The first table below looks at the demand for APMP in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited APMP 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 Qualifications for the West Midlands 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
Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP)
Rank 96 109 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing APMP 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.179% 0.044% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.136% 0.311% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £303 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £335 £410
% change year-on-year
+11.94% -18.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
264 322 289
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.74% 14.09% 15.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 149 126
Average daily rate £325 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £426 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 31 27
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.15 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.75 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
APMP
England

APMP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing APMP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands APMP Jobs Demand Trend

APMP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing APMP across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands APMP Daily Rate Trend

APMP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Midlands APMP Daily Rate Histogram

APMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing APMP within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham - 2 £425 -
Solihull - 1 £180 -
APMP
England

APMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing APMP 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 APMP.

1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) Primavera
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) PMI
4 2 (40.00%) PMP
4 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (40.00%) CA
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle
4 2 (40.00%) MS Project
4 2 (40.00%) SAP
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (40.00%) PgMP
4 2 (40.00%) Document Management
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) CA Clarity
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Change Control
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) VSAT
5 1 (20.00%) Windows 7

APMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing APMP 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 APMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Project
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Planner
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
3 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) Document Management
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Change Control
5 1 (20.00%) Migration
5 1 (20.00%) CAD
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) PMP
1 2 (40.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (40.00%) PgMP
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Primavera
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) CA
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) SAP