The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning 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 Planning over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 75 69 73
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 18 35 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.052% 1.566% 1.346%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.644% 2.387% 2.119%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 17 10
Average daily rate £398 £310 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.22% -11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £316 £270 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £405 £426
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £363
% change year-on-year
+2.73% +0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -23.07%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1095 1466 1227
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 64.00% 65.59% 63.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 703 520
Average daily rate £350 £341 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.79% +0.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 63 75
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -22.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Project Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Project Planning Daily Rate Trend

Project Planning
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Planning across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

West Midlands Project Planning Daily Rate Histogram

Project Planning
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Project Planning Hourly Rate Trend

Project Planning
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Planning within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham +7 5 £450 +77.33% 1
Warwickshire -6 5 £278 +1.18% 2
Shropshire +9 2 £330 -
Staffordshire +7 1 £341 - 1
Coventry +2 1 - -
Sutton Coldfield - - - -
Wolverhampton - - - -
Worcestershire - - - -
Project Planning
England

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Project Planning 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 Planning.

1 10 (27.03%) MS Project
2 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
2 9 (24.32%) Project Management
3 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
4 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (16.22%) Finance
5 5 (13.51%) MS Office
6 4 (10.81%) SAP
6 4 (10.81%) XML
6 4 (10.81%) Change Management
6 4 (10.81%) Ajax
6 4 (10.81%) Release Management
7 3 (8.108%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (8.108%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (8.108%) Workflow
7 3 (8.108%) Manufacturing
7 3 (8.108%) Migration
7 3 (8.108%) Subversion
7 3 (8.108%) Content Management
7 3 (8.108%) InfoPath
7 3 (8.108%) Process Management
7 3 (8.108%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (8.108%) ClearQuest
7 3 (8.108%) Configuration Management
7 3 (8.108%) ITIL
7 3 (8.108%) MS Excel
7 3 (8.108%) ClearCase
7 3 (8.108%) SharePoint
7 3 (8.108%) MS Visio
7 3 (8.108%) ASP.NET

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Project Planning 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 Planning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (10.81%) XML
1 4 (10.81%) Ajax
2 3 (8.108%) ASP.NET
2 3 (8.108%) Web Services
2 3 (8.108%) .NET
3 1 (2.703%) Cocoa Touch
3 1 (2.703%) UIKit
3 1 (2.703%) Core Animation
3 1 (2.703%) Cocoa
3 1 (2.703%) OpenGL
3 1 (2.703%) Flash
3 1 (2.703%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.108%) SharePoint Server
1 3 (8.108%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (27.03%) MS Project
2 5 (13.51%) MS Office
3 3 (8.108%) InfoPath
3 3 (8.108%) MS Excel
3 3 (8.108%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.703%) Open Workbench
4 1 (2.703%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.703%) Internet
1 1 (2.703%) DHCP
1 1 (2.703%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.405%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.703%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (2.703%) Oracle OWB
3 1 (2.703%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Subversion
1 3 (8.108%) ClearQuest
1 3 (8.108%) ClearCase
2 1 (2.703%) Git (software)
2 1 (2.703%) Xcode
General
1 6 (16.22%) Finance
2 3 (8.108%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.405%) Games
4 1 (2.703%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.703%) Automotive
4 1 (2.703%) Retail
4 1 (2.703%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) Project Manager
2 4 (10.81%) Architect
2 4 (10.81%) Consultant
3 3 (8.108%) SharePoint Consultant
3 3 (8.108%) Configuration Manager
3 3 (8.108%) Analyst
4 2 (5.405%) Project Planner
4 2 (5.405%) Technical Architect
4 2 (5.405%) Team Leader
4 2 (5.405%) Test Team Leader
4 2 (5.405%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.703%) Citrix Support Consultant
5 1 (2.703%) ClearCase Configuration Manager
5 1 (2.703%) Data Migration Manager
5 1 (2.703%) iOS Developer
5 1 (2.703%) Programme Test Manager
5 1 (2.703%) PMO Analyst
5 1 (2.703%) Project Administrator
5 1 (2.703%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (2.703%) IT Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Data Integration
2 1 (2.703%) Semantic Web
2 1 (2.703%) Animation
2 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.703%) PMI
2 1 (2.703%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.108%) UNIX
2 1 (2.703%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.703%) AIX
2 1 (2.703%) Solaris
2 1 (2.703%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
1 9 (24.32%) Project Management
2 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (10.81%) Change Management
3 4 (10.81%) Release Management
4 3 (8.108%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (8.108%) Workflow
4 3 (8.108%) Migration
4 3 (8.108%) Content Management
4 3 (8.108%) Process Management
4 3 (8.108%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (8.108%) Configuration Management
4 3 (8.108%) ITIL
5 2 (5.405%) UML
5 2 (5.405%) Critical Path Analysis
5 2 (5.405%) Programme Management
5 2 (5.405%) Test Scripting
5 2 (5.405%) Time Management
5 2 (5.405%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.405%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.108%) C#
1 3 (8.108%) SQL
2 2 (5.405%) Java
3 1 (2.703%) HLSL
3 1 (2.703%) GLSL
3 1 (2.703%) Objective-C
3 1 (2.703%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (5.405%) ISEB
1 2 (5.405%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (5.405%) ISTQB
1 2 (5.405%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (2.703%) CCEE
2 1 (2.703%) CCIA
2 1 (2.703%) Degree
2 1 (2.703%) PMP
2 1 (2.703%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.703%) HND
2 1 (2.703%) CCA
2 1 (2.703%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.703%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.703%) XenApp
1 1 (2.703%) XenServer
1 1 (2.703%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) SAP
3 2 (5.405%) Oracle
4 1 (2.703%) Northgate
4 1 (2.703%) DataFlux
4 1 (2.703%) VMware
4 1 (2.703%) Serena
4 1 (2.703%) Apple
4 1 (2.703%) Primavera
4 1 (2.703%) IBM
4 1 (2.703%) Citrix
Birmingham, West Midlands
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Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
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