West Midlands Project Manager Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the 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 Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Andover Argyll and Bute Avon Aylesbury Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burton-upon-Trent Bury Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Colchester Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Denbigh Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Gateshead Gatwick Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guernsey Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hayes Helensburgh Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hull Ipswich Jersey Johnstone Kent Kettering Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Tyneside North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rhyl Rickmansworth Romford Rotherham Ruislip Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Asaph St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weymouth Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	9	14
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	294	240
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.391 %	0.243 %
As % of the category below	9.929 %	7.612 %
Daily rates quoted	114	84
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£376
Average daily rate	£395	£401
% change on same period last year	-1.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£418	£427
UK excluding London average daily rate	£414	£405
% change on same period last year	+2.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.44	£36.89
Average hourly rate	£31.00	£39.00
% change on same period last year	-20.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.56	£41.11
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£34.38	£35.37
% change on same period last year	-2.80 %
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	2961	3153
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.941 %	3.196 %
Daily rates quoted	722	681
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£328
Average daily rate	£346	£345
% change on same period last year	+0.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£352
% change on same period last year	+1.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	272	429
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.61	£22.58
Average hourly rate	£21.13	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-13.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.66	£26.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.50	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-9.09 %
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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Manager across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Manager within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Birmingham	+2	52	£367	-8.25 %
Coventry	+3	45	£435	+2.46 %
Shropshire	+17	34	£404	-
Worcestershire	+11	20	£434	+23.85 %
Staffordshire	-5	15	£365	-12.39 %
Warwickshire	+2	11	£297	-12.42 %
Herefordshire	+4	10	£180	-43.08 %
Solihull	-2	4	£438	+0.22 %
Walsall	+12	3	-	-
Wolverhampton	-7	2	£438	+34.61 %
Dudley	-	1	-	-
Stourbridge	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title.

1 212 (36.49 %) PRINCE2 2 199 (34.25 %) Project Management 3 80 (13.77 %) Finance 4 76 (13.08 %) Government 5 60 (10.33 %) Stakeholder Management 6 58 (9.983 %) NHS 7 56 (9.639 %) PRINCE2 Certification 8 44 (7.573 %) SAP 9 43 (7.401 %) Telecoms 9 43 (7.401 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 10 40 (6.885 %) MS Project 11 32 (5.508 %) PRINCE 11 32 (5.508 %) Change Management 12 30 (5.164 %) Migration 13 29 (4.991 %) Pensions

14 27 (4.647 %) Education 14 27 (4.647 %) ITIL 15 23 (3.959 %) Project Planning 15 23 (3.959 %) Risk Management 16 21 (3.614 %) Data Migration 17 20 (3.442 %) Insurance 18 19 (3.270 %) PMI 18 19 (3.270 %) MPLS 19 17 (2.926 %) Health 19 17 (2.926 %) Microsoft 19 17 (2.926 %) Resource Management 19 17 (2.926 %) Security Cleared 20 16 (2.754 %) Business Intelligence 21 15 (2.582 %) Service Delivery 21 15 (2.582 %) Oracle

