The first table below looks at the demand for Project Management skills 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 Project Management over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Management
Rank 11 12 14
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Contract jobs citing Project Management 170 180 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.11% 8.011% 7.577%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.04% 12.76% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 96 51
Average daily rate £400 £354 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.07% +10.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £245 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £513 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £390 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 15 18
Average hourly rate £37.80 £32.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.12% +6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.14 £26.28 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+33.69% -13.83%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1130 1411 1175
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 67.22% 62.79% 63.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 665 544
Average daily rate £330 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 72 67
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -15.60%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Project Management
England

Project Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Project Management Daily Rate Trend

Project Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Project Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Project Management Hourly Rate Trend

Project Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Project Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Project Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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 +4 43 £413 +10.00%
Coventry +5 40 £425 -
Warwickshire +4 34 £350 +22.80%
Solihull -5 7 £180 -28.35%
Staffordshire +8 6 £115 -51.57%
Worcestershire -15 4 £250 -30.55%
Wolverhampton +1 2 - -
Shropshire +1 2 £350 -21.12%
Sutton Coldfield - 2 - -
Walsall +2 1 £105 -76.98%
Project Management
England

Project Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 75 (23.22%) PRINCE2
2 58 (17.96%) SAP
3 57 (17.65%) Finance
4 48 (14.86%) Change Management
5 47 (14.55%) MS Project
5 47 (14.55%) Microsoft
6 45 (13.93%) MS Office
7 40 (12.38%) Manufacturing
7 40 (12.38%) Business Analysis
8 38 (11.76%) Degree
8 38 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (9.907%) MS Visio
10 31 (9.598%) ITIL
11 30 (9.288%) Migration
12 29 (8.978%) Automotive
13 28 (8.669%) PLM
13 28 (8.669%) MS Excel
13 28 (8.669%) ENOVIA
14 26 (8.050%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (8.050%) Programme Management
15 23 (7.121%) Management Information System
15 23 (7.121%) CRM
16 22 (6.811%) ERP
16 22 (6.811%) Time Management
17 21 (6.502%) SharePoint
18 20 (6.192%) Windows
18 20 (6.192%) PMI Certification
18 20 (6.192%) Security Cleared
19 19 (5.882%) SQL
19 19 (5.882%) Validation

