West Midlands Project Support Officer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Project Support Officer 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 Support Officer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Croydon Dartford Derbyshire Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Fareham Glasgow Gloucestershire Gwent Hampshire Kent Leeds London M4 Corridor Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newport North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Scotland South East South Wales South West Southampton Suffolk Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	117	117
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	7	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.231 %	0.274 %
Daily rates quoted	4	4
Average minimum daily rate	£241	£206
Average daily rate	£265	£219
% change on same period last year	+21.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£289	£231
UK excluding London average daily rate	£218	£228
% change on same period last year	-4.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£10.47
Average hourly rate	-	£12.40
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£14.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.96	£24.84
% change on same period last year	-11.59 %
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	3034	3290
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.044 %	3.282 %
Daily rates quoted	763	750
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£320
Average daily rate	£343	£341
% change on same period last year	+0.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	295	471
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.62	£21.77
Average hourly rate	£21.13	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-9.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.64	£25.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
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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 Support Officer 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 Support Officer 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 Support Officer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 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 Support Officer across the West Midlands region.

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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 Support Officer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Coventry	-7	3	£186	-34.41 %
Warwickshire	+7	1	£325	+35.41 %
Birmingham	+15	1	-	-

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Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Project Support Officer 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 Support Officer in their job title.

1 6 (27.27 %) PRINCE2 1 6 (27.27 %) Education 1 6 (27.27 %) Government 2 5 (22.73 %) MS Project 2 5 (22.73 %) NHS 2 5 (22.73 %) MS PowerPoint 3 4 (18.18 %) MS Excel 4 3 (13.64 %) SharePoint 4 3 (13.64 %) MS Office 4 3 (13.64 %) Change Management 4 3 (13.64 %) Project Planning 5 2 (9.091 %) E-Learning 5 2 (9.091 %) C 5 2 (9.091 %) Finance 6 1 (4.545 %) Police

6 1 (4.545 %) Management Information System 6 1 (4.545 %) Risk Management 6 1 (4.545 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (4.545 %) Programme Management 6 1 (4.545 %) SC Cleared 6 1 (4.545 %) Security Cleared

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Project Support Officer 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 Support Officer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 3 (13.64 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 5 (22.73 %) MS Project 1 5 (22.73 %) MS PowerPoint 2 4 (18.18 %) MS Excel 3 3 (13.64 %) MS Office
General 1 6 (27.27 %) Education 1 6 (27.27 %) Government 2 2 (9.091 %) Finance 3 1 (4.545 %) Police	Miscellaneous 1 5 (22.73 %) NHS 2 2 (9.091 %) E-Learning 3 1 (4.545 %) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (27.27 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (13.64 %) Change Management 2 3 (13.64 %) Project Planning 3 1 (4.545 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (4.545 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (4.545 %) Risk Management 3 1 (4.545 %) Programme Management 3 1 (4.545 %) Configuration Management	Programming Languages 1 2 (9.091 %) C