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The table 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 2 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

LinkProject Manager
Location
3 months to
2 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank139
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads27706786
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.063 %8.946 %
As % of the Job Titles category9.074 %9.879 %
Daily rates quoted14152973
Average daily rate£405£440
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-7.950 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£414
% change on same period last year-9.420 %
Hourly rates quoted51107
Average hourly rate£26.75£34.88
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-23.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£43.85£52.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.00£34.75
% change on same period last year-25.17 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3052668691
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK88.85 %90.56 %
Daily rates quoted1179621882
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£206£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted23655872
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.25£11.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.50£39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
% change on same period last year-2.500 %

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 2 July 2009.

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 2 July 2009.

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 2 July 2009. 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-52585£406-9.72 %
LondonUp+31444£450-5.26 %
City of LondonUp+1444£500-9.09 %
South EastDown-3391£375-9.09 %
North WestUp+1166£320-19.19 %
South WestDown-6164£388-6.40 %
ScotlandUp+2130£375-6.25 %
YorkshireDown-2115£380-10.58 %
West MidlandsDown-295£394+5.00 %
East of EnglandDown-1694£388-11.42 %
BerkshireDown-1288£400-1.84 %
West YorkshireUp+387£400-1.23 %
EdinburghDown-167£380+1.33 %
HampshireDown-1165£425-2.85 %
LeedsUp+356£400-11.11 %
ManchesterUp+1153£175-57.43 %
East MidlandsDown-644£325-27.77 %
SurreyDown-439£395-7.05 %
BristolDown-436£351-12.37 %
WiltshireDown-734£390-13.33 %
CheshireUp+232£355+1.42 %
MiddlesexUp+132£368-5.16 %
BuckinghamshireDown-530£400-11.11 %
North EastUp+1529£375+7.14 %
CambridgeshireUp+1329£325-33.33 %
Docklands, LondonDown-726£444-6.63 %
West SussexNo change024£368-13.52 %
GlasgowUp+823£363-3.33 %
Tyne and WearUp+2222£363+3.57 %
EssexDown-1622£425+21.42 %

Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 July 2009, 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.

12368 (39.44 %)Project Management
21973 (32.86 %)PRINCE2
31320 (21.99 %)Finance
4808 (13.46 %)Banking
5673 (11.21 %)NHS
6651 (10.84 %)Stakeholder Management
7566 (9.427 %)PRINCE2 Certification
8520 (8.661 %)Government
9421 (7.012 %)Investment Banking
10390 (6.496 %)Change Management
11361 (6.013 %)Telecoms
11361 (6.013 %)Health
12341 (5.680 %)Migration
13333 (5.546 %)Retail
14321 (5.346 %)Security Cleared
15299 (4.980 %)PRINCE
16296 (4.930 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
17295 (4.913 %)Oracle
18280 (4.664 %)SAP
19267 (4.447 %)MS Project
20235 (3.914 %)Insurance
21220 (3.664 %)ITIL
22211 (3.514 %)Risk Management
23202 (3.364 %)Microsoft
24196 (3.264 %)SC Cleared
25188 (3.131 %)Degree
26180 (2.998 %)PMI Certification
27166 (2.765 %)CRM
28165 (2.748 %)E-Commerce
29157 (2.615 %).NET

Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 July 2009, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1157 (2.615 %).NET
260 (0.999 %)HTML
353 (0.883 %)XML
353 (0.883 %)Middleware
440 (0.666 %)Flash
533 (0.550 %)CSS
631 (0.516 %)WebServices
730 (0.500 %)J2EE
730 (0.500 %)WebSphere
819 (0.316 %)ASP.NET
910 (0.167 %)ASP
109 (0.150 %)XSLT
109 (0.150 %).NET Framework
118 (0.133 %)LAMP
127 (0.117 %)Spring
127 (0.117 %)COM
136 (0.100 %)XHTML
136 (0.100 %)AJAX
136 (0.100 %)Hibernate
136 (0.100 %)EDI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1110 (1.832 %)SharePoint
263 (1.049 %)CMS
331 (0.516 %)SharePoint Server 2007
422 (0.366 %)BizTalk Server
422 (0.366 %)MS Exchange
520 (0.333 %)LiveLink
616 (0.266 %)SAS
712 (0.200 %)Documentum
810 (0.167 %)Apache
98 (0.133 %)WebSphere Application Server
98 (0.133 %)IIS
98 (0.133 %)Lotus Notes
98 (0.133 %)Exchange Server 2003
98 (0.133 %)Office Project Server
107 (0.117 %)EPiServer
107 (0.117 %)WebLogic
107 (0.117 %)CICS
114 (0.067 %)NetWeaver
114 (0.067 %)ColdFusion
114 (0.067 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1267 (4.447 %)MS Project
2136 (2.265 %)MS Excel
398 (1.632 %)MS Office
472 (1.199 %)MS Visio
539 (0.650 %)MS PowerPoint
625 (0.416 %)Spreadsheet
723 (0.383 %)CA Clarity
86 (0.100 %)Open Workbench
92 (0.033 %)SPSS
101 (0.017 %)AutoCAD
101 (0.017 %)InfoPath
101 (0.017 %)ArcView
101 (0.017 %)Shockwave
101 (0.017 %)Photoshop
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
147 (0.783 %)Endur
230 (0.500 %)Oracle EBS
321 (0.350 %)Oracle Applications
413 (0.217 %)SAP CRM
512 (0.200 %)Oracle ERP
512 (0.200 %)Summit
512 (0.200 %)SAP HR
611 (0.183 %)Oracle Financials
611 (0.183 %)SAP FI
611 (0.183 %)SAP Oil and Gas
710 (0.167 %)Oracle EBS R12
710 (0.167 %)PeopleSoft Financials
710 (0.167 %)SAP CO
710 (0.167 %)SAP FI/CO
89 (0.150 %)SAP MM
98 (0.133 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
107 (0.117 %)Oracle 11i
107 (0.117 %)Cerner Millennium
107 (0.117 %)SAP HCM
107 (0.117 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1101 (1.682 %)Internet
297 (1.616 %)LAN
380 (1.332 %)WAN
461 (1.016 %)VoIP
547 (0.783 %)Intranet
645 (0.750 %)Broadband
734 (0.566 %)Firewall
833 (0.550 %)SAN
932 (0.533 %)3G
932 (0.533 %)BSS
1028 (0.466 %)Wireless
1116 (0.266 %)MPLS
1214 (0.233 %)VPN
1312 (0.200 %)IP Telephony
1410 (0.167 %)Extranet
158 (0.133 %)DNS
158 (0.133 %)FTP
158 (0.133 %)PBX
158 (0.133 %)ATM
158 (0.133 %)Cisco IPT
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1133 (2.215 %)Datawarehouse
255 (0.916 %)SQL Server
342 (0.700 %)EDRMS
432 (0.533 %)BusinessObjects
526 (0.433 %)ETL
617 (0.283 %)Reference Data
716 (0.266 %)MySQL
716 (0.266 %)SAP BW
815 (0.250 %)Essbase
914 (0.233 %)Oracle 8/8i
1013 (0.217 %)GIS
1112 (0.200 %)Data Cleansing
1211 (0.183 %)EDMS
1310 (0.167 %)Data Mining
149 (0.150 %)DataStage
158 (0.133 %)Oracle Reports
158 (0.133 %)RDBMS
158 (0.133 %)Data Mart
167 (0.117 %)SAP BI
176 (0.100 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (0.233 %)Team Foundation Server
28 (0.133 %)TestDirector
35 (0.083 %)Visual Studio
35 (0.083 %)Oracle APEX
44 (0.067 %)JIRA
44 (0.067 %)Ant
44 (0.067 %)ClearCase
44 (0.067 %)LoadRunner
53 (0.050 %)Bugzilla
53 (0.050 %)PeopleTools
53 (0.050 %)Rational Rose
62 (0.033 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (0.033 %)JUnit
62 (0.033 %)ProC
62 (0.033 %)ClearQuest
62 (0.033 %)FrontPage
62 (0.033 %)Visual Studio Team System
71 (0.017 %)WebSpeed
71 (0.017 %)LSMW
71 (0.017 %)Subversion
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11320 (21.99 %)Finance
2808 (13.46 %)Banking
3520 (8.661 %)Government
4421 (7.012 %)Investment Banking
5361 (6.013 %)Health
5361 (6.013 %)Telecoms
6333 (5.546 %)Retail
7235 (3.914 %)Insurance
8156 (2.598 %)Local Government
9132 (2.199 %)Retail Banking
10119 (1.982 %)Back Office
11115 (1.915 %)Education
12114 (1.899 %)Marketing
13101 (1.682 %)Front Office
1483 (1.382 %)Legal
1575 (1.249 %)Billing
1669 (1.149 %)Pensions
1762 (1.033 %)Pharmaceutical
1854 (0.899 %)Construction
1947 (0.783 %)Financial Institution
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1673 (11.21 %)NHS
2134 (2.232 %)Derivative
395 (1.582 %)Credit Risk
486 (1.432 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
585 (1.416 %)PMI
678 (1.299 %)Management Information System
764 (1.066 %)Equities
851 (0.849 %)NPfIT
