The first table below looks at the demand for PMP 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 PMP 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
Rank 93 96 92
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Contract jobs citing PMP 2 7 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.121% 0.314% 0.106%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.800% 2.244% 0.671%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £519 £450 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.27% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £494 £450 £403
10% offered a daily rate of more than £544 £450 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £473
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -7.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.00 £38.00 £41.25
% change year-on-year
- -7.87%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
250 312 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.14% 13.98% 15.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 141 136
Average daily rate £325 £300 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £438 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 33 25
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £65.00 £31.25 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
PMP
England

PMP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands PMP Jobs Demand Trend

PMP
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands PMP Daily Rate Trend

PMP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands PMP Hourly Rate Trend

PMP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PMP 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 -4 1 £550 -
PMP
England

PMP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing PMP 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 PMP.

1 12 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 12 (100.00%) Project Management
2 9 (75.00%) ITIL
3 6 (50.00%) MS Project
3 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (41.67%) WAN
4 5 (41.67%) MS Office
5 4 (33.33%) SAP
5 4 (33.33%) MS Visio
5 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
6 3 (25.00%) CCNA
6 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (25.00%) PMI
6 3 (25.00%) Six Sigma
6 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (25.00%) Finance
6 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
6 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
6 3 (25.00%) Project Planning
6 3 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (16.67%) Fund Management
7 2 (16.67%) Wealth Management
7 2 (16.67%) CA Clarity
7 2 (16.67%) Banking
7 2 (16.67%) Document Management
7 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
7 2 (16.67%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (16.67%) APMP
7 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement

PMP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing PMP 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 PMP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Project
2 5 (41.67%) MS Office
3 4 (33.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Transition Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Network Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Programme Planner
3 1 (8.333%) Assistant Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) PMI
1 3 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (8.333%) Data Conversion
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Project Management
2 9 (75.00%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 3 (25.00%) Six Sigma
4 3 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (16.67%) Document Management
5 2 (16.67%) Fund Management
5 2 (16.67%) Wealth Management
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Change Control
5 2 (16.67%) Business Transformation
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Service Management
5 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 1 (8.333%) Regression Testing
6 1 (8.333%) Migration
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) CCNA
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (16.67%) PgMP
3 2 (16.67%) APMP
4 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (16.67%) CA
3 2 (16.67%) Primavera
4 1 (8.333%) BT
4 1 (8.333%) IBM