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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Project Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkProject Manager
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank141316
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1Up+3
Matching contract IT job ads354635056411
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.100 %7.621 %7.832 %
As % of the Job Titles category8.874 %8.396 %8.429 %
Daily rates quoted177314942521
Average daily rate£425£400£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.250 %-5.880 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£285£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£400£400
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %-
Hourly rates quoted8094129
Average hourly rate£31.25£35.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.85£20.59£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£49.35£49.55£54.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.25£35.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-10.71 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
399614174576056
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.29 %90.76 %92.92 %
Daily rates quoted178101304622755
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted245839516731
Average hourly rate£18.00£20.84£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.62 %-5.270 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£20.00£21.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-4.760 %

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 Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager within 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 IT contract jobs citing Project Manager within 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 within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Manager within 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 within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Project Manager Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Manager
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 Manager 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-13237£425+6.25 %
LondonDown-31871£475+10.46 %
City of LondonDown-2611£525+12.29 %
South EastDown-2488£384-4.06 %
South WestUp+7199£375-11.76 %
ScotlandUp+2195£386-3.43 %
North WestDown-4178£295-26.25 %
East of EnglandUp+3128£380-2.56 %
West MidlandsDown-4119£375-
YorkshireDown-2117£408+8.66 %
EdinburghDown-2115£380-5.59 %
BerkshireDown-5111£394-12.50 %
West YorkshireUp+285£380-8.15 %
East MidlandsUp+174£385+10.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2169£400+14.28 %
SurreyUp+367£400+28.00 %
BristolUp+1066£325-22.61 %
ManchesterDown-364£225-35.71 %
WalesUp+1358£340-5.55 %
CheshireDown-257£300-25.00 %
HampshireDown-955£400-
Docklands, LondonUp+1245£475-9.52 %
Canary WharfDown-645£500-6.97 %
GlasgowUp+644£365-5.80 %
WiltshireUp+142£450+4.65 %
KentUp+1041£334+1.90 %
South WalesUp+1140£338-6.25 %
LeedsDown-637£436+10.44 %
EssexUp+1033£440+13.54 %
HertfordshireUp+332£375-16.66 %

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Project Manager in their job title 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 with Project Manager in their job title.