Project Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 10 (3.096%) .NET
2 4 (1.238%) WebSphere
3 3 (0.929%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (0.619%) SAML
4 2 (0.619%) Middleware
4 2 (0.619%) Web Services
4 2 (0.619%) HTML
4 2 (0.619%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.619%) Java EE
5 1 (0.310%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.310%) HTML5
5 1 (0.310%) Ajax
5 1 (0.310%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.310%) GWT
5 1 (0.310%) Mason
5 1 (0.310%) EDIFACT
5 1 (0.310%) EDI
5 1 (0.310%) CGI
5 1 (0.310%) DHTML
5 1 (0.310%) XML
Application Platforms
1 21 (6.502%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.238%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (0.929%) CMS
3 3 (0.929%) Tomcat
3 3 (0.929%) Lotus Notes
4 2 (0.619%) IIS
4 2 (0.619%) MS Exchange
4 2 (0.619%) Apache
4 2 (0.619%) WordPress
5 1 (0.310%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.310%) Lync
5 1 (0.310%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.310%) Force.com
5 1 (0.310%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.310%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.310%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.310%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 47 (14.55%) MS Project
2 45 (13.93%) MS Office
3 32 (9.907%) MS Visio
4 28 (8.669%) MS Excel
5 11 (3.406%) MS PowerPoint
6 7 (2.167%) Windchill
7 2 (0.619%) Open Workbench
8 1 (0.310%) Revit
8 1 (0.310%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.310%) CATIA
8 1 (0.310%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (8.669%) ENOVIA
2 8 (2.477%) Teamcenter
3 7 (2.167%) SAP CO
3 7 (2.167%) SAP FI/CO
3 7 (2.167%) SAP FI
4 4 (1.238%) SAP MM
4 4 (1.238%) Oracle HRMS
4 4 (1.238%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.238%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.929%) CA Clarity
6 2 (0.619%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.310%) Oracle Retail
7 1 (0.310%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.310%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.310%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.310%) MFGPRO
7 1 (0.310%) Oracle 11i
7 1 (0.310%) CODA-Financials
7 1 (0.310%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.573%) WAN
2 10 (3.096%) LAN
3 9 (2.786%) Firewall
3 9 (2.786%) MPLS
4 5 (1.548%) SNMP
5 4 (1.238%) SAN
6 3 (0.929%) PABX
6 3 (0.929%) NAS
6 3 (0.929%) HTTP
6 3 (0.929%) Intranet
6 3 (0.929%) TACACS
6 3 (0.929%) VPN
7 2 (0.619%) Internet
7 2 (0.619%) VoIP
7 2 (0.619%) LDAP
8 1 (0.310%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.310%) VSAT
8 1 (0.310%) Wireless
8 1 (0.310%) DHCP
8 1 (0.310%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.025%) QlikView
2 11 (3.406%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.858%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.548%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.929%) SQL Server 2008
5 3 (0.929%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.929%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.619%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.619%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.619%) MS Access
6 2 (0.619%) DTS
6 2 (0.619%) GIS
6 2 (0.619%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.619%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (0.619%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
7 1 (0.310%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (0.310%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.310%) EDRMS
7 1 (0.310%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 14 (4.334%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (4.025%) ClearQuest
2 13 (4.025%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.310%) PhoneGap
3 1 (0.310%) COOL:Gen
3 1 (0.310%) MSI
General
1 57 (17.65%) Finance
2 40 (12.38%) Manufacturing
3 29 (8.978%) Automotive
4 16 (4.954%) Retail
5 12 (3.715%) German Language
6 11 (3.406%) Banking
6 11 (3.406%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.096%) Local Government
8 8 (2.477%) French Language
8 8 (2.477%) Italian Language
9 4 (1.238%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.929%) Back Office
11 2 (0.619%) Publishing
11 2 (0.619%) Electronics
11 2 (0.619%) Corporate Banking
11 2 (0.619%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.310%) Marketing
12 1 (0.310%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.310%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.310%) Billing
Job Titles
1 111 (34.37%) Project Manager
2 54 (16.72%) Analyst
3 42 (13.00%) Business Analyst
4 21 (6.502%) Consultant
5 18 (5.573%) Applications Engineer
6 15 (4.644%) SAP Manager
6 15 (4.644%) Developer
7 12 (3.715%) Business Manager
7 12 (3.715%) Requirements Engineer
8 11 (3.406%) Programme Manager
9 10 (3.096%) Service Manager
10 9 (2.786%) IT Project Manager
10 9 (2.786%) Technical Manager
11 8 (2.477%) Senior Manager
11 8 (2.477%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.477%) Developer Analyst
11 8 (2.477%) Project Officer
12 7 (2.167%) Senior Project Manager
12 7 (2.167%) Project Support Officer
12 7 (2.167%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.121%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.954%) Computer Science
3 11 (3.406%) PMI
4 9 (2.786%) NHS
5 8 (2.477%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.238%) IBM Mainframe
6 4 (1.238%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.619%) Data Integration
7 2 (0.619%) iPad
7 2 (0.619%) Social Media
7 2 (0.619%) iSeries
8 1 (0.310%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.310%) Smart Meter
8 1 (0.310%) HP Superdome
8 1 (0.310%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.310%) SaaS
8 1 (0.310%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 1 (0.310%) Informatics
8 1 (0.310%) iPhone
8 1 (0.310%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.192%) Windows
2 8 (2.477%) Linux
