West Yorkshire Project Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Project Management skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Project Management over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Andover Aylesbury Baldock Barnet Barnsley Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Bicester Billingham Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Darlington Darwen Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Erskine Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Feltham Fife Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Greenford Guildford Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highland Hinckley Home Counties Horsham Hove Huddersfield Inverness Ipswich Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincolnshire Liverpool Liversedge London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Preston Reading Redditch Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Runcorn Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skelmersdale Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stirlingshire Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Walsall Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wetherby Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wirral Witham Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	14	11
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	177	150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.227 %	0.169 %
As % of the category below	19.07 %	17.44 %
Daily rates quoted	50	28
Average minimum daily rate	£359	£347
Average daily rate	£378	£364
% change on same period last year	+3.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£398	£387
% change on same period last year	+2.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.67	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£26.33	£20.00
% change on same period last year	+31.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.00	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.17	£29.75
% change on same period last year	-8.66 %
Processes & Methodologies West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	928	860
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.190 %	0.966 %
Daily rates quoted	220	184
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£312
Average daily rate	£356	£325
% change on same period last year	+9.44 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£375
% change on same period last year	+2.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	50	30
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.99	£25.30
Average hourly rate	£20.93	£27.41
% change on same period last year	-23.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.88	£29.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.72	£29.49
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
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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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Management across the West Yorkshire region over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Project Management across the West Yorkshire region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Project Management within the West Yorkshire region over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	Leeds	0	101	£366	+1.80 %
2	Bradford	+7	9	£354	-29.20 %
3	Halifax	0	8	-	-
4	Wetherby	+4	2	£320	-
5	Huddersfield	-	1	£250	-
5	Liversedge	-	1	£340	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Project Management also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Project Management.

1 129 (34.86 %) PRINCE2 2 98 (26.49 %) Finance 3 89 (24.05 %) NHS 4 75 (20.27 %) Health 5 47 (12.70 %) Stakeholder Management 6 39 (10.54 %) Government 7 32 (8.649 %) PRINCE 8 30 (8.108 %) MS Project 8 30 (8.108 %) Microsoft 9 29 (7.838 %) ITIL 10 24 (6.486 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 24 (6.486 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 11 23 (6.216 %) Banking 11 23 (6.216 %) Supplier Management 12 21 (5.676 %) Windows

13 20 (5.405 %) MS Excel 14 19 (5.135 %) Oracle 15 18 (4.865 %) Migration 15 18 (4.865 %) Firewall 16 17 (4.595 %) Retail 17 16 (4.324 %) DNS 18 15 (4.054 %) E-Commerce 18 15 (4.054 %) MS Office 18 15 (4.054 %) Degree 19 14 (3.784 %) Matrix Management 19 14 (3.784 %) Insurance 20 13 (3.514 %) Unix 20 13 (3.514 %) MS Visio 21 12 (3.243 %) Programme Management 21 12 (3.243 %) Quality Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing Project Management also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Project Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (1.892 %) J2EE 2 5 (1.351 %) Middleware 3 4 (1.081 %) .NET 4 3 (0.811 %) WebSphere 5 2 (0.541 %) XML 6 1 (0.270 %) HTML 6 1 (0.270 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (0.270 %) EJB 6 1 (0.270 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 10 (2.703 %) SharePoint 2 6 (1.622 %) SAS 3 5 (1.351 %) MS Exchange 4 3 (0.811 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 2 (0.541 %) Commerce Server 5 2 (0.541 %) CMS 5 2 (0.541 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (0.270 %) Office Project Server 6 1 (0.270 