12754 (40.81 %)Project Management
21967 (29.15 %)Finance
31860 (27.56 %)PRINCE2
41534 (22.73 %)Banking
5812 (12.03 %)Investment Banking
6791 (11.72 %)Stakeholder Management
7605 (8.966 %)Migration
8478 (7.084 %)PRINCE2 Certification
9460 (6.817 %)Retail
10417 (6.180 %)Government
11396 (5.868 %)Insurance
12395 (5.854 %)Oracle
13367 (5.439 %)NHS
14366 (5.424 %)Change Management
14366 (5.424 %)Derivative
15321 (4.757 %)MS Project
16318 (4.713 %)Front Office
17307 (4.549 %)SAP
18290 (4.298 %)Risk Management
19273 (4.046 %)ITIL
20267 (3.957 %)Security Cleared
21265 (3.927 %)Business Analysis
22261 (3.868 %)PRINCE
23259 (3.838 %)E-Commerce
24252 (3.734 %)PMI Certification
25238 (3.527 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
26237 (3.512 %)Fixed Income
27235 (3.483 %)Microsoft
28233 (3.453 %)Back Office
28233 (3.453 %)Project Planning

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Project Manager in their job title 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 with Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1135 (2.001 %).NET
277 (1.141 %)XML
361 (0.904 %)HTML
459 (0.874 %)Flash
541 (0.608 %)Web Services
634 (0.504 %)CSS
733 (0.489 %)WebSphere
830 (0.445 %)Middleware
929 (0.430 %)J2EE
1024 (0.356 %)EDI
1121 (0.311 %)ASP.NET
1217 (0.252 %)XSLT
1313 (0.193 %)JMS
1412 (0.178 %)Java EE
1412 (0.178 %)Application Packaging
1511 (0.163 %).NET Framework
1610 (0.148 %)Spring
179 (0.133 %)Oracle Coherence
179 (0.133 %)XML Schema
188 (0.119 %)ASP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1103 (1.526 %)SharePoint
273 (1.082 %)CMS
328 (0.415 %)MS Exchange
328 (0.415 %)SharePoint Server 2007
423 (0.341 %)Documentum
522 (0.326 %)LiveLink
618 (0.267 %)Lotus Notes
618 (0.267 %)SAS
714 (0.207 %)Exchange Server 2007
811 (0.163 %)WebLogic
811 (0.163 %)BizTalk Server
99 (0.133 %)EPiServer
108 (0.119 %)ESB
116 (0.089 %)Apache
116 (0.089 %)NetWeaver
125 (0.074 %)Office Project Server
125 (0.074 %)GroupWise
125 (0.074 %)WebSphere MQ
125 (0.074 %)Confluence
134 (0.059 %)Office Communications Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1321 (4.757 %)MS Project
2173 (2.564 %)MS Excel
3127 (1.882 %)MS Visio
4122 (1.808 %)MS Office
574 (1.097 %)MS PowerPoint
648 (0.711 %)CA Clarity
717 (0.252 %)Spreadsheet
810 (0.148 %)Photoshop
810 (0.148 %)Open Workbench
93 (0.044 %)CATIA
102 (0.030 %)Fireworks
102 (0.030 %)Adobe Illustrator
111 (0.015 %)InfoPath
111 (0.015 %)AutoCAD
111 (0.015 %)FastStats
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
153 (0.785 %)Summit
243 (0.637 %)Oracle Financials
332 (0.474 %)Oracle EBS
428 (0.415 %)SAP HR
526 (0.385 %)SAP FI
621 (0.311 %)SAP CO
621 (0.311 %)SAP FI/CO
718 (0.267 %)SAP IS-U
718 (0.267 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
817 (0.252 %)Oracle EBS R12
916 (0.237 %)Endur
916 (0.237 %)Dynamics CRM
1015 (0.222 %)SAP R/3
1113 (0.193 %)Oracle ERP
1211 (0.163 %)Oracle Applications
139 (0.133 %)SAP CRM
148 (0.119 %)Maximo
148 (0.119 %)Oracle 11i
148 (0.119 %)Microsoft CRM
148 (0.119 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1153 (2.267 %)Internet
2128 (1.897 %)WAN
399 (1.467 %)LAN
453 (0.785 %)Firewall
549 (0.726 %)Intranet
645 (0.667 %)SAN
732 (0.474 %)MPLS
831 (0.459 %)VoIP
921 (0.311 %)IP Telephony
1019 (0.282 %)Wireless
1117 (0.252 %)ATM
1215 (0.222 %)Broadband
