52 %)PRINCE2
31120 (8.513 %)Stakeholder Management
4777 (5.906 %)Migration
5749 (5.693 %)Change Management
6655 (4.979 %)PRINCE
7554 (4.211 %)ITIL
8478 (3.633 %)Project Planning
9477 (3.626 %)Business Analysis
10425 (3.230 %)Risk Management
11340 (2.584 %)E-Commerce
12325 (2.470 %)CRM
13311 (2.364 %)ERP
14239 (1.817 %)Supplier Management
15232 (1.763 %)Programme Management
16199 (1.513 %)Matrix Management
17192 (1.459 %)Service Delivery
18176 (1.338 %)Business Intelligence
19173 (1.315 %)Data Migration
20149 (1.133 %)Content Management
Programming Languages
1278 (2.113 %)Java
2229 (1.741 %)SQL
3131 (0.996 %)C
4101 (0.768 %)C#
571 (0.540 %)C++
637 (0.281 %)VB
733 (0.251 %)PL/SQL
831 (0.236 %)JavaScript
923 (0.175 %)VBA
1017 (0.129 %)PHP
1116 (0.122 %)VB.NET
1211 (0.084 %)Perl
139 (0.068 %)VB6
148 (0.061 %)Embedded C
157 (0.053 %)COBOL
166 (0.046 %)Transact-SQL
175 (0.038 %)PowerHouse
184 (0.030 %)Fortran
184 (0.030 %)XQuery
184 (0.030 %)Assembly Language
Qualifications
11209 (9.190 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2551 (4.188 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
3291 (2.212 %)Degree
4220 (1.672 %)PMI Certification
5168 (1.277 %)PMP
6127 (0.965 %)ITIL Certification
7108 (0.821 %)ISEB
846 (0.350 %)Cisco Certification
931 (0.236 %)Citrix Certification
1029 (0.220 %)Microsoft Certification
1126 (0.198 %)MCSE
1222 (0.167 %)CCNA
1319 (0.144 %)CCNP
1415 (0.114 %)ACCA
1511 (0.084 %)CIMA
168 (0.061 %)CCIE
177 (0.053 %)MBA
186 (0.046 %)HNC
186 (0.046 %)HND
195 (0.038 %)ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1135 (1.026 %)QA
2102 (0.775 %)SLA
365 (0.494 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
450 (0.380 %)Basel II
524 (0.182 %)ISO9001
614 (0.106 %)GMP
712 (0.091 %)ISO8583
712 (0.091 %)ISO27001
810 (0.076 %)MiFID
99 (0.068 %)JSP 440
99 (0.068 %)PCI DSS
108 (0.061 %)ISO9000
116 (0.046 %)GxP
116 (0.046 %)GCP
124 (0.030 %)ISO17799
124 (0.030 %)21 CFR Part 11
133 (0.023 %)GAMP
133 (0.023 %)BS7799
133 (0.023 %)WAI
133 (0.023 %)CESG Infosec
System Software
188 (0.669 %)Active Directory
212 (0.091 %)ISA Server
39 (0.068 %)Citrix Presentation Server
44 (0.030 %)NetBackup
53 (0.023 %)AquaLogic
53 (0.023 %)VMware ESX
53 (0.023 %)NDS
61 (0.008 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.008 %)SAP ITS
61 (0.008 %)Novell eDirectory
Systems Management
134 (0.258 %)OpenView
214 (0.106 %)Tivoli
310 (0.076 %)MOM
49 (0.068 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
49 (0.068 %)Netcool
57 (0.053 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
57 (0.053 %)CiscoWorks
57 (0.053 %)WSUS
57 (0.053 %)BMC Marimba
57 (0.053 %)AssetCenter
66 (0.046 %)ServiceCenter
66 (0.046 %)SCOM
75 (0.038 %)OVSD
75 (0.038 %)EMC NetWorker
75 (0.038 %)Legato
75 (0.038 %)AutoSys
75 (0.038 %)CONTROL-M
84 (0.030 %)ZENworks
93 (0.023 %)Tivoli NetView
93 (0.023 %)SCCM
Vendors
1721 (5.480 %)Oracle
2600 (4.561 %)Microsoft
3536 (4.074 %)SAP
4202 (1.535 %)Cisco
5118 (0.897 %)IBM
692 (0.699 %)Citrix
790 (0.684 %)Business Objects
884 (0.638 %)HP
977 (0.585 %)VMware
1070 (0.532 %)Sun
1168 (0.517 %)Siebel
1266 (0.502 %)PeopleSoft
1360 (0.456 %)Calypso
1458 (0.441 %)Sybase
1554 (0.410 %)Remedy
1646 (0.350 %)Hyperion
1745 (0.342 %)Informatica
1843 (0.327 %)Murex
1942 (0.319 %)Agresso
2039 (0.296 %)Lotus
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