The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Management over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Watford 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 4 17 9
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -8
Contract jobs citing Project Management 14 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 17.95% 8.511% 13.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.00% 10.39% 22.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £325 £400 £368
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +8.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.11 £25.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+40.23% -20.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
50 77 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 64.10% 81.91% 57.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 23
Average daily rate £450 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Management
Hertfordshire

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Project Management Daily Rate Trend

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 Watford region.

Watford Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 28 (71.79%) E-Commerce
1 28 (71.79%) Retail
2 27 (69.23%) Finance
3 25 (64.10%) Time Management
4 15 (38.46%) IBM
4 15 (38.46%) Java
4 15 (38.46%) J2EE
4 15 (38.46%) WebSphere
4 15 (38.46%) Waterfall
5 12 (30.77%) Games
5 12 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (30.77%) Change Control
6 10 (25.64%) Manufacturing
7 9 (23.08%) Programme Management
7 9 (23.08%) Risk Management
8 6 (15.38%) SQL
9 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
9 5 (12.82%) MS Excel
9 5 (12.82%) Change Management
10 4 (10.26%) CRM
10 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
10 4 (10.26%) Internet
11 3 (7.692%) Middleware
11 3 (7.692%) NetWeaver
11 3 (7.692%) SOA
11 3 (7.692%) ABAP
11 3 (7.692%) Web Services
11 3 (7.692%) MS Project
11 3 (7.692%) SAP
11 3 (7.692%) SAP CRM

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 15 (38.46%) J2EE
1 15 (38.46%) WebSphere
2 3 (7.692%) Middleware
2 3 (7.692%) Web Services
3 2 (5.128%) XML
3 2 (5.128%) Flash
3 2 (5.128%) XHTML
3 2 (5.128%) HTML
3 2 (5.128%) CSS
4 1 (2.564%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.692%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.564%) SugarCRM
2 1 (2.564%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.692%) MS Project
3 2 (5.128%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.692%) SAP CRM
2 1 (2.564%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) Internet
General
1 28 (71.79%) Retail
2 27 (69.23%) Finance
3 12 (30.77%) Games
4 10 (25.64%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.128%) Legal
5 2 (5.128%) Dutch Language
5 2 (5.128%) Spanish Language
6 1 (2.564%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 21 (53.85%) Project Manager
2 13 (33.33%) E-Commerce Project Manager
2 13 (33.33%) E-Commerce Manager
3 7 (17.95%) Programme Manager
4 5 (12.82%) Business Analyst
4 5 (12.82%) Analyst
5 3 (7.692%) Developer
5 3 (7.692%) SAP Developer
5 3 (7.692%) Agile Project Manager
5 3 (7.692%) CRM Developer
5 3 (7.692%) SAP CRM Developer
6 2 (5.128%) Web Development Manager
6 2 (5.128%) Web Manager
6 2 (5.128%) Development Manager
7 1 (2.564%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.564%) Administrator
7 1 (2.564%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (2.564%) CRM Project Manager
7 1 (2.564%) CRM Manager
7 1 (2.564%) Senior Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) PMI
1 2 (5.128%) RIA
2 1 (2.564%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.564%) Linux
1 1 (2.564%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (71.79%) E-Commerce
2 25 (64.10%) Time Management
3 15 (38.46%) Waterfall
4 12 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (30.77%) Change Control
5 9 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 9 (23.08%) Programme Management
6 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2
6 5 (12.82%) Change Management
7 4 (10.26%) CRM
8 3 (7.692%) SOA
9 2 (5.128%) Service Management
9 2 (5.128%) Service Delivery
9 2 (5.128%) ITIL
9 2 (5.128%) Project Planning
9 2 (5.128%) Web Development
9 2 (5.128%) Game Development
10 1 (2.564%) Use Case
10 1 (2.564%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (38.46%) Java
2 6 (15.38%) SQL
3 3 (7.692%) ABAP
4 1 (2.564%) PHP
4 1 (2.564%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (5.128%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.564%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) IBM
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.692%) SAP
4 1 (2.564%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.564%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (2.564%) Pega