1215 (0.222 %)3G
1313 (0.193 %)BSS
1313 (0.193 %)VPN
1313 (0.193 %)SMS
1410 (0.148 %)Extranet
1410 (0.148 %)FTP
159 (0.133 %)TCP/IP
167 (0.104 %)DNS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1160 (2.371 %)Datawarehouse
281 (1.200 %)SQL Server
356 (0.830 %)BusinessObjects
450 (0.741 %)ETL
546 (0.682 %)Reference Data
625 (0.370 %)SAP BW
723 (0.341 %)EDRMS
822 (0.326 %)Oracle 8/8i
918 (0.267 %)Oracle 10g
1016 (0.237 %)Data Cleansing
1016 (0.237 %)DB2
1016 (0.237 %)SQL Server 2005
1112 (0.178 %)Ingres
1112 (0.178 %)Oracle Reports
1211 (0.163 %)Oracle BI EE
1310 (0.148 %)RDBMS
149 (0.133 %)SQL Server 2008
158 (0.119 %)DataStage
158 (0.119 %)SAP BI
158 (0.119 %)GIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (0.356 %)JIRA
220 (0.296 %)Team Foundation Server
313 (0.193 %)Visual Studio
48 (0.119 %)ERwin
56 (0.089 %)Eclipse
56 (0.089 %)Oracle Forms
64 (0.059 %)JCAPS
64 (0.059 %)TestDirector
73 (0.044 %)CruiseControl
73 (0.044 %)ProC
82 (0.030 %)Rational Rose
82 (0.030 %)ClearCase
82 (0.030 %)Dreamweaver
82 (0.030 %)LoadRunner
82 (0.030 %)PowerBuilder
91 (0.015 %)Subversion
91 (0.015 %)Maven
91 (0.015 %)RequisitePro
91 (0.015 %)QuickTest Pro
91 (0.015 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11967 (29.15 %)Finance
21534 (22.73 %)Banking
3812 (12.03 %)Investment Banking
4460 (6.817 %)Retail
5417 (6.180 %)Government
6396 (5.868 %)Insurance
7318 (4.713 %)Front Office
8233 (3.453 %)Back Office
9227 (3.364 %)Retail Banking
10225 (3.334 %)Telecoms
11187 (2.771 %)Health
12151 (2.238 %)Marketing
13123 (1.823 %)Pensions
14100 (1.482 %)Education
1588 (1.304 %)Legal
1685 (1.260 %)Financial Institution
1779 (1.171 %)Local Government
1841 (0.608 %)Billing
1841 (0.608 %)Pharmaceutical
1937 (0.548 %)Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1367 (5.439 %)NHS
2366 (5.424 %)Derivative
3237 (3.512 %)Fixed Income
4177 (2.623 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5145 (2.149 %)Equities
6141 (2.090 %)PMI
7102 (1.512 %)Market Risk
7102 (1.512 %)Management Information System
889 (1.319 %)Interest Rate Derivative
984 (1.245 %)Credit Risk
1080 (1.186 %)Equity Derivative
1147 (0.697 %)Mainframe
1239 (0.578 %)German Language
1337 (0.548 %)Credit Derivative
1434 (0.504 %)FMCG
1530 (0.445 %)French Language
1627 (0.400 %)NPfIT
1724 (0.356 %)Data Conversion
1823 (0.341 %)Informatics
1823 (0.341 %)Client/Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1163 (2.416 %)UNIX
2153 (2.267 %)Windows
346 (0.682 %)Linux
431 (0.459 %)Solaris
530 (0.445 %)AIX
625 (0.370 %)Windows Server 2003
715 (0.222 %)Windows 2000
813 (0.193 %)Windows XP
813 (0.193 %)Windows Server 2008
96 (0.089 %)Windows 7
96 (0.089 %)Windows Vista
104 (0.059 %)Red Hat Linux
104 (0.059 %)VMS
113 (0.044 %)zOS
113 (0.044 %)HPUX
113 (0.044 %)OpenVMS
122 (0.030 %)Android
122 (0.030 %)Windows 2000 Server
122 (0.030 %)pSOS
122 (0.030 %)Windows Mobile
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12754 (40.81 %)Project Management
21860 (27.56 %)PRINCE2
3791 (11.72 %)Stakeholder Management
4605 (8.966 %)Migration
5366 (5.424 %)Change Management
6290 (4.298 %)Risk Management
7273 (4.046 %)ITIL
8265 (3.927 %)Business Analysis
9261 (3.868 %)PRINCE
10259 (3.838 %)E-Commerce
11233 (3.453 %)Project Planning
12208 (3.082 %)Agile Software Development
13179 (2.653 %)Scrum
