The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wales region.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 8 11 16
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +5
Contract jobs citing Project Management 50 53 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 11.71% 9.233% 8.257%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.12% 14.25% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 29 23
Average daily rate £375 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £297 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £475 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £14.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.22 £26.39 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+33.45% -13.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
292 372 409
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.38% 64.81% 62.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 182 182
Average daily rate £350 £375 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Wales Project Management Jobs Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Project Management across the Wales region.

Wales Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wales Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Management across the Wales region.

Wales Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales +1 45 £396 -1.00%
Mid Wales +6 3 £143 -
Project Management
UK

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Project Management also 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 that cited Project Management.

1 54 (59.34%) Finance
2 34 (37.36%) Microsoft
3 24 (26.37%) MS Office
3 24 (26.37%) PRINCE2
4 23 (25.27%) MS Project
5 19 (20.88%) Banking
6 18 (19.78%) AS400
7 17 (18.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (17.58%) Business Analysis
9 11 (12.09%) SQL Server
9 11 (12.09%) Change Control
10 9 (9.890%) Security Cleared
10 9 (9.890%) COBOL
10 9 (9.890%) IIS
10 9 (9.890%) UNIX
10 9 (9.890%) Shell Script
10 9 (9.890%) WebSphere
10 9 (9.890%) Risk Management
11 8 (8.791%) Degree
11 8 (8.791%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 8 (8.791%) TestDirector
11 8 (8.791%) IBM
11 8 (8.791%) UML
11 8 (8.791%) OO
11 8 (8.791%) iSeries
12 7 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
12 7 (7.692%) SAP
12 7 (7.692%) SQL
13 6 (6.593%) Retail
13 6 (6.593%) ISEB

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing Project Management also 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 that cited Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (9.890%) WebSphere
2 3 (3.297%) .NET
2 3 (3.297%) J2EE
3 1 (1.099%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (9.890%) IIS
2 4 (4.396%) SAS
3 2 (2.198%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (26.37%) MS Office
2 23 (25.27%) MS Project
3 7 (7.692%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (3.297%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (5.495%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 2 (2.198%) SAP SD
3 1 (1.099%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.099%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.099%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.099%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.099%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.099%) Intranet
1 1 (1.099%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.09%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.593%) DB2
3 5 (5.495%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (5.495%) DTS
3 5 (5.495%) SQL Server 2000
3 5 (5.495%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 5 (5.495%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (5.495%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (5.495%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (5.495%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (5.495%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (4.396%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 4 (4.396%) OLTP
5 1 (1.099%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 8 (8.791%) TestDirector
General
1 54 (59.34%) Finance
2 19 (20.88%) Banking
3 6 (6.593%) Retail
4 5 (5.495%) Retail Banking
5 4 (4.396%) Multimedia
6 3 (3.297%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.198%) Legal
8 1 (1.099%) Billing
8 1 (1.099%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 42 (46.15%) Project Manager
2 29 (31.87%) Analyst
3 16 (17.58%) Business Analyst
4 8 (8.791%) Applications Support
5 7 (7.692%) Support Analyst
5 7 (7.692%) Applications Support Analyst
6 6 (6.593%) Senior Manager
7 5 (5.495%) DBA
7 5 (5.495%) Business Manager
7 5 (5.495%) Senior Project Manager
8 4 (4.396%) SAS Project Manager
8 4 (4.396%) SQL Server DBA
8 4 (4.396%) SQL DBA
8 4 (4.396%) Banking Business Analyst
8 4 (4.396%) Programme Manager
9 3 (3.297%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 3 (3.297%) Business Project Manager
9 3 (3.297%) Financial Business Analyst
9 3 (3.297%) IT Project Manager
9 3 (3.297%) IT Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.78%) AS400
2 8 (8.791%) iSeries
3 5 (5.495%) Clustering
3 5 (5.495%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.198%) BBC
4 2 (2.198%) Mainframe
4 2 (2.198%) NHS
5 1 (1.099%) Statistics
5 1 (1.099%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.890%) UNIX
2 6 (6.593%) AIX
2 6 (6.593%) OS/400
3 5 (5.495%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (26.37%) PRINCE2
2 17 (18.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (17.58%) Business Analysis
4 11 (12.09%) Change Control
5 9 (9.890%) Risk Management
6 8 (8.791%) UML
6 8 (8.791%) OO
7 5 (5.495%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (5.495%) ETL
7 5 (5.495%) RUP
7 5 (5.495%) Project Planning
7 5 (5.495%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (5.495%) Kimball Methodology
8 4 (4.396%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (4.396%) Migration
8 4 (4.396%) Content Management
8 4 (4.396%) Service Delivery
8 4 (4.396%) ITIL
8 4 (4.396%) DSDM
9 3 (3.297%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.890%) COBOL
1 9 (9.890%) Shell Script
2 7 (7.692%) SQL
3 6 (6.593%) RPG
4 5 (5.495%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (9.890%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.791%) Degree
2 8 (8.791%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 6 (6.593%) ISEB
4 4 (4.396%) ISEB Practitioner
5 3 (3.297%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.198%) MBA
7 1 (1.099%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.099%) EXIN
7 1 (1.099%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.099%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.297%) SLA
2 2 (2.198%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 34 (37.36%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.791%) IBM
3 7 (7.692%) SAP
4 5 (5.495%) Cognos
5 2 (2.198%) Rackspace
6 1 (1.099%) Oracle
6 1 (1.099%) JDA
South Wales
Experience Required: - Extensive experience as a Business Analyst - Background in media or broadcasting organisations - Industry recognised qualification in Business Analysis (e.g. ISEB Business Analysis Practitioner) - Understanding of...
Sanderson
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
ISEB Business Analysis Practitioner) or have substantial commercial experience, an understanding of Prince 2 project management methodology and be able to demonstrate the following: - Understanding of process mapping...
Intapeople
Rate: £250 - £330 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
You will provide Financial Management direction, support and advice for the Programme and assisting the Programme Management Office with the administration of the commercial arrangements with the Programme'...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013