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 1 (0.270 %) CICS 6 1 (0.270 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 30 (8.108 %) MS Project 2 20 (5.405 %) MS Excel 3 15 (4.054 %) MS Office 4 13 (3.514 %) MS Visio 5 6 (1.622 %) MS PowerPoint 6 1 (0.270 %) Photoshop 6 1 (0.270 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 1 (0.270 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 18 (4.865 %) Firewall 2 16 (4.324 %) DNS 3 8 (2.162 %) WAN 4 5 (1.351 %) LAN 4 5 (1.351 %) VPN 5 4 (1.081 %) Internet 6 3 (0.811 %) WINS 6 3 (0.811 %) DHCP 6 3 (0.811 %) TCP/IP 7 2 (0.541 %) SAN 7 2 (0.541 %) MPLS 7 2 (0.541 %) IMAP 8 1 (0.270 %) LDAP 8 1 (0.270 %) Intranet 8 1 (0.270 %) PBX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (2.162 %) Datawarehouse 2 7 (1.892 %) EDRMS 2 7 (1.892 %) SQL Server 3 4 (1.081 %) SQL Server 2000 4 2 (0.541 %) EDMS 4 2 (0.541 %) Hyperion Essbase 4 2 (0.541 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (0.541 %) ETL 4 2 (0.541 %) BusinessObjects 5 1 (0.270 %) SQL Server 7 5 1 (0.270 %) Reference Data
Development Applications 1 3 (0.811 %) Flash 2 1 (0.270 %) ClearCase 2 1 (0.270 %) Rational Rose 2 1 (0.270 %) Dreamweaver 2 1 (0.270 %) ClearQuest 2 1 (0.270 %) Bugzilla 2 1 (0.270 %) PVCS	General 1 98 (26.49 %) Finance 2 75 (20.27 %) Health 3 39 (10.54 %) Government 4 23 (6.216 %) Banking 5 17 (4.595 %) Retail 6 14 (3.784 %) Insurance 7 6 (1.622 %) Retail Banking 7 6 (1.622 %) Telecoms 8 4 (1.081 %) Back Office 8 4 (1.081 %) International Banking 8 4 (1.081 %) Legal 9 3 (0.811 %) Billing 9 3 (0.811 %) Marketing 9 3 (0.811 %) Education 10 2 (0.541 %) Law 10 2 (0.541 %) Construction 10 2 (0.541 %) Pensions 11 1 (0.270 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 203 (54.86 %) Project Manager 2 57 (15.41 %) Analyst 3 27 (7.297 %) Business Analyst 4 22 (5.946 %) Technical Manager 5 20 (5.405 %) Senior Manager 6 19 (5.135 %) Senior Project Manager 7 17 (4.595 %) Project Leader 8 15 (4.054 %) NHS Project Manager 9 14 (3.784 %) Technical Project Manager 9 14 (3.784 %) Implementation Manager 10 11 (2.973 %) Service Manager 11 10 (2.703 %) IT Manager 11 10 (2.703 %) Deployment Analyst 12 9 (2.432 %) Applications Manager 12 9 (2.432 %) Programme Manager 12 9 (2.432 %) IT Project Manager 12 9 (2.432 %) Infrastructure Manager 13 8 (2.162 %) Data Analyst 13 8 (2.162 %) Coordinator 13 8 (2.162 %) Infrastructure Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 89 (24.05 %) NHS 2 11 (2.973 %) Smartcard 3 9 (2.432 %) Data Protection Act 3 9 (2.432 %) PKI 4 7 (1.892 %) NPfIT 5 6 (1.622 %) Freedom of Information Act 5 6 (1.622 %) Mainframe 5 6 (1.622 %) Freedom of Information 6 5 (1.351 %) Management Information System 6 5 (1.351 %) E-Learning 6 5 (1.351 %) Statistics 7 3 (0.811 %) SCORM 7 3 (0.811 %) AS400 8 2 (0.541 %) Asset Management 9 1 (0.270 %) Cryptography 9 1 (0.270 %) Informatics 9 1 (0.270 %) Data Conversion 9 1 (0.270 %) Data Integration 9 1 (0.270 %) IVR 9 1 (0.270 %) DTV
Operating Systems 1 21 (5.676 %) Windows 2 13 (3.514 %) Unix 3 4 (1.081 %) Windows 2000 4 3 (0.811 %) Linux 4 3 (0.811 %) Windows Vista 5 2 (0.541 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (0.541 %) Solaris 6 1 (0.270 %) HPUX 6 1 (0.270 %) NetWare 6 1 (0.270 %) OS/390	Processes & Methodologies 1 129 (34.86 %) PRINCE2 2 47 (12.70 %) Stakeholder Management 3 32 (8.649 %) PRINCE 4 29 (7.838 %) ITIL 5 23 (6.216 %) Supplier Management 6 18 (4.865 %) Migration 7 15 (4.054 %) E-Commerce 8 14 (3.784 %) Matrix Management 9 12 (3.243 %) Data Migration 9 12 (3.243 %) Quality Management 9 12 (3.243 %) Change Management 9 12 (3.243 %) Programme Management 10 11 (2.973 %) UML 10 11 (2.973 %) Business Analysis 11 10 (2.703 %) Service Delivery 12 9 (2.432 %) Risk Management 12 9 (2.432 %) Data Protection 13 8 (2.162 %) Problem Management 13 8 (2.162 %) Project Planning 13 8 (2.162 %) Service Management
Programming Languages 1 7 (1.892 %) SQL 2 6 (1.622 %) Java 3 3 (0.811 %) VB 4 1 (0.270 %) Embedded C 4 1 (0.270 %) JavaScript 4 1 (0.270 %) RPG 4 1 (0.270 %) C	Qualifications 1 24 (6.486 %) PRINCE2 Certification 1 24 (6.486 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 2 15 (4.054 %) Degree 3 4 (1.081 %) ISEB 4 3 (0.811 %) ITIL Certification 5 1 (0.270 %) PMP 5 1 (0.270 %) PMI Certification 5 1 (0.270 %) ECDL 5 1 (0.270 %) CIPD 5 1 (0.270 %) Citrix Certification 5 1 (0.270 %) Microsoft Certification 5 1 (0.270 %) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.081 %) SLA 1 4 (1.081 %) Basel II 2 3 (0.811 %) ISO17799 2 3 (0.811 %) QA 3 2 (0.541 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 5 (1.351 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.541 %) VMware ESX 3 1 (0.270 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (0.270 %) NDS
Systems Management 1 1 (0.270 %) ARCserve	Vendors 1 30 (8.108 %) Microsoft 2 19 (5.135 %) Oracle 3 8 (2.162 %) Primavera 4 6 (1.622 %) IBM 5 5 (1.351 %) Cisco 6 4 (1.081 %) Hyperion 6 4 (1.081 %) SAP 7 3 (0.811 %) Siebel 8 2 (0.541 %) Business Objects 8 2 (0.541 %) Sun 8 2 (0.541 %) VMware 8 2 (0.541 %) Teradata 9 1 (0.270 %) OpenTV 9 1 (0.270 %) Nokia 9 1 (0.270 %) Novell 9 1 (0.270 %) HP 9 1 (0.270 %) Dell 9 1 (0.270 %) EMC 9 1 (0.270 %) CommVault