944 (0.733 %)Fixed Income
1039 (0.650 %)Market Risk
1134 (0.566 %)Mainframe
1231 (0.516 %)Equity Derivative
1329 (0.483 %)DTV
1428 (0.466 %)IVR
1525 (0.416 %)FMCG
1621 (0.350 %)E-Learning
1621 (0.350 %)Informatics
1720 (0.333 %)German Language
1818 (0.300 %)Credit Derivative
1818 (0.300 %)PACS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1117 (1.949 %)Windows
281 (1.349 %)UNIX
324 (0.400 %)Solaris
423 (0.383 %)Linux
519 (0.316 %)Windows XP
615 (0.250 %)AIX
615 (0.250 %)Windows Server 2003
76 (0.100 %)Windows NT
85 (0.083 %)Red Hat Linux
93 (0.050 %)Windows Server 2008
93 (0.050 %)Windows Vista
93 (0.050 %)Windows 2000
101 (0.017 %)HPUX
101 (0.017 %)NetWare
101 (0.017 %)zOS
101 (0.017 %)Android
101 (0.017 %)Windows Mobile
101 (0.017 %)Embedded Linux
101 (0.017 %)Windows 2000 Server
101 (0.017 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12368 (39.44 %)Project Management
21973 (32.86 %)PRINCE2
3651 (10.84 %)Stakeholder Management
4390 (6.496 %)Change Management
5341 (5.680 %)Migration
6299 (4.980 %)PRINCE
7220 (3.664 %)ITIL
8211 (3.514 %)Risk Management
9166 (2.765 %)CRM
10165 (2.748 %)E-Commerce
11150 (2.498 %)Business Analysis
12148 (2.465 %)Project Planning
12148 (2.465 %)Business Intelligence
13141 (2.348 %)Programme Management
14129 (2.149 %)Agile Software Development
15101 (1.682 %)Scrum
16100 (1.666 %)Service Delivery
1797 (1.616 %)ERP
1896 (1.599 %)Supplier Management
1986 (1.432 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1155 (2.582 %)Java
281 (1.349 %)C
379 (1.316 %)SQL
444 (0.733 %)C#
534 (0.566 %)PHP
627 (0.450 %)JavaScript
627 (0.450 %)VB
713 (0.217 %)COBOL
812 (0.200 %)ActionScript
910 (0.167 %)Perl
107 (0.117 %)C++
116 (0.100 %)VB6
125 (0.083 %)Python
125 (0.083 %)VB.NET
134 (0.067 %)VBA
143 (0.050 %)Ruby
143 (0.050 %)RPG
152 (0.033 %)Shell Script
152 (0.033 %)NATURAL
152 (0.033 %)JCL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1566 (9.427 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2321 (5.346 %)Security Cleared
3296 (4.930 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
4196 (3.264 %)SC Cleared
5188 (3.131 %)Degree
6180 (2.998 %)PMI Certification
7129 (2.149 %)PMP
846 (0.766 %)DV Cleared
945 (0.750 %)ITIL Certification
1034 (0.566 %)ISEB
1034 (0.566 %)CTC Cleared
1127 (0.450 %)Cisco Certification
1222 (0.366 %)CCNA
1314 (0.233 %)CCNP
1412 (0.200 %)BC Cleared
1412 (0.200 %)ISEB Practitioner
158 (0.133 %)CIMA
167 (0.117 %)ACCA
167 (0.117 %)Microsoft Certification
175 (0.083 %)MCSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
163 (1.049 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
261 (1.016 %)QA
342 (0.700 %)SLA
427 (0.450 %)Basel II
520 (0.333 %)PCI DSS
612 (0.200 %)ISO27001
76 (0.100 %)SNOMED CT
84 (0.067 %)COBIT
93 (0.050 %)GCP
93 (0.050 %)ISO9001
102 (0.033 %)HL7
102 (0.033 %)WCAG
102 (0.033 %)BS7799
111 (0.017 %)WAI
111 (0.017 %)BS25999
111 (0.017 %)GxP
111 (0.017 %)ISO9000
111 (0.017 %)GAAP
111 (0.017 %)ISO8583
111 (0.017 %)IAS 39
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
147 (0.783 %)Active Directory
216 (0.266 %)VMware Infrastructure
34 (0.067 %)Oracle RAC
43 (0.050 %)ISA Server
52 (0.033 %)VMware ESX
52 (0.033 %)Snort
61 (0.017 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
61 (0.017 %)Citrix Presentation Server
61 (0.017 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.167 %)Tivoli
24 (0.067 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
24 (0.067 %)Netcool
24 (0.067 %)CA SiteMinder
24 (0.067 %)Norton AntiVirus
33 (0.050 %)Cisco IPCC
42 (0.033 %)SCCM
42 (0.033 %)SCOM
42 (0.033 %)Sun Identity Manager
42 (0.033 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
42 (0.033 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
42 (0.033 %)OpenView
42 (0.033 %)CiscoWorks
51 (0.017 %)Unicenter
51 (0.017 %)MOM
51 (0.017 %)OpenView Configuration Management
51 (0.017 %)Netcool/Webtop
51 (0.017 %)ServiceCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1295 (4.913 %)Oracle
2280 (4.664 %)SAP
3202 (3.364 %)Microsoft
468 (1.133 %)Cisco
556 (0.933 %)Siebel
649 (0.816 %)OpenLink
748 (0.799 %)Cognos
748 (0.799 %)HP
847 (0.783 %)PeopleSoft
932 (0.533 %)Business Objects
1031 (0.516 %)IBM
1130 (0.500 %)Citrix
1227 (0.450 %)VMware
1324 (0.400 %)Sun
1420 (0.333 %)Agresso
1519 (0.316 %)CheckPoint
1618 (0.300 %)Hyperion
1618 (0.300 %)BT
1717 (0.283 %)Open Text
1717 (0.283 %)Civica