The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior IT 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 Senior IT Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior IT Project Manager
Rank 523 565 566
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior IT Project Manager 7 13 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.015% 0.022% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.024% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 7
Average daily rate £450 £338 £538
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -37.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £338 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £532 £996
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £338 £463
% change year-on-year
+29.62% -27.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £44.90 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £44.90 - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Senior IT Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior IT Project Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Senior IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior IT Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

Senior IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Senior IT Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Senior IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior IT Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Senior IT Project Manager
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Project Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
England +43 6 £538 +59.25%
London +21 2 £650 -
South East +21 1 - -
North West +14 1 - -
City of London +12 1 - -
Edinburgh +9 1 £450 -
Cheshire +5 1 - -
Scotland -15 1 £450 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
South West - 1 £425 -
Chester - 1 - -
Wiltshire - 1 £425 -
Middlesex - 1 - -

Senior IT Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior IT 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 Senior IT Project Manager in their job title.

1 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 12 (44.44%) PRINCE2
3 11 (40.74%) Project Management
4 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (22.22%) Banking
5 6 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (14.81%) Migration
6 4 (14.81%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (14.81%) Retail Banking
6 4 (14.81%) Retail
6 4 (14.81%) Data Management
6 4 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
6 4 (14.81%) RDF
6 4 (14.81%) Data Migration
7 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
7 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
7 3 (11.11%) PMI Certification
8 2 (7.407%) PMI
8 2 (7.407%) Service Management
8 2 (7.407%) Front Office
8 2 (7.407%) Back Office
8 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
8 2 (7.407%) CRM
8 2 (7.407%) ITIL
8 2 (7.407%) Matrix Management
9 1 (3.704%) Release Management
9 1 (3.704%) SAP FI-GL
9 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (3.704%) SCCM

Senior IT Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior IT 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 Senior IT Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.704%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.704%) MS Project
2 1 (3.704%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) SAP FI
1 1 (3.704%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.704%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) FTP
1 1 (3.704%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.704%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (51.85%) Finance
2 6 (22.22%) Banking
3 4 (14.81%) Retail
3 4 (14.81%) Retail Banking
4 2 (7.407%) Front Office
4 2 (7.407%) Back Office
5 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.704%) Publishing
5 1 (3.704%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.704%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.704%) Local Government
5 1 (3.704%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) PMI
2 1 (3.704%) Tandem
2 1 (3.704%) Reference Data
2 1 (3.704%) Data Conversion
2 1 (3.704%) SaaS
2 1 (3.704%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.704%) Windows
1 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) PRINCE2
2 11 (40.74%) Project Management
3 8 (29.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.81%) RDF
4 4 (14.81%) Systems Analysis
4 4 (14.81%) Data Management
4 4 (14.81%) Data Migration
4 4 (14.81%) Migration
5 2 (7.407%) Matrix Management
5 2 (7.407%) ITIL
5 2 (7.407%) Service Management
5 2 (7.407%) CRM
6 1 (3.704%) ERP
6 1 (3.704%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.704%) Change Management
6 1 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.704%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.704%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.704%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (3.704%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.704%) ISEB
3 1 (3.704%) Degree
3 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (3.704%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.704%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) SCCM
1 1 (3.704%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.704%) Citrix
2 1 (3.704%) VMware
2 1 (3.704%) Microgen
2 1 (3.704%) Twitter
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle
2 1 (3.704%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (3.704%) SAP