14170 (2.519 %)Business Intelligence
15142 (2.104 %)Asset Management
16137 (2.030 %)User Acceptance Testing
17136 (2.015 %)CRM
18125 (1.852 %)Workflow
19115 (1.704 %)Matrix Management
20112 (1.660 %)Data Migration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1221 (3.275 %)Java
2190 (2.816 %)C
3148 (2.193 %)SQL
452 (0.771 %)C#
543 (0.637 %)JavaScript
636 (0.533 %)PHP
720 (0.296 %)ActionScript
817 (0.252 %)Perl
915 (0.222 %)PL/SQL
915 (0.222 %)C++
1014 (0.207 %)VB
1111 (0.163 %)VBA
1111 (0.163 %)COBOL
124 (0.059 %)ABAP
124 (0.059 %)Ruby
133 (0.044 %)Korn
133 (0.044 %)C-shell
142 (0.030 %)Apex Code
142 (0.030 %)VC++
142 (0.030 %)Pascal
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1478 (7.084 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2267 (3.957 %)Security Cleared
3252 (3.734 %)PMI Certification
4238 (3.527 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
5154 (2.282 %)Degree
6141 (2.090 %)SC Cleared
7133 (1.971 %)PMP
855 (0.815 %)DV Cleared
937 (0.548 %)ITIL Certification
937 (0.548 %)Cisco Certification
1032 (0.474 %)CCNA
1032 (0.474 %)CTC Cleared
1126 (0.385 %)Microsoft Certification
1224 (0.356 %)MCSE
1317 (0.252 %)ISEB
1414 (0.207 %)APMP
1513 (0.193 %)ACCA
1612 (0.178 %)CCSA
1710 (0.148 %)CISSP
188 (0.119 %)CISM
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1125 (1.852 %)QA
265 (0.963 %)Basel II
343 (0.637 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
441 (0.608 %)SLA
520 (0.296 %)PCI DSS
614 (0.207 %)ISO27001
77 (0.104 %)COBIT
77 (0.104 %)HL7
77 (0.104 %)ISO9001
77 (0.104 %)ISO17799
85 (0.074 %)MiFID
94 (0.059 %)GAAP
103 (0.044 %)TickIT
103 (0.044 %)Prudential Sourcebook
112 (0.030 %)ISO9000
121 (0.015 %)WCAG
121 (0.015 %)WAI
121 (0.015 %)SNOMED CT
121 (0.015 %)GMP
121 (0.015 %)ISO8583
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
145 (0.667 %)Active Directory
233 (0.489 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (0.133 %)Oracle RAC
46 (0.089 %)XenApp
55 (0.074 %)VMware ESX
62 (0.030 %)vSphere
62 (0.030 %)XenServer
62 (0.030 %)Hyper-V
62 (0.030 %)ISA Server
62 (0.030 %)NetBackup
62 (0.030 %)MetaFrame
62 (0.030 %)Terminal Server
62 (0.030 %)SAP ITS
71 (0.015 %)VMware Server
71 (0.015 %)Terminal Services
71 (0.015 %)NDS
71 (0.015 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (0.148 %)Netcool
110 (0.148 %)Netcool/Webtop
28 (0.119 %)SCCM
37 (0.104 %)Tivoli
46 (0.089 %)ServiceCenter
55 (0.074 %)HP Quality Center
64 (0.059 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
64 (0.059 %)SCOM
72 (0.030 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
72 (0.030 %)AutoSys
72 (0.030 %)Tivoli Monitoring
72 (0.030 %)CONTROL-M
72 (0.030 %)OpenView
72 (0.030 %)Unicenter
81 (0.015 %)OMEGAMON
81 (0.015 %)WSUS
81 (0.015 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (0.015 %)Nagios
81 (0.015 %)CA SiteMinder
81 (0.015 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1395 (5.854 %)Oracle
2307 (4.549 %)SAP
3235 (3.483 %)Microsoft
479 (1.171 %)Cisco
570 (1.037 %)Citrix
669 (1.023 %)VMware
756 (0.830 %)Business Objects
846 (0.682 %)Sybase
945 (0.667 %)IBM
1042 (0.622 %)Cognos
1137 (0.548 %)Murex
1234 (0.504 %)TIBCO
1331 (0.459 %)HP
1331 (0.459 %)Salesforce.com
1427 (0.400 %)Calypso
1427 (0.400 %)BT
1524 (0.356 %)Siebel
1620 (0.296 %)Open Text
1620 (0.296 %)Lotus
1719 (0.282 %)Cerner