3 7 (2.167%) UNIX
4 5 (1.548%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.619%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.310%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.310%) Android
6 1 (0.310%) HPUX
6 1 (0.310%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (23.22%) PRINCE2
2 48 (14.86%) Change Management
3 40 (12.38%) Business Analysis
4 38 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 31 (9.598%) ITIL
6 30 (9.288%) Migration
7 28 (8.669%) PLM
8 26 (8.050%) Business Intelligence
8 26 (8.050%) Programme Management
9 23 (7.121%) CRM
10 22 (6.811%) ERP
10 22 (6.811%) Time Management
11 19 (5.882%) Validation
12 16 (4.954%) Project Planning
13 15 (4.644%) Change Control
14 14 (4.334%) Six Sigma
14 14 (4.334%) Service Delivery
14 14 (4.334%) User Acceptance Testing
15 13 (4.025%) Requirements Management
15 13 (4.025%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.882%) SQL
2 6 (1.858%) Java
3 5 (1.548%) T-SQL
4 4 (1.238%) C
5 3 (0.929%) Ruby
6 2 (0.619%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.619%) VBA
7 1 (0.310%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.310%) VB
7 1 (0.310%) C#
7 1 (0.310%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.310%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 38 (11.76%) Degree
2 20 (6.192%) PMI Certification
2 20 (6.192%) Security Cleared
3 18 (5.573%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.263%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.644%) CCNA
6 14 (4.334%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 12 (3.715%) PMP
8 7 (2.167%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 5 (1.548%) ISEB
10 4 (1.238%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.238%) MBA
10 4 (1.238%) GCSC
10 4 (1.238%) APMP
11 3 (0.929%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.619%) MCP
12 2 (0.619%) PgMP
13 1 (0.310%) CPIM
13 1 (0.310%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.310%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.238%) SLA
2 3 (0.929%) Data Quality
2 3 (0.929%) QA
3 1 (0.310%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 6 (1.858%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.929%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.310%) Oracle Identity Manager
1 1 (0.310%) SCCM
1 1 (0.310%) SCOM
1 1 (0.310%) HP Data Protector
1 1 (0.310%) Tivoli
1 1 (0.310%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (0.310%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 58 (17.96%) SAP
2 47 (14.55%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.573%) IBM
4 17 (5.263%) Oracle
5 16 (4.954%) Cisco
6 6 (1.858%) CheckPoint
6 6 (1.858%) Mitel
7 5 (1.548%) F5
7 5 (1.548%) Juniper
8 4 (1.238%) Progress
9 3 (0.929%) Google
9 3 (0.929%) VMware
9 3 (0.929%) Primavera
9 3 (0.929%) HP
9 3 (0.929%) CA
9 3 (0.929%) Lotus
10 2 (0.619%) Citrix
10 2 (0.619%) BT
11 1 (0.310%) Northgate
11 1 (0.310%) Endeca
West Midlands
This exciting opportunity offers a varied and challenging opportunity to progress your career as a Project Manager.This position is responsible for the implementation and delivery of a...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £200.00 - £300.00 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Staffordshire, West Midlands
The best suited HRIS Implementation Project Manager for the role will have previous experience implementing HR systems in a Project Management role... They will have strong stakeholder management...
Annapurna HR
Rate: £30000.00 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Our prestigious financial services client have an urgent requirement for an experienced Project Manager to join their business on an initial 3 month contract to manage a large...
Sanderson
Rate: £475 - £510 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stratford-Upon-Avon, West Midlands
Project Support Coordinator Primarily to have responsibility for providing support to one or more of the projects within a Business Change programme. The Project Support Coordinator must have...
Jumar Solutions
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire
To assist project managers to maintain Project level logs for risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, decisions, change control and lessons learned... Excellent PC-based skills (MS Office), including MS...
Jumar
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Core Requirements: - Experience of at end to end project life cycles undertaken at a consulting organisation or systems integrator - Experience of delivering a range of Web Based IT...
Sanderson
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Working with the DIO's IT supplier, the team will elicit, capture, document and manage detailed requirements and business rules and then manage and support UAT for the...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 13 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
A top tier banking client urgently requires a PMO Analyst to work in their Birmingham Office, on a 3 month rolling contract basis.
Orgtel
Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
The incumbent will be responsible for leading requirements and testing activities for a specific capability area contributing to the Commercial, Off the Shelf (COTS) DIO Infrastructure Management Solution (...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 24 April 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
We are looking for experienced self-employed storage consultants (SAN, NAS, EMC, NetApp, HP, 3PAR etc.) for future assignments in 2013 with our clients in the IT channel.
Orderwork
Rate: Competitive dayrates
Posted: 6 May 2013
Coventry
Working closely with, and with support from, colleagues in CU Services Ltd and across the University Group, key responsibilities will include the establishment of a Virtual Learning Environment...
Coventry University
Rate: £34,000 - £38,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013