The first table below looks at the demand for Project Planning skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Project Planning over the 3 months to 18 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 Sussex 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Project Planning
Rank 28 42 46
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +4
Contract jobs citing Project Planning 15 12 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 3.968% 1.899% 1.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.703% 2.526% 1.603%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 2
Average daily rate £400 £275 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.45% -29.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £275 £387
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £390 £399
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £29.34 £25.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year
+17.36% -25.92%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
263 475 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 69.58% 75.16% 67.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 267 170
Average daily rate £375 £335 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.94% -10.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 11
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -37.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.61 £10.00 £15.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.05 £27.15 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 18 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
Crawley +3 5 £400 +45.45%
Gatwick +1 3 £305 +10.90%
East Grinstead - - - -
Project Planning
South East

Project Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 15 (75.00%) Project Management
2 11 (55.00%) PRINCE2
3 7 (35.00%) MS Project
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (30.00%) Finance
5 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 3 (15.00%) .NET
6 3 (15.00%) PRINCE
7 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
7 2 (10.00%) Banking
7 2 (10.00%) VMware
7 2 (10.00%) SCCM
7 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
7 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
7 2 (10.00%) Resource Management
7 2 (10.00%) XenApp
7 2 (10.00%) Mainframe
7 2 (10.00%) Service Management
7 2 (10.00%) Back Office
7 2 (10.00%) ITIL
7 2 (10.00%) Citrix
7 2 (10.00%) PMP
7 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
7 2 (10.00%) UNIX
7 2 (10.00%) Windows
7 2 (10.00%) LAN
7 2 (10.00%) WAN
7 2 (10.00%) VPN

Project Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 3 (15.00%) .NET
Applications
1 7 (35.00%) MS Project
2 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) LAN
1 2 (10.00%) WAN
1 2 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
2 2 (10.00%) Back Office
2 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.000%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Senior Manager
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Project Officer
4 1 (5.000%) Project Controller
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.000%) SAP Manager
4 1 (5.000%) PMO Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Digital Producer
4 1 (5.000%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Test Leader
4 1 (5.000%) Planning Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Project Officer
4 1 (5.000%) Senior Project Support Officer
4 1 (5.000%) Business Process Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Process Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (10.00%) iSeries
2 1 (5.000%) Smart Meter
2 1 (5.000%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) UNIX
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) Project Management
2 11 (55.00%) PRINCE2
3 7 (35.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) PRINCE
5 2 (10.00%) Resource Management
5 2 (10.00%) Manual Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (10.00%) Service Management
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
6 1 (5.000%) Change Management
6 1 (5.000%) Data Security
6 1 (5.000%) SEO
6 1 (5.000%) Migration
6 1 (5.000%) CRM
6 1 (5.000%) E-Commerce
6 1 (5.000%) ERP
6 1 (5.000%) Use Case
6 1 (5.000%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
6 1 (5.000%) Requirements Management
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) PMP
2 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (5.000%) Degree
3 1 (5.000%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (10.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Citrix
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.000%) SAP
3 1 (5.000%) Primavera
3 1 (5.000%) BT