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (1.377 %) .NET 2 4 (0.688 %) CSS 3 3 (0.516 %) HTML 3 3 (0.516 %) ASP.NET 4 2 (0.344 %) J2EE 4 2 (0.344 %) WebSphere 5 1 (0.172 %) Application Packaging 5 1 (0.172 %) XML 5 1 (0.172 %) XHTML 5 1 (0.172 %) Middleware 5 1 (0.172 %) MVC 5 1 (0.172 %) SAP Basis	Application Platforms 1 7 (1.205 %) SharePoint 2 4 (0.688 %) MS Exchange 2 4 (0.688 %) CMS 3 3 (0.516 %) Lotus Notes 3 3 (0.516 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 2 (0.344 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 2 (0.344 %) SAS 5 1 (0.172 %) NetWeaver 5 1 (0.172 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 1 (0.172 %) Office Project Server 5 1 (0.172 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 40 (6.885 %) MS Project 2 9 (1.549 %) MS Office 3 7 (1.205 %) CA Clarity 4 6 (1.033 %) MS Visio 5 2 (0.344 %) MS PowerPoint 5 2 (0.344 %) MS Excel 6 1 (0.172 %) Open Workbench	Business Applications 1 4 (0.688 %) ResourceLink 2 2 (0.344 %) SAP PP 3 1 (0.172 %) Oracle HRMS 3 1 (0.172 %) SAP Payroll 3 1 (0.172 %) Oracle Payroll 3 1 (0.172 %) SAP FI/CO 3 1 (0.172 %) Teamcenter 3 1 (0.172 %) SAP CO 3 1 (0.172 %) Oracle Financials 3 1 (0.172 %) PeopleSoft Financials 3 1 (0.172 %) SAP HR 3 1 (0.172 %) SAP FI
Communications & Networking 1 19 (3.270 %) MPLS 2 14 (2.410 %) WAN 3 11 (1.893 %) ATM 3 11 (1.893 %) LAN 3 11 (1.893 %) VoIP 4 10 (1.721 %) Internet 4 10 (1.721 %) Frame Relay 5 7 (1.205 %) ISDN 5 7 (1.205 %) DSL 6 6 (1.033 %) PSTN 7 3 (0.516 %) Broadband 7 3 (0.516 %) VPN 7 3 (0.516 %) Intranet 7 3 (0.516 %) 3G 8 2 (0.344 %) 2G 8 2 (0.344 %) PPP 9 1 (0.172 %) Firewall 9 1 (0.172 %) Wireless 9 1 (0.172 %) ADSL 9 1 (0.172 %) Bluetooth	Database & Business Intelligence 1 12 (2.065 %) SQL Server 2 11 (1.893 %) SAP BW 3 4 (0.688 %) SQL Server 2005 4 3 (0.516 %) SAP BI 4 3 (0.516 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (0.344 %) RDBMS 5 2 (0.344 %) Oracle 10g 5 2 (0.344 %) SQL Server 2000 5 2 (0.344 %) Data Cleansing 6 1 (0.172 %) EDRMS 6 1 (0.172 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (0.172 %) ETL
Development Applications 1 3 (0.516 %) Flash 2 2 (0.344 %) WinRunner 2 2 (0.344 %) LoadRunner 3 1 (0.172 %) Visual Studio	General 1 80 (13.77 %) Finance 2 76 (13.08 %) Government 3 43 (7.401 %) Telecoms 4 29 (4.991 %) Pensions 5 27 (4.647 %) Education 6 20 (3.442 %) Insurance 7 17 (2.926 %) Health 8 13 (2.238 %) Banking 8 13 (2.238 %) Marketing 9 12 (2.065 %) Local Government 9 12 (2.065 %) Automotive 10 10 (1.721 %) Retail 11 8 (1.377 %) Legal 12 7 (1.205 %) Billing 12 7 (1.205 %) Electric 13 6 (1.033 %) Manufacturing 14 5 (0.861 %) Construction 15 4 (0.688 %) Law 15 4 (0.688 %) Financial Institution 15 4 (0.688 %) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous 1 58 (9.983 %) NHS 2 19 (3.270 %) PMI 3 15 (2.582 %) Spanish Language 4 12 (2.065 %) NPfIT 5 8 (1.377 %) Management Information System 6 4 (0.688 %) AS400 7 3 (0.516 %) PDA 8 2 (0.344 %) Mainframe 9 1 (0.172 %) Fat Client 9 1 (0.172 %) SCADA 9 1 (0.172 %) Informatics 9 1 (0.172 %) N-Tier 9 1 (0.172 %) W3C 9 1 (0.172 %) Thin Client 9 1 (0.172 %) DTV 9 1 (0.172 %) Handset 9 1 (0.172 %) Streaming Video 9 1 (0.172 %) Clustering 9 1 (0.172 %) E-Learning 9 1 (0.172 %) PACS	Operating Systems 1 9 (1.549 %) Windows 2 4 (0.688 %) Solaris 2 4 (0.688 %) UNIX 3 2 (0.344 %) Windows Server 2003 3 2 (0.344 %) Windows NT 4 1 (0.172 %) Windows XP 4 1 (0.172 %) HPUX 4 1 (0.172 %) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies 1 212 (36.49 %) PRINCE2 2 199 (34.25 %) Project Management 3 60 (10.33 %) Stakeholder Management 4 32 (5.508 %) Change Management 4 32 (5.508 %) PRINCE 5 30 (5.164 %) Migration 6 27 (4.647 %) ITIL 7 23 (3.959 %) Risk Management 7 23 (3.959 %) Project Planning 8 21 (3.614 %) Data Migration 9 17 (2.926 %) Resource Management 9 17 (2.926 %) Security Cleared 10 16 (2.754 %) Business Intelligence 11 15 (2.582 %) Service Delivery 12 14 (2.410 %) Programme Management 12 14 (2.410 %) Business Analysis 13 13 (2.238 %) Supplier Management 13 13 (2.238 %) Disaster Recovery 13 13 (2.238 %) RUP 14 12 (2.065 %) CRM	Programming Languages 1 9 (1.549 %) SQL 2 6 (1.033 %) C 3 3 (0.516 %) C# 3 3 (0.516 %) VB 4 2 (0.344 %) Java 5 1 (0.172 %) JavaScript 5 1 (0.172 %) VB.NET 5 1 (0.172 %) VB6
Qualifications 1 56 (9.639 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 43 (7.401 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 13 (2.238 %) PMI Certification 4 12 (2.065 %) Degree 5 10 (1.721 %) ISEB 6 5 (0.861 %) PMP 7 3 (0.516 %) ITIL Certification 8 2 (0.344 %) Citrix Certification 8 2 (0.344 %) ACCA 9 1 (0.172 %) CIMA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (0.861 %) SLA 1 5 (0.861 %) QA 2 2 (0.344 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.172 %) COBIT
System Software 1 10 (1.721 %) Active Directory 2 6 (1.033 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 2 (0.344 %) Microsoft Virtual Server	Vendors 1 44 (7.573 %) SAP 2 17 (2.926 %) Microsoft 3 15 (2.582 %) Oracle 3 15 (2.582 %) Northgate 4 9 (1.549 %) VMware 5 5 (0.861 %) IBM 5 5 (0.861 %) Citrix 6 4 (0.688 %) Cisco 6 4 (0.688 %) Mercator 7 3 (0.516 %) Sage 7 3 (0.516 %) Novell 7 3 (0.516 %) Lotus 8 2 (0.344 %) Siemens 8 2 (0.344 %) Sun 9 1 (0.172 %) HP 9 1 (0.172 %) Nortel 9 1 (0.172 %) Business Objects 9 1 (0.172 %) PeopleSoft 9 1 (0.172 %) CODA 9 1 (0.172 %) Agresso