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The table below looks at the demand for the IT Project Manager role in IT contracts within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 IT Project Manager
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank115125
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.071 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£280£367
Average daily rate£305£408
% change on same period last year-25.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£390
% change on same period last year-3.02 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£17.00
Average hourly rate-£19.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.00£29.00
% change on same period last year+37.93 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads28093505
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.955 %3.542 %
Daily rates quoted739797
Average minimum daily rate£322£322
Average daily rate£343£345
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted335521
Average minimum hourly rate£20.39£20.70
Average hourly rate£21.72£22.40
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.04£24.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
IT Project Manager EnglandIT Project Manager
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

IT Project Manager
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing IT Project Manager across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands IT Project Manager Demand Trend

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands IT Project Manager Daily Rate Trend

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IT Project Manager across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands IT Project Manager Hourly Rate Trend

IT Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 IT Project Manager in their job title.

14 (44.44 %)Project Management
14 (44.44 %)PRINCE2
23 (33.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
23 (33.33 %)PRINCE
32 (22.22 %)NHS
32 (22.22 %)Oracle
32 (22.22 %)Resource Management
32 (22.22 %)AS400
32 (22.22 %)Finance
32 (22.22 %)Project Planning
41 (11.11 %)COBIT
41 (11.11 %)Government
41 (11.11 %)Migration
41 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (11.11 %)Home Office
41 (11.11 %)Scrum
41 (11.11 %)Business Continuity
41 (11.11 %)PACS
41 (11.11 %)WebSphere
41 (11.11 %)Matrix Management
41 (11.11 %)SAP Implementation
41 (11.11 %)Data Migration
41 (11.11 %)Java
41 (11.11 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (11.11 %)SAP
41 (11.11 %)ITIL
41 (11.11 %)Internet
41 (11.11 %)Solaris
41 (11.11 %)RAD
41 (11.11 %)DSDM

IT Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 IT Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)WebSphere
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)WebSphere Application Server
11 (11.11 %)SAS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)Broadband
11 (11.11 %)VoIP
11 (11.11 %)Internet
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)RDBMS
11 (11.11 %)Oracle 10g
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Finance
21 (11.11 %)Government
21 (11.11 %)Home Office
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)NHS
12 (22.22 %)AS400
21 (11.11 %)PACS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)Solaris
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)PRINCE2
14 (44.44 %)Project Management
23 (33.33 %)PRINCE
32 (22.22 %)Project Planning
32 (22.22 %)Resource Management
41 (11.11 %)Matrix Management
41 (11.11 %)SAP Implementation
41 (11.11 %)Data Migration
41 (11.11 %)ITIL
41 (11.11 %)RAD
41 (11.11 %)DSDM
41 (11.11 %)Migration
41 (11.11 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (11.11 %)Scrum
41 (11.11 %)Business Continuity
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)Java
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (33.33 %)PRINCE2 Certification
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (11.11 %)COBIT
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
21 (11.11 %)SAP
21 (11.11 %)IBM
21 (11.11 %)Sun