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The first part of the 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 19 March 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wales region.

 Project Management
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank161931
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Up+12
Matching contract IT job ads353947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales6.641 %7.800 %4.360 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category11.11 %14.23 %8.289 %
Daily rates quoted20920
Average daily rate£388£225£423
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+72.22 %-46.74 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£286£157£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£519£388£453
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£357£380
% change year-on-year
+1.540 %-6.050 %
Hourly rates quoted161
Average hourly rate£21.30£27.00£10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.11 %+157.14 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£27.00£25.24
% change year-on-year
-16.66 %+6.970 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
315274567
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales59.77 %54.80 %52.60 %
Daily rates quoted12384184
Average daily rate£400£346£384
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.60 %-9.770 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£203£225£255
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£545£493
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£360£375
% change year-on-year
-2.770 %-4.000 %
Hourly rates quoted152056
Average hourly rate£17.50£27.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.18 %-22.85 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.79£9.50£16.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£28.00£53.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.50£27.50£30.00
% change year-on-year
-10.90 %-8.330 %
Project Management UKProject Management
UK

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 Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Wales Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

Project Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 19 March 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
South WalesDown-323£400+77.77 %
West WalesNew entry-9£365-
Project Management UKProject Management
UK

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

134 (45.95 %)PRINCE2
217 (22.97 %)MS Project
316 (21.62 %)Security Cleared
414 (18.92 %)Finance
512 (16.22 %)Government
611 (14.86 %)Microsoft
79 (12.16 %)Banking
88 (10.81 %)NHS
88 (10.81 %)XML
97 (9.459 %)MS Excel
97 (9.459 %)SAP
97 (9.459 %)PRINCE2 Certification
97 (9.459 %)Retail
97 (9.459 %)Stakeholder Management
97 (9.459 %)Retail Banking
106 (8.108 %)SAP Implementation
106 (8.108 %)SC Cleared
106 (8.108 %)Insurance
106 (8.108 %)Requirements Management
106 (8.108 %)Health
106 (8.108 %)Games
106 (8.108 %)Internet
106 (8.108 %)CSS
106 (8.108 %)Java
106 (8.108 %)PHP
106 (8.108 %)XSLT
115 (6.757 %)ITIL
115 (6.757 %)Flash
115 (6.757 %)ActionScript
115 (6.757 %)JavaScript

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (10.81 %)XML
26 (8.108 %)CSS
26 (8.108 %)XSLT
35 (6.757 %)Flash
35 (6.757 %)HTML
42 (2.703 %)XBRL
42 (2.703 %).NET
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (2.703 %)WebLogic
21 (1.351 %)SharePoint
21 (1.351 %)Lotus Notes
21 (1.351 %)MQSeries
21 (1.351 %)ColdFusion
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (22.97 %)MS Project
27 (9.459 %)MS Excel
33 (4.054 %)MS Office
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.351 %)Academy Revenues and Benefits
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (8.108 %)Internet
21 (1.351 %)WAN
21 (1.351 %)Firewall
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (5.405 %)Ingres
21 (1.351 %)RDBMS
21 (1.351 %)SQL Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (4.054 %)Telelogic DOORS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
114 (18.92 %)Finance
212 (16.22 %)Government
39 (12.16 %)Banking
47 (9.459 %)Retail
47 (9.459 %)Retail Banking
56 (8.108 %)Insurance
56 (8.108 %)Health
56 (8.108 %)Games
65 (6.757 %)Marketing
74 (5.405 %)Multimedia
81 (1.351 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (1.351 %)Financial Institution
81 (1.351 %)Legal
81 (1.351 %)Advertising
81 (1.351 %)Police
81 (1.351 %)Education
81 (1.351 %)Military
81 (1.351 %)Local Government
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
144 (59.46 %)Project Manager
29 (12.16 %)Technical Manager
38 (10.81 %)Technical Project Manager
47 (9.459 %)Implementation Manager
56 (8.108 %)Requirements Manager
64 (5.405 %)SAP Manager
64 (5.405 %)SAP Project Manager
73 (4.054 %)Implementation Project Manager
82 (2.703 %)Project Management Officer
82 (2.703 %)Project Officer
82 (2.703 %)Delivery Manager
82 (2.703 %)Junior Project Manager
82 (2.703 %)Consultant
82 (2.703 %)Data Architect
82 (2.703 %)Architect
82 (2.703 %)Business Analyst
82 (2.703 %)Junior
82 (2.703 %)Analyst
91 (1.351 %)IT Consultant
91 (1.351 %)Project Planner
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (10.81 %)NHS
22 (2.703 %)Wiki
31 (1.351 %)Informatics
31 (1.351 %)Welsh Language
31 (1.351 %)Open Source
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (4.054 %)UNIX
13 (4.054 %)Windows
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
134 (45.95 %)PRINCE2
27 (9.459 %)Stakeholder Management
36 (8.108 %)SAP Implementation
36 (8.108 %)Requirements Management
45 (6.757 %)ITIL
54 (5.405 %)Migration
63 (4.054 %)Risk Management
63 (4.054 %)Project Planning
72 (2.703 %)Data Migration
72 (2.703 %)User Acceptance Testing
72 (2.703 %)Software Testing
72 (2.703 %)Business Analysis
72 (2.703 %)Supplier Management
72 (2.703 %)Data Analysis
72 (2.703 %)ITSM
72 (2.703 %)PRINCE
72 (2.703 %)Service Delivery
72 (2.703 %)DRM
72 (2.703 %)RUP
72 (2.703 %)Data Modelling
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (8.108 %)Java
16 (8.108 %)PHP
25 (6.757 %)ActionScript
25 (6.757 %)JavaScript
25 (6.757 %)Perl
34 (5.405 %)C
41 (1.351 %)VBA
41 (1.351 %)SQL
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (21.62 %)Security Cleared
27 (9.459 %)PRINCE2 Certification
36 (8.108 %)SC Cleared
45 (6.757 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
54 (5.405 %)Degree
62 (2.703 %)CTC Cleared
71 (1.351 %)ITIL Certification
71 (1.351 %)PMP
71 (1.351 %)PMI Certification
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.703 %)SLA
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.351 %)Tivoli
11 (1.351 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (14.86 %)Microsoft
27 (9.459 %)SAP
35 (6.757 %)Oracle
43 (4.054 %)Citrix
43 (4.054 %)Telelogic
52 (2.703 %)Capita
52 (2.703 %)Lotus
61 (1.351 %)Siebel
61 (1.351 %)IBM
61 (1.351 %)BEA
61 (1.351 %)Novell
61 (1.351 %)Fujitsu