The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Project Manager role 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 IT Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Project Manager
Rank 89 97 87
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Contract jobs requiring an IT Project Manager 6 6 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.363% 0.269% 0.369%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.393% 0.290% 0.399%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 5
Average daily rate £420 £395 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.32% +31.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+30.43% -8.00%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1526 2071 1756
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.43% 92.83% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 944 803
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 171 147
Average hourly rate £18.48 £16.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.50 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

IT Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Project Manager across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands IT Project Manager Daily Rate Histogram

IT Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Warwickshire -1 2 £448 -
Birmingham +9 1 £250 -44.44%
Coventry -4 1 £425 +54.54%
IT Project Manager
England

IT Project Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 9 (60.00%) Project Management
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 4 (26.67%) Migration
4 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (13.33%) Marketing
5 2 (13.33%) SSADM
5 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
5 2 (13.33%) ITIL
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (13.33%) TestDirector
5 2 (13.33%) NHS
5 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
6 1 (6.667%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (6.667%) Change Control
6 1 (6.667%) Business Transformation
6 1 (6.667%) Intranet
6 1 (6.667%) VPN
6 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.667%) MS Project
6 1 (6.667%) MS Office
6 1 (6.667%) SAP
6 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
6 1 (6.667%) CRM
6 1 (6.667%) Matrix Management
6 1 (6.667%) System Testing
6 1 (6.667%) Performance Management
6 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
6 1 (6.667%) Automotive

IT Project Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.667%) MS Project
2 1 (6.667%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) VPN
1 1 (6.667%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) TestDirector
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Marketing
3 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.667%) Automotive
3 1 (6.667%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) NHS
2 1 (6.667%) Cloud Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Project Management
2 5 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 4 (26.67%) Migration
3 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) SSADM
4 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (13.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (13.33%) ITIL
5 1 (6.667%) Change Control
5 1 (6.667%) Business Transformation
5 1 (6.667%) CRM
5 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (6.667%) Programme Management
5 1 (6.667%) Matrix Management
5 1 (6.667%) System Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Management
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.667%) SAP